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LEND A HAND!
SUMMER VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH & FAMILIES by Morgan Cole
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ooking to engage your child in some meaningful activities during their spare time this summer? Have a teen needing to complete volunteer hours for a scholarship program? There is no better time than now to instill a love of service in your children.
While it’s important for young people to view giving back as a civic duty and its own reward, studies show that volunteering has many personal benefits for youth. Volunteering often helps to develop stronger selfesteem, a deeper sense of empathy and a broader understanding and acceptance of those from different cultural and social backgrounds. Throw some leadership skills and expanded friend circles into the mix and it’s clear that volunteering offers an array of benefits for any age. Sign them up for a few local volunteer activities to augment their schedule of work, watching summer movies, texting their friends and playing video games. These activities will help them grow socially, get some fresh air and learn additional responsibility. From conservation to education, we’ve rounded up a list of some local organizations that offer a variety of current and year-round volunteer opportunities for both youth and families. The City of Pensacola
Whether you need to accumulate volunteer hours or you just simply want to help out, there are a number of opportunities available throughout the year with the City of Pensacola. Volunteering for our city is a great way for youth, teens and families to give back to our local community in meaningful ways. The City is always seeking individuals, groups and organizations of all ages to volunteer their time and talents to the Parks and Recreation Department. There are two basic categories of volunteer opportunities available. One category is Community Outreach, where volunteers assist with youth, adult and senior citizen programs, programs for the disabled, athletics, special events and at community centers in Pensacola. The second volunteer category is Community Service, in which volunteers assist with things like park beautification
and community cleanups to help protect Pensacola’s valuable natural resources. Volunteer activities include litter clean ups and recycling drives or events, painting over graffiti in public spaces, parade bead removal, minor repairs or improvements and landscaping. For a complete list of the City’s current volunteer opportunities, visit cityofpensacola.com/570/Volunteer. Keep Pensacola Beautiful
This community-based nonprofit organization aims to improve the quality of life by addressing common environmental challenges throughout Escambia County. Currently, the organization’s efforts are focused on education, litter reduction and recycling initiatives. Youth, teens and families are always welcome to volunteer their time to assist with a wide range of tasks from beach and community-wide cleanups to other large-scale annual fundraisers and events throughout the year. Most volunteer shifts range from 2 to 4 hours and young children are required to have adult supervision. Keep Pensacola Beautiful (KPB) also has a Youth Advisory Council designed for Escambia County high school students to participate in a service-learning and leadership development program. Each year, ten members are given the opportunity to develop and coordinate their own beautification project within their own school or local community. Youth Council members contribute to the organization’s annual programming, participate in training sessions and visit local municipalities or businesses, while acting as ambassadors and leaders for youth service. KPB is currently seeking volunteers to assist with their upcoming Paint Your Heart Out event on May 7 at the Bay Bluffs Park in Pensacola. Organized by KPB’s Youth Advisory Council in an effort to beautify Bay Bluffs Park, volunteers will be painting over the heavily graffitied boardwalk area
to help give the green space a well-deserved face lift. For a complete list of year-round and upcoming volunteer opportunities, visit keeppensacolabeautiful.org. West Florida Public Libraries
West Florida Public Libraries have several volunteer opportunities available for teens. Teens under the age of 18 are welcome to volunteer their time in assisting the library with a variety of tasks at one of their many branch locations throughout the county. Volunteers may serve individually or as part of a group and volunteer hours count toward Bright Futures Scholarship requirements as well as others. There are a number of volunteer activities to assist with from sorting books to assisting with book sales and other summer programming events. If you or your family are interested in volunteering your time with our local library, visit one of the many WFPL locations, or visit mywfpl.com to download an online application form, and simply return it to any library location. Manna Food Pantries
This local grassroots organization is dedicated to fighting hunger in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties. Manna provides groceries directly to individuals and families in need and all services are all offered free of charge. The organization relies on volunteers and funds received from individuals, foundations, faith-based organizations, corporations and businesses throughout the community. Manna is always seeking volunteers to assist with their food pantry and food drive events. Other volunteer opportunities include administrative support, warehouse assistance, housekeeping, inventory, pantry assistance, special events and assisting with client services. Youth under the age of 18 should be accompanied by an adult. For complete details on available volunteer opportunities and to
complete the online volunteer application, visit mannahelps. org/participate/volunteer. Pensacola Humane Society
The Pensacola Humane Society (PHS) is another local nonprofit organization that offers a number of volunteer opportunities for its many services and programs provided to benefit communities in Pensacola, Gulf Breeze and Milton. PHS provides opportunities for both individuals and local groups needing to accrue mandatory volunteer hours for things like high school, collegiate or military requirements. The organization’s volunteer program consists of nearly 200 individuals who regularly donate their time for a variety of tasks and activities throughout the year. PHS is always seeking new volunteers to help out with their many programs and services. Some of their regular volunteer opportunities include cutting dog treats, helping with laundry, processing donations, providing administrative support, cleaning litter boxes and kitten play areas, tidying the grounds, walking the dogs, taking dogs to training sessions, working at community events and providing tours to potential adopters. Individuals interested in volunteering their time with PHS will need to complete and submit the required volunteer application, which can be accessed online at pensacolahumane.org/volunteer. Once applications are approved, individuals must then complete a brief orientation session prior to volunteering. Visit pensacolahumane.org for details on current volunteer opportunities. YMCA of Northwest Florida
The YMCA of Nor thwest Florida is always looking for more hands to “hold the rope” for their many locations throughout the Northwest community. With a focus on youth development, healthy living and social responsibility, YMCA provides meaningful volunteer opportunities to
give men, women and children of all ages and from all walks of life the resources and support they need to be healthy, confident, connected and secure. The Bear Levin Studer Family YMCA offers a wide range of regular volunteer opportunities like helping out in the aquatic center, greeting and assisting members with check-in, wellness ambassadors, beautification team, individuals to help supervise youth in the KidZone area and providing support for special events and fundraisers throughout the year. For complete details on available volunteer opportunities and to download the required volunteer application, visit ymcanwfl.org. Pensacola Habitat for Humanity
