Category: Caring
Demaria Picks Up 2 More Grammy Nominations
Press Release: Pensacola psychologist, author, speaker and recording artist Dr. Michael Brant DeMaria has received his third and fourth GRAMMY Nominations. Nominations were announced November…
Mobile Baybears: Baseball America’s Minor League Team of the Year
During the great Maritime Park debate, the naysayers called the Mobile Baybears a failure. They said the team would never permit Pensacola to have an…
2011 NCAA Division II Soccer Championships here
And we are getting national recognition for it. From NCAA.com: As the daughter of an U.S. Navy officer, Kelli Bahr moved around a lot as…
Seeking Hardest Working Women in America
Doron Ofir Casting (Design Star, Military Wives, Jersey Shore, Nashville Star, Chefs vs. City, My Strange Addiction) announces the search for the hardest working women…
One of four Escambia students live in poverty
The U.S. Census Bureau released data on income and poverty estimates for the nation’s 3,142 counties and more than 14,000 public school districts, showing that…
Winter White Christmas Show
This Saturday, Dec. 3 enjoy some tunes for a good cause at the Winter White Christmas Show. The event is sponsored by the Omega Countdown…
On the Road
The American Cancer Society is looking for volunteers for their Road to Recovery Program. The program provides free transportation for patients receiving cancer treatments. The…
Fox News makes you dumber. Best not to watch it at all.
The results of a new poll by Fairleigh Dickinson show that Sunday morning news shows do the most to help people learn about current events,…
Sarcasm – Key to Problem Solving
Smithsonian Magazine reports that studies show that sarcasm enhances problem solving. An inability to understand it can be an early warning sign of brain disease,…
Thanksgiving Day marathons (my wish list)
It’s time the cable channels have some better marathons. Here’s my top 10 list of TV marathons I would like to see: 10. Hill Street…
100 Notable Books of 2011
The Book Review’s annual list of outstanding works. See here.
Fact Sheet: Returning Heroes and Wounded Warrior Tax Credits
From the White House: In August, President Obama called on Congress to enact tax credits that will help get veterans back to work. The Returning…
Are foster children being medicated like schizophrenics?
 The New York Times cited a study published in the Pediatric Journal that appears to reflect that. And keep in mind: All of the programs…
More Army suicides
The Army released on Friday, Nov. 18 suicide data for the month of October. Among active-duty soldiers, there were 17 potential suicides: one has been…
Blue Wahoos reveal logo
In front of a packed Palafox street, team owners Quint & Rishy Studer, Blue Wahoos President Bruce Baldwin, and Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward rolled out…
A&E: Movie Picks
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Pt. 1 In case you didn’t catch the midnight showing, “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Pt. 1†is in theatres…
A&E: Favored Sons
“Favored Sons is playing tonight at Hopjacks. They took the time to answer questions via e-mail for the IN. The band will be playing original…
Tebow defies NFL experts. Wins again
If you listen to all the NFL experts, you would believe that Tim Tebow is the worst quarterback in professional football. There’s just one problem….
One-in-four Escambia Co. children live in poverty
Escambia County has one out of every four children living in poverty–17,470 children, 28.1 percent, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. A recently released brief…
