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because I had you as a role model.
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you healed my hurts
and calmed my fears,
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Inside this Edition:
Woman Says Men Tried
To Kidnap Her A Destin woman says two men forced her
into a cream colored car outside her Destin
home before one a.m. .....Page 4
DFS Council Considers
New North Walton TDC
Committee
The DFS Council agreed to have the Mayor
represent the city on the new North Walton
Committee for the TDC. Resident J.B.
Hillard said the commissioners were to have
someone from the TDC be at the meeting.
Hillard said he has question...Page 7
1,892 US Veterans Are Thought to Have Committed Suicide Since January 1, 2014 Nearly 1,900 military veterans are thought
to have taken their own lives in just 2014
alone, according to an ...Page 10
Hello to each of you. As I mentioned a few issues ago. There are stories being rumored to cause harm or even de-
stroy this newspaper. Ive been asked all types of questions.
If you want to know about me or the business, just ask me.
How many people do you know would say that? Just come ask me, Ill help? The mere fact that I balance so many different things going on at once is staggering. Some-
times it feels like nothing for me is getting done. But to be there for your children is
priceless. Unconditional love, shelter and protect at all costs. You only get 1 chance at
raising a quality person or just another floater in society, getting by, stayin alive?
Id like to know your response to a request Ive been given some time back. If there were a locals singles meeting, would you attend it? Where would be a good place? If
you are single and wanting a relationship, what have you tried?
I know how it feels online dating but you cant put into words as fast as your feel-ings are about someone. Its hard to tell without looking into a persons eye if they are really as interested in you as you may be of them. Ya know? You can make yourself feel anyway you want to towards a stranger via the internet. Dreams? Arent those sin-gle ladies wanting the same us most of us men do? The same ol she knows him thru her and the cousins family or something. Sorry, but that shit dont work for real minded working people wanting a true long-term companion. I know of many senior citizens
who may want a place to gather and play cards and mingle sometime. Doesnt that sound like good, clean fun? I know the Mayor has a few gatherings upcoming through-
out the year. Lets get the ball rolling on this. If we build it, they will come!
I am first going to let individuals send in a photo with a brief description of yourself.
Mail info to P.O.Box 1133 Freeport 32439. From there I can post single and looking for..? Want to make new friends? New people to hang out with? Where? Especially around Freeport. I think we can help each other find companionship. (I will not post
photos). Please include your cell# and who knows how soon a call may come to you?
Is there a business who would be willing to hold a singles mingle? Fill out applica-
tion, few references, some background history? It might help some of us busy working
folks a chance to meet other singles in the area. Pre-screen so to say. Casual settings, by
the Bay somewhere? Lets toss some ideas around and I have a few connections that already are interested in something like this. If you may have an idea or a cute venue
way for middle-aged adults to sit and gather to meet and greet. There are so many new
faces I see everyday, a lot may be visitors, but you think they might like to meet some-
one who lives here? Im sure they do!
For the 12 years I have lived here, I have tried to fit-in, go along with some the folks,
but nothing seems to be jive-n around here. Maybe with the amount of flux of us out-siders now residing here, we can began to set standards of our own too. Like ways to meet people, have a drink, small talk, about future ideas and how we want to live in
peace. How many of you out there have ideas? yet only to see someone else a few years
later make it big off a similar idea? Take the chance today, start a new, ideas?
Im certain that if the WCSB held an event designed to make all of Walton county special for visitors. Things to do, places to see. Here, not just in Destin. They could
offer scholarships for hotel, events and more. Get with the colleges too!
Before I forget one thing. I always recognize the works of a nurse. Met many lovely
people in medical field, but a good nurse is one you remember. Salute Nurse.!
The Florida Department of Health recognizes May 6-12, 2014 as National Nurses
Week. Each year, National Nurses Week focuses attention on the diverse ways Amer-
ica's 3.1 million registered nurses work to save lives and to improve the health of mil-
lions of individuals. The American Nurses Association (ANA) has selected "Nurses
Leading the Way " as the theme for 2014.
"Florida's nurses play a critical role in protecting, promoting and improving the health
of all Floridians, said the Department's Acting Chief of Staff, Mary Beth Vickers R.N., M.S.N. "We are proud to recognize Florida's nurses as champions of public
health in our state.
During National Nurses Week, nurses are being honored as leaders who improve the
quality of health care. Nurses practice in diverse roles, such as clinicians, administra-
tors, researchers, educators and policymakers. Florida's nurses work diligently to com-
bat our state's number one health threat: weight. Nurses lead the way in communities
across Florida, promoting healthy weight and lifestyles for children, adults and fami-
lies. As the Department recognizes 125 years of Florida Public Health during 2014, it is
important to highlight the role of nurses in continuing to improve public health for our
residents and visitors. To learn more about the American Nursing Association and Na-
tional Nurses Week, please visit www.nursingworld.org.
