Lifestyle Briefs

 
Cablethon to aid Covenant Hospice
Tune in to local Cox Channel 6 beginning at 8 p.m. Friday, July 18 through 8 p.m. Saturday, July 19 for the 36th annual Cox Communications Cablethon benefiting Covenant Hospice.
The 24-hour broadcast will feature live music by local entertainers. Multiple call-in auctions with items such as vacation getaways, golf packages, artwork and jewelry will run throughout the event.
As a not-for profit organization, Covenant Hospice serves patients regardless of their ability to pay. In 2007, the organization provided over $1.6 million in services to un-insured or under-insured patients.
For more information on these services or the Cablethon, please contact Shelley Canales at 729-1800.
Hollarn to discuss elections
Okaloosa County Supervisor of Elections Pat Hollarn will present" "Everything You've Always Wanted to Know about Elections . . . But Were Afraid to Ask" on August 5 at the First Tuesday Lecture at the Crestview Public Library.
The program begins with refreshments at 10 a.m. The library is located at 1445 Commerce Drive (behind the Post Office). Call 682-4432.
Navarre Library hosts exhibit
NAVARRE - The Navarre Library will display the work of Gulf Breeze photographer Michael Smith during the month of July.
Trained as an educational psychologist and statistician with the Federal Civil Service until his retirement in 2005, Smith has had a lifelong interest in the art and science of photography.
He is a member of the Professional Photographers of America, the Santa Rosa Arts and Cultural Foundation, and the Arts Council of Northwest Florida. As a juried artist, his work is on display at the Quayside Gallery in Pensacola and the Dragonfly Gallery in Milton.
His subjects are eclectic, whether in studio or on location. His approach is to convey the image the way he experienced it.
Smith is known for his great pride in his Southern heritage and his love of the South and its people.
Bierley MonoMouse now at FWB Library
The Fort Walton Beach Public Library is now offering the Bierley MonoMouse - an easy-to-use, hand held electronic magnifier - as part of an program designed to help visually impaired members of the community.
The magnifier, similar to an oversized computer mouse, is ergonomically designed to fit comfortably in the palm of a user's hand. It connects to any television via the attached standard RCA plug. Whatever the magnifier is moved across appears large and clear on the television screen, making small text especially easy to read.
For more, call the library at 833-9590.
E-mail karib@nwfdailynews.com. Fax 863-7834. Address: Daily News, P.O. Box 2949, Fort Walton Beach, FL 32549.