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By Kenneth BooksBeacon Staff Writer

Niceville High School footballplayers who want to play thesport in college have an advocate.

NHS football coach AdronRobinson, a 1989 alum, helpsNiceville athletes find collegeberths.

One such player is AndrewMitchell, the NHS football team’squarterback.

“He got it all started,” Mitchellsaid of the strong attention

Mitchell’s efforts are getting froma number of colleges. “He wastons of help. He taught us all weneeded to know.”

The key, Robinson said, wasmainly in communicating to col-lege coaches the quality of schol-ar-athletes who play for NicevilleHigh.

“We have good players whoare good in the classroom,” hesaid. “And we did a better job ofmarketing the Niceville High

By Mike GriffithBeacon Correspondent

More local scholarship moneyis likely to be available to stu-dents at Northwest Florida StateCollege during the 2013-14 aca-demic year, following threestraight years of decline, if theNWFSC Foundation, the col-lege’s fundraising organization,

follows the recommendations ofits finance committee.

The foundation's board isexpected to act on the advice Jan.8.

During a meeting in NicevilleDec. 13, the finance committeereviewed the financial status ofthe foundation's endowed scholar-ship funds. The panel learned

that many funds that have been“underwater,” or earning lessinterest each year than the cost ofthe scholarships they are meant tofund, are doing much better andare now able to once again awardscholarships to students.

Foundation Executive DirectorCristie Kedroski told committeemembers that only 31 scholarship

funds are now underwater, downfrom 95 a year ago. As a result,she said, the amount of NWFSCFoundation endowed scholarshipmoney available to students in theyear that will begin in August2013 will be between 30 and 40percent greater than this year.The funds are paid from earningsof the foundation's endowed

scholarship funds, currently val-ued at $37.4 million.

The foundation awarded$190,922 in scholarships in the2011-12 academic year, downfrom $387,415 three years earlier.Moreover, the 2011-12 totalincluded $45,300 in funds from

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The ChoctawhatcheeAudubon Society willhost a free programabout bottlenose dol-phins at the NorthwestFlorida State CollegeStudent ServicesCenter, Niceville.

Friday, 10 a.m.-noon.

Home-schooled stu-dents can learn aboutNative Americans in afree education programat the Heritage Museumof Northwest Florida,Valparaiso.

Saturday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Sign up for theNiceville-Valparaiso LittleLeague baseball andsoftball teams in theRuckel Middle Schoolcafeteria, Niceville.

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Beacon photo by Daniel ElsesserYoung soccer players battled chilly weather to practice fielding corner kicks at the Twin Oaks soccer complex, Niceville, Dec. 27. Atthe same facility, elementary school-age children participated in FC Dallas Emerald Coast winter soccer camp.

Best foot forwardMore residents seek walls to blockroad noiseBy Daniel ElsesserBeacon Staff Writer

A representative of WhitePoint Village asked the Mid-BayBridge Authority to provide thesame noise and light abatementmeasures currently implementedbetween Chardonnay Estates andthe Mid-Bay Bridge connectorroad.

Darlane Landsberger, associa-tion manager for BluewaterManagement Services, spoke atthe Mid-Bay Bridge Authoritymeeting Dec. 13 in the City ofDestin board room, telling theboard the residents of WhitePoint Village are also subject tonoise from traffic on the connec-tor road.

In response to previous com-plaints, the Mid-Bay BridgeAuthority had already decided toreplant a vegetation barrierbetween the Chardonnay Estateshomes and the connector road.Many of the previously plantedtrees failed to grow. The plantingof a new barrier, along with atemporary irrigation system, isnow under way, according toMid-Bay Bridge AuthorityExecutive Director Jim Vest.

Beacon photo by Kenneth BooksSome of the Niceville High School athletes whom Adron Robinson has helped get noticed by colleges surround him in the school cafeteria.From left: Nick Haynes, Devon Vasquez, Kyle Knight, Shikim Coward, Andrew Mitchell, Robinson, Tyler Ross, Austin Campbell, BrandonKucera, Ean Savory-Booker and Carter Fletcher.

Sidewalk eyed for 1.3 miles of Rocky Bayou Dr.By Daniel ElsesserBeacon Staff Writer

The Florida Department ofTransportation plans to constructa sidewalk along Rocky BayouDrive from Forest Road toHuntington Circle.

The DOT's tentative five-yearwork program allots $26,000 forpreliminary engineering of theproject in the 2014 fiscal year.