Volunteers play a vital role in the mission of Pensacola Habitat for Humanity. Each year thousands of volunteers contribute their time and talent to help build homes and assist with community projects and events throughout Escambia and Santa Rosa counties. The organization relies on support from volunteers to continue its work both in our local community and abroad. Local volunteers of all ages are needed throughout the year to assist with construction projects, painting homes, minor home repairs, handicap accessibility accommodations, neighborhood cleanups, gardening and more. The organization is also in need of volunteers at the ReStore shop, which sells new and donated items at deeply discounted prices. ReStore volunteer activities include donation processing, merchandising, furniture repair, painting, shopper assistants and more. Individuals are required to be at least 16 years of age to volunteer at the ReStore. For complete details on available volunteer opportunities, visit pensacolahabitat.org. •
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GRANT RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED FOR PENSACOLA’S EIGHTH ANNUAL FOO FOO FESTIVAL The Pensacola Foo Foo Festival Committee announced the public grant scoring for the eighth annual Foo Foo Festival, naming 12 grant recipients and allocating more than $400,000 in grant funding for this November’s events. Following an impressive number of submissions, this year’s grant winners include Pensacola Little Theatre, Stamped LGBTQ, Pensacola Museum of Art, Legal Services of North Florida, Friends of Downtown, Choral Society of Pensacola, Jazz Pensacola, The University of West Florida and The Frank Brown International Foundation of Music, Pensacola Symphony Orchestra, Pensacola Opera, Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival and Pensacola State College. The 2022 Foo Foo Festival will take place in Pensacola, Fla. from November 3-14, 2022. The 2022 grant recipients will produce a series of events from the categories of live theater, music, film, art, comedy and more at this year’s cultural celebration. Those non-profit organizations who were not selected, and for-profit partners who are interested in participating, are encouraged to do so as “Friends of Foo,” receiving local, regional and national visibility during the 12-day event via the festival’s regional marketing campaign. To apply as a Friend of Foo, please visit FooFooFest.com. “We are thrilled for our eighth iteration of Foo Foo Fest for 2022,” said Maria Goldberg, Chair, Foo Foo Festival. “We
look forward to seeing the incredible events that this year’s grantees will present to our community and visitors to Pensacola.” Individual event details and additional partners will be added and announced on the Foo Foo Festival website in the coming months leading up to this fall’s festival. For a detailed festival FAQ, general information, continuing news, and general updates visit FooFooFest. com or follow Foo Foo Festival on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. ABOUT FOO FOO FESTIVAL:
For more information on the 2022 Pensacola Foo Foo Festival, visit FooFooFest.com or follow Foo Foo Festival on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. ABOUT ART, CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, INC. (ACE):
ACE is a nonprofit organization that receives Federal, State of Florida, Escambia County, City of Pensacola, corporate, foundation and personal funds. ACE disperses these funds through an equitable granting process to nonprofit arts, culture and entertainment organizations throughout Escambia County, Fla., and promotes Escambia County as an arts and cultural destination through the annual Foo Foo Festival and other marketing efforts. For more information about ACE, visit www.acepensacola.org.
FDOT: SORRENTO ROAD RESURFACING AND BAUER ROAD INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS SET TO BEGIN Construction activities will begin at the end of May on a $4.4 million project to mill and resurface a 2.4-mile segment of Sorrento Road (State Road 292) from the Theo Baars Bridge to south of the Bauer Road (County Road 293) intersection in Escambia County. The Sorrento Road /Bauer Road intersection will also be resurfaced and improved. Additional improvements will include: • Reconstructing the Perdido Key Drive (Canal Drive) intersection • Adding a left turn lane at Choctaw Avenue • Lengthening and improving right turn lanes at the Sorrento Road/ Bauer Road intersection • Adding 5-foot paved shoulders • Drainage and sidewalk improvements • Enhanced signage, signalization, and pavement markings. Construction activities will require periodic lane closures, limited to nighttime hours. Lane closures on Sorrento
Road will be from 8 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. Lane closures at the Bauer Road intersection will be limited to 9 p.m. to 5:30 am. However, there will be no construction related traffic impacts during holidays and special events. Pedestrians may be temporarily detoured while sidewalk work and repairs are performed. The work is estimated for completion in early 2023. All activities are weather-dependent and may be delayed or rescheduled in the event of inclement weather. Drivers are reminded to use caution, especially at night, when traveling through a work zone and to watch for construction workers and equipment entering and exiting the roadway. For more information visit the Florida Department of Transportation District Three on the web at www.nwflroads. com, follow us on Twitter @myfdot_ nwfl and Instagram @myfdot_nwfl, or like us on Facebook at MyFDOTNWFL.
ESCAMBIA COUNTY RESIDENTS ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE IN FLORIDA’S HURRICANE SALES TAX HOLIDAY Escambia County is encouraging residents to participate in Florida’s 14-day Disaster Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday, May 28 through June 10. On May 6, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law HB 7071, Florida’s BroadBased Tax Relief for Florida Families. The Disaster Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday was created to incentivize preparedness before hurricane and tropical storm season. Hurricane season begins June 1 and continues through November. Floridians can expect being able to purchase the following items without paying sales tax: • Reusable ice packs ($20 or less) • Candles, flashlights and lanterns
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($40 or less) • Gas or diesel fuel containers ($50 or less) • Batteries, excluding automobile and boat batteries ($50 or less) • Radios powered by battery, solar, or handcrank ($50 or less) • Tarps ($100 or less) • Tie-down kits ($100 or less) • Portable generators ($1000 or less) For more information and a list of qualifying items, visit floridarevenue. com/disasterprep. To learn more about disaster preparedness, visit Escambia County to Kick Off Hurricane Preparedness Week May 9 (myescambia.com).
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UWF PSYCHOLOGY STUDENTS FURNISH HOUSE FOR VICTIMS OF SEX TRAFFICKING Five University of West Florida students recently collected donations to help furnish Set Free Refuge, a transitional living home in south Santa Rosa County for sex trafficking victims. The endeavor was the result of a spring semester service learning project in professor Jane Halonen’s positive psychology course. Renee Shomaker, Raleigh Gharbi, Mary Hunt, Savannah Burtschell and Dalia Fort-Frazee teamed together to help Set Free Refuge. Set Free Refuge provides young women who are aging out of foster care transitional housing for up to one year in a safe, home-like environment. The Refuge, which can house up to three women at a time, helps stabilize and equip sex trafficking survivors to plan their next steps toward a normal life. Set Free Refuge is the only home of its kind in Northwest Florida that specifically provides care to child victims who are aging out of foster care. “Through the process of our research, we were really surprised by how common sex trafficking is and that no one really knows about it,” said Shomaker. “One thing that is sad and
we really took to heart is that often families are trafficking their kids for things like drugs or rent.” The students collected furniture, household items and clothing from friends, neighbors, employers and other community contacts and delivered the donations to the home. Set Free Refuge executive director Marcie Rey Landreth MWS, RCSWI, said the home was empty until the students stepped in. “The house had nothing and the students were instrumental in bringing in the items needed to be able to get these young ladies in the home,” Landreth said. Halonen was proud that her students completed the project in just two weeks. Hunt said she believes UWF students can make a big impact in the community. “If you have something unique to offer, you do not always need something in return,” Hunt said. “Simply helping someone else can be enough reward in itself.” For more information on UWF’s Psychology Department, visit uwf.edu/ psychology. To learn more about Set Free Refuge, visit setfreerefuge.org.
