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Shalimar Pointe Golf Club has reopened its golf course after an extensive renovation that took more than a year to complete. On Father’s Day weekend golfers were able to get on the greens! Golfers can expect to experience the challenging Finger-Dye layout with all new TifEagle Bermuda greens, updated irrigation...

Aletha’s Legacy sets off for Liberia on November 18 to take children’s holiday gifts and oversee the first phase of renovations currently underway at the Children’s Future Program and Orphanage, home to 53 children in the rural town of Kakata, approximately 45 miles from the capital city of Monrovia. Many...

By Julie A. Martin, Licensed Agent FL It’s the middle of summer, and you just heard on the radio that a Category 4 storm is about to hit in your area. What should you do to prepare? Stocking up on non-perishable food and bottled...

Thanks for taking the time to read our fun, informative page for some basic laundry tips and tricks! In this issue, we want to talk about a stubborn stain specific to our geographical location: Sunscreen! Sunscreen stains are basically oil stains. Unfortunately, once oil stains impregnate a shirt’s molecules and change...

By Larry Williams, UF/IFAS Extension Agent, Okaloosa If a little bit is good, then a whole lot more must be better, right? Wrong. This is faulty logic, at least when it applies to pesticides. A pesticide is any chemical used to control or kill a pest. Examples include insecticides (designed to...

By Jessica Roberts On average, a student enrolled in the free and reduced meal program at school will miss access to 110 meals over the summer. Food For Thought Outreach is here to help bridge that meal gap. Starting the first week of June, Food For Thought will start its 10th...

By Stacy Sarikanon, Stunning Spaces–Decorating Den Interiors The line between indoors and outdoors continues to blur as many of us want to take our indoor comforts and solitude outdoors. This process is becoming more realistic as many manufacturers of home products develop more and more appliances, furniture, lighting and accessories that...

By Michelle Ruschman One of the greatest forces for good can be a child looking out for other children. Zachary Woodard was such a child and LightZ of Hope is his legacy through his parents, Brent and Susan, along with their team. Through this program, children who are hospitalized can...

There will be a special municipal election on April 14 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Niceville City Hall for voters to elect a new mayor and two new city council members. Candidates must be qualified electors of Okaloosa County residing within the corporate limits of the City...

By Marta-Rose Thorpe For years, Jimy Thorpe had felt the urge to give back. A veteran, Jimy had served as a young man in the U.S. Army for eight years and had always held the highest regard for the men and women who serve our country and keep us safe....