Construction is expected tobegin in 2015, with $263,000allotted for construction in the2015 fiscal year and $27,000 inthe next.

The sidewalk will be five feetwide and stretch 1.3 miles fromthe Ruckel airstrip to theHuntington subdivision.

The stretch of Rocky BayouDrive from Forest Road toHuntington Circle would get a1.3-mile sidewalk, under a pro-posal by the FloridaDepartment of Transportation.

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Landsberger asked that therenewed vegetation barrier, andother developments to preventlight or noise to ChardonnayEstates, be extended to includeWhite Point Village, a smallsubdivision to the north, onLakeshore Drive, just off WhitePoint Road.

White Point Village Owners'Association President EllenPetrus said all of the houses onthe east side of Laura Lane areaffected by the noise and lightfrom the connector road.

Landsberger said the ulti-mate goal of the homeowners isto get a noise abatement wallconstructed between he homesand the road. She said the cur-rent Florida Department ofTransportation guidelineswould require the constructionof a wall, given the noise condi-tions at Chardonnnay Estatesand White Point Village.

Vest, however, said that wasnot the case in 2008, when thenew road was designed. Hesaid the project met all noisestandards under the DOT'sguidelines for 2008. The high-

way opened to traffic in 2011,replacing White Point Road,which is just to the west of thetwo neighborhoods, as the wayto the north end of the bridge.

"I'd like to emphasize thatthe analysis that was donedetermined that the project didnot require any form of noiseabatement," Vest said.

Vest said members of theMid-Bay Bridge Authority andthe DOT would meet with rep-resentatives from ChardonnayEstates and White Point Villagesometime before the next Mid-Bay Bridge Authority meeting,set for Jan. 17, to discuss fur-ther action on noise and lightabatement.

Landsberger said the meet-ing should help improve com-munication between the home-owners and bridge authority.

"I hope when we all meetwe'll have some understandingof how to move forward,"Landsberger said.

While the homeowners ulti-mately want a wall constructed,Landsberger said, they alsowant a noise study.

"We're not asking for any-thing outrageous," Landsbergersaid.

NOISEFrom page A-1

Mid-Bay Bridge AuthoritySome residents of the neighorhoods immediately to the west of theMid-Bay Bridge Connector have asked the toll span's governingboard to install barriers to block noise and lights coming from vehi-cles that use the busy roadway. Bridge officials agreed to meetwith them before Jan. 17. The neighborhoods, Chardonnay Estates(lower left) and White Point Village (upper left), are shown in thisaerial photo.


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ArrestsJoshua David Thompson, 18,

of 223 Galway Drive, Niceville,was arrested by Niceville policeDec. 22 on a charge of disorderlyintoxication. Thompson wasarrested after allegedly yellingprofanities and threatening policeofficers on Kelly Road, Niceville.Thompson's required courtappearance is scheduled Jan. 8.

***Adrean Roosevelt Munn, 31,

of 632 Oak St. NW, Fort WaltonBeach, was arrested by Nicevillepolice Dec. 23 on charges of driv-ing while license suspended orrevoked and resisting an officerwithout violence.

After Munn pulled into a drive-way on Elm Street, an officerapproached him to question himfor driving erratically. Whenasked for his driver's license,Munn walked into the house,climbed out a window, jumped afence, and ran through severalyards. Officers caught up with himin the woods.

***Shane Rameshwar Sooknanan,

a fast food worker, 25, of 134Menzel St., Valparaiso, was arrest-ed by Niceville police Dec. 18 ona charge of possession of marijua-na less than 20 grams.

A police officer stoppedSooknanan's vehicle after it turnedfrom Kelly Road to Howell Streetwithout displaying a turn signal.The officer observed Sooknananand a passenger making furtivemovements in the car's center con-sole area.

After smelling burning mari-juana, the officer spoke withSooknanan, who said he hadsmoked marijuana earlier that day.

The officer searched the carand found a clear plastic bag con-taining four grams of a green leafy

substance consistent with marijua-na. Sooknanan's required courtappearance is scheduled Jan. 8.

***Rocky Joseph Robinson, a

handyman, 28, of 1725 UnionAve., Niceville, was arrested bysheriff's deputies Dec. 20 oncharges of battery touch orstrike and battery touch or strikedomestic violence, stemmingfrom a fight that erupted duringan argument over a cell phone.

***Christopher Andrew Turner,

a laborer, of 1135 MuirfieldWay, Niceville, was arrested bysheriff's deputies Dec. 21 on anEscambia County warrant for anoriginal charge of crueltytowards a child.

