While checking the news and scrolling through Facebook, Louisiana resident Gillian Howes Rabalais came across photos from last week’s vigil at the Navarre Beach Fishing Pier which honored the fallen in the March 10 helicopter crash.
Floodwaters can be swift, powerful and deadly. To encourage individuals, families and businesses to learn more about the many ways floods can occur, the hazards associated with floods, and what they can do to save life and property, the Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners will recognize March 15 through 21 as Flood Safety Awareness Week. Santa Rosa residents are encouraged to visit www.santarosa.fl.gov for daily flood safety facts and tips.
Santa Rosa Woman’s Club (SRWC) marks 50 years of service to Gulf Breeze on Thursday, March 12, a day proclaimed as General Federation of Women’s Clubs – Santa Rosa Woman’s Club Day by the City of Gulf Breeze.
More than 400 pounds of fresh produce was delivered to a home in Holley by the Sea Friday, March 6. From there, about two dozen Navarre women filed in from every direction to grab Ikea bags filled with organically grown cabbage, artichokes, carrots, strawberries, mushrooms and more.
The Emerald Coast Community Band donated $1,382, the money raised from its holiday concert, to Covenant Hospice. The money will benefit programs such as bereavement services, children’s support programs, spiritual support services and charity care. Covenant Hospice accepts patients regardless of ability to pay. In 2014, the organization provided more than $1.7 million in care for uninsured or under-insured patients facing a terminal illness.
Amnesty Day, which offers south Santa Rosa County residents the opportunity to dispose of household hazardous waste at no charge without having to drive to the central landfill in Milton, is scheduled for Saturday, March 21 from 8 a.m. to noon at the Santa Rosa County South Side Service Center located at 5819 Gulf Breeze Parkway in Midway. Amnesty Day is not a recycle day, but a special day for disposal of household hazardous waste.
For 2 ½ years, Nicole Gunter wanted backyard chickens. After learning about the 4-H Club in Milton at the Santa Rosa County Fair, she started raising chickens and a year later her backyard pets won Best of Show and Best in Breed at the fair.
