Gulf-Franklin to host ‘Student Services: After Hours’ Tuesday
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Gulf-Franklin to host ‘Student Services: After Hours’ Tuesday

Gulf Coast State College is hosting its “Student Services: After Hours” event for Fall 2024 registration this Tuesday, July 30. Formerly known as “Super Saturday,” this event is for prospective students interested in attending GCSC and current students ready to register for classes. The application fee is waived for all new students at this event….

Six area students complete IMPACT orientation at Troy
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Six area students complete IMPACT orientation at Troy

Six students from Franklin and Gulf counties have completed IMPACT new student orientation and enrolled at Troy University for the Fall 2024 semester at the Troy, Alabama campus. Avery Pharr, of Apalachicola; Mary Farrell and Kaimyzha Larry, each from Port St. Joe; and Samuel Hunter, Preston Stacy and Jackson Taunton, all of Wewahitchka, are among…

Dance finale wraps up CME summer camp
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Dance finale wraps up CME summer camp

Exuberant dancing, and rousing drumming highlighted the finale Friday evening of the Community Moving Education’s five-week summer camp. Held at the Armory, the choreography and its costuming punctuated a camp season for about 15 young people, now in its third year. Founded by French Haynes, who worked as a dancer, English and special needs teacher,…

UF study reveals environmental impact of sweeteners
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UF study reveals environmental impact of sweeteners

The human body’s inability to break down sucralose, an artificial sweetener found in many zero-calorie food and drink products, is well established by scientific research. The compound is so stable that it escapes wastewater treatment processing and is in drinking water and aquatic environments. “We can’t break down sucralose, and a lot of microorganisms can’t…

Are you ready for the Summer Olympics?
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Are you ready for the Summer Olympics?

Just because there are trained professionals dealing with the infrastructure, logistics and marketing of the Summer Olympics, it doesn’t let the rest of us off the hook. To fulfill our obligations as world citizens, instead of just blundering into nearly three weeks of pageantry and athleticism, we should apply critical thinking to the whole phenomenon….

It’s time for Biden to put country first
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It’s time for Biden to put country first

“Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.” — Proverbs 16:18 President Joe Biden, who earned our respect and affection over the past four years, is now trying our souls. In an interview on a Philadelphia radio show, he mumbled that he was proud to be “the first Black woman to serve…

Rick LaFleur: Hercules, Steve Reeves, and Miss Gladys Giddens
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Rick LaFleur: Hercules, Steve Reeves, and Miss Gladys Giddens

First time I encountered Hercules I was 12 or so. Not the Marvel Comics hero who debuted in 1964, but the unforgettable bodybuilder-turned-actor Steve Reeves in the 1958 English-dubbed Italian film, “Hercules,” the first of eight sword-and-sandal flicks he starred in over the next five years. For me it was love at first fight, and…