I hope you each have a safe wonderful week. Try to do some thinking about your
friend whos single, a relative? Teacher? Boss? Many of us know what we are looking
for and what we want so lets make something happen to brighten lives!
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When something we've dreamed about Quite suddenly is real.
There are times when only a mother's faith Can help us on life's way
And inspire in us the confidence We need from day to day.
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One Arrested After Discharging Firearm at Spouse
Deputies responded to a domestic violence call at a home off
Lancelot Road in Defuniak Springs on Sunday, May 4th. While
in route, Dispatch informed the deputies that there were chil-
dren present and stated their parents were fighting and shots
were fired. Deputies arrived on scene and made contact with
the suspects wife. The wife stated that she and her husband, Matthew Lynch, 30, got into a heated argument over the fam-
ilys vehicle. The wife refused to give Lynch the keys and Lynch went into the bedroom, retrieved a Smith &Wesson and
fired one round at the tire of the vehicle but missed. Lynch
proceeded to walk towards his wife and pointed the gun to-
wards her feet and fired three to four rounds, striking the ground next to her feet. The
victim told deputies when Lynch walked out of the bedroom with the gun, the children
in the home got scared and fled the residence. Deputies found shell casings in the drive-
way as well as along the walkway of the home. Deputies observed Lynch driving the
family vehicle on Hwy 90. A traffic stop was conducted and Lynch was arrested for
aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, discharging a weapon in a public place, ob-
structing justice, hinder, delay or prevent the communication to a law enforcement offi-
cer and driving while license suspended or revoked.
Legalizing Marijuana Is Our Right Despite resistance from the federal government, states have moved to more sen-
sible and far less costly drug policy, as is their right under the 10th Amendment
to the U.S. Constitution. How out of touch the federal government is compared
to the states, at least when it comes to cannabis, is exemplified at a border patrol
checkpoint along Interstate 10 in West Texas, just a few dozen miles east of El
Paso.
On October 23, I sat alone in a cell at the Sierra Blanca checkpoint, reading graf-
fiti carved into the door that said things like "JESSICA TE AMO," "LET ME
OUT," and my personal favorite, "FUCK TEXAS POT LAWS." Snoop Dogg,
Fiona Apple, and Willie Nelson all likely shared this cell or one of the adjacent
cells when they were detained at the Sierra Blanca checkpoint, for the same rea-
son as me. I was detained after a Border Patrol dog yipped when smelling four
joints of California medicinal marijuana rolled up in my center console. The
agents at the checkpoint on I-10 in Texas weren't interested in looking at the
card in my wallet that certified my status as a medical marijuana patient in the
state of California. I was cuffed, read my rights, and remained in a cell until a
Hudspeth County sheriff's deputy arrived and issued me a $500 citation for pos-
session of drug paraphernalia. Even though Hudspeth County is $500 richer be-
cause I was caught with marijuana, the county is being bankrupted by the U.S.
government's War on Drugs.
In just the last year alone, the Sierra Blanca checkpoint has produced 2,600 drug
-related cases for Hudspeth County. Assuming those cases all resulted in $500
fines, that's $1.3 million in revenue for the county. But the county spends far
more than $500 per case in prosecuting and detaining offenders. Roughly 8 out
of every 10 people arrested and detained at the Sierra Blanca checkpoint, usually
for possessing negligible amounts of marijuana, are U.S. citizens. The federal
government used to reimburse Hudspeth County dollar for dollar for cases com-
ing from the Sierra Blanca checkpoint. Now, the Department of Justice will only
reimburse the county for prosecution, not detaining. And according to Hudspeth
County Sheriff Alvin Brown, that reimbursement is only 48 cents for every dol-
lar spent. But my arrest was merely one of 700,000 marijuana possession arrests
in a given year, at a staggering cost of $3.6 billion every 365 days. 2001 and
2008, there were more than 8 million marijuana-related arrests in the US.
Seeking better insight into
chronic fatigue syndrome, a
new brain scan investigation
has pinpointed what could be
the first evidence of a connec-
tion between nerve cell in-
flammation and the onset of
this debilitating and some-
what mysterious illness, researchers say.
The finding stems from a small PET scan study, led by Yasuhito Naka-
tomi of the RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies in Hyogo,
Japan. The study involved just nine patients with chronic fatigue syn-
drome and 10 healthy participants.
