Gingrich not the man behind balanced-budget curtain
\n(Pensacola News Journal © 01/18/2012)
EDITOR'S NOTE: Rick Harper is executive director of the Office of Economic Development and Engagement at the University of West Florida. Harper is writing a series of essays on hot-button issues as Election 2012 swings into high gear.\n\nAm");
document.write("ong the claims that Winning our Future (the super PAC that endorses Newt Gingrich) makes is that Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich balanced the fede...\n
Was Bain Capital good or bad for the economy?
\n(Pensacola News Journal © 01/18/2012)
EDITOR'S NOTE: Rick Harper is executive director of the Office of Economic Devel");
document.write("opment and Engagement at the University of West Florida. Harper is writing a series of essays on hot-button issues as Election 2012 swings into high gear.\n\nMitt Romney has now seen what the Democrat strategy will be in November, should he be the Republican nominee. It will be to paint him as the corporate raider and de...\n
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EDITOR'S NOTE: Rick Harper is executive director of the Office of Economic Development and Engagement at the University of West Florida. Harper is writing a series of essays on hot-button issues as Election 2012 swings into high gear.\n\nThe National Bureau of Economic Research told us in September 2010 that the Great Recession had ended in the summer of 2009. But what is an economic recovery withou...\n
What about poverty?
\n(Pensacola News Journal © 01/16/2012)
EDITOR'S NOTE: Rick Harper is executive director of the Office of Economic Development and Engagement at the University of West Florida. Harper is writing a series of essays on hot-button issues as Election 2012 swings into high gear.\n\nIn 2011, state Rep. Alcee Hastings sponsored a bill that would have required a 158 percent increase in the minimum wage for tipped employees (typically bartenders, ...\n
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Honoring the Dream
\n(Pensacola News Journal © 01/15/2012)
Prayer Breakfast\n\n8 a.m. Presented by the Rev. Dr. Wesley Wachob, with a speech from the Rev. Jack Reeves of Fardis Baptist Church. The Wright Place, 80 E. Wright St. Tawanna Lewis, 432-9333.Prayer Breakfast\n\n9 a.m. The guest speaker will be Leon Daggs, owner of Hub City Ford ");
document.write("in Crestview. $10. Bagdad Community Center, 6860 Pooley St., Bagdad. Tonya Hanson, 313-1732, or email flharphanson@yah...\n
Pensacola Opera's new group aims to lure young people into the opera fold
\n(Pensacola News Journal © 01/15/2012)
They're young. Urbane. The sort of elegant young ladies and dapper gents more likely to sip m");
document.write("artinis with fellow sophisticates at the Pensacola Museum of Art Culture Club than chug Pabst Blue Ribbons with hipsters at The Handlebar.\n\nAnd now they're tapping into a new source of sophistication ? the opera.\n\nThey're the members of Encore!Club, a new group of young people looking to broaden their art...\n
UWF teacher training expands to Ferry Pass<");
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\n(Pensacola News Journal © 01/15/2012)
The University of West Florida School of Education this month will expand its Partnership for Professional Innovation program to include Ferry Pass Elementary School.\n\nThe program places student-teacher interns in Escambia County schools for an entire school year, expanding their learning experience through mentoring with current teachers in a real classroom setting.\n\nThe program's first partnersh...\n
Economist Rick Harper: Was Bain Capital good or bad for the economy?
\n(Pensacola News Journal © 01/14/2012)
EDITOR'S NOTE: Rick Harper is executive director of the Office of Economic Development and Engagement at the University of West Florida. Harper is writing a series of essays on hot-button issues as Election 2012 swings into high gear.\n\nMitt Romney has now seen what the Democrat strategy will be in November, should he be the Republican nominee. It will be ");
document.write("to paint him as the corporate raider and de...\n
Economist Rick Harper: What about poverty?
