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Fort Walton Beach Krewe of Bowlegs 66 Honor Guard set for duties
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Bob and Tracy Brown
Bob was lucky enough to meet Tracy, a Fort Walton Beach native, in Birmingham Alabama. They met while Bob was selling wine and Tracy was managing a restaurant in Five Points South. After moving around a bit, they settled down in Plano, Texas, to raise their three children: Brandon, Natalie and Nicholas. Once the older two had moved out of the house, they were blessed to be able to move home and have been living in Shalimar for almost two years.
Local teachers nominated to win free roof
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FORT WALTON BEACH Voting is now open for Specialty Roofers, Inc.’s Roofs for Educators contest!. More than 275 Northwest Florida educators were nominated to win a free roof, and now it is down to the final three Billie “Charisse” Stokes from Crestview High School, Donna Barton from Destin Elementary and Patrick Cole from Niceville High School.
“As a local company that deeply cares about this community, we want to give back,” Erin Bakker, director of business development at SRI, said. “Early in my career I taught first and second grade at Destin Elementary, so I know firsthand that teachers deserve all the praise and appreciation we can give them.”
2021 UCA National High School Cheerleading Championship And UDA National Dance Team Championship Honor Top Teams
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MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Varsity Spirit – the global leader in cheerleading, dance team and band apparel, camps and competitions, and a division of Varsity Brands, the market leader in team sports, school spirit and achievement recognition – is pleased to announce the 2021 National High School Cheerleading Championship and National Dance Team Championship took place on April 22-25, 2021.
Historically, these championships host more than 25,000 of the country s top high school cheerleaders and dancers. Through innovation and resilience, coupled with safety protocols and strategies, Varsity Spirit was able to hold these championships both in person and virtually in 2021. The events, produced by the Universal Cheerleaders Association and Universal Dance Association, both Varsity Spirit brands
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BRISTOL, Tenn. – Holmes County will be represented when the Bristol Dirt Nationals kick off next week, with Westville resident Sydney Kitchen slated to be the event’s only female stockcar driver. In addition to stock cars, the race will feature several different classes and offer an overall combined purse of more than $400,000.
22-year-old Kitchen was one of 20 drivers selected out of a lottery of more than 700 hopefuls from all over the U.S. after her husband, Braeden Kitchen, entered her in the race.
Her stepdad, Craig Cole, bought a race car when she was 13, and she raced for the first time at Southern Raceway in Milton when she was 14.