However, the investigators believe that their initial results are the first to
show that neuro-inflammation is a distinct feature of chronic fatigue
syndrome. This inflammation affects specific areas of the brain that are
commonly linked with the kind of fatigue, pain, depression, and thought
-process difficulties long associated with the syndrome, the researchers
noted.
"While the results will need to be confirmed in larger studies, it is a very
exciting finding,"The root cause of chronic fatigue syndrome is the sub-
ject of much debate. While some health experts believe it is bacteria
driven, others think it's most probably brought on by a virus.
The syndrome -- which can take hold without warning -- is typically
characterized by extreme exhaustion, muscle and joint pain, sleep diffi-
culties and thinking problems. The result is often an inability to perform
even simple everyday tasks."The higher the inflammation, the more
severe the patients' symptoms,"
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Woman Says Men Tried To
Kidnap Her As reported by WzEP AM1460 A Destin woman says two men forced her into a
cream colored car outside her Destin home before
one a.m. Monday morning, but her boyfriend was
able to thwart their kidnapping attempt.
The 22 year old told deputies that she had walked
out of her driveway on Sandalwood Drive when a
cream Crown Victoria or Cadillac style car with
three men inside pulled up. She says the driver was
armed with a handgun. She says the two passengers
were forcing her into the cars back seat when her 22-year-old boyfriend ran up and pulled her out.
The car then headed east on Sandalwood towards
Beach Drive.
The woman described the front seat passenger as a
black male, approximately 68 tall and 300 pounds, wearing a black tee-shirt. He had dropped a Florida
Gators hat at the scene. She described the passenger
in the rear seat as a black male, approximately six-
feet tall and slender.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the
Okaloosa County Sheriffs Office at 850-651-7400
or Emerald Coast Crime Stoppers at 850-863-TIPS
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The FREEPORT POST
Thursday, May 8, 2014 The Emerald Star News, Inc.
The Mayors Post Russ Barley Freeport Mayor
Please send any and all comments
to The [email protected]
SCOTUS Decides in Favor of Religious
Freedom, Some Believe It Violates
Separation of Church & State
The Supreme Court decided on the case of Town of Greece, New York v. Gallo-
way and the majority has ruled that prayers are permissible at town hall meetings.
Instantly, the two major left-leaning outlets of MSNBC and Think Progress
called the ruling a violation of the separation of church and state.
The often-cited phrase is not a constitutional provision, but rather is part of
the phrase wall of separation between Church & State pulled from the docu-ment written by non-Constitutional signatoree Thomas Jefferson Letter to the
Danbury Baptists.
The Supreme Court provided the background on what is being contended in
court:
Since 1999, the monthly town board meetings in Greece, New York, have
opened with a roll call, a recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance, and a prayer
given by clergy selected from the congregations listed in a local directory. While
the prayer program is open to all creeds, nearly all of the local congregations
are Christian; thus, nearly all of the participating prayer givers have been too.
Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing for the 5-4 majority, put his view as such:
Ceremonial prayer is but a recognition that, since this nation was founded and until the present day, many Americans deem that their own existence must be
understood by precepts far beyond that authority of government to alter or de-
fine.
This opinion holds with the view that The Constitution is a legal document of
enumerated powers; as such, The Constitution does not empower the federal gov-
ernment to restrict the religious and cultural expression of individuals who attend
public functions at the local and state level.
In addition, the federal government does not have the authority to abridge (or
restrict) freedom of speech under the First Amendment:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibit-ing the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press;
or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government
for a redress of grievances.ustice Elena Kagan dissented in the 5-4 ruling, and wrote for the minority that the towns practices could not be reconciled with the First Amendments promise that every citizen, irrespective of her religion, owns
an equal share of her government.
Again, it seems typical of those who lean to the left politically to look outside the
plain textual reading of the U.S. Constitution.
Not only does the First Amendment prevent the federal government from abridg-
ing individuals freedom of speech, it is circumscribed in authority over such
local and state matters.
Whether on Christmas nativity scenes or displays of the Ten Commandments on
public buildings, those on the left have upheld that such Judeo-Christian expres-
sions are implicitly violations of the religious minorities rights.
It is not enough for some that others be allowed to speak their minds freely and to
have the right to freedom of assembly, progressives want to suppress the reli-
gious views of the majority.
But those freedoms of speech and assembly are held out for us all: any person of
any religious denomination or non-religous denomination should have the same
right to express their views in public.
Being offended is not a pretext for the suppression of religion and speech. As
Justice Kennedy put it:
To hold that invocations must be nonsectarian, he wrote, would force the legis-latures that sponsor prayers and the courts that are asked to decide these cases to
act as supervisors and censors of religious speech, a rule that would involve gov-
ernment in religious matters to a far greater degree than is the case under the
towns current practice of neither editing or approving prayers in advance nor
criticizing their content after the fact. The Supreme Court ruled the right way.
