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Absentee voting for US Senate special election
The following information was provided by John Robert Fountain, Escambia County Circuit Clerk. Any qualified elector may vote an absentee ballot by mail or in person at the absentee election manager’s office, if he or she makes an application in writing not less than five days prior to the election and meets one of the following requirements: The person will be out of the county or the state on Election…
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Join the Arbor Day Foundation in July – Help national forests
Forests across America are a prized natural resource, and anyone can help plant trees in these vital areas by joining the Arbor Day Foundation this month. Through the Replanting Our National Forests campaign, the Arbor Day Foundation will honor each new member who joins in July by planting 10 trees in forests that have been devastated by wildfires, insects, and disease. The cost for joining the Arbor Day Foundation is…
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Davis named among top real estate professionals
Patty Helton Davis of PHD Realty was named one of America’s top real estate professionals by REAL Trends, as advertised in The Wall Street Journal. She is now a member of the “The Thousand Top Real Estate Professionals,” a prestigious national awards ranking sponsored annually by REAL Trends and advertised in The Wall Street Journal. Davis is now ranked in the top one-half of 1 percent of the more than…
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The story of one American flag
By BONNIE BARTEL LATINO Below is a story told by America’s most recently departed Medal of Honor recipient, Lt. Col. Leo K. Thorsness, USAF, (Retired), who died on May 2 of this year at age 85. More about Colonel Thorsness, can be found online at http://www.military.com/daily-news/2017/05/03/medal-honor-recipient-leo-k-thorsness-dies-age-85.html. In early May, an Air Force friend of Tom’s and mine shared on Facebook the below story that Lt Col Thorsness had written before…
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God bless America!
By Rev. Walter Albritton  Every Sunday my church family sings “God Bless America!” Every Sunday? Yes, every Sunday. Like it or not, it has become ritual for my congregation. I view it as a prayer in song, a prayer of gratitude for the many ways God has blessed our land. And it is a prayer of petition, people asking God to continue blessing America. As we celebrate the 4th of…
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