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T h is C o m mu n i t y N ewsp a p er is a pu bl ica t ion of E sca m bia / S a n t a Rosa B a r Assoc ia t ion
Se r v i ng t he Fi r st Jud icial Ci rcu it
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Vol. 18, No. 51
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December 19, 2018
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The Family Tradition of the
Christmas Tree The first thing you think about when someone says “Christmas” is probably a great, big, green tree decorated with shining ornaments and glittering garlands with presents piled high underneath it, waiting for Christmas morning to be opened. The tree is the central part of any Christmas celebration. It serves as both the beginning and the end of the celebration, with the decorating of the tree signaling the beginning of Christmas to the unwrapping of presents under the tree at the end. For many people, they begin their holiday season with a trip to find the perfect tree at a Christmas tree farm. Fish River Trees, located about an hour away in Summerdale, Alabama, is proud to be the start of any holiday celebration. “The thing that is kind of unique about the farm is something I can’t quite put a finger on, but I use the term ‘magical,’’ Steven Mannhard, the owner of Fish River Trees, said. “There’s something about it. I see it when these kids get here. There’s something about the thousands of trees in a row, the kids seeing them in a row, that is just magical.” Fish River Trees has been a staple of holiday tradition since opening in 1981, when Mannhard was convinced by a neighbor to get into the Christmas tree farming business. At the time, Auburn University was pushing Christmas trees as an alternative crop for people to farm, as the trees grow much faster in the south than they do in the north. At the time, Mannhard was an English teacher, but he found that he liked having the farm, even if he didn’t have the time for it. He said it reminded him of spending time on his family’s farm, and that he liked being able to work outside. Along with enjoying the farming life, there was something else about working with Christmas trees specifically that drew Mannhard to continue his farm even when his neighbor closed his own farm. He enjoyed the family building and the tradition of going out to find a Christmas tree. He found that Fish River gave
that experience to families all along the Gulf Coast. “It’s different from other kinds of farming, where you’re growing corn or raising hogs or whatever. There’s not that personal relationship that you establish with that customers,” Mannhard said. “That’s what makes Christmas tree farming a little different.” Fish River is separated into five distinct sections: the “choose and cut” farm, the nursery, the shipped-in trees, the wreath, garland and centerpiece center and what Mannhard calls the “agritainment” farm. The “choose and cut” farm includes trees that customers can cut themselves to take home. The nursery includes trees grown in special containers that allow customers to plant them in their yard once the Christmas season is over. The shipped-in trees include the traditional Christmas fir tree that Mannhard brings from up north as they don’t grow this far south. Customers can find farm-grown garlands and wreaths at Fish River, along with special centerpieces for their holiday table. And finally, the “agritainment” part of the farm includes a manger scene with real animals, pony and camel rides, visits from Santa and other events that happen throughout the holiday season. Together, the entire farm works together to make an experience for families who come every year to get their tree. “At the heart of the experience is a family thing,” Mannhard said. “I see it all the time, day after day, customer after customer. You see why people come and the reason is to create a family tradition. In the process of going to the farm to get a tree, they are establishing a family tradition that goes back years. They are giving their children an experience that will last their whole life.” As the customers enjoy creating family traditions, the farm also brings together Mannhard’s family for the holidays; his two daughters come down from Birmingham every year to help with the farm and his wife runs the business side
of the farm. Every part of Fish River centers around family fun and tradition, something Mannhard attributes to the holiday spirit. “It’s hard to put a finger on the emotion of that, but it is connected to the entire Christmas experience,” Mannhard said. “It really is a matter of families and memories and tradition, the whole idea of gift giving, the whole idea of putting up a tree and decorating it. Those are all traditions. Just like going to the Christmas tree farm to get the tree.” Fish River is one of the few Christmas tree farms left, many of them having closed only a few years after opening. While the convenience of an artificial tree appeals to many nowadays, according to Mannhard those who prefer to get a real tree say they enjoy the smell of the tree, which brings back memories of Christmas from their own childhoods. The presence of the tree, with its unique smell and glittering decorations, signals the start of what many people consider their favorite part of the year. To Mannhard, the tree represents something bigger, and something he said most people understand even if they don’t necessarily talk about it during their holiday celebrations. The Christmas tree has represented the renewing of life at the end of the year nearly since its creation. Even in pagan times, when people thought the tree was magical as it remained green while everything else turned brown in the winter, the Christmas tree has been seen as a reminder that life continues. “That is the message of Christmas – bringing new life to the world,”Mannhard said. “That’s why the Christmas tree tradition is so strong because I think in everyone’s heart they understand the green tree and decorating it and what it means, because it is a symbol of new life.” Fish River Trees is open now until Dec. 23, 8 am to 5 pm daily. Specific holiday events hosted at the farm can be found on their website fishrivertrees.com.
Excited to get your very own tree this year? Here’s a few tips on how to keep it healthy through the end of Christmas dinner. • Cut a thin layer off the bottom: Have a stand ready, if you can, full of water when you get home with your new tree. The sooner you get it in water, the better. Before you put it in the water though, make sure to cut a little off the bottom of the stem. Just like with flowers, cutting a little off the bottom makes it easier for the tree to take water from the stand and will ensure it can live to see the end of the holiday season • Water, water, water: A tree will take more water the first week than the next couple of weeks, especially on the first day in its stand. Make sure to check frequently that water levels remain stable and double check before you go to bed at night. Trees will frequently dry up overnight if not given enough water to last. Put a note to yourself on your fridge or set an alarm on your phone to remind you to check the water levels before you go to sleep and when you wake up in the morning, especially for the first week. • Close nearby air vents: With the weather cooling down, you will start to lean more on your home’s heating systems. The warm-air vents act almost like a hair dryer to a Christmas tree and will dry out the pines, causing them to fall off the branches. Close any air vents that are near the tree, or make sure it is kept cool during the holidays. This will save your carpet and your vacuum. • Keep your tree in a cool place: Got your tree early, but not quite ready to decorate it? No problem! If you have time before you decorate it, consider keeping your tree in the garage or storage shed, where it is cooler and more humid than the inside of your home. If you store your tree, make sure you keep a close eye on its water supply. While it won’t take as much water if it is humid, trees can still dry up very quickly and can shed if not properly cared for.
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FLORIDA BAR SEEKS APPLICATIONS FOR SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS
January Bar Meeting Thursday, January 10, 2019 from noon until 1 p.m. Sponsored by Synovus and LexisNexis V Paul’s Italian Ristorante, 29 Palafox Place, Pensacola, FL 32502 Cost (includes lunch): $15 – ESRBA members, $18 – nonmembers Reservations: (850) 434-8135 or esrba@esrba.com
FLORIDA BAR SEEKS APPLICATIONS FOR JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSIONS There is one lawyer vacancy on each of Florida’s 26 Judicial Nominating Commissions, and The Florida Bar has the opportunity to nominate three lawyers for each commission to the governor for his appointment. Each appointee will serve a four-year term, commencing July 1, 2019. Applicants must be members of The Florida Bar engaged in the practice of law and a resident of the territorial jurisdiction served by the commission to which the member is applying. Commissioners are not eligible for state judicial office for vacancies filled by the JNC on which they sit for two years following completion of their term.
Persons interested in applying for these vacancies may download the Judicial Nominating Commission Application for Appointment from the Bar’s website, www.floridabar.org, or call Bar headquarters at 850-5615667 to obtain the application form. Completed applications must be received by the Executive Director, The Florida Bar, 651 E. Jefferson St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-2300 or submitted via email to specialapptapp@ floridabar.org no later than 5:30 p.m. Jan. 14, 2019. Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of the required application. The Board of Governors will review all applications and may request telephone or personal interviews.