DUI arrestsRichard Calvin Crews,

retired, 66, of 111 BaywindDrive, Niceville, was arrested bysheriff's deputies for DUI at4563 E. State Road 20,Niceville, Dec. 23 at 10:01 a.m.Crews' required court appear-ance is scheduled Jan. 8.

TheftsThe owner of the business at

1051 E. John Sims Parkwayreported Dec. 21 someone stolea pair of boots from her businessby switching them with anotherpair.

***The manager of the Radio

Shack at 1009 E. John SimsParkway reported Dec. 23someone took a set of ear budsand a battery worth a total of$90 from the store.

Niceville police went to ahome to question a man whomatched the description given.The man returned the items tothe officers, and the manager didnot press charges.

A Niceville police officerissued the man a permanent tres-pass warning against enteringthe store.

***A Niceville resident from the

700 block of Prestwick Drivereported someone broke the sidedoor of the business at 1067 JohnSims Parkway, entered and stole asafe Dec. 24. The theft was caughton the business's surveillance sys-tem and the footage will be sent toEmerald Coast Crime Stoppers.

***A Niceville resident from the

200 block of Wava Avenue report-ed an unknown person used hiscredit card without permission tobuy $641 of merchandise from thewebsite Newegg Dec. 20. Thewebsite was notified and cancelledthe orders.

Criminal MischiefA Bluewater Bay resident

reported that, while he was drivingon North Cedar Drive, Niceville,Dec. 24, a man was holding uptraffic by riding a skateboard in themiddle of the road. The com-plainant honked his horn. Theunidentified skateboarder becameangry and destroyed the com-plainant's side mirror by knockingit off with his fist.

OtherThe Niceville Fire Department

evacuated all residences from 707-720 Bayshore Drive Dec. 23 at10:27 a.m. after a pedestrianreported a suspected gas leak topolice. An Okaloosa Gas workershut off the gas valves in the areaat 11:39 a.m., after which a firedepartment representative said thescene was cleared and the odor ofthe gas and the leak were gone.

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The Niceville Fire Department responded to the following calls from December 21,2012 through December 27, 2012. 0 Structure Fire 22 Emergency Medical Calls1 Vehicle Fire 3 Vehicle Crash 0 Other Fire 0 Vehicle Crash with Extrication1 Illegal Burn 10 Other Emergency Calls0 False Alarms 1 Hazardous Conditions

STREET SITUATION DATE TIMEE. John Sims Pkwy. .....................Medical...........................12/21/12........................08:44Royal Palm Drive .........................Medical...........................12/21/12........................10:30E. John Sims Pkwy. .....................Vehicle crash .................12/21/12........................17:37E. John Sims Pkwy. .....................Medical...........................12/21/12........................21:45N. Partin Dr. ..................................Smoke scare..................12/21/12........................22:46N. Partin Dr. ..................................Medical...........................12/22/12........................01:58Corbin Court .................................Service call.....................12/22/12........................03:30N. Partin Dr. ..................................Medical...........................12/22/12........................06:55Springwood Way..........................Alarm activation.............12/22/12........................10:17Black Bear Circle..........................Medical...........................12/22/12........................13:4528th Street ....................................Medical...........................12/22/12........................15:10Swift Creek Ct. .............................Smoke scare..................12/22/12........................17:06SR 285..........................................Prescribed burn .............12/22/12........................22:58E. John Sims Pkwy. .....................Smoke scare..................12/22/12........................23:1417th Street ....................................Medical...........................12/23/12........................00:09E. John Sims Pkwy. .....................Medical...........................12/23/12........................09:42Bayshore Drive.............................Gas leak.........................12/23/12........................10:06Anchor Place................................Good intent call..............12/23/12........................10:37S. Cedar Ave. ...............................Medical...........................12/23/12........................14:28Hickory/E. SR 20..........................Cancelled.......................12/23/12........................16:5917th Street ....................................Illegal burning ................12/23/12........................17:15E. John Sims Pkwy. .....................Medical...........................12/23/12........................17:30Hickory Ave...................................Medical...........................12/24/12........................02:01E. John Sims Pkwy. .....................Medical...........................12/24/12........................15:15E. John Sims Pkwy. .....................Medical...........................12/24/12........................17:33E. John Sims Pkwy. .....................Vehicle crash .................12/24/12........................21:29Ivy Avenue....................................Medical...........................12/25/12........................00:23SR 123/SR 85N ...........................Vehicle crash .................12/25/12........................10:45Royal Palm Drive .........................Medical...........................12/25/12........................19:43Helms Street.................................Medical...........................12/25/12........................21:21E. John Sims Pkwy. .....................Medical...........................12/25/12........................21:33Azalea Drive .................................Medical...........................12/26/12........................07:15Niceville Avenue...........................Vehicle fire .....................12/26/12........................09:55Palmetto Palm Cir. .......................Medical...........................12/26/12........................12:25Summerwood Court.....................Medical...........................12/27/12........................00:49N. Partin Dr. ..................................Medical...........................12/27/12........................09:40Rhonda Drive ...............................Alarm activation.............12/27/12........................11:01Weeden Island Dr. .......................Alarm activation.............12/27/12........................13:13

