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BOZEMAN, NBH COACHES RESIGNBay County football coaches Lyle Messer, Jeff Lee announce departures from programs
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RELATIONS WITH CUBAThe U.S. considers whether a viral assault or “other types of attacks” explain illnesses of U.S. personnel in Cuba, as the initial theory of a sonic weapon loses steam.
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SCHOOLS, PANCARE PARTNERStudents at two local schools will soon be able to access advanced medical treatment on campus with some help from technology.
By Katie Landeck 522-5114 | @PCNHKatieL [email protected]
PANAMA CITY — After taking a hard look at the num-bers, the Panama City City Commission has decided to pass on building a $1.3 mil-lion commission chamber, at least for now, as part of the renovations of the new city
hall at 509 Harrison Avenue.Instead, the commission
decided Tuesday to take the county up on an offer to use County Commission cham-bers at the Government Center, 840 W 11th Street, for free.
“It’s very hard for me to justify us not taking advan-tage of that,” said Mayor Greg Brudnicki. “The room is one mile away from the new City Hall. It’s in the center of the city ... (and) the county used this building (the current city hall commission chambers)
for 25 years.”The current city commis-
sion chambers are used about 75 times a year, according to Brudnicki. About a quarter of those meetings, 23, are commission meetings. The rest are planning board, code enforcement and other ancil-lary meetings.
Some of the smaller meet-ings, Brudnicki said, could likely still be held in other meeting spaces planned within the new City Hall. Larger meetings, like the commission meetings, would
be held at the Government Center. The mayor said based on his conversations with the county, he does not believe scheduling conflicts will be a problem.
For more than a year, the commission has been wres-tling the question of the commission chambers.
The original plan was to use a space within the current footprint of the former Trust-mark building, but that was ruled out after the purchase because six load bearing columns would hinder the
audience’s line of sight. They then considered purchasing a building adjacent to the Trustmark building to use, which was quickly ruled out due to price.
In the end, it became a decision between building an addition, estimated to cost at least $1.3 million, or using the county chambers.
The argument in favor of building the new chambers were it would be more conve-nient for staff, construction
Commission passes on new chambersDecision will likely save taxpayers around $1.3 million
Mike Phillips works to hang a door on a room that will soon be part of a free clinic at the Panama City Rescue Mission. The clinic will open on Jan. 25, 2018. Patients will have access to basic wound care, medical needs and written prescriptions. [PATTI BLAKE/THE NEWS HERALD]
By Tyra L. Jackson 850-522-5121 | @TyraJack-PCNH | [email protected]
PANAMA CITY — Bay Medical Sacred Heart has teamed up with the Panama City Rescue Mission to ensure people leave the mission happy and healthy, through a free health clinic that will open this month.
Access to medical care is an issue for several of the mission's clients, and while there are two other free clin-ics in Bay County, the need is consistient. To help fill that
gap, Bay Medical will be pro-viding services every fourth Thursday of the month for both residents and members of the public.
“We are stepping out into our community, to take care of those individuals who otherwise would not have medical care,” said Teresa Jones, Bay Medical director of Patient Experience. “We are reaching out to let these individuals know that we care about them, to give them a bit of hope as we treat their health issues.”
The clinic will provide basic ambulatory care for anyone who needs services, accord-ing to Lisa Nixon Mabry, Panama City Rescue Mission communications manager. The program is aimed at the homeless and people without insurance.
Providing this new service will give the mission another avenue to help people, said Michelle Price, director of development.
“Anytime people are strug-gling with poverty, addiction or any hardship, they need extra help,” Price said. “With the medical services we’ll be able to reach people and address some of the issues they’re dealing with, and we might even save some lives.”
Some people might not be aware of any health issues they might have, and the free clinic will be a way for them to better care for themselves, Price said.
“It feels wonderful to have additional community sup-port,” said Mabry. “Several of them don’t have access to
Free health clinic opening
Bay Medical Sacred Heart forms partnership with Panama City Rescue Mission
By Zack McDonald 747-5071 | @PCNHzack [email protected]
PANAMA CITY — A former clerk for Panama City Beach has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the city, claiming she was threatened with public humiliation after questioning what she con-sidered “unlawful” orders in filling public records requests, according to court records.
