Month: June 2017

Out and About

Written by Sandi Kemp on June 1, 2017. Posted in Opinion, Out and About.

If the sign fiasco wasn’t so serious it would be funny. I had texts from all over the country from people that use to live here asking if Navarre could just get a life. Maybe, this is the first you have heard of it, if you aren’t on social media. I think my 23-year-old daughter said it best, “Why do people think that Facebook is real?” Why would a county commissioner take a sign down based on the emotions of people on Facebook and then post “Done” like it is an official means of communication?” We all know Facebook is fake. I’ve seen couples live what seem like fairy tale lives on Facebook and then the next thing I know, they are filing for divorce. Facebook is where the truth goes to die. People think they can say things about other people without impunity. Some people look at Facebook all day long and depending what is on Facebook will determine the outcome of their day. Obvious that was the case, unfortunately, for Rob Williamson.

Advice to our graduates

Written by Staff Reporters on June 1, 2017. Posted in Letters to the Editor, Opinion.

Families, friends, et al are wishing graduates well. Churches are giving them Bibles, the Greatest Book ever written, never to be superseded, the ultimate gift. Praise God!

Weaselly Williamson and His Ghoulish Groupies

Written by Staff Reporters on June 1, 2017. Posted in Editorial, Opinion.

The term “snowflake” is the hot buzzword of the hour. It is usually applied to the young, naïvely-preening men and women who whine about appropriated burritos and that pesky protected speech. Sometimes this whining leads to mob action, as it did in Portland this past week. There, a Category Five Twitter storm shut down a small restaurant for the heinous crime of cooking up Mexican grub while sporting white skin. Here in Navarre, a similar mob whipped up a rare blizzard that blew a legally-installed temporary beach sign out to sea, or into “storage,” or something. This screeching snowflake circus found the perfect ringleader in Santa Rosa County Commissioner Rob Williamson, who performed the courageous act of Sunshine State sign removal in the smack-dab dead of night. Williamson’s gallantry was apparently so well-planned that the genius French-cuffed savior of Santa Rosa forgot to bring a hammer.

Audubon Florida seeks volunteers

Written by Staff Reporters on June 1, 2017. Posted in Community.

Denise Burridge is the new bio field tech for Audubon Florida.

Least terns find innovative solution for nesting dilemma

Written by Staff Reporters on June 1, 2017. Posted in Community.

As development and visiting tourists make it harder to find flat, undisturbed sandy space along the Gulf of Mexico’s beaches, endangered least terns have come up with an interesting solution: rooftops.

Business leaders get schooled on social media marketing

Written by Staff Reporters on June 1, 2017. Posted in Business.

There are more Facebook users than there are people living in China. Throughout the world, a handful of social media platforms have the eyes and ears of billions of consumers each day.

Gigi comes home to Navarre Beach

Written by Staff Reporters on June 1, 2017. Posted in Beach.

After six weeks of round the clock monitoring, Gigi the loggerhead sea turtle has been declared healthy. She arrived home Friday at the Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center (NBSTCC).

Andy Velo cast Navarre beach, residents in national music video

Written by Staff Reporters on June 1, 2017. Posted in Beach.

Andy Velo created quite a stir recently as he and his crew filmed music videos to be aired across multiple national platforms later this year. Boats, video cameras and concerts crashed Juana’s as Velo, country music artist based out of Nashville, filmed the video for his song “Wake Up, Boat, Drink, Repeat.”

Hammer time

Written by Staff Reporters on June 1, 2017. Posted in News.

Santa Rosa County workers were busy installing new “Welcome to Navarre Beach” signs Thursday incorporating the new branding researched and designed by Santa Rosa County’s new advertising agency Paradise Marketing.

Judge seeks to end pier partners’ turmoil

Written by Staff Reporters on June 1, 2017. Posted in News.

Although the feuding business partners who manage the Navarre Beach pier are being allowed to stay on after a contract violation, they still face possible sanctions in Santa Rosa Circuit Court.