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OUT FRONT MAGAZINE
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Editor & Publisher New Beginnings Publishing Company
Director of Operations Angelena Wheat – LRY Media Group ( 850 ) 396-1798
Senior Editor Phil Stewart , ( deceased 1992-2006 )
Senior Associate Editor Bobbie Weaver , ( deceased 1995-2012 )
Contributing Editors Mamie Webb Hixon , UWF Writing Lab Staff
Contributing Writers Charmere N . Gatson , Cheryl Nicholls Kelli Pogue , Robin Reshard , Yolanda Clark
General Manager Greg Green
Marketing Manager Jamar Robinson
Art Direction / Production Hilary Moreno ( At-Large )
Graphic Art Production Victor Mason ( myDesignGraphics . com ) Wallace F . LeRoy Karen Kelly ( At-Large ) Dick Williams ( At-Large )
Typesetting Spencer Administrative Solutions
Photography Abraham Booker , Debra Russell , Eli King
Music Reviews L ’ Spi-Del , Jamar Robinson
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Circulation Kay Stevens , Director Leo Valentino , Manager
Subscription Fulfillment Michele` Overman
Founder & Publisher Emeritus Admiral L . LeRoy , Jr .
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FEATURES
WOMEN ’ S HISTORY
SPECIAL ISSUE
On The Cover Women Making A Difference :
Starting on page 8
CONTENTS
The Lifestyle Magazine on the Great Gulf Coast Volume 27 Issue 1 • April 2018
32 Dr . Lusharon Wiley , Director of Culture , Innisfree Hotels 08 Ashley Ruiz , Local Meteorologist , Chasing Her Dreams One Storm at a Time 18 Kaitlin Wright , WEAR ’ s Meteorologist : Striving to Be the Best She Can Be 12 Ann Richard - Author , Director , and Producer 28 Holly Shelton – Singer , Actor , and Entertainer 30 Jacqueline Miles – Publisher of the Gulf Coast Voice Newspaper
DEPARTMENTS
EDITORIAL :
04 Notes from the Director of Operations
COMMUNITY :
34 Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Florida Announces Sponsor for The Big Scoop 2018
05 Men Who Cook 2018 – A Fundraiser for PACE Center for Girls
ENTERTAINMENT :
36 ” Wakanda Forever Night ” at Soulful Sundays 20 A Gathering of Women – “ Their Joy and Laughter Filled All the Spaces ” 24 Connecting the Community Through Dance
POEM SPOTLIGHT :
38 A bowl of cereal
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