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The North Bay Fire Department responded to the following calls from December 21,2012 through December 27, 2012.

Street Situation Date TimeCedar Street ................................Medical ......................................12/21/12..............04:40St. Vincent Cove..........................Dispatched & cancelled............12/21/12..............13:13Partin Dr. ......................................Dispatched & cancelled............12/21/12..............22:47Putter Dr.......................................Public assist ..............................12/22/12..............09:55Jamaica Way...............................Good intent call.........................12/22/12..............18:10Leaning Pines Loop/Destin ........Dispatched & cancelled............12/22/12..............20:10E. John Sims Pkwy. ....................Dispatched & cancelled............12/22/12..............23:15Midland Court ..............................Medical ......................................12/23/12..............02:14E. Highway 20 .............................Dispatched & cancelled............12/23/12..............09:28Hickory St/Hwy.20.......................No incident found......................12/23/12..............17:02Range Rd/BW Blvd.....................Vehicle accident........................12/23/12..............19:25N. White Point Rd. ......................Medical ......................................12/24/12..............03:58Merchants Way ...........................Medical ......................................12/24/12..............14:09N. White Point Rd. ......................Medical ......................................12/24/12..............14:38Ida Coon Circle............................Medical ......................................12/25/12..............12:39N. White Point Rd. ......................Medical ......................................12/25/12..............15:20White Point Rd. ...........................Local alarm system ..................12/25/12..............15:59Otterlake Cove ............................Medical ......................................12/25/12..............17:12Wind Lake Drive..........................Medical ......................................12/25/12..............18:33Canterbury Circle ........................No incident found......................12/25/12..............19:54Range Rd./Hwy. 20.....................Dispatched & cancelled............12/26/12..............10:07Oakmont Place............................EMS call ....................................12/26/12..............10:56Rockford Street ...........................Medical ......................................12/26/12..............12:34

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the college itself, rather than thefoundation, to partly offset declin-ing scholarship earnings.

The foundation has jurisdictionover the award of local scholar-ships typically endowed by indi-viduals, companies or serviceorganizations. Separately, manystudents also receive state or feder-al scholarships not counted in thefoundation totals, and not over-seen by it.

Some finance committeemembers suggested that it may bepossible to award even morescholarship money in the comingyear, but NWFSC President TyHandy urged caution, saying thateconomic times remain uncertain,and that it would be prudent toensure that freshmen awardedscholarships in the coming yearnot be surprised by having schol-arships reduced or eliminated fortheir sophomore year if the econo-my, and the earnings of endow-ment funds, take another down-turn.

NWFSC Foundation invest-

ment advisor Ray McGovern, ofthe Merrill Lynch stock brokerage,also spoke somewhat optimistical-ly, saying that the investment mar-ket has bottomed out and thatstock values are expected to rise.He said that now is the time for thefoundation to “change its invest-ment platform,” meaning that theportion of its investment portfolionow allocated mutual funds

should now also include somedirect purchases of individualstocks.

Mutual funds are investmentsin an investment company that, inturn, uses its customers’ money tobuy a variety of stocks or bondsselected by the mutual fund com-pany. McGovern said that MerrillLynch can help the college selectsome high-quality individualstocks that are likely to grow invalue during the coming year.

Investments, said McGovernand Handy, typically offer trade-offs between risk and reward. Thehigher the likely growth of aninvestment, the greater the risk ofa loss, while the less risky aninvestment, the less expected gain.The least risky types of invest-ments are said to include suchthings as bonds and money marketaccounts, while mutual funds offerslightly more risk but greaterpotential growth, followed byindividual stocks which offer evenhigher gains but also greater risk.

McGovern suggested that thefoundation begin to allocate a por-

tion of its investments into stocksto take advantage of the expectedgrowth in the economy, while stillkeeping the rest in lower-riskitems like bonds, to protect itselfin case of losses in the market.

