Community Archive

The Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce announced its committees and board of directors for 2013. Cheryl Chant, co-owner of Juana’s Pagodas and Sailors’ Grill, will be the executive committee chairman, replacing John Hays. Hays will serve as the past chairman on the board. Jim Taylor will serve as the chair elect, Regina Carter will be vice chairman and Tim Wyrosdick will act as treasurer.

A father and son connected once again at the Hurlburt Field Air Park on Dec. 28. Kim Carmean traveled from West Virginia to see and touch the C-47 that his father flew over Normandy during World War II.

Two-term Midway Fire Commissioner Bill Eaton passed away at his home Dec. 18 at the age of 80.

With reverence, Gulf Power Company employees honored the sacrifices of veterans by placing wreaths at their graves at Barrancas National Cemetery.

Capt. Bill Crouch, born in Montgomery, Ala., in 1952, made the 60-year senior citizen cut by the skin of his teeth; his wife, Lucy, gets a free ride.

When he said, “I’m a retired pleasure yacht skipper,” me, thinking only of sailing into exotic ports, blurted, “sounds like fun, why retire?”