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Panhandle Watermelon Festival coming to Chipley June 27-28

The 58th Annual Panhandle Watermelon Festival will be coming to Chipley on June 27-28, 2014. Spend the weekend enjoying a multitude of activities in traditional southern fashion. The festival brings in the morning with a parade through downtown then moves to the Agricultural Center on Highway 90. At the Agricultural Center, experience all that the festival has to offer. There is an antique car show, a downtown street fair, clogging and square dancing, gospel and bluegrass concerts. Also, take part...

Ranger program, cookout and a movie at Camp Helen State Park June 25

Camp Helen State Park is offering a movie, food, and fun with a family-oriented movie, environmental interpretive program, and old-fashioned campfire cookout. The event will start at 5:30 p.m. in the recreation hall with an interpretive program led by a Florida Park ranger. The program will be followed by a cookout including hotdogs and s’mores, provided by the Friends of Camp Helen.  Each evening will end with a family movie in the Recreation Hall, where seating will be provided. A...

Walton County Sheriff’s Office hosting free summer camps in July

The WCSO Citizen Services Unit and School Resource Deputies will host two free summer camps in July. The first camp will take place July 7 thru July 11 and the second will run from July 21 thru July 25. The camps will be held at Maude Sanders Elementary School, located at 416 John Baldwin Road, DeFuniak Springs, for children ages 6 to 10 years of age. Both camps will be from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. with lunch provided. Students will...