Russ Barley-Mayor-Freeport, Fl.
Greetings from the Mayors Office, The Resolu-tion 2014-02, to re-designate Freeport as RACEC
(Rural Area of Critical Economic Concern)
Community was passed at our last meeting and
the fire fighter position was discussed with the
top applicants being interviewed on May 13,
2014, by the council to make the selection of the
new fireman. The Freeport City Clerk position is
open with applications being taken until May 15,
2014 applications and job descriptions can be
obtained at the Mayors Office at city hall. A Resolution was passed by the council for the Stu-
dents Working Against Tobacco. In a legislative
report from Councilwoman Brannon, the 218
Legislative Bill proposed by Senator Grimsley
was passed and this should help Freeport with
the debt owed to DOT for relocation of lines
along Hwy 331 which has been incurred in the
amount of 2.3 million dollars. The poster contest
for the first annual City Festival Freeport Bay-fest is still on going and the deadline for entries is 5:00 pm, on May 8, 2014, those interested in
being a part of the history of the first festival
should get your entries in and turn in at city hall.
Easter Son-Rise service held by local churches at
the city hall was a success and plans are in the
making for a Thanksgiving service and a lunch
for those less fortunate in our community, details
will be announced as they are arranged. Myself
and Councilwomen Brannon and Laird attended
the legislative session last week with the North-
west Florida League of Cities helping to lobby
for different bills to be passed that was sup-
ported by the League. The city pool will be open-
ing on May24th and will be open until Labor
Day September 1, 2014, so get set for your sum-
mer days and come and enjoy the facilities. The
next city council meeting is set for May 13th at
7:00 PM, city hall , come and join us as we dis-
cuss the future of our great city. Any questions
or concerns please give us a call at 850-835-2822.
Just a reminder that there will be
no Picking on the Porch in the
month of May, as the 2nd Sunday
is MOTHERS DAY. Dont forget to do something nice for
your mother!
Warmly, Latilda R. Hughes-Neel
AICP, City Planner
There will be no Planning Board
meeting in May 2014.
The Walton County Board of
County Commissioners proposes to
adopt the following by ordinance:
AN ORDINANCE OF WALTON
COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMEND-
ING CHAPTER 4 OF THE
WALTON COUNTY CODE TO
ADD SCENIC HIGHWAY 98
AND HIGHWAY 98, WALTON
COUNTY, FLORIDA, TO THOSE
AREAS WHERE ROADSIDE
FUNDRAISING IS PROHIBITED.
AN ORDINANCE OF WALTON
COUNTY RELATING TO NOISE;
PROVIDING FOR PURPOSE
AND LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS;
PROVIDING FOR AUTHORITY;
PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS;
PROVIDING FOR PROHIBITED
ACTS; PROVIDING FOR EX-
EMPTIONS; PROVIDING FOR
PENALTIES; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; AND PROVID-
ING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
You are hereby notified that Public
Hearings on these ordinances will
be held on May 20, 2014, beginning
at 4:00 p.m., or as soon as possible
to that time, at the South Walton
Courthouse Annex located at 31
Coastal Centre Blvd., Santa Rosa
Beach, Florida.
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Home is where the heart is By Ron Kelley
For as far back as Tom Roberts can remem-
ber, he has always had one dream to be-come a physician. Through sheer persever-
ance and determination, that little boy ful-
filled his dream and eventually grew up to
treat the sick and injured, to literally save
lives around the world.
Tom Roberts is a Florida native, who grew
up in Pace, Florida, in nearby Santa Rosa
County. After high school, Roberts attended
the University of Florida College of Medicine and in 1994 obtained
certification as a physician assistant, or P.A. Roberts also earned a
Bachelor of Science and Medical degree.
I was blessed to get a good education. The P.A. training is the same core curriculum as for a general practitioner. During that time, I volun-
teered to help provide indigent care in Santa Rosa County, said Rob-erts. After college, I got a job with Gateway Medical here in DeFuniak Springs. All that experience in Santa Rosa County and over here
proved to be a huge benefit for me because I saw a wide variety of peo-
ple with just about every conceivable sickness, injury and disease you
could imagine. It was a great learning experience and I am so grateful
for what God was doing for me. I was blessed. However, the high cost of attending medical school seemed insur-
mountable and for a while, it looked as though Tom Roberts would not
be able to move any higher up the ladder. Thankfully, the unwavering
determination to achieve his goal kept him moving forward.