THE FLORIDA BAR SEEKS A PUBLIC MEMBER FOR ITS GOVERNING BOARD Continuing its practice of public involvement, The Florida Bar seeks a new member of the public to serve on its governing board. The Board of Governors member will replace Lawrence W. Tyree of Orlando, whose second two-year term expires June 2019. Since 1987, two public members have served on the Bar’s 52-member governing board, after the Supreme Court of Florida approved the organization’s request to have nonlawyer representation on the board. Only 12 other state bar associations have public members on their governing boards. A screening committee of The Florida Bar Board of Governors has been appointed to review the applications for the public member position, conduct final interviews and make recommendations to the Bar’s governing board during its March meeting in Washington, D.C. The board will then recommend three people to the Supreme Court of Florida, and the court will appoint one of the three nominees to the board. The Board of Governors oversees the Bar’s lawyer discipline program, continuing legal education programs, legislative activities and the overall administration of The Florida Bar. Board members average 200-300 hours
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per year on Bar business, depending on committee assignments. Although attorney members of the Bar’s governing board pay their own expenses related to their attendance at six board meetings and other events held each year, nonlawyer board members are reimbursed for “reasonable travel and related expenses for attending official bar functions.” The new board member would serve a two-year term commencing June 28, 2019. Public members are not allowed by rule to serve more than two consecutive terms. Most of the Bar’s board is apportioned according to Florida’s 20 judicial circuits, with attorney members elected by lawyers in their locality. There are four additional out-of-state representatives. The other public member currently serving on The Florida Bar’s Board of Governors is Sharon B. Middleton of Ponte Vedra Beach. Anyone interested in serving as a public member may click here to download and complete the application form from the Bar’s website, www.floridabar.org, or call The Florida Bar headquarters at 850-5613127 to obtain the application. Completed applications must be received by Joshua E. Doyle, Executive Director, The Florida Bar, 651 E. Jefferson St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-2300, no later than Jan. 25, 2019.
filled by the Judicial Nominating Commission on which they sit for two years following the expiration of their term. Commissioners are subject to Florida financial disclosure laws. Meetings and deliberations are open to the public. Lawyers interested in applying for these vacancies may download the Application for Special Appointment from the Bar’s website, www.floridabar.org or call Bar headquarters at 850-561-5667 to obtain the application form. Completed applications must be received by the Executive Director, The Florida Bar, 651 E. Jefferson St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-2300 or submitted via email to specialapptapp@floridabar.org no later than the close of business Feb. 15, 2019. Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of the required application. The Board of Governors will review all applications and may request telephone or personal interviews.
The Florida Bar is seeking applicants for: • Florida Patient’s Compensation Fund Board of Governors: One lawyer to serve a four-year term commencing July 1, 2019. The purpose of the board is to supervise the operations of the FPCF, which provides excess medical malpractice coverage to Florida health care providers. • Statewide Nominating Commission for Judges of Compensation Claims: Three lawyers from the territorial jurisdictions of the First, Third and Fifth state appellate districts to serve four-year terms commencing July 2, 2019. All applicants must be members of The Florida Bar who are engaged in the practice of law. No attorney who appears before any judge of compensation claims more than four times a year is eligible to serve on the commission, pursuant to F.S. §440.45(2)(b). Commissioners also are not eligible for state judicial vacancies
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Pelican Drop returns to Kazoo’s Rockin’ Eve Celebration at the Blue Wahoos Stadium The famed Pensacola Pelican Drop will return to Blue Wahoos Stadium on New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31, for the second consecutive year as part of Kazoo’s Rockin’ Eve hosted by the Pensacola Blue Wahoos, the City of Pensacola, and Pensacola Parks and Recreation. The family-friendly celebration will run from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. featuring entertainment from two local bands, mascot appearances, on-field activities for children and families, fireworks and the Pelican Drop. Admission is free to the public. “We are thrilled to have the Pelican Drop return to Blue Wahoos Stadium in 2018,” Team President Jonathan Griffith said. “It’s an honor for us to help this great Pensacola tradition continue and to be able to pursue our mission of improving the quality of life in our community by offering a fun, free, safe, and family-friendly New Year’s Eve event.” Fans attending Kazoo’s Rockin’ Eve will be able to enjoy music and onfield activities before taking a seat in the stadium’s seating bowl to watch fireworks and the Pelican Drop. The concession stands at the stadium will
be open during the event offering food and drinks. In addition to Kazoo’s Rockin’ Eve, the Blue Wahoos will also host New Years on the Bay in the stadium’s Hancock Whitney Bank Club on the same night, a private party featuring a gourmet meal prepared by Executive Chef Jason Perry. Perry, a competitor in the upcoming 2018 World Food Championships, will serve a buffet-style feast with options for both adults and kids from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. and attendees will be able to enjoy dinner, fireworks and the Pelican Drop from the Hancock Whitney Bank Club overlooking the Pensacola Bay. Tickets to this exclusive event are $75 for adults and $20 for children. Tickets to New Years on the Bay will be available on the Blue Wahoos website, BlueWahoos.com, or by calling the box office at 934-8444. The Pensacola Blue Wahoos are the Double-A Affiliate of the Minnesota Twins and a member of the Southern League. For information on 2019 Blue Wahoos tickets, call 934-8444 or visit the team’s website at BlueWahoos. com.
City of Pensacola announces fifth annual community survey results Two-thirds of City residents say that Pensacola is on the right track according to the Haas Center’s fifth annual community survey. Residents are satisfied with the appearance of the City, the ease of obtaining information and the value of the services they receive. “Pensacola continues to be on the right track and these survey results validate that what we have been focusing on during my administration matches what is important to the community,” Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward said in announcing the results. “There is always room for improvement and we take these results very seriously. Public safety and stormwater infrastructure have been a major focus the last few years and it shows in the survey results.” Other key findings in the report included: • Overall, residents are highly satisfied with core City services • Recreational facilities and opportunities also consistently earn high marks • Some residents have concerns with streets, sidewalks, and lighting • Residents continue to rank as their top priorities Police and Fire services In 2017, 11 percent of respondents expressed the City was moving in the wrong direction. This year, the percentage of respondents who expressed the City was going in the wrong direction dropped to 9.1 percent. The Haas Center report flagged five “areas of concern”: sidewalk, street lights, streets, community centers, and City appearance. The City has been working to address each of those areas. This year’s survey shows that the $13.8 million the City is spending to resurface 1825 blocks of city streets may have affected resident satisfaction with the condition of streets. Over the last year, construction crews have been milling and resur-
facing streets throughout Pensacola as well as replacing antiquated cast-iron gas mains with modern, medium-density polyethylene piping. Money to fund those improvements was budgeted from Local Option Sales Tax revenues, and work has been ongoing during 2018. Responses to questions in this year’s survey show that City staff should continue to focus on stormwater infrastructure. Stormwater infrastructure has been a longstanding topic of discussion in the last two years. Overall, residents seem to be satisfied with recent upgrades the City has completed over the last two years in response to citizen concerns. The International City/County Managers Association recommends citizen surveying as a way to get feedback from citizens who may not be able to attend council meetings or participate in public workshops. This fifth survey helps put in place a neutral benchmark that the City can use to rate its services in the future and determine how best to utilize its limited resources to prioritize and improve city services to keep Pensacola headed in the right direction. The Haas Center administered the survey across each of Pensacola’s seven city council districts over a four-week period that began in October 2018. In total, 522 people completed the survey. Those responses coincide with an approximate 4.27 percent margin of error (+/-) at a 95 percent confidence level. In other words, a sample of City of Pensacola residents will differ no more than +/4.27 percent from a survey that included all City of Pensacola residents. The complete report along with the survey instrument is available on the City’s website: https://www.cityofpensacola.com/DocumentCenter/ View/16502/Resident-SatisfactionSurvey---City-2018-Final
Student jazz musicians, you are invited to submit an entry to the 2019 Student Jazz Competition. The finals will be a performance at the March Jazz Gumbo, 6:30 p.m., March 18, at Phineas Phogg’s in Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government Street. Three finalists from each division – College Instrumental, High School Instrumental and Jazz Vocal – will perform at the live finals. Awards for
first, second and third in each division, ranging from $100 to $500, will be presented at the conclusion of the event. Application deadline is March 1. Go to www.jazzpensacola.com to download the 2019 application, the current flyer and backing tracks. For more information, send an email to info@jazzpensacola.com or call 433-8382.
Jazz students invited to apply for 2019 Student Jazz Competition
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“I Pink I Can” annual run for breast cancer announced Join the Krewe du YaYas at the sixth annual I Pink I Can Run four-mile run/ walk for breast cancer Feb. 23. The race will start at 9 a.m. at the Flora-Bama Lounge. All proceeds from this event benefit The Keeping Abreast Foundations’ mammography and breast health programs.
Cost is $30 now until Feb. 19 at 5 p.m. Registration rate goes up to $35 at packet pick-up and race day. To register, visit www.active.com/ perdido-key-fl/running/distance-running-races/i-pink-i-can-run-2019. For more information, visit www. keepingabreastfoundation.org.
Season your holidays with Island Spirit Looking for a unique winter wonderland this holiday season without the frigid temperatures? Pensacola Beach, with its sugary-white sand, offers guests a guaranteed white Christmas and is jam-packed with “island style” holiday activities guaranteed to get even the worst Scrooges in the spirit. • New Year’s Eve Firework Display – Jan. 1, at midnight: Keep your eyes focused on the Pensacola Beach skies this New Year’s Eve for a free firework display along the Pensacola Beach Boardwalk. At midnight, a dazzling light display, provided by the beach chamber, will take place overlooking the Santa Rosa Sound from the Pensacola Beach Boardwalk. • Polar Bear Plunge – Jan. 1, at 2 p.m.: Need an exhilarating rush to help kick off your new year? Head to Pensacola Beach and plunge headfirst into the Santa Rosa Sound at the annual Polar Bear Plunge. Hosted by Paradise Bar & Grill, hundreds of dippers and spectators – many dressed in costume – flock to the beach to participate in this long-established tradition. Registration begins at noon and the fee is $15 per person. Cub Club participants – those in fifth-grade or younger – can register for $5. Participants will receive a Polar Bear Plunge t-shirt. All proceeds go to the Pensacola Beach Chamber of Commerce. Be aware that all event times are subject to change based on weather conditions. For weather updates, check the Pensacola Beach Chamber of Commerce Facebook page for the latest news.