ESCAMBIA COUNTY SEEKS PROPOSALS FOR DEBRIS REMOVAL CONTRACTS Escambia County is seeking to establish one or more contracts for disaster debris removal, reduction, disposal and other emergency cleanup services following a debris-generating event, such as a tropical system, hurricane, or other natural and man-made disasters. Proposers will have experience in the specialized management of disaster response labor for the removal of debris along with the preparation, response, recovery and mitigation phases of any emergency or disaster. Proposer must have the capability and ability to rapidly respond to wide scale debris volumes typically produced in hurricanes, tornadoes and other disaster types as well as small scale debris volumes. Solicitation responses are due no later than 2 p.m. on July 7, 2022. Submit-
tals contained in a sealed envelope are accepted in-person at the Office of Purchasing, 213 Palafox Place, 2nd floor, Pensacola, FL 32502, or uploaded electronically via Vendor Registry. The debris solicitation was posted Friday, May 20, 2022 on Vendor Registry, the County’s vendor management software. Vendors can access Vendor Registry by visiting here: https://myescambia. com/our-services/purchasing/vendorregistration There will be a pre-solicitation meeting June 6 at 1 p.m. This meeting can be attended in-person at the Escambia County Office of Purchasing or virtually using the link provided in the solicitation documents found on Vendor Registry.
UPDATED: PUBLIC NOTICE OF ATTORNEY/ CLIENT SESSION ON JUNE 2 It is the intention of the Board of County Commissioners of Escambia County, FL to hold a private meeting with its attorneys to discuss pending litigation in the case of Lawrence Salter vs. Escambia County Board of County Commissioners, Case No. 2021 CA 003120, in the Circuit Court in and for Escambia County, FL, in accordance with Section 286.01(8), Florida Statutes. Such attorney/client session will be held at 4 p.m. on Thursday, June 2, 2022, in the Ernie Lee Magaha Government Building, Board Chambers, 221 Palafox Place, Pensacola, FL.
Commissioners Jeff Bergosh, Douglas B. Underhill, Lumon J. May, Robert Bender and Steven Barry, Interim County Administrator Wes Moreno, County Attorney Alison P. Rogers, Senior Assistant County Attorney William L. Nelson, and Jacob W. Landreth with Cole, Scott & Kissane P.A., attorneys representing Escambia County in the foregoing litigation, will attend in person. Michael B. Kelly with Cole, Scott & Kissane P.A. will attend remotely. A certified court reporter will attend and report the attorney/client session.
MAYOR’S NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP COLLECTS 30 TONS OF BULK WASTE The May Mayor’s Neighborhood Cleanup collected over 30 tons (61,440 pounds) of bulk waste, along with 27 tires and 1,081 gallons of paint. The cleanup took place on Saturday, May 21, with 14 loads picked up from a portion of the East Hill neighborhood. The Mayor’s Neighborhood Cleanup allows residents in the cleanup areas to leave eligible items at the curb on cleanup day to be picked up by City of Pensacola Sanitation Services. The cleanup includes bulk items such as household appliances, furniture and
mattresses, bicycles and toys, tires and old paint. Through the Mayor’s Neighborhood Cleanup program, all city neighborhoods have a cleanup once a year during the months of January through October. In addition to Sanitation Services collecting items left at the curb, Code Enforcement conducts a sweep of the cleanup area and addresses any code violations. For more information and to view the 2022 neighborhood cleanup schedule, visit cityofpensacola.com.
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SEVENTEEN HOPEFULS APPLY FOR SUPREME COURT VACANCY DARA KAM NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE — After reshaping the Florida Supreme Court to reflect his legal and political ideology, Gov. Ron DeSantis is poised to pick a new justice who will give him four appointees on the state’s highest court. DeSantis will choose from 17 applicants seeking to replace Justice Alan Lawson, who announced in April that he will retire from the bench on Aug. 31. Since he took office less than four years ago, DeSantis’ appointments have secured a conservative shift on the sevenmember court, following the mandatory retirements in 2019 of former Justices Barbara Pariente, Peggy Quince and R. Fred Lewis. DeSantis appointed Justices Carlos Muniz, John Couriel and Jamie Grosshans, who joined Lawson, Chief Justice Charles Canady and Justice Ricky Polston to form a solid conservative majority on the court. Justice Jorge Labarga, who joined Pariente, Lewis and Quince on many major issues, is now often a lone dissenter. Shortly after taking office, DeSantis also appointed Robert Luck and Barbara Lagoa to the Supreme Court, but they were later tapped by former President
Donald Trump to serve on the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. DeSantis subsequently selected Couriel and Grosshans. The appointments will leave DeSantis’ imprint on the Supreme Court for what could be decades. The applicants to replace Lawson include Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Renatha Francis, whom DeSantis tried to appoint to the Supreme Court in 2020. Other applicants are: • Adam Tanenbaum, Robert Long and Thomas Winokur, judges on the 1st District Court of Appeal; • Jeffrey Kuntz and Edward Artau, judges on the 4th District Court of Appeal; • Eric Eisnaugle II and Meredith Sasso, judges on the 5th District Court of Appeal; • Stephen Everett, a judge on the 2nd Judicial Circuit; • Steve Berlin, a judge on the 6th Judicial Circuit; • Tarlika Nunez Navarro, a judge on the 9th Judicial Circuit; • Hunter Carroll, a judge on the 12th Judicial Circuit; • Anne-Leigh Gaylord Moe, a judge on the 13th Judicial Circuit; • Cymonie Rowe, a judge on the 15th Judicial Circuit;
APPEALS COURT BLASTS REDISTRICTING INJUNCTION JIM SAUNDERS NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE — An appeals court Friday said a circuit judge issued a “patently unlawful” temporary injunction against a congressional redistricting plan pushed through the Legislature by Gov. Ron DeSantis, giving another sign that the controversial plan likely will be used in this year’s elections. A three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal issued a 20-page ruling that explained its reasons last week for putting a stay on the temporary injunction. Leon County Circuit Judge Layne Smith issued the temporary injunction May 12, siding with voting-rights groups that challenged the constitutionality of the redistricting plan. While Friday’s ruling stemmed from the stay, the appellate panel sharply criticized the temporary injunction, which also directed the use of a different congressional map. “The temporary injunction before us on appeal does not just return the parties to the condition that existed before the subject matter at the center of the present controversy arose, i.e., before SB 2-C (the DeSantis-backed plan) became law,” said the ruling, written by Judge Adam Tanenbaum and joined by Judges Harvey Jay and M. Kemmerly Thomas. “The order does much more. It gives the appellees (the voting-rights groups and other plaintiffs) affirmative relief by requiring the secretary to conduct the 2022 congressional elections under an entirely new, unenacted plan recently proposed by the appellees during the nascent litigation. In the order, the circuit court even acknowledges that it is crafting a remedy for the appellees until there can be a trial. The grant of this provisional remedy, unmoored from an adjudication, was an unauthorized exercise of judicial discretion, making the temporary injunction unlawful on its face.” The ruling also said a “temporary injunction is not a vehicle by which to procure a provisional remedy, nor is it a procedural tool by which to fast-track some burning constitutional question for appellate consideration in advance of trial.” “There has been no trial or final evidentiary hearing, no final adjudication of the facts, and no declaratory
judgment,” the ruling said. “The pleadings have not closed, the state parties have not answered, and no one has stepped forward to set the matter for trial. Nevertheless, it seems as if the determination of the temporary injunction motion is being treated as if it is the determination on the merits. Yet, it is not. It cannot be. The object of a hearing on a motion for temporary injunction is drastically different than the object of a final evidentiary hearing.” The appeals court last week issued a four-paragraph order to put on hold the temporary injunction but did not give a full explanation. That prompted the plaintiffs to ask the Supreme Court to place a stay on the appeals court’s ruling. The Supreme Court has not ruled on that request. The case centers on Congressional District 5, a sprawling North Florida district that was drawn in the past to help elect a Black member of Congress. DeSantis argued that continuing with such a district would involve racial gerrymandering and violate the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution. The Legislature approved DeSantis’ proposal to revamp the district, condensing it in the Jacksonville area. But Smith ruled that the plan violated a 2010 state constitutional amendment — known as the Fair Districts amendment — that barred diminishing the ability of minority voters to “elect representatives of their choice.” The overall redistricting plan passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature is expected to increase the number of GOP members of the state’s congressional delegation from 16 to 20, based on past voting patterns. District 5 is currently held by U.S. Rep. Al Lawson, a Black Democrat, but the revamped district likely would flip to Republicans. Smith’s temporary injunction ordered use of a map that would keep the current sprawling shape of the district, which stretches from Jacksonville to west of Tallahassee. Using that map also would affect some other districts. Smith, who was appointed as a circuit judge by DeSantis, wrote that the plaintiffs had shown a “substantial likelihood of proving that the enacted plan (passed by the Legislature) violates the non-diminishment standard” of the Fair Districts amendment.