Former City Clerk Diane Floyd filed the lawsuit Jan. 1 in the 14th Judicial Circuit Court against the City of
Panama City Beach. In it, Floyd alleges she faced retaliation from city offi-cials after she expressed objections to orders on how she should fill spe-cific requests for their public emails and was then pressured to resign. Floyd claims the actions consti-tute a violation of Florida whistleblower protec-tion laws and cost her an unidentified amount of past and future wages, court records stated.
Floyd has demanded a jury trial and claimed
Former clerk fi les suit against PCB
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Aquatic Center of Destin hosting teams, classes fi ve months aft er opening
By Annie Blanks 315-4450 | @DestinLogAnnie [email protected]
Five months after it finally opened to the public, offi-cials at the Aquatic Center in Destin, formerly the Destin YMCA pool, say things are going swimmingly.
Pam Braseth, secretary for the Emerald Coast Fitness
Foundation, said Monday the pool was seeing great suc-cess with classes and swim teams and hoped to expand in 2018 to host swimming tournaments.
“When we opened in the fall, when the weather per-mitted, we had family swim lessons and Aquasize, and that will begin again mid-March,” Braseth said. “By April, when the weather is nicer, we’ll be able to gear that back up again. We had a very active group.”
Braseth said the pool also
saw its first college winter training trip over the holi-days. The swim team from Ouachita Baptist University in Arkansas came to Destin to train for two weeks, and while their trip fell “smack dab in the middle” of the recent cold snap, Braseth was able to make accommodations for them.
“We were able to put them up at the Bernie,” Braseth said, referring to the Bernie R. Lefebvre Aquatic Center in
Destin pool going swimmingly
A pool worker cleans the pool Tuesday morning at the Aquatic Center of Destin. [ANNIE BLANKS/THE LOG]See POOL, A2
Harbor View Park is south of the intersection of Beach Drive and U.S. Highway 98 in Destin. [TONY JUDNICH/THE LOG]
Harbor View Park has one parking space for disabled people. [TONY JUDNICH/THE LOG]
Harbor View Park opened is one of the smallest parks in Destin
By Tony Judnich 315-4438 | @Tonyjnwfdn [email protected]
Unbeknownst perhaps to hundreds of motorists on U.S. Highway 98 and tucked beneath trees a couple miles east of the well-known Crab Island and Emerald Grande stands what might be the smallest park in Okaloosa County.
The 0.4-acre, city-owned Harbor View Park is south of the intersection of Beach
Drive and U.S. Highway 98 and just east of the towering Grand Harbor condomini-ums. The short public access drive to the park is part of the entrance to Grand Harbor.
The city Parks and Recre-ation Department maintains and operates 31 properties, including more than a dozen parks. Harbor View Park is a “neighborhood” park, like Destin’s 0.86-acre Main Street Park and its 3-acre Kell-Aire Park on Kell-Aire Drive.
“Typically, they serve the neighborhoods where they’re
Off the beaten path
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By Tony Judnich 315-4438 | @Tonyjnwfdn [email protected]
At a special meeting, the City Council on Monday u n a n i m o u s l y a g r e e d t o extend the city’s franchise agreement with Gulf Power for another year.
The city entered into a 30-year franchise agreement with Gulf Power in May 1986 and, after several updates, the contract was set to expire this May. The new extension pushes the expiration date to May 19, 2019.
Councilman Jim Foreman did not attend Monday’s meeting.
The extension gives Destin officials more time to try to hammer out a new contract with Gulf Power or pursue other options, such as pos-sibly buying and running the company’s utility system in Destin or having a third party buy and manage the system.
Among other concerns, Destin officials say the elec-tric rates that Gulf Power charges to its residential customers in Destin are the highest among the large elec-tric utilities in Florida, and that other utility companies appear to have more favor-able policies on converting overhead electric distribution lines to safer and more reli-able/aesthetically pleasing underground service.
There are about 15,600 retail electric customers in Destin.
“We’re doing everything we can in our power to try to get the costs down” for those customers, Councilman Tuffy Dixon said at Monday’s meeting.
In a recent letter to city
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By Renee Bell 682-6524 | @cnbRenee [email protected]
CRESTVIEW — Freez-ing temperatures in North Okaloosa County this week have increased the need for various items at a local homeless shelter.
Ann Sprague of the Crestview Area Shelter for the Homeless said the organization has a range of needs.
“We can use more finan-cial help to pay for the electric bill, because it’s going to be huge,” she said. “We could always use more blankets and hoodies, for men and women.”
