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Masks optional for Bay District Schools Dani Travis © Provided by Panama City WJHG-TV Bay District School board members were faced with two big questions Tuesday PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Bay District School board members were faced with two big questions Tuesday: do members want to make masks and cloth facial coverings optional on school property, and when would it go into effect? “We talk about data-driven decisions all the time as a board and the data backs up this...

The Bay County school board voted Tuesday to make masks optional for students affective immediately.

For most of the 2021 seniors in the county, their only normal school year was their freshman year.  The subsequent years were met dealing with rebuilding and recovery, followed by the longest spring break ever due to the shut down of schools because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and then an entire school year with new rules and regulations to deal with the virus.  Remembering the hurricane Rowan hasnt forgotten what it was like preparing for the storm just days leading up to the disaster. "O...

Tuesday, May 4, 2021 Six Berryville High School athletes will compete in the Class 4A track and field state championships after qualifying at last week’s 4A-1 district meet. The Bobcats’ 4x800-meter relay team of Caden Nickell, Weston Teague, Jake Lopez and Newt Wiley finished second in the district meet with a time of 9:38.61, while Nickell took third place in the high jump at 5-8 and Tun Oo was third in shot put at 40-11.75. Green Forest hosted the 3A-1 district championships, also on Tues...

Tuesday, April 27, 2021 Green Forest had a strong showing in the Bomber Invitational track and field meet on Friday, April 23. The Tigers finished fourth in the boys team standings and won three events. Sophomore Alonzo Rangel won the 1,600-meter run in a time of 4:57.95, less than six seconds of junior Paco Rangel, who finished third in 5:03.51. Alonzo Rangel also finished fourth in the 800-meter run. Paco Rangel took first place in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 11:23.28 and the 4x800-met...

The second phase of the massive three-part floral is now on display at Desert Botanical Garden. The installation, "Wind, Water and Earth," is created by artists Natasha Lisitsa and Daniel Schultz of Waterlily Pond Studio. The floral exhibition is being installed in three parts. It began with “Wind” which went in Jan. 19. “Water” is being featured from Feb. 23 through March 22 and it ends with “Earth” from April 3-25. “This is (Lisitsa) and (Schultz’s) first public garden inst...

Desert Botanical Garden New Outdoor Art Several new outdoor artworks are being installed around metro Phoenix this month. Tempe Public Art commissioned Roy Wasson Valle to create a piece on a clear wall at the Tempe Center for the Arts sculpture garden, which will be visible from The Gallery at TCA and the path running along Tempe Town Lake. An installation titled Water will be on view at Desert Botanical Garden starting on February 23. Created by Natasha Lisitsa and Daniel Schultz of Waterlil...

I Never Knew: About Richard E. Harris and his legacy Katie OConnell, Arizona Republic © Meg Potter/The Republic Natasha Lisitsas and Daniel Schultzs teamwork on their installation, Wind, at Desert Botanical Gardens on Jan. 16, 2021. Valentines Day can be arduous. Even in pre-pandemic years, finding new and fresh ways to celebrate can feel forced.  How will couples — many of whom have spent 11 consecutive months indoors together — spend the holiday this time around? Lu...

Since 2014 I have spent Xmas Eve calling my grand nieces and nephews as Elvis Elfington. It started with just two little ones, 3 and 2 at the time, and it’s grown to seven. So this nasal-voiced-Bowery-affecting-union-shop-boss calling from the Workshop at Elf Union No. 1 in the North Pole takes time out each Xmas Eve to remind the kids that Santa’s on his way and then delivers some humorous inside baseball family stuff. Each kid gets a call-out and a special nickname — Judy “The top bo...