Animal shelter offering special adoption rates in December It’s the perfect time of the year to adopt a friend from the Escambia County Animal Shelter. The Escambia County Animal Shelter is offering a special reduced adoption fee of $50 for all dogs and puppies and $20 for all cats and kittens during the month of December. Adoption fees include altering of the animal (spay or neutering services), microchip, heart worm test and the initial vaccinations, including rabies
vaccinations. Escambia County residents will be required to purchase a license at the time of adoption. This is an additional $11 over the adoption fees and is paid separately. While Escambia County Animal Shelter staff want every pet to have a home for the holidays, they highly discourage giving pets as presents, especially surprise presents. If your friend or loved one has expressed interest in pet adoption,
consider wrapping a food bowl and treats to put under the Christmas tree and coming to the shelter together to pick out a lifelong pet that’s right for their lifestyle, family and budget. The Escambia County Animal Shelter is located at 200 W. Fairfield Drive and is open Monday through Friday from noon to 5 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, contact the shelter at 595-3075.
GSTC Counselors available to help Virginia College students
Escambia County School District’s George Stone Technical College (GSTC) is encouraging students who were enrolled in programs at Virginia College to consider GSTC as they ask themselves, “What now?” “We offer programs that can lead to a new career. Our students gain the skills and professional certifications needed to work in their desired field,” said GSTC Principal T.J. Rollins. “Some of our programs may be exactly what their students need to continue their life’s plan.” Virginia College described their program on line as, “Virginia College is a private for-profit college, located primarily in the southeastern United States. Virginia College offers classes, certificates, diplomas, and degrees related to specific professions, such as health and medical, information technology, business, office management and criminal justice.” George Stone Technical College is operated by the Escambia County School District and offers 29 technical education and adult education programs. Their career programs prepare students for future careers in a wide range of fields, including some that are similar to what was being offered at Virginia College, such as: • Health: Emergency Medical Technician and Home Health Aide/Nursing Assistant • Information technology: Computer Systems & Information Technology (CSIT), Cybersecurity, Applied Network
Support Services (CISCO) and Network Systems Administration • Business/Office Management: Accounting Operations, Administrative Office Specialist • Criminal Justice: Correctional Officer, Law Enforcement, Crossover from Correctional Officer to Law Enforcement Office, and Crossover from Law Enforcement Officer to Correctional Officer “We urge Virginia College’s students to take time to consider their employment goals and to come in with their transcripts and meet with one of our counselors and one of our instructors,” Rollins said. “After working one-on-one, with our personnel they can determine which of our programs will help them continue to move forward. “We know some feel like this has set them back months. Again, we might be able to help with that concern as well because we have students starting the beginning of every month, so they probably will not have to wait long for the class they need to get started,” Rollins continued. To find out more about programs available at GSTC, go to their web page at www.GeorgeStoneCollege.edu. Their online application can be found there as well as links to learn about the variety of Career-to-a-Year programs offered. ITT students with questions about GSTC should call 941-6200, ext. 2129.
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New program offers teens chance Sacred Heart Seeks 1969 to learn, improve community Children’s Hospital Patients for 50th anniversary celebration The Escambia County oriented program for 28 deadline. Board of Commissioners is offering a new program for area high school students interested in becoming involved in their community, learning the inner workings of local government and sharpening their leaderships skills: the Escambia County Youth Commission. Applications for the inaugural program are due Feb. 28 for the 2019/20 school year. The Escambia County Youth Commission was created by District 1 Commissioner Jeff Bergosh to give Escambia youth a vehicle to participate in the process of county government. The youth commission is a leadership and service-
young leaders who want to serve their commission districts on behalf of their peers and learn how to influence public policy. To apply, students must meet the following the requirements: • Be a resident of Escambia County. • Attend school in Escambia County (public school, private, charter or home-school). • Be in 10th or 11th grade during the 2019/20 academic school year. • Have a minimum 2.5 GPA (unweighted). • Provide own transportation to and from program meetings. • Submit a complete application by the Feb.
The youth commission will consist of 10 members. Each Escambia County Commissioner will select two Youth Commissioners who reside in their respective districts. Selected students must commit to attend one afternoon/ evening meeting a month during their leadership position, to be held on the second Tuesday of the month. Additional volunteer or community opportunities may be selected or organized by the members of the youth commission. For more information and a program application, please visit myescambia.com/youthcommission.
Patients who were treated at Sacred Heart care unit, medical/surgical beds, pediatric Children’s Hospital in 1969 – Sacred imaging department, pediatric satellite pharmacy, pediatric inpatient rehabilitaHeart wants to hear from you. From broken bones to birth complica- tion gym, child life playrooms and a new tions and appendectomies to asthma, family-friendly dining venue. In addition countless area residents have been im- to the Ronald McDonald House adjacent pacted by Northwest Florida’s only chil- to Sacred Heart’s Pensacola campus, the Ronald McDonald Family Room inside dren’s hospital. On April 1, 2019, Sacred Heart will the new children’s hospital will offer a celebrate the 50th anniversary since the playroom specifically for patients’ sibopening of The Children’s Hospital – by lings, as well as a space for families to opening the new four-story Studer Fam- cook, do laundry and relax. ily Children’s Hospital at Sacred Heart. The Studer Family Children’s Hospital As part of the festivities, Sacred Heart at Sacred Heart is a 117-bed facility that wishes to honor The Children’s Hospi- serves as the only children’s hospital in tal’s earliest patients. Stories may be fea- Northwest Florida. The Children’s Hostured on social media or highlighted at pital offers a wide range of services to grand-opening events. meet all of a child’s medical needs, from To submit a photo or story for potential a pediatric emergency room and neonainclusion in The Children’s Hospital’s tal intensive care unit to a medical staff grand-opening festivities, please e-mail of more than 120 board-certified doctors SacredHeart@ascension.org. Before across 30 pediatric specialties. The Chilyour story is used, a Sacred Heart repre- dren’s Hospital provides quality, comsentative will contact you to clarify de- passionate care to children, regardless of their parents’ ability to pay. Sacred Heart tails and answer questions. The new children’s hospital will in- Health System is a member of Ascencrease access to specialized pediatric and sion, the largest non-profit health system maternity care and consolidate inpatient in the U.S. and the world’s largest Cathopediatric services in one convenient loca- lic health system. For more information tion on Sacred Heart’s Pensacola campus. about the services available at The Studer cambiaTaxCollector.com, click the The new children’s hospital will include Family Children’s Hospital at Sacred Express Lane – Same Day Vehicle/Ves- a pediatric emergency department and Heart, visit studerfamilychildrenshospisel Registration Renewal and Pickup trauma center, 72-bed neonatal intensive tal.com. button to renew online fee free with eCheck. Renewals processed before 3 p.m. Monday through Friday can be picked up the same day. Renewals after 3 p.m. can be picked up the next busiShow off your worldly knowledge at geography through the Global Corner’s ness day. the Global Trivia Night Jan. 14 at 5 elementary school passport program. Customers who do need to visit our p.m. while you enjoy brew and pub Tickets are $48 per person or $90 a offices can join the line online at Esfare at Brew Ha Ha Pensacola. Tick- couple. Sponsorship opportunities are cambiaTaxCollector.com and manage ets support The Global Corner’s mis- available through Jan. 1. their time their way. Citizens select sion of providing opportunities for the Visit theglobalcorner.org to purchase an office location and type of service, children of Northwest Florida to learn tickets or call 332-6404 for more inforreceive a message with approximate about world languages, cultures and mation. service time and then continue their regular activities until the service time approaches. For more information, visit EscambiaTaxCollector.com. Citizens are encouraged to contact the tax collector’s office at ectc@EscambiaTaxCollector. com with any questions. “Like” the Es- Grant funds are available to businesses that generate organic waste, including cambia County Tax Collector on Face- restaurants, camping/RV sites, day cares, assistant living facilities, and apartbook at Facebook.com/ECTaxCollector ment buildings in the BearWise ordinance area, which includes all of Santa Rosa and follow the Escambia County Tax County south of the Yellow River, including Holley, Navarre and the unincorpoCollector on Twitter @EscambiaTC. rated area of Gulf Breeze.