Tom joined the U.S. Army Reserve. While the Army would not pay
for his training, since he was merely a reservist and not regular Army,
the job did provide enough money for him to attend the University of
Health Sciences in Antiqua in the Caribbean in 1999. During the third
and fourth years of the four-year course, Roberts worked at the Pensa-
cola Naval Hospital and then in medical services at Eglin Air Force
Base. It looked as though he would graduate and finish his time in the
Army Reserve at about the same time. The future seemed bright and
full of promise.
After completing all the courses, he was preparing to attend the
graduation ceremony. Just days before the ceremony, which he was re-
quired to attend in order to receive his degree, Roberts was notified that
he was being called to active duty. He was sent to Kuwait. I was with the infantry division that marched into Bagdad, he said. As Civil War General William Sherman said, War is hell. The war was hell on Tom Roberts, too, who said that when he finally received
his separation from active duty in 2004, he was unsure what to do next.
I didnt know what I wanted or what I wanted to do with my life. However, the little boys dream was still alive in Tom Roberts and he got his degree and returned to the world of medicine. Today, he is
happy happy to be alive, happy to be a P.A. and a physician, happy to be in DeFuniak Springs.
I am enjoying myself. This is a great little hospital with some excel-lent physicians and nurses. I have even seen some of my former pa-
tients, who still remember me from when I was here before, he said. I want to stay here at Healthmark, complete my residency and help build
up this medical clinic. This is a good place, said Roberts, and its good to be home. Cutline: DR. THOMAS ROBERTS, M.D., P.A.C., the newest physician
to join Healthmark Regional Medical Center.
Home Celebrate 100 Years of
Extension at The UF/IFAS
Walton County Extension Office
The UF/IFAS Walton County Ex-
tension Office will be celebrating
the 100th Anniversary of Florida
Extension by hosting an open house.
The Smith-Lever Act of 1914 estab-
lished the Cooperative Extension
Service. Extension is a public out-
reach that has helped millions of
Floridians by tapping the latest in-
formation from the research engines
of the University of Florida and
Florida A & M, converting it into
practical knowledge we use every
day. Extension provides educational
materials, workshops, and classes to
all Floridians about agriculture,
lawn and garden care, family life
and consumer choices, community
development, the environment and 4
-H youth development.
Join in on the celebration on Friday,
May 9th from 9am to 3pm. The Ex-
tension Office will have FREE
workshops and demonstrations open
to the public.
Workshops offered include:
Growing Roses in Florida, Produc-
ing Shiitake Mushrooms, Container
Gardening, Tomato Grafting, Good
Bugs/Bad Bugs in your lawn & gar-
den, Lets Eat For the Health of It, Invasive Species, Coastal Dune
Lakes of Walton County, Backyard
Chicks, What are your assets, Exer-
cise to the Beat, Let the Chips Fall,
and Beekeeping.
All Day Demonstrations:
Greenhouse tours, Aquaponics, Hy-
droponics, Container Gardening,
Beekeeping, and Rain Barrel Har-
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DFS Council Considers New North
Walton TDC Committee
As reported by WZEP AM1460 The DFS Council agreed to have the Mayor represent the city on the
new North Walton Committee for the TDC. Resident J.B. Hillard said
the commissioners were to have someone from the TDC be at the
meeting. Hillard said he has questions. He cited the functions of the
committee and the money allotted. Council member Work said the
TDC might simply be buying out the city to keep them from seeking
bed tax collections north of the bay.
City manager Sara Bowers said an estimate for bed taxes in north
Walton would be about $30,000. Hillard said the proposal is reason-
able to him, but he still has questions about the process.
Hillard said the TDC was instructed to be at the Council meeting and
he is disappointed they were not present. In a review of the Walton
commissioner meeting, Commissioner Bill Chapman said he wanted
Bagby or someone from the TDC Staff to be at the DeFuniak Springs
and Paxton Council meetings to answer any questions. At that com-
missioner meeting Bagby said the funds are not operational, not to
subsidise the events; rather they are from the marketing side to help
promote the events. Bagby told the commissioners he and attorney
Adkinson had met with City Administrator Sara Bowers about six
months ago and feels they knew about the planned committee, but
also said the information might not have gotten to the mayor. The
Commissioners delayed making appointments to allow the cities to
discuss the issue at their meetings.
Shayne Betts said she attended recent commissioner and TDC meet-
ings. She said TDC Director Jim Bagby said the proposed allotment is
$15,000 the first year and $30,000 the second. She told the Council
Bagby said this was the highest the amount would ever go.
Council member Ron Kelley said, with 2000 bed tax collectors in
south Walton and only 6 in north Walton, he does not feel it will take
hiring a new employee. He also said a $30,000 cap is not in their best
interest and he doubts Bagbys intentions. Kelley said he is afraid their presence on the advisory committee will be like Waltons few
members on the TPO.
