DAN AND SHERRY COSSON’S LIVE OAK AVENUE HOME will become DeFuniak Springs’ first solar-powered house once construction is complete. The Cossons will retire within two years’ time, and after that look to enjoy life in the city’s historic district while also paying 40 percent less (or more) on their utility bill each month. (Photo courtesy of Dan and Sherry Cosson)
BARB WILSON prepares to make a landing. On Sept. 23, a group of 21 seniors from Life Enrichment Senior Center (LESC) in DeFuniak Springs set out to go zip lining at Baytowne Wharf. (Photo by Jeffrey Powell)
STATE ATTORNEY Bill Eddins (right) and Walton County Sheriff Mike Adkinson at the Sept. 24 press conference on the released report by the grand jury that was impaneled to investigate alleged miscalculations made in the Planning Department. (Photo by Dotty Nist)
WALTON COUNTY Tax Collector Rhonda Skipper accepts a plaque presented by Phil Van Stavern of LifeQuest Organ Recovery Services honoring a 4-percent increase in organ donor registration in 2014 as part of her office’s driver’s license services. The office’s current organ donor enrollment rate in connection with driver’s license services is 70 percent. (Photo by Dotty Nist)