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CONTENTS
Sharon Spencer
Senior Editor
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Contributing Editors
Shazmin Adontis, Beverlyn Sandford Baines
Mamie Webb Hixon, Ora Wills, Brooke
Johnson, UWF Writing Lab Staff FEATURES
Contributing Writers 05 Quint Studer: Modern Day Trailblazer
16 The Future Is Here … Gulf Power Economic Symposium
Charmere N. Gatson, Cheryl Nicholls
Kelli Pogue, Robin Reshard, Yolanda Clark
Since 1997, the Florida Lottery has been creating a
SPECIAL ISSUE
Editor & Publisher
General Manager
Greg Green
brighter future for Florida’s students through the Bright
Marketing Manager
Futures Scholarship Program. Through this scholarship,
Jamar Robinson
Art Direction/Production
more than 725,000 students have received financial
assistance to attend a Florida college. The education
Hilary Moreno (At-Large) BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION:
Graphic Art Production 25 Mrs. Annie Dunklin Celebrates 96 th Birthday
20 Zoya Webster-Phillips Celebrates 75 th Birthday
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Wallace F. LeRoy
Monica Washington
Karen Kelly (At-Large)
Dick Williams (At-Large)
they have received is allowing them to give back to the
community and boost Florida’s economy, while
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students. So remember, the more you Abraham Booker, Debra Russell, Eli King
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Photography Music Reviews COMMUNITY:
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Sabrina Williams Ordained as a Minister at the Sixth Avenue Missionary Baptist
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Marketing & Special Events 10
The Eastside Neighborhood Improvement Association Donates $7,000 to The
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DEPARTMENTS
Kay Stevens, Director
Leo Valentino, Manager
Pensacola Native Allison C. Williams, Esq., Wins at the International Business
Women Banquet – The Stevie Awards
04 Notes from the Director of Operations
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What Will It Take to Improve These Children and Youths’ Educational Outcomes
and Connections to the Workforce?
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