Milton Chapter No. 189, Order of the Eastern Star, installed new officers Saturday for the 2022-2023 year. The formal ceremony was held at the historic Santa Rosa Masonic Lodge #16 in Milton. Roberta Brown will serve as Worthy Matron for the upcoming year and Jason Weaver as Worthy Patron. Jason is also the Worshipful Master of Pace Masonic Lodge #349 this year.
To a passing motorist, the corner of Hamilton Bridge Road and Glover Lane may look like others in Milton. The city-owned utility easement has patches of scrubby grass and a circle of landscaping near the triangle formed by the intersection.
“He grew up in the shadow of his brother Charles Jiminez, who at 17 was the youngest member of the Seattle Mariner’s baseball team to be drafted. Will wanted to emulate his brother’s accomplishments, and I always knew that his optimism and enthusiasm for whatever he took on would one day allow him to achieve his dream.”
Citizens Moving Forward is organizing this year’s Santa Rosa Black History event Feb. 27 at the Milton High School Auditorium. The celebration will feature the gospel choir at Florida A&M University.
The headstones were provided through the City of Milton, with the help of a large donation from Gulf Coast Wilbert, a Crestview company. Private donations also helped.
Five years ago, Patrick Fitzgerald founded the local parading krewe known as the Emerald Coast Krewe of Airship Pirates, and on Saturday, Feb. 12, they, in partnership with the City of Milton, will host the 4th Mardi Gras parade in downtown Milton’s recent years.
Many of the “shoulds” of my childhood have been washed away and that is for the better. Women can and need to earn as much as men. Men can and need to be as involved in their children’s lives as women. Leaders of our schools, communities and nation can and need to be people of all genders, nationalities and religions
Santa Rosa Adult School has been around for a little over 75 years. The school started right after World War II to help the veterans who were coming back from war. That’s where it got its inspiration for a mascot – the Warriors.