A key element of risk in thecurrent economic recovery, saidMcGovern, is whether the federalgovernment can manage to cut itsown spending. Entitlement pro-grams, he said, now take up about65 percent of the federal budget, alevel that is unsustainable and“must be dealt with,” in order toprevent serious inflation and areturn to recession, he said.

The finance committee agreedto recommend the change ininvestment strategy to the founda-tion’s board of directors duringtheir next meeting, scheduled for7:45 a.m., Jan. 8.

In other business, Kedroskitold the finance committee that thefoundation’s annual financial auditis now underway, and appears tobe going smoothly, with no prob-lems noted thus far.

Handy told committee mem-bers that the college’s newly reno-vated Building K is now partiallyopen. An official grand opening isscheduled for 1 p.m., Jan. 18.Inside the building the college’snew Barnes & Noble bookstore isnow open to students and to thepublic. The facility includes aStarbucks café, as well as a selec-tion of books, official NWFSCclothing and gear, computers andrelated items, and a large area ded-icated to textbooks.

Other facilities in the renovatedBuilding K, such as conferencerooms, student work areas, andoffices, are still getting furniture,equipment and other finishingtouches in preparation for thegrand opening.

MONEYFrom page A-1

When preliminary engineeringbegins in 2014, the DOT willdetermine which side of RockyBayou Drive will get the sidewalkThe south side of the road seg-ment is mainly occupied by hous-

es. On the north side, currentlyundeveloped, Ruckel Propertieshas obtained zoning for a 1.7-square-mile development ofhomes and stores.

DOT Public InformationOfficer Ian Satter said the fundingfor the project will come from thefederal government as part of theTransportation Alternatives pro-gram, under the Moving Aheadfor Progress in the 21st CenturyAct (MAP-21), signed into lawJuly 6.

The TransportationAlternatives program consoli-dates 12 programs designed toreduce risks in children by provid-

ing them with routes to walk orbike.

Satter said federal funding willgo to the project on Rocky BayouDrive, a county road, not a stateroad, because states are requiredto spend half of the TransportationAlternative funds on local proj-ects.

"These include projects formunicipal development and com-munity improvement," Sattersaid.

The DOT also announced thatit will extend its county-wide traf-fic control systems improvementsthrough the 2018 fiscal year. Lastyear's five-year plan called for

$300,000 to be spent on opera-tions for the project each yearfrom 2013-2017. This year's planallots $400,000 to operationsexpenditures in 2018.

According to Tanya Branton, aDOT spokeswoman, the programadded $100,000 to its yearly fund-ing of the project because it is theNo. 2 priority of theTransportation PlanningOrganization in Okaloosa County.

The tentative five-year roadprogram will become final ifapproved by the state legislaturewhen it passes the state budget,which typically occurs in lateApril.

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about 15 players find colleges inthe last two years, he said. Butthis school year, he has a bumpercrop. “I expect about 10 thisyear,” he said. “Maybe more.”

When Robinson came toNHS, he immediately saw a needfor a go-between to serve the ath-letes and college. He has servedas NHS fullback and linebackercoach for the past three years.

“Before I came here, I knewNiceville was always successfulon the football field and had verygood academics,” said Robinson,a graduate of Wingate University,North Carolina. But those suc-cesses didn’t transfer into num-bers of student-athletes earningscholarships.

The first thing he had to do,Robinson said, was develop arelationship with as many collegecoaches as possible.

“I don’t think there’s a biggerthing,” he said.

The key to creating a workingrelationship, Robinson said, is tobe straight with the collegecoach.

“You’ve got to be honest withthem,” he said. “Some coachesmay inflate their players’ ability.That’s great for that player, butthe players after him pay theprice.”

The toughest part of the job,though, is the amount of time ittakes.

“It takes a lot of time,”Robinson said. “The smart phonehelps a lot. But coaches will callyou back at 11 p.m., midnight,and you’ve got to answer that. Itmay be the only time they have tocall you.”

Robinson’s dedication hasn’tgone unnoticed by his players.

“He did all the work for us,”said Nick Haynes, an offensivelineman on the school footballteam.

In many families, such around-the-clock dedication to thejob would cause friction. Notwith the Robinsons.

“We’re a football family,”Robinson said. “There’s very lit-tle sacrifice involved. My wife,Brenda, understands what I’mtrying to do. My daughter, Adri,3, loves football, the cheerleadersand the band.”

