🌱 Scottish Festival And Highland Games + Panama City Celebrates Holi

Good morning, friends! It's me, Lauren Kubiak, your host of the Panama City Patch newsletter. Here's what you need to know about what's happening these days in town.

But first, your local weather:

• Tuesday: An a.m. shower; partly sunny. High: 79 Low: 65.
• Wednesday: A t-storm around in the p.m.. High: 77 Low: 59.

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Here are the top three stories in Panama City today:

1. Nearby Panama City Beach celebrated the 29th Scottish Festival and Highland Games over the weekend. The celebration of Scottish culture and history saw an estimated 5,000 attendees at Frank Brown Park for the festivities, which include the popular Scottish Highland Games. (WMBB - mypanhandle.com)
2. The Panama City community celebrated the Hindu holiday of Holi on Saturday for the first time at a facility in the city. The holiday is traditionally celebrated each March and celebrates the coming of spring or colors and love. During celebrations, attendees traditionally throw colors at each other. (WMBB - mypanhandle.com)
3. Officials reported that the Bare Foot Boulevard Fire is about 95 percent contained as of Monday morning. The fire is the second forest fire in Bay County just within the last month and impacted about 30 acres east of U.S. 231. The center manager for the Florida Forest Service, Mike Mathis, attributed the recent fires to a lack of rainfall over the last two months. (Panama City News Herald)

Today and tomorrow in Panama City:

Tuesday, March 7

• Murals Committee Meeting, Virtual (8:30 AM)
• Narrative Writing Program At Bay County Public Library (5:30 PM)

Wednesday, March 8

• Adults & Seniors Arts & Crafts Class At Glenwood Community Center (2:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Calling all job hunters! Check out this roundup of available job positions in and around the Panama City area, including positions in carpentry, customer service, sales, and more. (Panama City Patch)
• Attention parents of students in Bay District Schools. The School Choice enrollment window has been postponed until sometime later this month. (Bay District Schools via Facebook)
• The Bay District Schools' School Board meeting will be moved to today, Mar. 7, due to Spring Break next week. The meeting will begin at 1 p.m. at the Ginger T. Littleton Board Room at the Nelson Building in Panama City. (Bay District Schools via Facebook)

You're officially in the loop for today. I'll be back in your inbox soon with your next update!

— Lauren Kubiak

About me: Lauren is an Editor for Lightning Media Partners. She graduated from Rowan University with a Bachelor’s in journalism. She was previously a full-time editor at an association management firm, editing peer-reviewed nursing journals, textbooks, and newsletters.