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Ariana Fajardo Orshan, a former judge on the 11th Judicial Circuit who also served as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; • Jeffrey Albinson, a lawyer with the Golden Scaz Gagain firm; • Denise Harle, a lawyer with the Alliance Defending Freedom organization. Lawson, 61, who was appointed to the court by former Gov. Rick Scott, is stepping down from the court nearly 15 years ahead of reaching a mandatory retirement age for justices of 75. Diversity on the court has become a closely watched issue, as it has lacked a Black justice since Quince’s retirement more than three years ago. DeSantis is widely expected to tap Francis to succeed Lawson, after trying to put her on the Supreme Court in 2020. The governor’s appointment of Francis, who would have been the Florida court’s first Jamaican-American justice, was embroiled in a racially charged legal and political battle. Legal wrangling over Francis’ appointment began in July 2020, when state Rep. Geraldine Thompson, D-Windermere, asked the Supreme Court to find that the Republican governor’s choice of Francis violated the state Constitution because Francis would not reach the 10-year Bar
membership requirement for justices until Sept. 24, 2020. DeSantis in May 2020 announced he was choosing Francis and Couriel to fill two Supreme Court openings, selecting them from a list of nine candidates submitted by the Florida Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission on Jan. 23. Couriel immediately joined the Supreme Court, but DeSantis, a Harvard Law School graduate, said Francis would be sworn in as a justice after she reached the Bar requirement months later. In a rebuke to DeSantis, however, the Supreme Court unanimously rejected his selection of Francis and ordered the governor to appoint another candidate from the list of nominees. DeSantis’ appointment of Francis “has not complied with the Constitution’s clear commands” because she has not met a constitutional requirement that justices be members of The Florida Bar for 10 years, the Aug. 27, 2020, Supreme Court decision said. Applicants for the vacancy to succeed Lawson had until 5 p.m. Friday to submit applications to the Judicial Nominating Commission. The panel, which will provide a list of nominees to DeSantis, is expected to interview potential candidates on June 11 in Tampa.
STATES BACK FLORIDA IN ‘SANCTUARY CITIES’ FIGHT JIM SAUNDERS NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE — Republican attorneys general from 17 states backed Florida this week in a legal battle about a 2019 law that banned so-called sanctuary cities in Florida. The attorneys general filed a 41-page brief at the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals supporting Florida’s attempt to overturn a district judge’s ruling last year that blocked key parts of the law. U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom pointed to Republican lawmakers having “discriminatory motives” in passing the fiercely debated measure (SB 168). The friend-of-the-court brief, led by the attorneys general in Alabama and Georgia, said Bloom “ascribed racial animus to the Florida Legislature with no justification whatsoever.” “The district court might (and clearly does) disagree with Florida’s political judgment about whether immigration laws should be enforced, but that should not be relevant,” the brief said. “This (11th Circuit) Court should undo the district court’s openly partisan ruling and put an end to this practice of legislation by judicial fiat.” The brief also said courts are required to follow a “presumption of legislative good faith.” “It has become increasingly common for courts to invalidate state laws not because there is evidence of any racial intent but because courts assume that certain policy positions (like opposition to unlawful immigration) are inherently suspicious,” the brief said. “The district court here joined that growing chorus of federal courts holding SB 168 to be racially discriminatory because its supporters opposed unlawful immigration. That flips the presumption of good faith on its head, and this (11th Circuit) Court should emphatically reject that outcome-based reasoning.” The document echoes arguments that Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office made in a brief filed last week. That brief said Bloom “committed numerous errors to arrive at the remarkable conclusion that the Florida Legislature had secret racist motivations in enacting SB 168.” Bloom issued a 110-page ruling in September that said two major parts of the law violated constitutional equal-
protection rights and issued a permanent injunction against them. One of those parts banned state and local agencies from having “sanctuary” policies that would prevent law-enforcement officials from cooperating with federal immigration enforcement. The other part required law-enforcement agencies to use “best efforts” to support enforcement of federal immigration laws. The South Florida-based Bloom delved extensively into the Legislature’s development of the law and pointed to what she described as an “immigrant threat narrative” that helped lead to it. She also cited behind-the-scenes involvement of the group Floridians for Immigration Enforcement in pushing for the law, including contacts with the office of Senate sponsor Joe Gruters, R-Sarasota. “Based on the evidence presented, the court finds that plaintiffs have proven by a preponderance of the evidence that SB 168 has discriminatory or disparate effects on racial and ethnic minorities, and these discriminatory effects were both foreseeable and known to the Legislature at the time of SB 168’s enactment,” she wrote. Lawmakers passed the measure in May 2019 along nearly straight party lines, before Gov. Ron DeSantis signed it. The city of South Miami and several groups, such as the Florida Immigrant Coalition and the Farmworker Association of Florida, filed the lawsuit in July 2019. Bloom dismissed parts of the case in 2019 but allowed other parts to move forward. Along with Alabama and Georgia, Republican attorneys general from Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah and West Virginia signed on to this week’s brief. Moody, DeSantis and the Republicancontrolled Legislature during the past few years have taken a series of steps targeting immigration issues, including Moody filing lawsuits against the Biden administration over border enforcement. The Legislature in March passed an immigration-enforcement bill (SB 1808) that was a priority of DeSantis. The bill has not been formally sent to the governor for his signature.
