Five three-man teams of divers – three Army and two Navy – hit the Santa Rosa Sound in Navarre at about 8 a.m. Saturday heading off on a 25k race to raise money for the Fisher House of the Emerald Coast. The Fisher House at Eglin Air Force Base provides military families housing close to a loved one during hospitalization for an illness, disease or injury.
Marsha George, born in Portland Oregon, didn’t bring an accent with her, but she brought her interesting, full bodied, a la Phyllis Diller laugh that makes others laugh.
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, and Santa Rosa Kids’ House, which provides services for abused children, is holding related awareness activities. Last year there were more than 1,500 reports of child abuse in Santa Rosa County, and the group hopes to curb that number through prevention efforts.
Beth Walters and Dan Ramsey started out their two-year terms as Holley By the Sea Board members in July believing they were up to the challenge, but eight months later, both resigned within a week of each other for very different reasons.
Fourteen area residents completed a 26-hour Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) course that ended with a mock disaster exercise March 30 at the Holley-Navarre Senior Center. The Navarre Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) conducted the training over two consecutive weekends.
Spring officially arrived last week and that means many local residents will be taking to their backyards to start their vegetable gardens. University of Florida Residential Horticulturalist Mary Derrick said children can be part of the process from start to finish.