Mobile home and heavy truck registrations due Dec. 31 Scott Lunsford, Escambia County Tax Collector, reminds those residents who own mobile homes, heavy trucks, ninepassenger, for hire and commercial vehicles to renew their registration by Dec. 31. Mobile homes taxed as real property (RP) must display a permanent RP decal. Mobile homes not taxed as real property are subject to annual registration fees. Each section of the mobile home requires a separate registration, that must be displayed and visible from the roadway. Registration fees are based on the length of the mobile home and must be renewed by Dec. 31. A delinquency fee will be charged if the registration is not renewed by Jan. 10, 2019. Florida law requires that registrations for all trucks with an empty weight of 5,000 pounds or more expire in December. The registered owner is required to declare a gross vehicle weight (GVW). Registration fees are determined by the gross vehicle weight. Citizens are encouraged to visit Es-
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Customers must have a front-load dumpster; side-loading or individual cans are not eligible. To apply, complete the online form or call 981-7143. The funding, provided by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission to qualified applicants, is available on a first come-first serve basis until April 2019 or until funds are depleted. A bear-resistant dumpster looks and operates very similarly to a standard dumpster, with the exception that there is a security bar and reinforced plastic lids. County staff will make the necessary arrangements for the modifications. Waste Pro, Republic, and Waste Management will modify existing dumpsters to be bear resistant. There is no additional charge for servicing them, and the customer simply unlocks the dumpster for it to be serviced (the security bars are gravity locks that open automatically). Because the dumpsters are owned by the companies, not the restaurants, the only request to the business is for them to agree to use them properly (i.e., keep them secured). Bears are attracted to garbage in commercial dumpsters, specifically those associated with restaurants. Modifying these dumpsters in the county’s bear ordinance zone will help reduce drawing bears in to feed where people frequent. For more information, contact the county’s environmental department at environmental-dept@santarosa.fl.gov or 981-7143.
Settlers Colony drainage project has begun Construction for the Settlers Colony Expansion drainage improvement project in Gulf Breeze has begun. The project includes installation of an improved stormwater collection and conveyance system with new outfall locations and stormwater treatment components. By contract, the project has a time of completion of 365 days. Construction hours will be Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. In the event of weekend work, construction hours will be 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. “This is the largest drainage project undertaken to date and will provide much needed flood relief to residents in this area,” Commissioner Lane Lynchard, District 5, said. “The county will continue to seek funding opportu-
nities to leverage Local Option Sales Tax proceeds to improve our resilience to flooding.” This $6.2 million project is funded at 75 percent by a FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) grant with a 25 percent county match from local option sales tax. This project is the twelfth large-scale drainage project to be implemented with HMGP funding in the past ten years to improve drainage countywide. In combination with the HMGP grant, Santa Rosa County has allocated $19.5 million towards drainage improvements. For additional information regarding this project, contact Michael Schmidt, Santa Rosa County engineering department at 981-7100.
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By JIM TURNER solute honor.” NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA “Thank you @GovRonDeSantis for nominating me for TALLAHASSEE – Gov.- this role,” Burgess tweeted. elect Ron DeSantis continues “Let’s continue to ensure Florto dip into the Florida House as ida sets the standard as the most he pieces together his admin- veteran friendly state in the naistration, with the latest move tion!” recommending Rep. Danny Burgess, whose appointment Burgess to serve as executive requires approval from the state director of the state Department Cabinet, would replace Glenn Sutphin, who is paid $151,000 of Veterans’ Affairs. DeSantis has selected three a year. The Burgess recommendasitting House members and the most recent former House tion, announced Saturday, folspeaker for top state positions, lowed DeSantis naming Rep. while two House aides are mov- Jared Moskowitz, D-Coral ing into deputy chief of staff Springs, to serve as director roles in the new administration. of the state Division of EmerLt. Gov-elect Jeanette Nunez gency Management and Rep. also just finished eight years in Halsey Beshears, R-Monticello, to serve as secretary of the Dethe House. Burgess, a former Zeph- partment of Business and Proyrhills mayor who is a captain fessional Regulation. Also, DeSantis called for and judge advocate in the U.S. Army Reserve, tweeted Satur- former House Speaker Richard day the nomination to head the Corcoran, R-Land O’ Lakes, to veterans’ department “is an ab- be appointed education com-
missioner. The State Board of Education on Monday approved Corcoran’s appointment. Special elections will be called to replace Burgess, Moskowitz and Beshears once they formally submit resignations. All three were left off a committee assignment sheet released Friday by House Speaker Jose Oliva, R-Miami Lakes. Burgess in November was elected to a third term, easily defeating unaffiliated candidate David “TK” Hayes for the House District 38 seat, which covers east and central Pasco County. Burgess quickly reopened a campaign account to seek re-election in 2020. Corcoran, who ran the House the past two years, is also one of four chairs of DeSantis’ transition team, which is helping the incoming governor make appointments and stake out positions on policy issues. Nuñez, a Miami Republi-
can, was Corcoran’s speaker pro tempore, a top post in the House, and then was selected as DeSantis’ running mate. Former Republican House members also are on transitionteam advisory committees dealing with policy areas. For example, former Rep. Jake Raburn , who decided against seeking re-election this year, is on the Transition Advisory Committee on the Environment, Natural Resources & Agriculture, which also includes former House Speaker Steve Crisafulli among its more than 40 members. Former Rep. Bob Cortes, who lost a re-election bid this year, is on the Transition Advisory Committee on Education and Workforce Development. Meanwhile, former House Speaker Will Weatherford chairs the Transition Advisory Committee on the Economy. On Friday, the transition team
announced James Blair and Adrian Lukis as deputy chiefs of staff. Blair was an adviser to Corcoran, and Lukis was a senior adviser in the House. The Senate has a few ties in the transition, including former Senate President Don Gaetz, a Niceville Republican who is serving on the Transition Advisory Committee on Education and Workforce Development, and former President Joe Negron, a Stuart Republican who is serving on the Transition Advisory Committee on the Environment, Natural Resources & Agriculture. Chris Clark, a former chief of staff to Gaetz, is the DeSantis transition team’s director of recruiting. Gaetz’ son, Congressman Matt Gaetz, a Fort Walton Beach Republican who served in the state House from 2010 to 2016, is also a chair of the transition team.
HURRICANE COULD PUT DENT IN FLORIDA BUDGET
By LLOYD DUNKELBERGER NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE – Florida’s budget will face increased pressure from the impact of Hurricane Michael, a new report reviewed Wednesday by the Senate Appropriations Committee showed. The state’s costs for emergency-relief and recovery efforts related to Michael, a major storm that struck the Panhandle in October, will exceed the costs for Hurricane Irma, a 2017 storm that damaged a larger portion of the state, the report said. The hurricane impact and factors showing slower economic growth are enough for state analysts to now project that a potential $223 million budget surplus for 2019/20 – outlined in a September report – “has likely disappeared.” “The projected discretionary balance identified in September has gone
to zero (in the best case scenario) or is negative by as much as $250 million (in the more realistic scenario), as a result of Hurricane Michael and the (revenueestimating) conferences held to date,” according to the revised long-range financial outlook. Senate Appropriations Chairman Rob Bradley, R-Fleming Island, said the new report means lawmakers will have to be “even more diligent in making sure that we are very, very conservative” in their approach to the new state budget and revenue projections. Lawmakers will work on a 2019/20 budget during the annual session that starts in March. “The numbers speak for themselves,” Bradley said after Wednesday’s meeting. “Hurricane Michael was devastating for the people of the Panhandle and the people of the state of Florida. But it also adds real enduring effects on our budget this year and in future years.
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And we need to be mindful of that as we build our budget.” The financial impact of Michael has been amplified because it struck a largely rural portion of the state that was already “economically challenged” prior to the storm, with lower wages and higher poverty than many areas in Florida, the report said. “Their capacity to recover from Michael is probably less than counties that were most affected by Irma,” Amy Baker, coordinator for the Legislature’s Office of Economic and Demographic Research, told the Senate committee. She also said a larger portion of homes in the region did not have mortgages – 14.8 percent have mortgages, compared to a statewide average of 23 percent – meaning homeowners were more likely to lack property insurance to help them rebuild after the storm. The absence of insurance is one of the reasons why state analysts are not projecting a short-term boost in sales tax revenue from Michael as residents rebuild and make major purchases, such as for appliances. “We are not anticipating there will be a discrete positive adjustment to the sales tax,” Baker told the senators. In contrast, after Irma, Baker said analysts projected a $354 million boost in the short-term sales tax collections. Eventually, some of the state’s storm recovery costs will be reimbursed by the federal government. But Baker said that based on the experience with Irma, it will take time. The report showed the state spent some $776 million in general revenue and trust fund money for Irma that may
be reimbursed. But through August, the Federal Emergency Management Agency had only provided $69.6 million to the state, with another $47.6 million in September to pay for students displaced by Irma and other storms. “We’re waiting on a lot of money to come back, but it’s not yet in the state’s coffers. I point that out to say it’s a long time from when the state makes its initial investment to when it gets reimbursed,” Baker said. Other factors that could impact state revenues in the next three years are a residential construction industry that has not reached its pre-recession peak and the impact of a stronger U.S. dollar on international tourism, the report said. Baker said a stronger dollar could make Florida less attractive to foreign visitors, which could impact tourism expenditures that account for about 13 percent of Florida’s annual sales tax collections. On the positive side, the state budget includes $3.5 billion in reserves that could help mitigate some immediate financial challenges, the report said. The revenue forecast will be further impacted as state analysts finish projections for school enrollment and expenditures related to Medicaid, the state-federal health care program for poor and disabled people, Baker said. Next Tuesday, state analysts will meet to make another projection of the state’s general revenue funds, which amount to more than $32 billion in the current state budget The overall budget is just under $90 billion.