\n(Pensacola News Journal © 01/14/2012)
EDITOR'S NOTE: Rick Harper is executive director of the Office of Economic Development and Engagement at the University of West Florida. Harper is writing a series of essays on hot-button issues as Elec");
document.write("tion 2012 swings into high gear.\n\nIn 2011, state Rep. Alcee Hastings sponsored a bill that would have required a 158 percent increase in the minimum wage for tipped employees (typically bartenders, ...\n
Honoring the Dream
\n(Pensacola News Journal © 01/13/2012)
Prayer Breakfast\n\n8 a.m. Presented by the Rev. Dr. Wesley Wachob, wit");
document.write("h a speech from the Rev. Jack Reeves of Fardis Baptist Church. The Wright Place, 80 E. Wright St. Tawanna Lewis, 432-9333.Prayer Breakfast\n\n9 a.m. The guest speaker will be Leon Daggs, owner of Hub City Ford in Crestview. $10. Bagdad Community Center, 6860 Pooley St., Bagdad. Tonya Hanson, 313-1732, or email flharphanson@yah...\n
Pace High's Patrick Ervin sign");
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\n(Pensacola News Journal © 01/13/2012)
For a while, Patrick Ervin was one of the best-kept secrets on the Pace High campus.\n\nAs one of the top baseball players in the Pensacola area, the scholarship offers were slow early on for the senior middle infielder.\n\nThat all changed this summer when Ervin filled in at shortstop for the Pace summer team and turned some heads. The offers started rolling in for Ervin, and on Thursday at Pace High...\n
NCAA women's golf super regional to be in Pace
\n(Santa Rosa Press Gazette © 01/13/2012)
The University of West Florida has been selected to host the NCAA Division II Women’s Golf Super Regional Two at Stonebrook Golf Club in Pace on May 6-8. Stonebrook will be one of four super regional sites for Division II women’s golf, with the winners advancing to compete at the NCAA Division II Championships in Lou");
document.write("isville, Ky. On May 16-19.\nEach 54-hole super regional will include ni...\n
BP restoration project meeting set for today
\n(Pensacola News Journal © 01/12/2012)
The second of two public meetings scheduled to review and comment on BP Early Restoration projects in Escambia County is today.\n\nThe meeting is 6 to 10 p.m. at the Universi");
document.write("ty of West Florida Conference Center, 11000 University Parkway in Pensacola. A presentation and public comment period begins at 7 p.m.\n\nThe meeting provides details on a $4.4 million project to build two boat ramps and repair tw...\n
Meeting tonight on BP restoration plans
\n(Pensacola News Journal © 01/12/2012)
Last April, BP volu");
document.write("ntarily committed to provide a large sum of money to fund projects in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana that will accelerate restoration efforts in Gulf Coast areas that were impacted by the oil spill in 2010.\n\nThe funding and projects to be completed will be spread over time, but the first phase of projects have been selected. Two different projects have been chosen f...\n
UWF recognized for online classes
\n(Pensacola News Journal © 01/12/2012)
The University of West Florida was named in the first edition of Top Online Education Program rankings by U.S. News & World Report.\n\nThe rankings were created in response to today?s high demand for education provided in a flexible manner. Online education has become increasingly popular due to its flexibility. \n\nUWF has 461 fully online course sections hosting eight undergraduate, 10 graduate and ...\n
\n(Pensacola News Journal © 01/12/2012)
EDITOR'S NOTE: Rick Harper is executive director of the Office of Economic Development and Engagement at the University of West Florida. Harper is writing a series of essays on hot-button issues as Election 2012 swings into high gear.\n\nThe National Bureau of Economic Research told us in September 2010 that the");
document.write(" Great Recession had ended in the summer of 2009. But what is an economic recovery withou...\n
Who, What, WEAR: See who's been spotted around town
\n(Pensacola News Journal © 01/12/2012)
These stylish women were photographed at the United Way-Lee House Holiday Party and Tree Auction, the Beth Nielsen Chapman concert with the Pensac");
