Pensacola comic Emily Dillon knows a thing or two about storms, and even more about how laughter helps us through them. “I’ve always wanted to do it,” says Dillon of performing comedy. “When my husband first left, I started a blog. It was sort of my own self-induced therapy. I needed to get it out...
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The American Business Women’s Association (ABWA), Emerald Coast Chapter announced Lori Ogles as their 2020-21 Woman of the Year. The chapter hosted the annual Woman of the Year celebration during their monthly meeting at The Event Room in Fort Walton Beach. Woman of the Year is a long...
By Bruce Collier Dr. Prudence Farrow Bruns has been a practitioner of Transcendental Meditation (TM for short) since her encounter in the late 1960s with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. She went on to become a teacher of TM, studied Sanskrit at the University of California at Berkeley, and earned a PhD...
Steve Ingram has been living and working here for over two decades. Before moving here in 1997, he was a builder in Memphis and worked for the Secret Service during the Ford and Carter presidencies. He and Sharon, his wife of 21 years, live in Santa Rosa Beach. Mr. Ingram has two sons—Stephen...
By Samantha Lambert Beachcomber contributing writer Samantha Lambert sat down recently for a chat with Cayce Collins, who is the executive director for this year’s Destin Seafood Festival. Tell us about yourself—your background, family, etc. My family moved to Destin in 1982. I graduated...
By Samantha Lambert Beachcomber contributing writer Samantha Lambert sat down recently for a chat with local businessman and filmmaker Jared Cramblet, who was featured in last issue’s News from Beachcomberland. Tell us about yourself—your background, family, etc. I grew up as a military...
Interview by Samantha Lambert In case you haven’t noticed, there is a new music store in Fort Walton Beach at the corner of Racetrack and Beal. It’s called UpBeat Music, and it’s owned by Dick Reinlie, who also owns an UpBeat Music store in Crestview. Beachcomber’s Samantha Lambert sat down with...
By Bill Herrin Most times, when you think about people that have made a positive impact on your life, the ones that come to mind are cherished and remembered fondly. This story is about a team that helps make fond memories for so many others throughout the year—each and every year—and they do it...
Alex Beer is a high-flying junior at Seacoast Collegiate High School. Literally. On October 13, Beer achieved his goal of getting his private pilot’s license. Passionate about airplanes since he was little, Beer started studying to become a pilot the spring of his freshman year. Taking on...
By Gwen D’Vyne Lanier Beachcomber chats with Chuck and Carmen Stiles, the couple behind the legendary Graffiti and the Funky Blues Shack in Destin. Where were you born and raised? Carmen: We were both born in Little Rock, Arkansas. Chuck grew up in Little Rock, and I moved from Arkansas to...