Visits to college campuses,therefore, turn into mini-vaca-

tions. Robinson can take care ofbusiness and the family can enjoya football game and the relatedactivities.

The visit to a campus is justone small part of “selling” theathlete.

“I try to gauge a college’sinterest,” Robinson said. “Then Isend somefilm. Thecoach maywant tran-scripts. AndI try to getthe playeron campus.”

Usually,the processis a positiveone. But notalways.

“There are a few school I toldI’m not sending my kids there,”Robinson said, citing campusreputation and treatment of ath-letes. “Those are still my kids.”

Indeed, they remainRobinson’s kids through theircollege careers. He won’t letthem have it any other way.

“I nag (the students in college)until they respond,” Robinsonsaid. “When the kid has had a lit-tle taste of home, he does better.”

Next year, Robinson intendsto start a newsletter about theNiceville athlete alumni in col-lege and the current Eagles team.

Before Robinson will recom-mend a student-athlete to a col-lege, he takes time to evaluatehim.

“I’ll ask, ‘Do you want to playcollege football?’” Robinsonsaid. “Without that, there’s noneed to keep going.” He saidsome students will say they dobecause they think that’s what thecoach wants to hear, but he even-tually can tell if the athlete is sin-cere.

He’ll gauge the student’s abil-ity to be a self-starter, his leader-ship qualities and his integrity. “Ifyou don’t have those qualities,you’re going to struggle,” he said.

The first quality, that of a selfstarter, is of particular importancein a college atmosphere.

“Kids, no matter how talentedthey are, will always wait for youto tell them what to do,”Robinson said. “In college,you’re more on your own.

Inevitably, there will be fail-ures. Some students will get ascholarship and flunk out ordecided they’re tired of football.Those failures, though rare, eat at

Robinson.“It’s tough,” he said, “espe-

cially when you put in time andeffort. It’s hard to deal with. It’shard not to take it a little person-ally, do a little self-reflection.”

Only about 1 percent of highschool football players in theUnited States play in college,Robinson said. But, he added, “Ahigh school like Niceville shouldnever have fewer than five orsix.”

Robinson’s face lights up inpride when he talks about somesuccess stories. For example, hesaid, Marquis Pratt, a sophomoretailback at BirminghamSouthern, is doing very wellthere, he said. The irony,Robinson said, is that no one waslooking at Pratt for a scholarshipuntil Robinson got busy placinghim in a college classroom.

Malik Williams, a freshmandefensive back at BirminghamSouthern, is another young manthat Robinson helped get an edu-cation.

“He’s doing so well academi-cally and athletically,” Robinsonsaid. But he hadn’t planned onplaying college football. “Hethought he wasn’t athleticenough,” Robinson said.

Among current players, twostand out.

Devin Vasquez, a senior run-ning back at Niceville, “will playcollege football somewhere,”Robinson said. He said Vasquezplayed just two seasons of foot-ball for the Eagles, and has reallycome on this year.

And senior Niceville quarter-back Andrew Mitchell, Robinsonsaid, is being recruited byHarvard, Princeton, the NavalAcademy and Cornell.

“We’ll have a few this year inbig-time schools,” Robinson said,smiling.

How does Robinson put inregular coaching duties in foot-ball and track, substitute teach-ing, helping in the guidancedepartment and recruiting, a jobhe took on himself with no extrapay?

“I have a benefit a lot of peo-ple don’t have,” Robinson said.“I’m working for (head football)coach (John) Hicks. And (insidelinebacker) coach (Kody) Martinspends a lot of time getting tapestogether. He makes sure themusic is right and the plays are inorder. I’d have to spend 24 hoursmore per day if I didn’t havethem to help me.”

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Sunset Beach, a subdivision inBluewater Bay, held its secondannual Christmas party forChildren in Crisis, Fort WaltonBeach, Dec. 23, at SunsetBeach’s clubhouse.

CIC is a charity established in2008 that provides foster homesfor children ages 6-18 fromEscambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosaand Walton Counties.

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Katrina Puri, a CIC volunteer,and her husband, Dr. Kapil Puriof SunsetBeach,organizedthe partyand collect-ed donationsby sendingout the chil-dren’sChristmaswish lists tofellowneighbors, physicians, family andfriends.

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NWFB 5K/10K run or walkNorthwest Florida Ballet will host

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An awards ceremony will followat the Fort Walton Beach Landing,Fort Walton Beach. All proceeds ben-efit the Northwest Florida Ballet.Contact 664-7787 for more informa-tion.