document.write("ola Symphony, the Commodore?s Ball at the Pensacola Yacht Club and various other places around town.\n\nBrandy Gottlieb\n\nWorks for United Way of Escambia County.\n\n? Her style: ?I wear whatever my mood calls for. I guess I?m eclectic. I love everything, vin...\n
Grace to wed Wegent in 2013 ceremony
\n(Gulf Breeze News © 01/11/2012)
Pa");
document.write("trick Wegent and Mary Emma Grace Joy and Jack Grace of Gulf Breeze are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Mary Emma Grace, of Gulf Breeze, to Patrick Stephen Wegent of Birmingham, Ala.\n\n\nThe wedding is planned for April 2013 at Gulf Breeze United Methodist Church.\n\n\nThe prospective bride is a graduate of Gulf Breeze High School and is on schedule to graduate from the Universit...\n
Horton takes reins at PSC Midway campus
\n(Gulf Breeze News © 01/11/2012)
Michelle Horton has been promoted to director of the new Pensacola State College South Santa Rosa Center in Gulf Breeze.\n\n\nHorton most recently served as Pensacola State’s recruitment coordinator between 2006 and 2011. Her responsibilities included the establishment of recruiting strategies designed to increase student enrollment. Horton also was an adjunct instructor for Computer Skills for...\n
Legislators take concerns to Tallahassee
\n(Gulf Breeze News © 01/11/2012)
BY JOE CULPEPPER Gulf Breeze News joe@gulfbreezenews.com \n \n\n\n\n\nRep. Clay Ford of Gulf Breeze addresses guests during Thursday’s Legislative Luncheon in Pensacola including, from left, Gulf Breeze Chamber Board Chairman Karen Jurkowich, Greg Brown and Rep. Doug Broxson. \nJoe Culpepper/G");
document.write("ulf Breeze News The 2012 Florida Legislative Session began this week in Tallahassee, and Nort...\n
New PSC campus open for business
\n(Gulf Breeze News © 01/11/2012)
South Santa Rosa Center welcomes 341 students \n \n\n \n \n BY JOE CULPEPPER Gulf Breeze News joe@gulfbreezenews.com \n");
document.write(" \n\n\n\n\nHorton Students who commuted through dense fog last Friday morning to Pensacola State College’s South Santa Rosa Center for the campus’ first day of classes saw their educational prospects brighten like the e...\n
Economist Rick Harper: What about poverty?
\n(Pensacola News Journal © 01/11/2012)
EDITOR'S NO");
document.write("TE: Rick Harper is executive director of the Office of Economic Development and Engagement at the University of West Florida. Harper is writing a series of essays on hot-button issues as Election 2012 swings into high gear.\n\nIn 2011, state Rep. Alcee Hastings sponsored a bill that would have required a 158 percent increase in the minimum wage for tipped employees (typically bartenders, ...\n
Public meetings on local BP restoration projects today, Thursday
\n(Pensacola News Journal © 01/11/2012)
Two public meetings have been scheduled to review and comment on BP Early Restoration projects in Escambia County.\n\nThe meetings are:\n? 6 to 10 p.m. today at the Emerald Coast Convention Center, 1250 Miracle Strip Parkway S.E., Fort Walton Beach.\n? 6 to 10 p.m. Thursday at the University of West Florida Conference Center, 11000 University Parkway, Pensacola.\n\nA presentation and public comment peri...\n
UWF recognized for online programs
\n(Pensacola News Journal © 01/11/2012)
The University of West Florida was named in the first edition of Top Online Education Program rankings by U.S. News & World Report.\n\nThe rankings were created in response to today?s high demand for education provided in a flexible manner. Online education has become increasingly popul");
document.write("ar due to its flexibility. \n\nUWF has 461 fully online programs. And 45 percent of UWF students take their classes o...\n
UWF workshop to focus on aging residents
\n(Pensacola News Journal © 01/11/2012)
The University of West Florida is hosting a workshop Feb. 10 to discuss the role faith-based organizations play in supporting aging");
document.write(" residents of Northwest Florida.\n\nThe event at the UWF conference center from 9 a.m. to noon, will feature Larry Baxter, bureau chief of the Florida Department of Elder Affairs, and expert panel discussions.\n\nPresentations on faith-based senior support programs and way...\n
