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Maggie Roberts shares her passion for the walk/run method

Thursday, 02 December 2010 11:04 Last Updated on Thursday, 02 December 2010 11:09 Written by Jude Forsyth

If you are walking or running on the Navarre Beach path, Maggie Roberts will probably introduce herself and ask you about your passion for walking or running. That would happen even if she wasn’t the director for the Galloway Emerald Coast Getting Started program, because Roberts is in love with running.

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Celebrating the Cranksgiving way

Thursday, 02 December 2010 10:59 Last Updated on Thursday, 02 December 2010 11:06 Written by Jude Forsyth

The Saturday before Thanksgiving marked another Cranksgiving date in cities around the country, including here on the Emerald Coast. Cranksgiving, a charity bicycle event, started with a bike messenger in New York City in 1999. It’s pretty simple and lots of fun. You bike from store to store using a map, buy food for charity, stuff it in your backpack and bike back to the start line. The biker with the shortest time and the heaviest pack wins.

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Pet photo ops provide much-needed financial relief

Thursday, 02 December 2010 10:54 Last Updated on Thursday, 02 December 2010 10:58 Written by Staff Reports

The Panhandle Animal Welfare Society, or PAWS, is combining two very important things this holiday season: its love of animals and its need to keep them well.

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Marine sanctuary to ‘refresh’ grant hopes

Thursday, 02 December 2010 10:39 Last Updated on Thursday, 02 December 2010 10:52 Written by Ken Garner

Supporters soon should be able to vote to award the Navarre Beach Marine Sanctuary a $50,000 grant through the Pepsi Refresh project, according to a sanctuary organizer.