Council member Mac Carpenter said Bagby does not set the budget and the com-
missioners approve it. He said the comment about the $30,000 was in context to a
comment by a TDC member who does not want any of the money going north of
the bay. Carpenter said they do not have a seat at any table, but this gets them
one at the small table. He also said Bagby said some very positive things about
north Walton and events that need funding. Carpenter said the cap is not Bagbys
to decide.
City Manager Sara Bowers said, if the matter goes to the voters to have a north
end tax, then the city would get a representative and a bed tax collector. She said
the TDC Board makeup would change and become political. Bowers said it is
clear they do not want the north end on the board. Kelley agreed. Kelley also said
the widening of 331 will mean more bed tax collectors on the north end.
Happenings in DeFuniak Springs
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DFS CNG Discussion As reported by WZEP AM1460
They want the gas to go, but right now it is a no go since no
bidders submitted. The city had no bidders for the Com-
pressed Natural Gas project.
Council member Henry Ennis said they still do not have
anyone to finance the CNG project. Ennis talked about the
project that was to use a grant and RD support now having
to use bank financing. The requirement has the city seeking
bank financing then, if no bank deal is made, rural Develop-
ment will step in. One bank offered to finance the project.
Council member Ron Kelley said he disagrees with Ennis
and his research shows there are other public and private
stations in the south. He said CNG is cleaner, costs less,
uses less oil, engines have longer life and most all is
produced in North America. Kelley said he is in favor of
seeking new bids.
Council member Mac Work talked about the advantages of
using CNG and gave examples of how other areas have
used CNG. Work said he wants to see the nation become
energy independent. Work noted the school district is
interested in CNG busses when the front engine ones start
to come out and are planning for a possible CNG station at
the proposed Freeport High Bus Barn.
Council member Mac Carpenter agreed that natural gas is a
business of the city. He called the plan forward thinking.
The engineer said a worse case scenario is only the city
using the CNG for 15 years and still be in debt. Carpenter
said this is an investment opportunity, but he is concerned
with how much money is being spent. Carpenter said the
discussion was due to Rural Development failing to produce
what they said they would. RD has had a number of local
office changes and did not help the city get an expected
grant that was promised.
Council member Kermit Wright said they have but to look
to Tallahassee to see how this is being done. Work said they
also use CNG in Pensacola and Santa Rosa. The city will re
-advertise and talk to the other government entities.
Morrison Advisory
A Health Advisory is issued April 29,
2014, for Morrison Springs. The Ad-
visory is issued based on the criteria
for fecal indicator bacteria.
This should be considered a potential
health risk to the bathing public and
swimming is not recom-
mended. Samples taken are still above
the public health threshold for fecal
indicator bacteria. The water will be re
-sampled May 5, 2014. When re-
sampling indicates that the water is
within the satisfactory range, the advi-
sory will be lifted. The presence of
fecal indicator bacteria is an indication
of fecal pollution, which may come
from stormwater runoff, domestic
pets, wildlife, and human waste
(sewage).
Sampling is also conducted by other
county health departments at marine
beaches and results can be found at
Department of Health's Beach Water
Quality website at
www.floridahealth.gov/healthy-
environments/beach-water-quality/
index.html.
For more information, contact the
Florida Department of Health in
Walton County (850) 892-8021
Public Notice
The Sandestin Compliance Hearing that
was scheduled to take place on Thursday,
May 15th at 9:00am in the South Walton
Annex located at 31 Coastal Centre Blvd.
in Santa Rosa Beach has been rescheduled
to Friday, June 6th at 9:00am at the same
location.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
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ends up happening is the joint discovery of a brilliant middle ground, something neither of you would have
found if not for the other.
Romance is in the air, and so is a little music. Is that in your head? Is that piped in from somewhere? Whatever
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Thursday, you're brought back to the real world by someone who insists on waving their hand in front of your
face. You're such a romantic, imagining your life with you-know-who while there's work to be done.
Whatever you wanted to get to at the beginning of the week, if it isn't related to family, forget about it.
(Although you might get some chores done around the house.) try as you might to at last get some work done,
you're sidetracked by your love life. (But what a wonderful thing to be sidetracked by, right?) The advantage of
being distracted by your love life is that it fills you with tons of energy, which will be useful.
you're speaking your mind -- and getting a great response. People light up when you say something they aren't
expecting. They realize they're in the middle of an actual conversation. It's startling. You surprise people in small
ways like this all week. Remember, it takes confidence to really talk with people. However, a little too much
confidence sometimes looks like pomposity
you're moody, and so are the people around you. There's a sense that there isn't enough good stuff to go around,
and people are fighting over what's left. But none of this is real. It's a perception thing. Wednesday and Thursday
you more or less see the light: New ideas come to you, you spark a few debates and you make headway on a big
project.
