SOUTH WALTON’S CHRISTIAN FRIIS GRABBED GOLD in the decathlon at the 2014 AAU Junior Olympic Games, held over the weekend of July 26-27 in Des Moines, Iowa. His score of 6,276 is a personal record, as are his marks of 42-08 feet in the shot put and 5-10.75 in the high jump. (Photo courtesy of Christian Friis)
BOY SCOUT EVAN COWIE PRESENTED THIS TABLE AND BENCH SET, complete with inlaid chess board, to the city of DeFuniak Springs at a dedication ceremony at the Walton County Library on July 31. The construction project on the concrete table took a year’s worth of preparation and 277 hours of work to complete. (Photo by Reid Tucker)
WHERE IN THE HERALD were Herald/Breeze editor Bruce Collier and his daughter Grace? Bruce, his wife Kim and Grace spent a day last week at the Ohio State Fair in Columbus, along with Bruce’s sister, brother-in-law and nephew. This photo was snapped at the entrance gate of the fair, in front of a large statue of a cardinal, the Ohio state bird. (Photo by Kim Collier)
A BRIGHT-COLORED summer visitor to a backyard near a coastal dune lake. Found around lakes, ponds, streams, wetlands and marshes, dragonflies are among the fastest and most agile flying insects. They dine on mosquitoes, flies, ants, and wasps. There are more than 5,900 dragonfly species. (Photo by Dotty Nist)
WILLIAM “BILL” ELLIS POSES NEXT TO his family’s portraits and memorabilia. Ellis recounted some of his World War II experiences as a seaman aboard the famous carrier U.S.S. Hornet, including the Doolittle Tokyo Raid and the Battle of Midway. (Photo by Jeffrey Powell)