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SAFETY PANEL BACKS ALLOWING ARMED TEACHERS
By DARA KAM NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
TALLAHASSEE – A controversial law that allows trained “guardians” to bring guns to public schools didn’t go far enough – gun-savvy teachers also should be able to have weapons in the classroom. That’s the near-unanimous view of a state panel created to make recommendations to beef up school security in the wake of one of the country’s deadliest mass school shootings on Valentine’s Day in Broward County. “You’ve got to have somebody there who can swiftly and effectively neutralize the threat, and that means killing the killer. The only way you are going to do that is if you have a good guy with a gun who can take that action,” Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, who chairs the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission, said in an interview Thursday. Max Schachter, whose 14-year-old son, Alex, was among the students slain at Marjory Stoneman Douglas and who serves on the panel, was the lone holdout in a 13-1 vote on the proposal Wednesday. “I understand the sheriff’s point that we do need more good guys with a gun on campus,” Schachter said, adding, “nobody understands that wish … more than myself.” But he said he doesn’t think teachers should carry guns. “I think they have enough on their plate,” he said. Debbi Hixon, a teacher agreed. Her husband, Chris, was the Parkland school’s athletics director and wrestling coach and was among the victims. Teachers already have to prepare students for standardized tests and are responsible for their emotional and physical well-being, Hixon said. “To add the burden of knowing that you’re responsible for taking out a shooter if they come into your room, even if a teacher thinks they are up to that task, I just think it is unfair to have that expectation for them,” she said Thursday. Under the proposal, which would re-
quire legislative action, teachers who have concealed-weapons licenses – just like school “guardians” already authorized in the law – would be able to get extra training and bring guns to school. The commission has spent months delving into the Feb. 14 catastrophe, in which 14 teenagers and three faculty members were killed and 17 others were injured. Confessed killer Nikolas Cruz, a former student at the school, had a lengthy history of interactions with law enforcement and mental-health professionals. The commission – which spent eight months delving into details about Cruz’s background, the response to the shooting by the Broward County Sheriff’s Office and local police departments and crafting recommendations – met Wednesday and Thursday in Tallahassee to finalize a sweeping report that deals with everything from failings in law-enforcement communications systems to the need for bullet-proof windows in school buildings. The report was highly critical of the manner in which state, local and federal officials dealt with, or neglected to deal with, Cruz. The recommendations include a number of items focused on better coordination between mental-health, education and law-enforcement agencies, something that was also required in a 2018 law passed in response to the shooting. Also included in the law – quickly passed and signed by Gov. Rick Scott, weeks after the shootings – was the controversial guardian program, which drew pushback from educators, parents and others. Lawmakers eventually settled on a compromise requiring school districts and sheriffs to approve the program for it into go into effect in counties. The commission’s approval this week of the recommendation to allow armed teachers on school campuses quickly drew criticism from gun-rights advocates. Allowing teachers to have guns is “a bad idea,” the Florida Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence said in a news release. “Instead of arming teachers, whose
only job should be to teach our children, we call on the Legislature and Gov.Elect (Ron) DeSantis to allocate proper and recurring funding for programs that include much-needed counseling and intervention services for young people along with de-escalation techniques and better environmental designs for Florida’s schools,” the group said. But Gualtieri defended expanding the law. “There are simply not enough cops to go around. So, if there are not enough cops to go around, then the best way to comply with that is to use the law to its maximum and allow the guardians to perform that function,” he told reporters during a break in Thursday’s meeting. Under the law, school districts are permitted to hire guardians --- people who have special training by county sheriffs but who are not full-time classroom teachers --- to patrol school campuses. School boards must approve guardian programs by a majority vote, but sheriffs are not required to provide the training. The law also requires each school in the state to have at least one school resource officer, which is usually a sheriff’s deputy, or a guardian. About two dozen of the state’s 67 districts have opted for the guardian program as a cost-saving measure, because deputies are more expensive. Other sheriffs maintain they lack the man-
power or funding to assign a resource officer to each school because the law enforcement training is more intensive than the training for guardians. Decisions by some sheriffs to not implement the guardian program, even after county school officials said they wanted it, frustrated several members of the commission, which was finalizing a 407-page draft report in advance of a Jan. 1 deadline for recommendations to be complete. Some sheriffs are refusing to train the guardians because their insurance providers have warned about potential liability, according to commission member Grady Judd, sheriff of Polk County. “What we have right now is the St. Bernard-tail wagging the chihuahua dog,” Judd said. “I’m dadgum passionate about this. … I’m recommending that we change ‘may’ to ‘shall,’ at the request of the majority of the school board.” The commission unanimously approved the recommendation, which was supported by Schachter and Ryan Petty, whose 14-year-old daughter, Alaina, was one of the slain Parkland students. “I don’t think anyone should have, including the sheriffs of this state, should have any wiggle room to get around the legislative intent of (SB) 7026,” Petty said, referring to the legislation that passed earlier this year. “Sheriffs shall establish a guardian program.”
PLAN SEEKS TO HELP CHILDREN GET HEALTH INSURANCE By CHRISTINE SEXTON to $170 a month for so-called NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA full-pay children, which could attract more children to the TALLAHASSEE – Florida program. may have a plan to address the But House Speaker Jose Oliincreasing number of children va is frustrated by the amount who lack health insurance, but of money taxpayers spend on it remains to be seen whether health care and has made lowthe proposal will get funded. ering costs a top priority. While The state Agency for Health he says he’s troubled by the Care Administration wants rise in the uninsured rates, he $16.3 million to help insure an may nevertheless be hesitant to additional 22,000 children in approve increased funding. the Florida Healthy Kids pro“To say “I’m troubled by it, gram and lower the costs for I’ll dump a whole bunch more some children already in the money in it,’ is to say, ‘The program, according to a legis- next presiding officers will lative budget request. then have to come back and Florida officials hope to use try to figure it out because the the money to take advantage prices will continue to rise,’ ” of a federal change that allows Oliva told The News Service the state to return the program of Florida last month. to its pre-Obamacare days. The legislative budget reThough mostly administra- quest comes on the heels of a tive in nature, Florida Healthy Georgetown University CenKids Chief Executive Officer ter for Children and Families Rebecca Matthews said the report this month that showed moves would lower premiums about 325,000 uninsured chil-
dren in Florida in 2017, up from 288,000 in 2016. That put Florida’s overall uninsured rate for children at 7.3 percent. It was the first time the percentage of uninsured children had increased in the last decade, according to the analysis. Prior to the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, the Florida Healthy Kids program provided subsidized insurance coverage to low-income children ages 5 to 18 and access to managed-care plans with children-centric benefits. It also allowed children who lived in families that earn more than 200 percent of the federal poverty level to have access to the same plans, but their premiums weren’t subsidized with federal funds. All children enrolled in the program, regardless of their incomes, had access to the same managed-care plans. After 2015, though, the state
was required to revamp the program so full-pay children were offered Obamacare-compliant policies. The policies have different benefits and were subject to co-insurance requirements and deductibles. As a result, full-pay enrollment in the program plummeted from a high of 36,000 to a low of 10,000 children in January 2017. The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, though, exempts Florida Healthy Kids policies from the Obamacare requirements and allows states to again combine the programs. Though full-pay children wouldn’t have their monthly premiums directly subsidized with federal funds, the children would be able to tap into the child-centric health coverage that the state was able to negotiate on behalf of children whose premiums are subsidized. Matthews said including
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full-pay children in the same program – and insurance risk pool – as the other children will lower monthly premium costs from $245 to $170. Matthews said she was lobbying the Legislature, the incoming DeSantis administration and Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis, who makes appointments to the Florida Healthy Kids Corp. board of directors, on the funding request. Matthews’ lobbying appears to have had some success in the Senate, where Health and Human Services Appropriations Chairman Aaron Bean expressed support for the proposal this week. “That’s something in the future that we can look at as a committee going forward to make sure we are doing all we can do that everybody has access to health insurance,” said Bean, R-Fernandina Beach.