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SUPREME COURT TOSSES SOLAR CASE BACK TO PSC JIM SAUNDERS NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE — In an unusual move, the state Supreme Court on Friday said utility regulators need to revise a decision that approved a controversial Duke Energy Florida solar-energy program, saying the regulators’ decision “leaves the court guessing as to the reasoning.” The Supreme Court’s order came in a challenge to the Florida Public Service Commission’s decision to approve the Duke program. The League of United Latin American Citizens of Florida has argued, at least in part, that the program would improperly shift costs and financial risks to the vast majority of Duke customers who do not participate, The group known as LULAC appealed to the Supreme Court last year, and the court held arguments Feb. 9. But in a 6-1 order Friday, justices said the Public Service Commission’s decision on Duke’s “Clean Energy Connection” program did not adequately address LULAC’s arguments. “LULAC argues that the program … unfairly requires Duke’s non-participating customers to subsidize the participating customers,” said the order by Justices Ricky Polston, Jorge Labarga, Alan Lawson, Carlos Muniz, John Couriel and Jamie Grosshans. “According to LULAC, this violates the statutory requirement that Duke’s rates be ‘fair and reasonable’ and that they not give ‘any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage’ to any person. Although LULAC preserved this issue by raising it at the hearing below (at the Public Service Commission) and in a post-hearing brief, the final order approving the program does not discuss it.” Justices also said that “at least as to the major issues in dispute, commission orders must explain the agency’s findings and conclusions enough to permit meaningful judicial review.” “The order under review is inadequate to an extent that prevents us from deciding the central issue that we have identified,” the justices wrote. “To be clear, we express no position now on the merits of LULAC’s challenge. But we believe it is necessary to remand this case and afford the commission an opportunity to enter a revised final order that adequately explains the agency’s findings and reasoning.” While utilities have rushed to build solar-power plants in recent years, the
FIRST RESPONDERS PTSD MEASURE APPROVED NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA STAFF Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed a bill that will give law-enforcement officers, firefighters and other first responders more time to file workers’ compensation insurance claims for post-traumatic stress disorder. Lawmakers unanimously passed the measure (HB 689) in March, and it will take effect July 1. The bill, in part, changes part of state law that sets deadlines for filing workers’ compensation notices and claims based on the “manifestation” of post-traumatic stress disorder. The bill moves from using the term “manifestation” to “diagnosis of the disorder,” which effectively will give first responders more time.
Duke program has a different financial structure that involves some customers volunteering to initially pay more on their electric bills to help finance the projects — and then receiving bill credits in the future. The program involves building 10 74.9-megawatt solar plants. The Public Service Commission gave approval after Duke, Walmart and the groups Vote Solar and the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy negotiated what is known as a “stipulation” about the details. In a news release last month inviting customers to seek to take part in the program, Duke touted it as supporting the development of solar energy. “Our customers want affordable, clean energy options, and we believe largerscale solar is the most cost-effective way to advance the benefits of solar on our entire system,” Melissa Seixas, Duke Energy Florida state president, said in a prepared statement. “We are proud to offer this innovative program that will give customers, especially those who may not have the ability to install solar at home, an opportunity to support renewable energy while seeing real benefits.” But the dispute largely has focused on the program’s financial structure, with opponents contending that it would disproportionately benefit Walmart and other large customers that would help pay upfront costs and then receive future credits. “The approved program will provide a financial windfall to a few select Duke customers at the expense of all of Duke’s other customers, including LULAC’s members,” attorneys with the Earthjustice law group, which is representing LULAC, wrote in a brief at the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court order on Friday said the commission’s decision “does not acknowledge any dispute over the program’s funding structure.” “It does not say whether the commission accepts LULAC’s characterization of the program’s bill credit feature as a ‘subsidy,’ and if so, why the commission nonetheless considers the program to have established rates that are fair, reasonable, and not unduly preferential,” the justices wrote. “Indeed, the order leaves the court guessing as to the reasoning underlying the commission’s conclusions on this issue.” Chief Justice Charles Canady dissented but did not detail his reasons.
As an example, first responders will have up to one year from the time of diagnosis to file claims. “Extending the claim deadline to one year after a PTSD diagnosis allows claims more than one year after a qualifying event,” a House staff analysis said. “Symptoms of PTSD may begin shortly after a traumatic event or may not appear until years after the event.” In a statement released Friday by the Florida Police Chiefs Association, House bill sponsor Mike Giallombardo, R-Cape Coral, said “first responders should not have to suffer through the stigma and debilitating conditions of PTSD and dig to find the courage to report and seek treatment, only to discover they were too late and don’t qualify for treatment. HB 689 helps address the growing crisis of depression, posttraumatic stress disorder and suicide in the ranks of law-enforcement officers by giving them more time to seek and receive potentially life-changing treatment.”
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DESANTIS APPOINTS CORCORAN TO BOARD OF GOVERNORS RYAN DAILEY NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday tapped former state Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran to serve on the state university system’s Board of Governors. The Board of Governors oversees Florida’s 12 state universities and is tasked with such responsibilities as adopting regulations designed to carry out state laws related to higher education. Corcoran, a former Republican House speaker, served three years as the state’s top education official overseeing Florida’s public-school and college systems. During his time at the helm of the state education department, Corcoran was a close ally of DeSantis on contentious issues such as efforts to prevent school districts from enacting mask requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic and to bar critical race theory from public-school curriculums. Corcoran also was a key figure in the state’s decision to reopen schools in the early days of the pandemic, which DeSantis for the past two years has touted as a major political victory. In March, Corcoran announced that he would be stepping down as education commissioner at the end of April to “return to private life.” State Sen. Manny Diaz, a Hialeah Republican, will replace Corcoran as education commission beginning next week. “Like the rest of the nation, Florida’s school districts have had to weather some of the greatest difficulties they have ever experienced over the past two years, and I couldn’t think of a better governor to serve,” Corcoran said in a March 10 statement announcing his resignation from the commissioner post.
