{"id":46525,"date":"2024-12-25T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-25T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/?p=46525"},"modified":"2024-12-24T11:29:44","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T16:29:44","slug":"a-beacon-of-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/?p=46525","title":{"rendered":"A \u2018Beacon of Hope\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite a series of tragic events over the past two-plus years, one Steinhatchee woman\u2019s resolve and positive outlook serves as a beacon of hope amidst the rubble of a community recovering from Hurricane Helene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-12-25-Bonnie-Heaton-Christmas.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"496\" height=\"278\" src=\"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-12-25-Bonnie-Heaton-Christmas.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-12-25-Bonnie-Heaton-Christmas.jpg 496w, https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-12-25-Bonnie-Heaton-Christmas-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bonnie Heaton\u2019s one-eyed cat \u201cBoots\u201d dines on a wooden deck near where her fifth-wheel camper sat prior to being washed away by Hurricane Helene. Despite a series of tragic events, Heaton and her Christmas tree (above) serve as a beacon of hope and Christmas cheer to friends and neighbors in Steinhatchee.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite a series of tragic events over the past two-plus years, one Steinhatchee woman\u2019s resolve and positive outlook serves as a beacon of hope amidst the rubble of a community recovering from Hurricane Helene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[25,2168,44],"class_list":["post-46525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-featured","tag-hurricane-helene","tag-steinhatchee"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46525"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46527,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46525\/revisions\/46527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}