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NOTICE OF ELECTRONIC SALE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 45 FLORIDA STATUTES
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Notice is given that electronic sale will be made pursuant to the Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated December 4, 2018 in Case No. 2010 CA 2537 of the Circuit Court of the First Judicial Circuit in and for Escambia County, Florida, in which, NOCSM, LLC a Florida limited liability company, as assignee of St. Southeast, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company, as assignee of Suntrust Bank are Plaintiffs and Cajun Specialty Meats, Inc., et al are the Defendants:
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PENSACOLA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, INC., a Florida not for profit corporation, Plaintiff, vs. LAQUARIUS ROBINSON, and CAMSHIRE MEADOWS HOMEOWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC., a Florida not for profit corporation, Defendants. Case No.: 2016 CA 001146 Division: E NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Notice is hereby given that Pam Childers, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Escambia County, Florida, shall sell the following described property situated in Escambia County, Florida: Lot 24, Block C, CAMSHIRE MEADOWS, according to the Plat thereof as recorded in Plat Book 19, Page 15, of the Public Records of Escambia County, Florida. including the structures and improvements located thereon, if any, at a public sale on the 4th day of January, 2019, at 11:00 a.m. (Central Standard Time), or as soon thereafter as the sale may proceed, to the highest bidder or bidders for cash, except as set forth hereinafter, at www.escambia.realforeclose. com, in accordance with Chapter 45, Florida Statutes, and the Final Judgment of Foreclosure entered in a case pending in said court, the style of which is PENSACOLA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, INC., a Florida not for profit corporation v. LAQUARIUS ROBINSON and CAMSHIRE MEADOWS HOMEOWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC., a Florida not for profit corporation, the case number of which is 2016 CA 001146. In accordance with the AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, persons needing a special accommodation to participate in this proceeding should contact the Courthouse not later than seven days prior to the proceeding at (850) 595-4130. ANY PERSON CLAIMING AN INTEREST IN THE SURPLUS FROM THE SALE, IF ANY, OTHER THAN THE PROPERTY OWNER AS OF THE DATE OF THE LIS PENDENS MUST FILE A CLAIM WITHIN SIXTY (60) DAYS AFTER THE SALE. Date: December 12, 2018. John “Jay” A. Fraiser, Jr. Florida Bar No. 110741 McDonald Fleming Moorhead 127 Palafox Place, Suite 500 Pensacola, FL 32502 (850) 202-8522 (850) 477-0982 (Fax) jafraiser@pensacolalaw.com e-service: moorheadservice@pensacolalaw.com Attorneys for Plaintiff
GARY M. HICKS, Plaintiff, vs. TRISHA HICKS; GLORIA BROWN; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY, INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE and LENDMARK FINANCIAL SERVICES, Defendants. CASE NO.: 2018 CA 001543 DIVISION: “E” NOTICE OF SALE Pursuant to the Summary Final Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above-captioned cause pending in the above Court, the undersigned, PAM CHILDERS, Clerk of the above Court, will sell to the highest and best bidder for cash at 11:00 a.m. on Escambia County’s Public Auction website: www.escambia.realforeclose.com in accordance with Chapter 45, Florida Statutes on the 15th day of January, 2019 the following described property as set forth in said Summary Final Judgment, to-wit: Lot 21 of an unrecorded subdivision described as follows: Commencing at the Southwest corner of Lot 7 of a subdivision of Section 21, Township 1 South, Range 30 West, Escambia County, Florida, lying West of L and N Railroad as recorded in Deed Book 2, Page 90; thence East along the South line of said Lot 7 a distance of 75 feet; thence North at right angles a distance of 20 feet for Point of Beginning; thence continue North 145 feet; thence East at right angles 75 feet; thence South at right angles 145 feet; thence West at right angles 75 feet to the Point of Beginning. “In accordance with the AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, persons with disabilities needing a special accommodation should contact Court Administration at Escambia County Judicial Building, at (850) 595-4130, 1-800-955-8771 (TDD) or 1-800-955-8770, via Florida Relay Service. Any person claiming an interest in the surplus from the sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the Lis Pendens, must file a claim within 60 days after the sale. DATED this 12th day of December, 2018. JAMES C. TAYLOR, of Taylor & Van Matre, P.A. 4300 Bayou Boulevard, Suite 16 Pensacola, FL 32503 (850) 474-1030 Fla. Bar No. 149445 2WR12/19-12/26NOS
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IN THE COUNTY COURT IN AND FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA GRAND MANOR HOMEOWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC.,
IN THE COUNTY COURT IN AND FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA WOODBINE SPRINGS PLANTATION, INC., a Florida corporation not for profit, Plaintiff,
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JOHN J. WALL; UNKNOWN TENANT ONE, IF ANY; UNKNOWN TENANT TWO, IF ANY; ANY PERSONS KNOWN OR UNKNOWN CLAIMING AN INTEREST BY, THROUGH, UNDER, AND AGAINST THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS WHO ARE NOT KNOWN TO BE DEAD OR ALIVE, WHETHER SAID UNKNOWN PARTIES MAY CLAIM AN INTEREST AS SPOUSE, HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES OR OTHER CLAIMANTS,
MILDRED A. RENO; UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF MILDRED A. RENO, IF ANY; UNKNOWN TENANT ONE, IF ANY; UNKNNOWN TENANT TWO, IF ANY; ANY PERSONS KNOWN OR UNKNOWN CLAIMING AN INTEREST BY, THROUGH, UNDER, AND AGAINST THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT WHO ARE NOT KNOWN TO BE DEAD OR ALIVE, WHETHER SAID UNKNOWN PARTIES MAY CLAIM AN INTEREST AS SPOUSE, HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES OR OTHER CLAIMANTS. Defendants. CASE NO.: 2017 CC 001750 DIVISION: III NOTICE OF ELECTRONIC SALE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 45 FLORIDA STATUTES Notice is given that electronic sale will be made pursuant to the Summary Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated December 5, 2018, in Case No. 2017 CC 001750 of the County Court in and for Escambia County, Florida, in which, Grand Manor Homeowners’ Association, Inc., is the Plaintiff and Mildred Reno et. al are the Defendants: As set forth in the Final Judgment, the following described real property: (Unit 3-B Grand Manor) Commence at the Southeast corner of Lot 1, Magnolia Park, a subdivision of a portion of Section 39, Township 1 South, Range 31 West, Escambia County, Florida, as recorded in Plat Book 11 at page 85 of the Public Records of said County, thence go North 01 deg 57 min 55 sec East along the East line of the aforesaid Magnolia Park Subdivision for a distance of 220.47 feet, thence go North 90 deg 00 min 00 sec East for a distance of 244.34 feet, thence go South 33 deg 55 min 23 sec East for a distance of 114.00 feet; thence go South 56 deg 04 min 27 sec West for a distance of 27.50 feet for the Point of Beginning, thence continue South 56 deg 04 min 37 sec West for a distance of 26.50 feet, thence go North 33 deg 55 min 23 sec West for a distance of 57.00 feet; thence go North 56 deg 04 min 37 sec East along the center of a common party wall for a distance of 26.50 feet, thence go South 33 deg 55 min 23 sec East along the center of a common party wall for a distance of 57.00 feet to the point of beginning, the above described parcel of land is situated in Section 39, Township 1 South, Range 31 West, Escambia County, Florida. will be sold to the highest and best bidder for cash, by electronic sale beginning at 11:00 a.m. central standard time on February 5, 2019, the date prescribed in the Final Judgment or Order at the following web address: https://www.escambiarealforeclose.com Any person claiming an interest in the surplus from the sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the Lis Pendens, must file a claim within 60 days after the sale. Dated: December 17, 2018. CHARLES P. HOSKIN, ESQUIRE Emmanuel Sheppard and Condon 30 South Spring Street Pensacola, FL 32502 (850)433-6581 Email: cph@esclaw.com
Defendants. CASE NO.: 2018-CC-1648 DIVISION: 2 NOTICE OF ELECTRONIC SALE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 45 FLORIDA STATUTES Notice is given that electronic sale will be made pursuant to the Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated December 3, 2018, in Case No. 2018-CC-1648 of the County Court of the First Judicial Circuit in and for Santa Rosa County, Florida, in which, WOODBINE SPRINGS PLANTATION, INC., is the Plaintiff and JOHN J. WALL is the Defendant: As set forth in the Final Judgment, the following described real property: Lot 67, Block B, Woodbine Springs Plantation, a subdivision of a portion of Sections 6 and 7, Township 1 North, Range 29 West, Santa Rosa County, Florida, as recorded in Plat Book D, Pages 16 and 16 A-D, of the Public Records of said County, Florida. will be sold to the highest and best bidder for cash, by electronic sale beginning at 11:00 a.m. Central Standard Time on January 17, 2019, the date prescribed in the Final Judgment or Order at the following web address: www.santarosa.realforeclose.com Any person claiming an interest in the surplus from the sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the Lis Pendens, must file a claim within 60 days after the sale. Dated: December 3, 2018. Gregory P. Fayard, ESQUIRE Emmanuel Sheppard and Condon 30 South Spring Street Pensacola, FL 32502 Telephone: (850) 433-6581 Telecopier: (850) 434-7163 E-mail: gpf@esclaw.com Florida Bar No. 0609811 Attorney for Plaintiffs 2WR12/19-12/26NOS
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT IN AND FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA NOCSM, LLC, a Florida limited liability company, as assignee of ST SOUTHEAST, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company, as assignee of SUNTRUST BANK Plaintiff, vs. CAJUN SPECIALTY MEATS, INC. et al., Defendant. CASE NO.: 2010 CA 002537