Hopes and dreams -- and all that. Somehow in the telling, all the things that once seemed so far away from you
seem, well, closer than ever. Achievable, even. Wednesday and Thursday, you continue to think about the future
this way, your perfect future. You carry the thought with you like a possession.
a lot more sensitive than usual. So when someone tells you something and you almost physically react -- well,
that's what's up. That said, no one else can tell. You have such command, such a polished way with things, that
people register absolutely no change in your disposition. Wednesday and Thursday, this unbelievable finesse is
the subject of much discussion among others. Apparently you have fans. How flattering! Friday through Sunday,
Someone walks into a room -- for what it's worth, women figure prominently in the stars -- and something about
your conversational chemistry wakes you up. Wednesday and Thursday, you need to be as woken up as possible.
Madness is transpiring and you'll need to be flexible to survive it. (And avoid the martyr thing, too: When you
make it out unscathed, don't brag about your valor.) But all this is just the preamble
but you have all these feelings swimming around in you, all these distractions. Find something small and beauti-
ful to focus on. If you're at work, go buy a little plant and put it on your desk. Somehow this sort of thing works.
Wednesday and Thursday, what works is seeing good friends, people who inspire you to conversational great-
ness and who can see that there's something you want to talk about. They convince you to open up.
As much as you'd like to be in control, you're not controlling the reins on Monday and Tuesday. So you might as
well put your feet up and enjoy the ride. Right? And while you're at it, let someone else choose where to eat
lunch. Wednesday and Thursday, you almost have the urge to put your foot down and demand that something go
the way you want it to -- you may even feel like standing up to your boss. But, really, don't. That would just
come across as all ego. And remember how comfortable it is with your feet up?
It's okay that you're not on the same page as everyone else on Monday and Tuesday. Follow where your own
mood takes you and you'll stumble onto something wonderful, some idea that no one else could think of.
Wednesday and Thursday, you stumble onto more wonderful things, although these things are actually things --
for example, upgraded seats on an airplane or a 20-dollar bill you find on the ground. Yay! You have some luck
at this time.
Take things one at a time on Monday and Tuesday. Change is in the air, and you're not opposed to change -- sometimes you
really like the idea, actually. But it's a process. Plus, it's way more fun to experience life as it unfolds. That said, what un-
folds on Wednesday and Thursday is hardly fun. File it under 'challenging.' (Sometimes challenges are fun, but not this
time.) The real fun happens on Friday. And also Saturday. Plus, Sunday. It's a great weekend: You get a bunch done, you
catch up with someone long-distance and you develop a new obsession (a good one).
Dear Editor,
What a joy it was to see a free newspa-per that actually had substance to it.
We came through from Minnesota last
week and I must have read that couple of
editions 50x. To let the people speak their
minds, yet not many have the balls you do,
and you do every other week. Amazing!
God Bless you are one of a kind.
Jennison Amaldi
Dear Editor,
Your article that you wrote a few weeks
back was spot on! Your views are different
from the standard ways around these parts
but your outlook on possibilities are en-
couraging.
Keep up the good work you do.
Lt. Thomas Viegel
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Meet Common Core Standards The Rialto school district in California is under fire over a stunning eighth
-grade assignment that asked students to write an argumentative essay
about the Holocaust and whether or not you believe this was an actual event in history, or merely a political scheme created to influence public
emotion and gain wealth.
The thoroughly debunked idea that the Holocaust was nothing more than a
hoax created by the Jews has long been alleged by anti-Semitic conspir-
acy theorists.
The San Bernardino Sun first reported on the 18-page assignment that
gives students three sources to use to write their essays. One of the sources
reportedly alleges the gassings in concentration camps were a hoax and there is no evidence Jews actually died in gas chambers.The source, traced
to a webpage on biblebelievers.org.au, states: With all this money at stake for Israel, it is easy to comprehend why this Holocaust hoax is so
secretly guarded. In whatever way you can, please help shatter this profit-
able myth. It is time we stop sacrificing Americas welfare for the sake of
Israel and spend our hard-earned dollars on Americans.
The other two sources were from About.com and History.com, KTLA-TV
reports.
In a statement issued Monday, the school district said Interim Superinten-
dent Mohammad Z. Islam would meet with administrators to make sure
references to the Holocaust not occurring are taken out of current as-
signments and not included in future assignments.