She described condi-tions as “jam-packed four nights a week at Helping Hands.” The organization usually has about 14 people who use the shelter during regular winter months, but with the freezing temper-atures, they had 15 to 20 a night.
“If we get any more people I don’t know what we’re going to do with them,” Sprague said.
S h e m e n t i o n e d h e r gratitude to First United Methodist Church, which donated the Helping Hands building at 428 McLaughlin St. in Crestview, and to the various people and orga-nizations that have made contributions.
“Okaloosa County has been very generous to provide us with disaster aid kits and blankets, and a lot of people in the com-munity have come forward with clothing donations, food and blankets from
Okaloosa County (and surround-ing areas). Anderson Columbia came with quite a few
blankets,” Sprague said.Area Girl Scouts and the
Woodlawn Baptist Church ladies group brought in knitted hats, gloves and other accessories.
“It’s pretty nice when somebody walks in and their hands are ice cold and we’re able to give them gloves, jackets and hats,” Sprague said.
The organization also welcomes food donations. Soups and casseroles have been the main dishes being served. Homemade or store-bought items are wanted, as are countless cups of coffee brewed and served each day.
Sprague said, “And of course, you know people like their sweets, cookies and cakes and things like that.
“For people who don’t have time to make some-thing, we go through five gallons of tea in a day. If they want to bring coffee or tea, that would be wonder-ful. I don’t know how many cups of coffee we’ve been going through.”
Sprague invites people who are homeless in North Okaloosa County to partic-ipate in the shelter’s annual point in time count. Volun-teers will assist attendees with surveys for the count, and provide hair cuts and
Cold weather leads to more shelter needs
By Renee Bell 682-6524 | @cnbRenee [email protected]
CRESTVIEW — Caitlin Randle has joined the staff at the Crestview News Bulletin.
Randle, who started work-ing at the CNB on Tuesday, served as an intern at the Miami Herald and the South Florida Sun Sentinel. She also wrote for The Beacon at Florida International Univer-sity (where she graduated in 2017), and the South Florida News Service.
Randle has reported on var-ious issues in the past three years.
“Caitlin has reported on a lawsuit related to alleged rape within a fraternity; South Florida measures to pro-tect sea life from cigarettes;
threatened coral and what’s being done there; and music, among other things,” CNB Editor Thomas Boni said. “She has a diverse portfolio and interned at some great publications. We’re so glad to have her join the team.”
“I covered community fea-tures at the Herald, including charity events, protests, mar-athons, etc. At the Sentinel, I covered breaking news, crime, local government and the environment,” Randle said.
“One of my favorite stories was about a dance company traveling the country giving lessons to underprivileged children who otherwise wouldn’t have had the chance to take lessons.”
Bulletin staff welcomes reporter Caitlin Randle
Reporter Caitlin Randle sits in the News Bulletin conference room with Editor Thomas Boni on Wednesday in Crestview. [RENEE BELL | NEWS BULLETIN]
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By Caitlin Randle 682-6524 | @cnb_crandle [email protected]
CRESTVIEW — On Friday, over 800 local soldiers and their families attended a spe-cial screening of “12 Strong,” a movie about the first Spe-cial Forces group deployed to Afghanistan after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
The screening took place 10 a.m. at the Marquis Cinema 10 in Crestview. The Friday premiere was open only to soldiers currently in the 7th Special Forces group. Throughout this month, “12 Strong” will premiere nationwide.
“The significance of this movie today is to tell the story of the amazing bravery of the soldiers of the 5th group and
what they went through,” army spokesperson Maj. Kimbia Rey said. “Special Forces soldiers are known as quiet professionals and they’re not often recognized for the things that they do.”
The movie follows one of three teams assigned to mis-sion Task Force Dagger and the soldiers who partnered with the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan to fight the Taliban and al-Qaida. It’s based on the best-selling book “Horse Soldiers.”
“The American public is not often provided an opportunity to hear of these things due to the classification,” Rey said. “So this is a great event to pay homage to what these soldiers did.”
The timeline of the movie closely follows the real sequence of events, but the film took artistic liberties with characters and dramatized
some events, according to Rey.
“While we’re not endorsing the movie, we are in agree-ment that this a pretty factual account of what transpired,” she said.
The movie was approved by the U.S. Army Office of the Chief of Public Affairs.