As set forth in the Final Judgment, the following described real property: 690 East Heinberg Street, Pensacola, Florida Parcel ID No.: 000S00-9025-001-047 To find the Point of Beginning, commence at a one inch iron pipe at the Point of intersection of the North line, of Heinberg Street and the East line of 10th Avenue; thence Eastwardly along said North line of Heinberg Street a distance of 938.12 feet to an iron rod, the P.O.B. of the following described Tract of Land, said rod being in the Southeast corner of 1.34 acre tract of land conveyed to J.P. Realty Company by the grantor herein by deed dated September 12, 1969, recorded in O.R. Book 458, Page 701 in the Circuit Court of Clerks Office, Escambia County, Florida; thence Northwardly along the East line of said Tract of land conveyed to J.F. Realty Company a distance of 195 feet to an iron rod; thence Eastwardly at right angles and extending along a line 195 feet Northwardly from and Parallel to said North line of Heinberg Street a distance of 200 feet to a point; thence Southwardly for and parallel to the East line of said Tract of Land convoyed to J.P. Realty Company a distance of 195 feet to a point in the North line of Heinberg Street; thence Westwardly at right angles and extending along the North line of Heinberg Street a distance of 200 feet to the Point of Beginning. will be sold to the highest and best bidder for cash, by electronic sale beginning at 11:00 a.m. Central Standard Time on January 8, 2019, the date prescribed in the Final Judgment or Order at the following web address: www.escambia.realforeclose.com Any person claiming an interest in the surplus from the sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the Lis Pendens, must file a claim within 60 days after the sale. Dated: December 5, 2018. ALAN B. BOOKMAN, ESQUIRE Emmanuel Sheppard and Condon Fla Bar No.: 154770 30 South Spring Street Pensacola, FL 32502 Telephone: (850) 433-6581 Telecopier: (850) 434-7163 E-mail: abb@esclaw.com Attorney for Plaintiffs 2WR12/19-12/26NOS
Notice to Creditors IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF BIBIANA KEY Deceased. File No. 2018-CP-1221 Division: T NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of Bibiana Key, deceased, whose date of death was July 17, 2018, and whose Social Security Number is available upon request, is pending in the Circuit Court for Escambia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is Escambia County Clerk of Court, Attn: Probate, P.O. Box 333, Pensacola, Florida 32591-0333. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN SECTION 733.702 OF THE FLORIDA PROBATE CODE WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is Wednesday, December 19, 2018. Personal Representative: Ruby B. Adams 3321 Tiller Court Pensacola, FL 32507 Attorney for Personal Representative: Nicholas R. Medley Attorney for Personal Representative FL Bar #: 107194 Medley Law Firm 222 W. Cervantes Street Pensacola, FL 32501 Telephone: (850) 607-7890 Fax: (850) 254-7872 nicholas@medleyelderlaw.com 2WR12/19-12/26NTC
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF LENICE MCREE HORNE Deceased. File No.: 2018 CP 1529 Division: T NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of LENICE MCREE HORNE, deceased, whose date of death was July 17, 2018, is pending in the Circuit Court for Escambia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 190 W. Government Street, Pensacola, FL 32502. The names and addresses of the personal representatives and the personal representatives’ attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against dece-
dent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is December 12, 2018. Personal Representatives: JOAN H. JACOBSON 4735 Abercrombie Circle Pensacola, Florida 32504 JAN H. ERICKSON 1080 Sunset Drive Vista, CA 92081 Attorney for Personal Representatives: Kathleen K. DeMaria Florida Bar Number: 503789 Kathleen K. DeMaria, P.A. 510 E. Zaragoza Street Pensacola, FL 32502 Telephone: (850) 434-2761 Fax: (850) 438-8860 E-Mail: kathy@kathleendemaria.com Secondary E-Mail: comptroller@kathleendemaria.com 2WR12/12-12/19NTC
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT IN AND FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF DAVID AARON KURTZ, Deceased. File No.: 2018-CP-493 NOTICE TO CREDITORS (Intestate) The administration of the estate of DAVID AARON KURTZ, deceased, File Number 2018-CP-493, is pending in the Circuit Court for Santa Rosa County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is P.O. Box 472, Milton, Florida 32572. This 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. 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.
Attorney for Personal Representative: Kathlyn M. White Attorney for Personal Representative Florida Bar No. 13763 127 Palafox Place, Ste. 200 Pensacola, FL 32502 (850) 202-8535 kmwhite@pensacolalaw.com bsstubbs@pensacolalaw.com 2WR12/19-12/26NTC
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF MELVIN JACKSON LIVINGS, JR. A/K/A MELVIN J. LIVINGS Deceased. File No.: 2018 CP 478 Division: D NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of MELVIN JACKSON LIVINGS, JR. a/k/a MELVIN J. LIVINGS, deceased, whose date of death was November 18, 2017, is pending in the Circuit Court for Santa Rosa County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is P.O. Box 472 Milton, Florida 32572. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court 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 December12, 2018. Personal Representative: William Thomas Livings, Jr. 321 Autumn Oak Drive Baton Rouge, LA 70810-5363 Attorney for Personal Representative: Kathleen K. DeMaria Florida Bar Number: 503789 Kathleen K. DeMaria, P.A. 510 E. Zaragoza Street Pensacola, FL 32502 Telephone: (850) 434-2761 Fax: (850) 438-8860 E-Mail: kathy@kathleendemaria.com Secondary E-Mail: comptroller@kathleendemaria.com 2WR12/12-12/19NTC
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT IN AND FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION
The date of first publication of this Notice is November 19, 2018.
IN RE: ESTATE OF JIMMY L. BERGER, Deceased.
Personal Representative DEBORA A. ADAMS
FILE NO.: 2018 CP 411 DIVISION:
Attorney for Personal Representative HEATHER FISHER LINDSAY Lindsay & Lindsay, P.A. 5218 Willing Street Milton, Florida 32570 (850) 623-3200 Florida Bar No. 073441 Attorney for Petitioner 2WR12/19-12/26NTC
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF BARBARA STABLES, Deceased. File No. 2018 CP 001545 Division: U NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of Barbara Stables, deceased, whose date of death was October 16, 2018, is pending in the Circuit Court for Escambia County, Florida, Probate Division, File No. 2018-CP-001545, the address of which is 190 Governmental Center, Pensacola, FL 32502. The names and addresses of the Personal Representative and the Personal Representative’s attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons, having claims or demands against decedent’s estate, on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served, must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE LATER OF THREE (3) MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN THREE (3) MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN SECTION 733.702 OF THE FLORIDA PROBATE CODE WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE IS DECEMBER 19, 2018. Personal Representative: LeeAnne Stables 1520 North Ogden Drive Los Angeles, CA 90046 Joseph Stables P. O. Box 3003 Torrance, CA 90510
NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of JIMMY L. BERGER deceased, File Number 2018 CP 411, is pending in the Circuit Court for Escambia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 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. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate, including unmatured, contingent or unliquidated claims, on whom a copy of this notice is served must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate, including unmatured, contingent or unliquidated claims, must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT SO FILED WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. The date of first publication of this Notice is December 12, 2018. David P. Berger Personal Representative JOSEPH W. C. BOYLES, ESQ. 212 W. Cervantes Street P.O. Box 13464 Pensacola, Florida 32591-3464 Telephone: (850) 433-9225 Attorney for Petitioner(s) Florida Bar #14188 jwcb@boylesandboyleslaw.com jennifer@boylesandboyleslaw.com frontdesk@boylesandboyleslaw.com 2WR12/12-12/19NTC
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF Paula D. Smith a.k.a. Paula Dale Smith Deceased. File No. 2018-CP-1478 Division NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of Paula D. Smith a.k.a. Paula Dale Smith, deceased, whose date of death was August 25, 2018, 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
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT IN AND FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF ROBERT EUGENE STRAUGHN, Deceased. File No. 2018-CP-1567 Division T NOTICE TO CREDITORS (Summary Administration) TO ALL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS OR DEMANDS AGAINST THE ABOVE ESTATE:
The administration of the Estate of THANH QUOC NGUYEN, also known as THANH NGUYEN deceased (the “Decedent”), whose date of death was October 11, 2018, is pending in the Circuit Court of Santa Rosa County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is Santa Rosa County Clerk of Court, Attn: Probate Division, P. O. Box 472, Milton, Florida 32572 The names and addresses of the Personal Representative and the Personal Representative’s attorneys are set forth below. All creditors of the Decedent and other persons having claims or demands against the Decedent’s estate, including unmatured, contingent or unliquidated claims, on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this Court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF THREE (3) MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the Decedent and other persons having claims or demands against the Decedent’s estate, including unmatured, contingent or unliquidated claims, must file their claims with this court WITHIN THREE (3) MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE.