NWFSC poster contestNorthwest Florida State College is

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ACT/SAT workshopPrepare for the ACT/SAT in a four-

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Childrenʼs campJoin the Emerald Coast Wildlife

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Republican Women luncheonThe Republican Women of

Okaloosa Federated will host a lunch-eon Jan. 2, 11:30 a.m., at the HolidayInn Resort, Okaloosa Island. Lunchwill be served at noon. The programwill consist of a brief history of theRepublican Party and a political skit.Lunch is $16 for members and $18 forguests. Register by Dec. 28 by con-tacting Donna Pattison at 651-5416 or

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The Choctawhatchee AudubonSociety will host its free, public,monthly meeting Jan. 3, 6:30 p.m., inroom 132 of the Student ServicesCenter, Northwest Florida StateCollege, Niceville.

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Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge andthe University of Central Florida.Contact Walt Spence 582-7064.

Legislative hearingMembers of the Okaloosa County

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History Saturdays” education pro-gram Jan. 4 and 5, 10 a.m.-noon, on“Native Americans in Your Backyard,”at the museum, 115 Westview Ave.,Valparaiso.

The program is for grades K-6 andfor home school families on Fridayand for families of the general publicon Saturday. The cost is $7 per child,or $5 for museum family members.Space is limited and pre-registration isrequired. Contact 678-2615.

White-Wilson 5K Run/WalkWhite-Wilson Medical

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T-shirts are guaranteed to the first200 registrants and awards will begiven for the top three males andfemales in five-year age categories.Awards will also be given to a master,grand master, overall male and femalerunner, and overall male and femalewalker. Register online for adults, $20,and for children under 18, $15, by Jan.3 at http://white-wilson.com/5krun-walk.htm or from 7-745 a.m. the dayof the race for $25.

Little League sign-upsThe Niceville-Valparaiso Little

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Jan. 5 and Jan. 12, 9 a.m.-3p.m., at the Ruckel MiddleSchool cafeteria, Niceville.The season begins in

February 2013 for boys and girls ages4-12. Registration online is also avail-able at www.nvllb.net.

Softball tryoutsHigh Intensity Softball of

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NWFSC Choral auditionsThe Northwest Florida Symphony

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direction of music professor Lois VanDam, is a select group, which per-

forms with theNorthwest FloridaSymphony Orchestra aswell as in independent

concerts. To arrange an auditiontime and receive audition musiccontact Chorale administratorPhyllis Lake, [email protected].

Knitting classLearn the art of hand knitting on

Jan. 8, 5:30-7:30 p.m., at theHeritage Museum of NorthwestFlorida, Valparaiso. Students willlearn basic knitting stitches and cre-ate their very own scarf. The cost is$20 or $15 for museum members.Space is limited. Pre-register bycontacting 678-2615.

Economic forecast breakfastEnjoy the 2013 Economic and

Housing Forecast Breakfast Jan. 16,7:30-9:30 a.m., at the StudentServices Center, Third floor CostaLeadership Institute conferenceroom, Northwest Florida StateCollege Niceville.

Guest speakers Mr. EdselCharles, founder and chairman ofthe board for Market GraphicsResearch Group, Inc., and Mr. JohnHutchison, director of public affairsand economic development for GulfPower will speak. The cost is $12per person for open seating and$175 to reserve a table for eightpeople. To register contact 863-5107 or [email protected] by Jan. 8.Space is limited.

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Community Library willhost an early releasemovie day Jan. 10, 1:30p.m., at the Valparaiso Library. TimBurton’s “Frankenweenie” will befeatured along with drinks and pop-corn.

Aglow meetingFort Walton Beach Aglow will

hold its meeting Jan. 10, 10 a.m., atthe Marina Bay Resort, 80 MiracleStrip Parkway, Fort Walton Beach.Debra Kearney, of Niceville, willspeak. Coffee and fellowship willbegin at 9:30 a.m. Contact BarbaraWilliams at 678-1335 or [email protected].

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Ms. Carnahanʼs fourth grade class with the 29 jars of peanut butter they collected for Sharing andCaring.

Ms. Sellersʼ sixth grade class with the 20 jars of peanut butter they collected for Sharing andCaring.

Lewis collectspeanutbutter

Flyte Time Crew, theLewis School news team,held a peanut butter drive tobenefit Sharing and Caring,Fort Walton Beach.

The school collected atotal of 217 jars and weredelivered to Sharing andCaring on Dec. 18.