“The Army provided sup-port to the production to help tell an accurate story, and we are looking forward to its release. We are pleased to have the opportunity to help tell the amazing story about the brave service mem-bers who faced innumerable challenges against incredible odds,” a statement released by the army said.
The 5th Special Forces group arrived in Afghanistan 39 days after the 2001 attacks. They worked with the Afghan
A screening for heroesSoldiers from the 7th Special Forces Group purchase tickets at the Marquis Cinema in Crestview Friday morning for a special early screening of the movie “12 Strong.” The fi lm depicts the U.S. Special Forces team working in Afghanistan fi ghting the Taliban. [DEVON RAVINE/DAILY NEWS]
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MILTON — The new year brings changes for three area chambers of commerce.
SANTA ROSA COUNTY CHAMBER
The Santa Rosa County Chamber of Commerce’s new office and Tourist Informa-tion Center breaks ground this year and President Donna Tucker said various events will celebrate each leg of the project.
T h e c h a m b e r ’ s c u r -rent Stewart Street facility has just 13 parking spaces, but 22 board members. The new facility will have much more parking, a board room large enough to hold 50 board
members and smaller administra-tive spaces, according to Tucker.
T h e n e w facility is modeled after the Asa May House in Capps, Fla., and will be made of solid wood from 50-year-old Vir-ginia pine. The chamber researched the new Avalon Boulevard location and found that the area has the county’s highest traffic count.
NAVARRE CHAMBER
The Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce will have an official mascot and an updated logo, President Tamara Fountain said. It will also partner with the University of West Florida’s
Small Business Develop-ment Center to bring free consulting to members through the “Ask Adam”
Series with Adam McCloskey, SBDC’s associate director.
The chamber plans to create an interactive “Digital Downtown” since they lack a physical downtown area. In addition, the chamber will introduce Navigators, a group of members who vol-unteer to promote businesses and chamber functions. Also, an internship for high school and college students will begin for positions in admin-istration, destination sales, membership, visitor services and events.
The chamber will kick off
a capital campaign in 2018 to fund a permanent home. During the early months of 2018, the chamber will tem-porarily relocate from its Navarre Parkway office to a location on Highway 98. The chamber is working to iden-tify and purchase property for a permanent headquarters.
GULF BREEZE CHAMBER
The Gulf Breeze Chamber will celebrate its 30th year in 2018 and will establish a non-profit organization, President Kristen Loera said.
“We are looking to rees-tablish a 501c3 organization in order for us to work more on some of the aspects of our mission such as education — our support to the education system is a big part of it — and
community development,” Loera said.
“We’re still in the process of develop-ing the exact m i s s i o n f o r
the foundation, but we’re moving forward to get that established within the next year.”
The Gulf Breeze Chamber’s office also will relocate. “The building that we have been in for the past 17 years is owned by the Santa Rosa County School Board,” Loera said. “They have sold the property, so we do not know where we are going yet — we are explor-ing different options — but we will be moving to a new [tem-porary or permanent] home in 2018.”
Chambers of commerce eye changes in 2018
LoeraTucker Fountain
Clubhouse All Sports Training Facility owner and CEO Jason Kimbrell, right, and Director of Operations Drew Cumberland stand in the gym section of the facility overlooking the 10,000-square-foot football training area next to the basketball court. [AARON LITTLE | PRESS GAZETTE]
By Aaron Little 623-2120 | @AaronL_SRPG [email protected]
PACE — Staffers are aiming for a Jan. 8 opening day for the Clubhouse All Sports Training Facility at 4829 W. Spencer Field Road in Pace.
The Clubhouse will have 10,000 square feet of turf with seven batting cages, two pitching lanes, two pitching machines, a sports lounge for parents to relax, party rooms, and a 1,300-square-foot ath-letic performance center on the ground floor.
Security is a priority, according to owner and CEO Jason Kimbrell. The facility has 60 security cameras. In addition, every adult coming through the front door will have to scan his or her driver’s license through the Raptor visitor management system, which screens against the registered sex offender databases in all 50 states, according to raptortech.com.