JUDGE RULES AGAINST BERUFF ON FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA STAFF Carlos Beruff, a Manatee County realestate developer who has played major roles on state boards over the past decade, should face a public censure, reprimand and a $1,500 fine for failing to adequately provide information on financial-disclosure forms, an administrative law judge ruled Friday. The case stemmed from disclosure forms filed for 2013, 2014 and 2014 — a period in which Beruff served on the boards of the Southwest Florida Water Management District, the State College of Flor-
DESANTIS SIGNS BILL ON GOPHER TORTOISE SITES NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA STAFF Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed a bill that could lead to increasing the sites where gopher tortoises can be moved out of the path of development. Lawmakers in March passed the bill (SB 494) as development continues to expand into areas where gopher tortoises dig burrows and as conservationists push for protecting the habitats. In part, the bill directs state agencies to consider using parts of certain public lands as gopher tortoise “recipient” sites. Among other things, the bill calls for the Florida Fish and Wildlife
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DeSantis said the state became an “education juggernaut” and leader in innovation under the former House speaker’s leadership. Corcoran’s March resignation announcement on the Department of Education’s website listed a number of “historic education reforms” achieved under his tenure. The reforms included the state’s “largest expansion to educational choice opportunities,” the Legislature appropriating record funding levels for public education and the launch of a civics and debate initiative for middle and high school students. Since leaving the education post, Corcoran has joined the Continental Strategy lobbying firm. The firm’s website says that it specializes in “advising our clients on a wide range of issues,” including “analyzing U.S. policies in Latin America.” Corcoran, an attorney, is a graduate of Saint Leo University who received his law degree from Regent University. Rumors had swirled that Corcoran was angling for a job as president of a state university, as three universities — the University of Florida, Florida International University and Florida Gulf Coast University — currently are seeking new leaders. Corcoran last summer applied to be president of Florida State University, drawing intense media attention to the school’s search for a leader. Corcoran’s candidacy drew opposition from faculty members who argued that he was not qualified for the job. The university ultimately hired Richard McCullough, a former vice provost for research at Harvard. Diaz is set to start as commissioner on Wednesday. ida-Manatee, Sarasota and the Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority, according to the ruling by Judge Hetal Desai. Beruff later was appointed by then-Gov. Rick Scott to chair the state Constitution Revision Commission and now chairs the Board of Governors of Citizens Property Insurance Corp. The state Commission on Ethics issued an order in 2020 finding probable cause that Beruff violated state law by filing inaccurate financialdisclosure forms. That sent the issue to the Division of Administrative Hearings. Desai found, in part, that Beruff “failed to disclose multiple sources of income and adequately disclose the locations of hundreds of parcels of property in which he had an interest.” Under administrative law, Desai’s ruling is a recommended order that will go back to the Commission on Ethics for final action.
Conservation Commission to “streamline and improve the review of applications for public and private gopher tortoise recipient sites.” The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Center for Biological Diversity reached a settlement last month that will require the federal agency to determine by Sept. 30 whether gopher tortoises in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and eastern Alabama should be listed as threatened or endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act. The settlement came in a lawsuit filed by the Center for Biological Diversity that accused the federal agency of “dragging its feet” on listing gopher tortoises and other species. Gopher tortoises are already listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in Louisiana, Mississippi and western Alabama.
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PUBLIC NOTICES Legals Notice of Foreclosure Sale by Clerk of Circuit Court THIRD AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE BY CLERK OF CIRCUIT COURT
All other creditors of the Decedent and other persons having claims or demands against Decedent’s estate, including unmatured, contingent or unliquidated claims, must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT SO FILED WILL BE FOREVER BARRED.
Notice is hereby given that PAM CHILDERS, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Escambia County, Florida, will on July 21, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. Central Time, 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:
The date of first publication of this Notice is May 25, 2022.
LOT 11, BLOCK A, FINAL PLAT OF PROVIDENCE MANOR II, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 19, PAGE 11, PUBLIC RECORDS OF ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA.
Personal Representative: BEVERLY A. DABNEY 129 Countrywood Circle Las Vegas, NV 89107
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 Order Resetting Foreclosure Sale entered May 25, 2022 and Amended Final Judgment of Foreclosure in a case pending in said Court, the style of which is PENSACOLA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, INC., Plaintiff, v. DORRIS HILL; and FLORIDA HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, Defendants, and the docket number of which is 2020-CA000216. 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 26th day of May 2022. /s/ Megan F. Fry MEGAN F. FRY Florida Bar No. 0058608 Clark Partington 125 East Intendencia St. (32502) P.O. Box 13010 Pensacola, Florida 32591-3010 (850) 434-9200 / Fax (850) 432-7340 Primary email: mfry@clarkpartington.com Secondary emails: ldunlap@clarkpartington.com tcourtney@clarkpartington.com Attorney for Plaintiff
Attorney for Personal Representative: ROY V. ANDREWS Florida Bar No. 228291 5218 Willing Street Milton, Florida 32570 (850) 623-3200
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT IN AND FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF MICHAEL C. RICHEY, Deceased. File No.: 2021-CP-1739 Division: Probate NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of MICHAEL C. RICHEY, deceased, whose date of death was August 13, 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 name and address of the personal representative and of the personal representative’s attorneys are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. 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 May 25, 2022. Attorney for Personal Representative: JOHN H. ADAMS Florida Bar No. 13208 Beggs & Lane, RLLP 501 Commendencia Street Pensacola, Florida 32502 Telephone: (850) 432-2451 Facsimile: (850) 469-3331 Electronic Mail: jha@beggslane.com Personal Representative: MARCUS A. HUFF 501 Commendencia Street Pensacola, Florida 32502 2WR5/25-6/1NTC
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Notice to Creditors IN THE CIRCUIT COURT IN AND FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF BRIDGET ARLENE DABNEY, Deceased Case No. 2022-CP-000159 NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of BRIDGET ARLENE DABNEY, deceased, Case Number 2022-CP-000159, is pending in the Circuit Court for Santa Rosa County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is Post Office Box 472, Milton, FL 32572. The estate is intestate. The names and addresses of the Personal Representative and the Personal Representative’s attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the Decedent and other persons having claims or demands against Decedent’s estate, including unmatured, contingent, or unliquidated claims, on whom a copy of this notice is served must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT IN AND FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: The Estate of GEORGIA MCCORVEY SMITH Deceased. Case No.:2022 CP 000917 Division: 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 served within three months after the date of the first publication of this notice must file their claims with this Court WITHIN THE LATER OF THREE MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and persons having claims or demands against the decedent’s estate must file their claims with this Court WITHIN THREE MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS, DEMANDS AND OBJECTIONS NOT SO FILED WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. The date of the first publication of this Notice is on June 1, 2022 Attorney for Personal Representative ARTICE L. McGRAW, ESQUIRE Florida Bar No.: 112267 ArticeLMcGraw@articelmcgraw.com 820 North Twelfth Avenue Pensacola, Florida 32501 (850) 438-4036 Patricia Smith, Personal Representative: 2WR6/1-6/8NTC
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.
ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED.
