Would you do it? Would you open a business in one of the worst economies in decades, with little cash, because you had a big dream? You might if you believed the area where you were opening the business was hungry for your product or service. It would be a risk, but you would have faith in the natural economy of supply and demand. What would cause Robin Stewart to do just that; to work every month since January 2009 to provide a business home for a variety of practitioners? The answer is that Stewart has a passion and a belief in an idea beyond just the absence of illness.

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Santa Rosa County officials advised residents to use caution when burning yard debris following a brush fire in Avalon on Dec. 28, in which crews from the Avalon and Bagdad fire departments and the division of forestry responded. The brush fire was the result of a backyard debris burn getting out of control. The fire burned approximately eight acres of grass and trees and threatened a home, cars and a boat, but caused no damage or injuries.

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A residential fire in Navarre displaced a family of eight early on the morning of Dec. 27. According to Santa Rosa County Emergency Communications, the residents of a mobile home on Toledo Street reported a fire in their home at 2:08 a.m. Fire departments from Holley-Navarre, Navarre Beach and Florosa responded and called the fire was out at 2:43 a.m. Holley-Navarre Fire Chief Ron Norton stated the fire originated in the heater closet, on the floor under the heater.

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A Northwest Florida water utility director warned against “creeping federal imperialism” at a Navarre Patriots meeting in December.

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