You are hereby notified that a petition for summary administration of the estate of ROBERT EUGENE STRAUGHN, deceased, whose date of death was April 27, 2018, File Number 2018 CP 0001567, Division T, is pending in the Circuit Court for Escambia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is Mc. C. Blanchard Judicial Building, 190 Governmental Center, Pensacola, Florida 32502. The total value of the estate is less than $10,000. The name and address of the person giving notice and of the attorney of record are set forth below.
ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED.
All creditors of the decedent and other persons, having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice has been 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 TIME OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM.
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE CHI NGUYEN 2944 Coral Strip Parkway Gulf Breeze, FL 32563
All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT SO FILED WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is December 12, 2018. Person Giving Notice: WESLEY MAJORS 495 Rhonda Street Pensacola, Florida 32534 Attorney for Person Giving Notice: Jennifer Lee Bushnell, Esquire Florida Bar No. 0617555 1803 W. Garden Street Pensacola, Florida 32502 Telephone: (850) 466.2929 jlb@NWFLattorney.com Teresa@NWFLattorney.com 2WR12/12-12/19NTC
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT IN AND FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF JOSEPH XAVIER KARKOWSKI, JR., Deceased. File No. 2018 CP 1450 Division T NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of JOSEPH XAVIER KARKOWSKI, JR., deceased, whose date of death was August 4, 2018, File Number 2018 CP 1450, Division T, is pending in the Circuit Court for Escambia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is M. C. Blanchard Judicial Building, 190 Governmental Center, Pensacola, Florida, 32502. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons, having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice has been 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 TIME OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT SO FILED WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is December 12, 2018.
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 December 12, 2018.
ATTORNEY FOR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE RICHARD N. SHERRILL Florida Bar No.: 172812 CLARK, PARTINGTON 125 East Intendencia Street Pensacola, FL 32502 P.O. Box 13010 Pensacola, FL 32591-3010 Telephone: (850)434-9200 Fax: (850)208-7100 2WR12/12-12/19NTC
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF FLOYD LEE PHIFER SR. Deceased. File No. 2017-CP-1507 Division: T
Defendants. Case No.: 2018-CA-777 AMENDED NOTICE OF ACTION TO: Robertson-Howell, Inc., a dissolved Mississippi banking corporation; Santa Rosa State Bank, a dissolved banking corporation; Roy Johnson; W.C. Wright and Wilma T. Wright and if dead, their unknown spouse, heirs, devisees, grantees, judgment creditors, and all other parties claiming by, through, under, or against them; their unknown spouses, heirs, devisees, grantees, and judgment creditors of defendants, deceased, and all other parties claiming by, through, under, or against defendants; and all unknown natural persons if alive, and if dead or not known to be dead or alive, their several and respective unknown spouses, heirs, devisees, grantees, and judgment creditors, or other parties claiming by, through or under those unknown natural persons; and the several and respective unknown assigns, successors in interest, trustees, or any other person claiming by, through, under, or against any corporation or other legal entities named as a defendant; and all claimants, persons or parties, natural or corporate, whose exact legal status is unknown, claiming under any of the above names or described defendants or parties or claiming to have any right, title, or interest in the property described in the complaint, YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that an action to quiet title to the following property Santa Rosa County, Florida to extinguish any claim to said property claimed by the above referenced Defendants The Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 15, Township 2 South, Range 26 West, Santa Rosa County, Florida, less the West 33 feet and the North 33 feet for road right of way.
All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN SECTION 733.702 OF THE FLORIDA PROBATE CODE WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is Wednesday, December 19, 2018. Personal Representative: Nicole Phifer 855 Mt. Zion Road Apt. H3 Jonesboro, GA 30236 Attorney for Personal Representative: Nicholas R. Medley Attorney for Personal Representative FL Bar #: 107194 Medley Law Firm 222 W. Cervantes Street Pensacola, FL 32501 Telephone: (850) 607-7890 Fax: (850) 254-7872 nicholas@medleyelderlaw.com 2WR12/19-12/26NTC
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of Floyd Lee Phifer Sr., deceased, whose date of death was November 13, 2015, and whose Social Security Number is available upon request, is pending in the Circuit Court for Escambia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is Escambia County Clerk of Court, Attn: Probate, P.O. Box 333, Pensacola, Florida 32591-0333. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below.
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LINDA BUCK
David A. Simpson,
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Linda Buck,
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Email: David@DavidSimpsonMediation.com or Linda@DavidSimpsonMediation.com
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Attorney for Personal Representative: Daniel P. Saba E-Mail Address: dsaba@ljslawfirm.com Florida Bar No. 640141 Locklin, Saba, Locklin & Jones, P.A. 4557 Chumuckla Highway Pace, Florida 32571 Telephone: (850) 995-1102
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Robertson-Howell, Inc., a dissolved Mississippi banking corporation and Santa Rosa State Bank, a dissolved banking corporation. Roy Johnson, W.C. Wright, Wilma T. Wright, and if dead, their unknown spouse, heirs, devisees, grantees, judgment creditors, and all other parties claiming by, through, under or against them; their unknown spouses, heirs, devisees, grantees, and judgment creditors of defendants, deceased, and all other parties claiming by, through, under, or against defendants; and all unknown natural persons if alive, and if dead or not known to be dead or alive, their several and respective unknown spouses, heirs, devisees, grantees and judgment creditors, or other parties claiming by, through or under those unknown natural persons; and the several and respective unknown assigns, successors in interest, trustees, or any other person claiming by, through, under, or against any corporation or other legal entity named as a defendant; and all claimants, persons or parties, natural or corporate, whose exact legal status is unknown, claiming under any of the above named or described defendants or parties or claiming to have any right, title, or interest in the property described in the complaint,
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Personal Representative: James Douglas Patterson 1116 Isabella Road Cantonment, Florida 32533
Case No. 2018-CP-000458 Division “D”
v.
MN INVESTIGATIVE & INTELLIGENCE SERVICES, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company
• More than 76 Years of Combined Civil Litigation Experience • No Rescheduling or Administrative Fees • Flexible Scheduling • No Travel Cost to Mediations Across the Panhandle
The date of first publication of this notice is December 12, 2018.
IN RE: Estate of THANH QUOC NGUYEN, Deceased.
Plaintiff,
MEDIATION AREAS
NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIOD SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION
Ben P. Bohanick and Glenn Daugherty, Trustees of the Navarre Bible Baptist Church, An unincorporated Church,
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DAVID SIMPSON
ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN SECTION 733.702 OF THE FLORIDA PROBATE CODE WILL BE FOREVER BARRED.
2WR12/12-12/19NTC
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT IN AND FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA
83-2820706 and Florida registration number is L18000284708, desires to engage in business under the fictitious name of “IFW Global USA” at 701 Brickell Avenue, Suite 1550, Miami, Florida, 33131, Escambia County, and Santa Rosa County, Florida and intends to register such name with the Division of Corporations of the Department of State, pursuant to Section 865.09, Florida Statutes.
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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.
Attorney for Personal Representative: Jennifer Lee Bushnell, Esquire Florida Bar No. 0617555 Jennifer Lee Bushnell, P.L.L.C. 1803 W. Garden Street Pensacola, FL 32502 850.466.2929 Phone 1.866.466.9791 Facsimile JLB@NWFLattorney.com Teresa@NWFLatttorney.com
Notice of Action
LINDA BUCK
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.
Personal Representative: NANCY GILLESPIE 5510 Dominic Street Pensacola, Florida 32526
Email: David@DavidSimpsonMediation.com or Linda@DavidSimpsonMediation.com
the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below.