The date of first publication of this notice is June 1, 2022. Attorney for Personal Representative: Kerry Anne Schultz, Esq. Florida Bar No. 563188 Schultz Law Group, P.L.L.C. 2779 Gulf Breeze Parkway Gulf Breeze, Florida 32563 Telephone: (850) 754-1600 Fax: (850) 754-1601 Email: KASchultz@schultzlawgrp.com Angela@schultzlawgrp.com Personal Representative: Megan Violetta Kennedy 1000 E. Lloyd Street Pensacola, Florida 32503 2WR6/1-6/8NTC
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 June 1, 2022. Attorney for Personal Representative: Steven C. Warrick Attorney Florida Bar Number: 187089 Brooks, Warrick & Associates, P.A. 6867 Oak Street Milton, FL 32570 Telephone: (850) 623-3605 Fax: (850) 623-8990 E-Mail: swarrick@brooks-warrick.com Secondary E-Mail: tlively@brooks-warrick.com Personal Representative: Katherine Spears 5441 Shamrock Street Milton, Florida 32570 2WR6/1-6/8NTC
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF Joann W. Dunn Deceased. File No. 2022-CP-99 Division: D NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of Joann W. Dunn, deceased, whose date of death was January 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. 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 May 25, 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: James Jay Dunn 6049 Breckenridge Drive Milton, Florida 32570
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF WAYNE LAMAR CRUTCHFIELD Deceased. File No. 2022 CP 342 Division U NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the Estate of Wayne Lamar Crutchfield, deceased, whose date of death was October 5, 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 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 June 1, 2022. Tommy G. Smith SMITH LAW, PLLC Florida Bar No. 0072838 4300 Bayou Blvd., Suite 30 Pensacola, FL 32503 Telephone: (850) 912-4141 Fax: (850) 332-5560 Email: tsmith@SmithLawNWFL.com Attorney for Petitioner Matt Crutchfield, Personal Representative 2WR6/1-6/8NTC
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF LINDA EMMANUEL KENNEDY, Deceased.
ALL INTERESTED PERSONS ARE NOTIFIED THAT:
The administration of the estate of LINDA EMMANUEL KENNEDY deceased, whose date of death was September 19, 2021, is pending in the Circuit Court for Escambia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which 190 W Government Street, Pensacola, Florida 32502. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below.
File No. 2022-CP-000643 Division 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.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF JAMESON RAY WILLIS Deceased. File No.: 2021 CP 617 Division: D NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of Jameson Ray Willis, deceased, whose date of death was October 16, 2021, is pending in the Circuit Court for Santa Rosa County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is P.O. Box 472, Milton, FL, 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 May 25, 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: Wendy Tankersley Sharon Willis
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The administration of the Estate of GEORGIA MCCORVEY SMITH deceased is pending in the Circuit Court in and for Escambia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 190 Governmental Center, Pensacola, Florida 32501. The name and address of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below.
All persons on whom this notice is served who have objections that challenge the validity of the will, the qualifications of the personal representative, venue, or jurisdiction of this Court are required to file their objections with this Court WITHIN THE LATER OF THREE MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM.
All 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.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION
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IN RE: ESTATE OF KEVIN EDGAR RUCKS Deceased.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION
File No. 2022-CP-256 Division
IN RE: ESTATE OF BOBBY FRANKLIN TERRY, Deceased.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of Kevin Edgar Rucks, deceased, whose date of death was January 14, 2022, is pending in the Circuit Court for Santa Rosa County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 6495 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.
CASE NUMBER: 2022-CP-251 NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the Estate of BOBBY FRANKLIN TERRY, deceased, whose date of death was February 15, 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.
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PUBLIC NOTICES 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.
Address 5805 Dunbar Circle, Milton, FL 32583 Relationship Daughter ALL INTERESTED PERSONS ARE NOTIFIED THAT:
NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO(2)YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED.
All creditors of the estate of the decedent and persons having claims or demands against the estate of the decedent other than those of whom provision for full payment was made in the Order of Summary Administration must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW.
The date of first publication of this notice is May 25, 2022.
ALL CLAIMS AND DEMANDS NOT SO FILED WILL BE FOREVER BARRED.
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
N O T W I T H S TA N D I N G A N Y O T H E R APPLICABLE TIME PERIOD, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED.
Personal Representative: ALISA R. FISH 2WR5/25-6/1NTC
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF BARBARA SUE LAMBERT, Deceased. File No. 2022-CP-000024 Division NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of BARBARA SUE LAMBERT, deceased, whose date of death was November 5, 2021, is pending in the Circuit Court for Santa Rosa County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 6865 Caroline Street, Milton, Florida 32570. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is May 25, 2022. Attorney for Personal Representative: Kerry Anne Schultz, Esq. Florida Bar No. 563188 Schultz Law Group, P.L.L.C. 2779 Gulf Breeze Parkway Gulf Breeze Florida 32563 Attorneys for Petitioner Telephone: (850) 754-1600 Fax: (850) 754-1601 Email:KASchultz@schultzlawgrp.com Personal Representative: AMANDA LYNNE LAMBERT-GILES, Petitioner 2WR5/25-6/1NTC
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF MARY COOK WHITE a/k/a MARY CARLENE WHITE Deceased. CASE NO.: 2022 CP 000498 DIVISION: U NOTICE TO CREDITORS (Summary Administration) TO ALL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS OR DEMANDS AGAINST THE ABOVE ESTATE: You are hereby notified that an Order of Summary Administration has been entered in the Estate of Mary Cook White a/k/a Mary Carlene White, deceased, Case Number 2022 CP000498 in the Circuit Court of Escambia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is M. C. Blanchard Judicial Building, 190 Governmental Center, Pensacola, Florida 32501; that the decedent’s date of death was November 4, 2021; that the estate consists of less than $75,000.00 of assets and that the name and address of those to whom it has been assigned by such order are: Name Ashley Daniel Cox
The date of first publication of this Notice is June 1, 2022. Attorney for Petitioner: KIMBERLY S. SULLIVAN Florida Bar No. 101408 MOORE, HILL & WESTMORELAND, P.A. Maritime Place, Suite 100 350 West Cedar Street Post Office Box 13290 Pensacola, FL 32591-3290 Telephone: (850) 434-3541 Telefax: (850) 435-7899 ksullivan@mhw-law.com tstokes@mhw-law.com Counsel for Petitioner Party Giving Notice: Ashley Daniele Cox 5805 Dunbar Circle Milton, Florida 32583 2WR6/1-6/8NTC
IN CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: Estate of JOEL LEE WILLIAMS a/k/a JOE L. WILLIAMS, Deceased. Case No.: 2022-CP-0080 NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of JOEL LEE WILLIAMS a/k/a JOE L. WILLIAMS, deceased, whose date of death was September 6, 2021, is pending in the Circuit Court for Santa Rosa County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 6865 Caroline Street, Milton, Florida 32570. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is May 25, 2022. Amy P. Slaman AMY P. SLAMAN Florida Bar No. 92052 CLARK PARTINGTON 4100 Legendary Drive, Suite 200 Destin, FL 32541 Phone: (850) 650-3304 Fax: (850) 650-3305 Email: aslaman@clarkpartington.com Attorney for Personal Representative TESHA GREENE 513 Main Street Destin, FL 32541 Personal Representative 2WR5/25-6/1NTC