Youthful exuberance spreads word about political campaigns
\n(Pensacola");
document.write(" News Journal © 01/11/2012)
She'll make 600 phone calls a day.\n\nStand on a street corner waving to constituents with a sign bearing their name.\n\nFighting \"tooth and nail\" for a candidate in whom she truly believes is one of 21-year-old Brittany Bezick's passions.\n\nPolitical parties and candidates ? Republican and Democrat alike ? rely on the enthusiasm and energy of young people like Bezick to be the boots on the ground to m...\n
Editorial: Studers setting the pace
\n(Pensacola News Journal © 01/10/2012)
If Quint and Rishy Studer don't have a strong belief in a better future for Pensacola, they're doing a great job of fooling all of us.\n\nThe announcement Monday that the Studers are establishing a $1 million scholarship fund to help send local students to the University of West Florida and Pensacola State College is just the latest investment they are making in this area.\n\nIt's getting hard to keep...\n
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Local Japanese New Year celebration planned
\n(Pensacola News Journal © 01/10/2012)
The Japan-America Society of Northwest Florida will hold a Japanese New Year celebration on Jan. 21 to mark the Year of the Dragon.\n\nThe event will be held from noon until 4 p.m. at the Bayview Community Center in Pensacola and will include performance");
document.write("s by Matsuriza taiko drummers, martial arts demonstrations, traditional Japanese dancing, music, food and other cultural displays.\n\nA silent auctio...\n
Pensacola's visual arts scene was on the rise in 2011
\n(Pensacola News Journal © 01/10/2012)
Label it as \"The Year of Perseverance,\" but 2011 hobbled its way through a still-murky");
document.write(" economy without losing more ground. Downtown was the center of attention, putting some pressure on the art scene to reciprocate. One gallery, Art Praha, closed, and one, Blue Morning, moved to bigger digs. But the metric to go by really is Gallery Night's maturation into a bite of the local economy.\n\nMoney aside...\n
Studers invest $1 million in Pensacola city st");
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\n(Pensacola News Journal © 01/10/2012)
Pensacola business leaders Quint and Rishy Studer on Monday announced their latest financial commitment to Pensacola, a $1 million scholarship fund over six years for city residents to attend Pensacola State College or the University of West Florida.\n\nThe couple, flanked by politicians, educators and potential scholarship recipients, announced the formation of the Pensacola Pledge Scholars Program...\n
UWF's Rick Harper, on how to fix the job market
\n(Pensacola News Journal © 01/10/2012)
EDITOR'S NOTE: Rick Harper is executive director of the Office of Economic Development and Engagement at the University of West Florida. Harper is writing a series of essays on hot-button issues as Election 2012 swings into high gear.\n\nThe National Bureau of Economic Research told us in September 2010 that the Great Recession had ended in the summer of 2009");
document.write(". But what is an economic recovery withou...\n
Who, What, WEAR: See who's been spotted around town
\n(Pensacola News Journal © 01/10/2012)
These stylish women were photographed at the United Way-Lee House Holiday Party and Tree Auction, the Beth Nielsen Chapman concert with the Pensacola Symphony, the Commodore?s Ball at the Pensac");
document.write("ola Yacht Club and various other places around town.\n\nBrandy Gottlieb\n\nWorks for United Way of Escambia County.\n\n? Her style: ?I wear whatever my mood calls for. I guess I?m eclectic. I love everything, vin...\n
Studers start $1 million scholarship for UWF, PSC students
\n(Pensacola News Journal © 01/09/2012)
Pensacola business lea");
document.write("ders Quint and Rishy Studer have started a $1 million scholarship fund that will send an estimated 40 new students each year to either the University of West Florida or Pensacola State College.\n\nThe Studers announced the formation of the Pensacola Pledge Scholars fund today at Pensacola High School.\n\nThe scholarships will be available to city of Pensacola residents who gradua...\n