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June 2007

June 11 - Luke McCoy returns as host of WCOA's call-in show "Pensacola Speaks" three weeks after stepping down. June 11 - The Escambia County Sheriff's Office seizes 35 pounds of marijuana from two Texas smugglers. June 8 - John S. Carr is revealed as de Luna LVIII at the Fiesta of Five Flags 2007 Coronation Ball. June 8 - Pastor David Gripka is arrested following two drive-by shootings and a seven-hour standoff with the ECSO's SWAT team. June 8 - The Community Maritime Park Associates Board of Trustees approves a $1.6 million contract with Caldwell Associates for the creation of design guidelines for the Community Maritime Park project. June 8 - Century Mayor Evelyn Hammond appears before the Florida Commission on Ethics regarding recent complaints. June 7 - The Escambia County Commission votes to delay the use of FEMA funds to rebuild the Pensacola Bay fishing bridge. June 7 - Texas contractor Mark Ribbe is sentenced for the October 15, 2003 disposal of acrylic coating (used in a roofing project at the Bayou Boulevard Target store) into a storm drain that feeds into Carpenter's Creek and Bayou Texar. June 7 - An attorney for convicted tax-fraud conspirator Mary Ham files an appeal of the two-year prison sentence delivered by U.S. District Court Judge Casey Rodgers. June 7 - The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council sets limits on how much red snapper and shrimp can be caught. June 1 - The Florida Elections Commission alerts Santa Rosa County Commissioner Bob Cole of nine possible reporting violations from his 2006 Republican primary race. June 1 - The Krewe of Lafitte Grand Fiesta Parade takes place in downtown Pensacola as part of Fiesta of Five Flags 2007 June 1 - Navarre Liquors opens, the first liquor store in Santa Rosa County since Prohibition.