The Los Angeles-area chapter of the Anti-Defamation League sent an
email to the school district blasting the assignment. It is ADLs general position that an exercise asking students to question whether the Holocaust
happened has no academic value; it only gives legitimacy to the hateful
and anti-Semitic promoters of Holocaust Denial, the email reportedly
states.
1,892 US Veterans Are Thought to Have
Committed Suicide Since January 1, 2014 Nearly 1,900 military veterans are thought to have taken their own lives in just 2014 alone,
according to an estimate from Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, ABC reports.
Extrapolating from a 2012 VA report that found 22 veterans took their lives each day in 2009
and 2010, IAVA members planted 1,892 flags on the National Mall Thursday to commemorate
the staggering figure.
"We are losing too many of our brothers and sisters nationwide. And were storming the hill to change history and transform a landscape so that America will truly take care of its own who
have shouldered the burdens of war, said IAVA Founder and CEO Paul Rieckhoff in a state-
ment to Business Insider.
Planting the flags was part of a push from IAVA to "Storm the Hill" and get legislation passed
to combat suicide within the military ranks. It's a huge issue with more than half of the 2.6 million veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan still struggling with physical or mental health prob-
lems many of which know a fellow service member who has attempted or committed sui-
cide, Washington Post reports.
IAVA's efforts have made an impact, as Sen. John Walsh (D-Mont.), the first Iraq war veteran
to serve in the senate, introduced comprehensive legislation that would increase mental health
professionals at VA, enhance collaboration with the Pentagon, and review cases of soldiers
who may have been wrongly discharged for "invisible wounds."
"Returning home from combat does not erase what happened there, and yet red tape and gov-
ernment dysfunction have blocked access to the care that saves lives," Walsh said in a state-
ment to Business Insider. "It is our duty to come together for real solutions for our heroes."
S.2182, or the Suicide Prevention for America's Veterans Act, now heads to the Senate Veter-
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Obituary for FLOYD EARL GODWIN
Earl Godwin of Free-
port, Florida passed
away early Monday
morning, May 5, 2014.
With the Joy of Life
with him and the
pleasure of meeting up
with his wife of 70
years, he left 93 years
of joy to a lot of peo-
ple who knew him.
Erk, Earl, Mr. Earl, or Mr. Godwin will always be
fondly remembered around Freeport for his kind-
ness and generosity and more remembered as Dad
to us. Dad was a great supporter of our family. He
worked hard as a boat captain in the USA and over-
seas, civil service and entrepreneur in the fishing
business. Owning his fish market fulfilled a life
long dream. He enjoyed his life to the end making
the best of Gods plan.
His children Angela Creagle and husband Jim;
Hubert Earl Buddy Godwin and Larry Godwin and life partner Patrick Marshall survive him.
Grandchildren: Joey Spivey and wife Susan; Chip
Godwin and wife Tracy; Casey Godwin; Chris
Godwin; Paige Ward and husband Sonny and
Jimmy Creagle and wife Jenna.
Great-grandchildren: John Spivey; Caymon and
Callie Godwin; David Godwin; Dixie and Kenneth
Geralds and Alysia Creagle.
Also surviving is his brother Benny Godwin and
wife Maggie; sister Inez Roth; in-laws, nieces,
nephews, cousins, friends and all who cared for
him.
He has joined his wife, Daphne Godwin; son,
David Thomas Godwin; parents, Clara and Thomas
Godwin; brothers, Irving Godwin, Burruss Godwin,
Donald Godwin, and sister, Irene Paulk for a great
reunion.
A time of visitation will be held 6:00- 8:00 PM,
Friday, May 9, 2014 at Clary-Glenn Freeport
Chapel Funeral Home; 150 East Highway 20; Free-
port, Florida 32439.
Funeral services will be held 10:00 AM, Saturday ,
May 10, 2014 at Clary-Glenn Freeport Chapel Fu-
neral Home.
Floral arrangements are being accepted.
Burial will follow in the Hatcher Cemetery.
You may go online to view obituaries, offer condo-
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Health Advisory Rescinded for
East Bayshore Drive and Nearby
Areas in Choctawhatchee Bay
Walton County -- Effective imme-diately, the Florida Department of
Health in Walton County is rescind-
ing the May 1, 2014, health advisory
for the East Bayshore Drive and
Nearby Areas in Choctawhatchee
Bay. The Health Advisory for
North Eden Park to JD Miller Road
and surrounding areas in the Choc-
tawhatchee Bay is still in effect.
The health department feels that water quality in this area has im-
proved considerably due to the re-
duction in bacteria levels.
For more information, contact the Florida Department of Health in
Walton County at (850) 892-892-
8021.
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