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Senior Associate Editor The Lifestyle Magazine on the Great Gulf Coast
Volume 27 Issue 4 • December 2018/January 2019
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
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EDUCATION:
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Jade Sanders Stays on the Course to Fulfill Her College Dreams
ENTERTAINMENT:
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34th Annual Frank Brown International Songwriters’ Festival Held
The King Richard Foundation Celebrated Its 9 th Annual “Beauty by the Bay” Fashion
Show and Dinner
REALTOR SPOTLIGHT:
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Drey Nimmo: Helping Others to Purchase their Dream Home
Michele` Overman THOUGHTS FOR TODAY:
Founder & Publisher Emeritus 36
Admiral L. LeRoy, Jr.
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