SPRING FOOTBALL PRACTICE is underway throughout Florida as teams begin to prepare for the upcoming 2015 high school football season. (Photo by Patrick Casey)
SISSI WEDGWOOD looks over a Brugmansia seed pod. This Ponce de Leon woman’s passion is the propagation and preservation of Brugmansia plants and flowers. (Photo by Jeffrey Powell)
FLORALA INVENTOR WALTER OWENS HAS BEEN PERFECTING the engineering behind his radical static electricity motor for the better part of 10 years, but, at last, he’s very close to getting the invention certified and put into production. (Photo courtesy of Walter Owens)
JOSEPH AND JEREMIAH REGISTER work a bee hive in Freeport. A few years ago the Register family obtained two honeybee colonies to pollinate their personal garden and fruit trees. From those humble beginnings has sprung a 317 colony, and growing, bee farm that keeps the family as busy as their bees. (Photo by Jeffrey Powell)
AWARD FOR VALOR: On Thursday April 23 at the regular bi-monthly council meeting, Freeport Mayor Russ Barley presented a certificate of valor to city of Freeport employee Addison Parker. On April 8, 2015 during work hours, Parker came opon a severe automobile accident on U.S. 331 at Bay Grove Road. He immediately responded with a fire extinguisher to the burning vehicle, pulled the occupant out to safety and then continued fighting the blaze until help arrived. Mayor Barley commended Parker on his heroic actions stating “Addison Parker saved a life that day.” (Courtesy of Ard Gallery) GULF CEMETERY ASSOCIATION BOARD MEMBERS and volunteers gathered on Saturday, May 2 for their annual cleanup day. Their efforts are both intended to police the historic cemetery and prepare for Memorial Day. (Photo by Jeffrey Powell)