Ms. Carnahan’s fourthgrade class collected themost jars for an elementaryclass, 29. Ms. Sellers’ sixthgrade class collected themost jars for a middle schoolclass, 20.

The two winning classesreceived doughnuts providedby Linda Horton, a Sharingand Caring volunteer at FortWalton Beach, whoapproached Lewis Schoolwith the idea of the peanutbutter drive.

Winter WildlifeChildrenʼs CampJoin the Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge for its Winter WildChildrenʼs Camp Jan. 2-4, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., at Harborwalk Village,Destin. The camp is for grades 1-6 and costs $30 a day, and $20for each additional sibling.

St. Paul Lutheran & PreschoolSunday, January 6

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Katie LoudineAndrews

March 3, 1935–Dec. 24, 2012Katie Loudine Andrews,

Deannie, passed away on Dec.24, 2012, at Twin Cities hospitalin Niceville. She was born toJohn and Pauline Williams andwas married to Marrel O.Andrews, all of Holmes County.

She is survived by her daugh-ter, Kim Mazza, and husband,Allen, of Lynn Haven; grand-son, Andy Powell and wife,

Tamara, and their childrenMeghan and Elana McCarthy;granddaughter, KristenW i l l i a m sand hus-band, Steve,and theirc h i l d r e n ,Noah andAva, all ofNicevi l le ;brother, ArtWi l l i a m s ,of LakePlacid, andm a n ynieces, nephews and a host offriends.

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Deannie’s wishes to be cremat-ed. Her ashes will be placedbeside her husband at SunsetCemetery, Valparaiso.

The family extends its sin-cere gratitude to everyone fortheir concerns, encouragementand prayers during Deannie’sillness.

A memorial service tookplace Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012,11 a.m., at Twin CitiesCremation Services andFuneral Home, 1405 E. JohnSims Parkway, Niceville.Expressions of sympathy maybe viewed or submitted online atwww.twincitiescremationsfu‐nerals.com.


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NicevilleRealtors give$1,200 to CACNiceville Chapter of theEmerald Coast Association ofRealtors presented a $1,200check to the Emerald CoastChildrenʼs Advocacy Center,which works to protect childrenof abuse and neglect inOkaloosa and Walton Counties.From left: Jan Hooks, Jen Floro(CAC), Cathy Alley and MarshaBabe.

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Kacy Barker (Whiting),daughter of Harry and JackieWhiting of Niceville, graduatedSumma Cum Laude from theSouthern College of Optometry,Memphis, Tenn., and received aclinical excellence award in herfourth year of study.

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Lewis hosts science nightEighth graders Brooks Horton, left, and Nathan Bohler, preparetheir catapults to see which design launches the ball the far-thest at Lewis Schoolʼs science night Dec. 6 when studentscreated engineering teams and held competitions.

Photo courtesy of Martha LaGuardia-Kotite

Groundwire celebrates one yearGroundwire, a group that helps Emerald Coast women of all ages and phases achieve their goals,celebrated its one-year anniversary by donating a $500 check Dec. 20 to Sharing and Caring,Niceville. From left: Molly Wong, Groundwire, Lynne Waltz, Sharing and Caring, Martha LaGuardia-Kotite, co-founder of Groundwire, and Delle Diamon and Augusta Lazzar of Sharing Caring.

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directors and they approved it,Katrina said.

“I began contacting neigh-bors, family and friends in otherstates, and my husband’s col-leagues to see if they’d be inter-ested in donating food and giftsfor these parties,” Katrina said.

Katrina and volunteers heldthe first Christmas party for theCIC children Dec. 23, 2011, atthe clubhouse. She wanted thechildren to have the Christmasthey deserve, Katrina said.

Dr. David Adams and wifeMary of Niceville, Dr. DerekJimenez of Niceville, and Dr.Justin Clark of Destin wereamong the 25 contributors whodonated gifts for the children.

“Katrina and her husbandhave hearts of gold,” Dr. Adamssaid. “They do amazing thingsfor these children, not only dur-ing Christmas time, but through-out the year.”

Dr. Adams said it’s wonderfulto be a part of sharing the joy ofChristmas with children whomay not have experienced thatjoy yet.

Dr. Clark gave $25 Target giftcards for each child. The chil-dren also received Chick-fil-Agift cards, Rave movie passesand a traditional Christmas din-ner with ham and turkey cookedby volunteers, Katrina said.

“We all cook,” Katrina said.“I provide the turkey and every-one else makes the sides anddesserts so we make sure all thedishes are covered.”

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