EMERALD COAST MIDDLE SCHOOL STATE QUALIFIERS, pictured here are: Spencer Burden, Tbar Keepman, Eyin Cole, Bryce Short, Owen Wellborn, Travis Blech, Anthony Bryan, Minh Nguyen, Patrick Hughes, Madison Peele, Mckenna Mears, Hannah Carmichael, Jielle Paul, Elisabeth Connell, Chloe St. Aubin, Maddy Kish, Emma Gibson, Melissa Diciaula, Kate Dargavell, Jacob D’Aleo, Alex Kilpatrick, Tanner Thede, Tyler Mitchum, Tanner Martin, Lindy Arthur, Nylah Timberlake, Kaylah Timberlake, Cameron Montz, Hannah Taylor, Hanna Sumpter, Kayleigh Walker, William Strain, Luke Johnson, Hannah Norton, Luke Rookis, Spencer Wiechman WALTON HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH LANGUAGE Arts Teacher Tracy Nick accepts a grant from Janet Greeno, executive director of the St. Joe Community Foundation, Inc.
CANCER SURVIVORS take the first lap of the evening. A large group of cancer survivors and Relay for Life participants gathered on Friday evening, May 8, for the annual North of the Bay relay walk. (Photo by Jeffrey Powell)
MAY DAY FESTIVAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN MARCUS BALDWIN took a ride on Peanut the elephant, who, in her own way, also waved for the camera. The year 2015 marked the ninth-straight iteration of DeFuniak Springs’ May Day Festival, and it was the biggest yet in more ways than one. (Photo by Reid Tucker)
GLADYS MILTON’S DAUGHTER MARIA WORKED ALONGSIDE HER MOTHER FOR 15 YEARS at the Milton Memorial Birthing Center in Flowersview, founded in 1976, and runs the facility to this day. Walton County midwife Gladys Milton was selected as the second DeFuniak Springs Woman’s Club “Woman of Light” for her contributions to local medicine and community advocacy. (Photo by Reid Tucker)