Jason Barlow, a 2016 Pace graduate now playing for Lurleen B Wallace Com-munity College, practiced
pitching with Pace High senior Dalton Childs Dec. 29
Pace sports training facility sets grand opening
Jason Barlow graduated from Pace High in 2016 and now plays baseball for Lurleen B. Wallace Community College in Andalusia, Ala. Here he practices pitching at the Clubhouse All Sports Training Facility. [AARON LITTLE | PRESS GAZETTE]
By Aaron Little 623-2120 | @AaronL_SRPG [email protected]
PACE — Pace Fire Rescue District on March 1 will receive a new fire pro-tection rating from the Insurance Services Office, a national insurance industry risk rating and assessment service. Pace Fire’s rating will improve from a Class 6⁄9 to a Class 4⁄4x.
ISO ratings play a role in insurance companies’ underwriting process. Most major U.S. insurers use them to help deter-mine what coverage to offer or premiums to charge for personal or commercial property insurance.
ISO rates fire depart-ments on a scale of 1 to 10, with an ISO class 1 rating considered the most effec-tive fire defense system, from an insurance analysis perspective, with a Class 10 rating considered the least effective.
“We are very pleased that our rating has improved by two classes,” Chief Robbie
Whitfield said. “Not only does this mean our level of fire protection service has improved but it could also earn lower property insur-ance rates for home and business owners within the Pace Fire Rescue District.”
The second number for the Pace district’s split clas-sification has to do with the water system, according to Whitfield.
“The nine is for the water system,” he said, “which is on our northern end of the district.”
The ISO bases ratings on surveying and inspecting all aspects of a fire depart-ment’s achievements since January 2013, its last review.
ISO officials consider 911 communications and the fire hydrant water supply and other factors of quality fire and rescue service in the rating process.
“There are things we know we need to do,” Whit-field said. “In the past, we were limited on man power. We’re not 100 percent
Pace Fire’s insurance ranking improves
From left are Pace Fire Rescue District Battalion Chief Robert Nowlin, Lt. Patrick Wissing, fi refi ghter Andrew Adcox, fi refi ghter Nick Lopez, fi refi ghter Carl Bowers and Chief Robbie Whitfi eld. [AARON LITTLE | PRESS GAZETTE]See FACILITY, A8
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Digital marketing solutions for local businesses About ThriveHiveThriveHive empowers local business owners to take charge of their growth, combining human guidance with easy-to-use technology to make marketing more understandable, effective and affordable. ThriveHive serves as a trusted online expert, offering a unique blend of leading-edge technology and high-quality digital advertising services for small and mid-sized businesses.
Why ThriveHiveOur expert team of 300+ professionals are committed to your business success. We understand that you have many options when looking for a digital marketing company to expand your online presence and we offer the help and results that make it easy to choose us — and stay with us.
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Unparalleled reach. Backed by GateHouse Media, ThriveHive reaches over 22 million people across the country, expanding your audience more than ever before
Google AdWords Premier Partner. We’re part of a select group of strategic partners that meet Google’s most stringent eligibility and training requirements, including proven expertise and years of experience in delivering high-performing AdWords campaigns
Dedicated advisors committed to your success. ThriveHive’s dedicated digital marketing team works to build stronger communities by driving the success of local small business
Industry expertise. With established relationships with digital leaders like Google and Facebook, we have the experience to build marketing solutions to help your business keep up with the competition
An extension of your team. We know your time is valuable - that’s why we do the work for you, planning and executing successful marketing strategies that let you get back to running your business
Tailored service. We customize our services based on your business needs to provide the most effective solutions that fit your budget
Transparent results. We believe in complete transparency, providing you with measurable results through a 24/7 results dashboard
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ThriveHive at a Glance
Full suite of Digital Marketing Solutions including:
• Guided Marketing Platform• Display Advertising• Social Media Marketing• Searching Engine Marketing• Search Engine Optimization• Email Marketing• Better Website• Local Listings Builder
Customized digital advertising solutions also available
30+ YearsExperience in SEM
190K+ Small and medium businesses served
15K+ Custom
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Custom solutionsWe are a full-service creative agency within GateHouse Media delivering cross-media programs to engage your audience.
Premium Edge unit distributes your message with video and slideshows.
Interactive elements, including locator maps, make it easier to bring customers directly toyour door.
Custom creative designed to attract and engage online and in print. Our experience has created success stories for small shops and large enterprises alike.
Creating specifically for mobile devices ensures that your message reaches our entire online audience no matter how they choose to view.
Digital and print
advertising created to
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Develop a constant connection with your audience by integrating features
including social media feeds.
Custom projects such as logos, podcast headers, identity packages and collateral.
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