Notice of Action IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CICUIT OF FLORIDA, IN AND FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY CIVIL DIVISION NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION Plaintiff, vs. UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, TRUSTEES OF ORRIS E. BURNS A/K/A ORRIS E BURNES, III, DECEASED, ORRIS EDWARD BURNS, IV, KNOWN HEIR OF ORRIS E. BURNS A/K/A ORRIS E. BURNS, III, CHRISTOPHER TODD BURNS, KNOWN HEIR OF ORRIS E. BURNS A/K/A ORRIS E. BURNS, III, et al. Defendants. Case No. 17-2022-CA-000564 Division NOTICE OF ACTION TO: UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, TRUSTEES OF ORRIS E. BURNS A/K/A ORRIS E BURNES, III, DECEASED CURRENT RESIDENCE UNKNOWN LAST KNOWN ADDRESS UNKNOWN UNKNOWN TENANTS/OWNERS 1 BELIEVED TO BE AVOIDING AT: 100808 CROSSCUT DRIVE PENSACOLA, FL 32506 UNKNOWN TENANTS/OWNERS 2 BELIEVED TO BE AVOIDING AT: 10808 CROSSCUT DRIVE PENSACOLA, FL 32506 You are notified that an action to foreclose a mortgage on the following property in Escambia County, Florida: LOT 10, BLOCK D OF MILLVIEW ESTATES PHASE 1, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 17, PAGES 92 AND 92A, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA commonly known as 10808 CROSSCUT DRIVE, PENSACOLA, FL 32506 has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on Jennifer M. Scott of Kass Schuler, P.A., plaintiff’s attorney, whose address is P.O. Box 800, Tampa, Florida 33601, (813) 229-0900, on or before June 27, 2022, (or 30 days from the first date of publication, whichever is later) and file the original with the Clerk of this Court either before service on the Plaintiff’s attorney or immediately thereafter; otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. Dated: May 20, 2022
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that a Complaint has been filed in the above-entitled Court by the Perrien Group, Inc., a Florida corporation, against the above-referenced Defendants in Count 3 of the above-styled action seeking to foreclose 71,500 shares of stock owned by Defendant, William L. White, in Defendant, Apollo Water Technologies, Inc., a Florida corporation, as more fully set forth in the Complaint filed in the above-styled action. You are notified and required to file your answer, pleadings and written defenses, if any, to said Complaint with the Clerk of the said Court, and to serve a copy thereof upon the Plaintiffs or the Plaintiffs’ attorney, Matthew C. Hoffman, Esq. of Carver, Darden, Koretzky, Tssier, Finn, Blossman & Areaux, LLC, 151 West Main Street, Suite 200, Pensacola Florida, 32502, no later than thirty (30) days after the first publication of this Notice, otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief sought in the Complaint. This notice shall be published once each week for four (4) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in Escambia County, Florida. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said Court at Bay County, Florida, this 20 day of May, 2022. PAM CHILDERS as Clerk of the Circuit Court of Escambia County, Florida By: Beth Phelps DEPUTY CLERK CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing, Notice of Action, together with a copy of the Complaint, has been furnished to: WILLIAM L. WHITE, together with any unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors and all other parties claiming by, through, under, or against him 6494 Scenic Hwy. Pensacola, FL 32504 MARY R. WHITE, together with any unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors and all other parties claiming by, through, under, or against her 6494 Scenic Hwy. Pensacola, FL 32504 MARY R. WHITE c/o Merrill Lynch 815 S. Palafox Street, Pensacola, FL 32502 BLUESTAR MARKETING, LLC, a Florida limited liability company, together with any unknown assigns, successors in interest, trustees, or any other party claiming by, through, under or against said limited liability company 6494 Scenic Hwy. Pensacola, FL 32504
CLERK OF THE COURT Honorable Pam Childers, Clerk of Circuit Court, Escambia County 190 Governmental Street Pensacola, Florida 32502
APOLLO WATER TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Florida corporation, together with any unknown assigns, successors in interest, trustees, or any other party claiming by, through, under, or against said corporation 6494 Scenic Hwy. Pensacola, FL 3250
By: Beth Phelps Deputy Clerk
by regular U.S. Mail on this 20 day of May, 2022.
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT IN AND FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA THE PERRIEN GROUP, INC., A Florida corporation, Plaintiff, v. WILLIAM L. WHITE, MARY R. WHITE, BLUESTART MARKETING, LLC, a Florida limited liability company, and APOLLO WATER TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Florida corporation, Defendants. Case No.: 2022 CA 000562 Division: E NOTICE OF ACTION TO: WILLIAM L. WHITE, together with any unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors and all other parties claiming by, through, under, or against him MARY R. WHITE, together with any unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors and all other parties claiming by, through, under, or against her BLUESTAR MARKETING, LLC, a Florida limited liability company, together with any unknown assigns, successors in interest, trustees, or any other party claiming by, through, under or against said limited liability company APOLLO WATER TECHNOLIGIES, INC., a Florida corporation, together with any unknown assigns, successors in interest, trustees, or any other party claiming by, through, under or against said corporation
By: Beth Phelps DEPUTY CLERK 4WR5/25-6/15NOA
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA DAMION LOGAN, Plaintiff, v. THE ESTATE OF JIMMIE LEE JOHNSON (DECEASED); ANY AND A L L U N K N O W N PA R T I E S , CREDITORS, LIENORS, OR BENEFICIARIES OF THE ESTATE OF JIMMIE LEE JOHNSON; ALL UNKNOWN PARTIES CLAIMING B Y, T H R O U G H , U N D E R , O R AGAINST THE UNKNOWN PARTIES; PATSY ANN JOHNSON; DOVE INVESTMENT CORP.; and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, FINANCIAL LITIGATION UNIT, U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, Defendants. Case No.: 2021-CA-003077
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that an action seeking to quiet title on the following described property in Escambia County, Florida, as described in the Official Records of Escambia County, Florida, to-wit: LT 20 BLK 33 WEST KING TRACT OR 1945 P 336 CA 106 SECTION 00, TOWNSHIP 0 S, RANGE 00 W has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on the Plaintiff’s attorney, Louis E. Harper III of Harper Law, P.A., whose address is 2107 Airport Boulevard, Pensacola, Florida 32504, on or before thirty (30) days from the first date of publication of this notice in the Summation Weekly, and file the original with this Clerk of the above-named court before service on Plaintiff’s attorneys or immediately thereafter; otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Amended Complaint. WITNESS my hand and the seal of this Court, on this the 18 day of May, 2022. PAM CHILDERS, Clerk of Court By: Beth Phelps Deputy Clerk 4WR5/25-6/15NOA
Notice of Forfeiture NOTICE OF FORFEITURE IN RE: FORFEITURE OF: SEVEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED NINETY-EIGHT DOLLARS AND 85/100 ($7,498.85) CASE NO: 2022 CA 000723 DIVISION: E-CIVIL Notice is hereby given that the Escambia Sheriff’s Office has filed a petition for forfeiture of the above-described property. The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office seized the property in Escambia County, Florida on March 4, 2022, and is holding it. A Complaint for Forfeiture was filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court on April 14, 2022, and any person seeking to contest this claim must file a responsive pleading with the Clerk of the Court on or before June 29, 2022, and send a copy to the undersigned attorney. Laura D. Young, Esquire Escambia County Sheriff’s Office 1700 West Leonard Street Pensacola, FL 32501 (850) 436-9515 FL Bar #0099369 2WR6/1-6/8NTC
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