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Despite being given $80,000 in Santa Rosa taxpayer money as an incentive to stage its military-style obstacle course near Milton, Tough Mudder Inc. is apparently reneging on its contractual agreement to host a pre-event party.

Would you like to round that up?  Firehouse Subs has been asking that question of customers since 2005 when they created the Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation.  The organization’s mission is to provide funding, life-saving equipment and educational opportunities to first-responders and public safety organizations.  Through the nonprofit arm of the company, they have given more than $17 million toward public safety including more than $3.1 million in Florida.

The longtime sharing of county tourism tax dollars with the City of Gulf Breeze, which was abruptly halted last fall, will be restarted under a new written agreement that remits to the municipality 90 percent of the money collected by hotels within its borders.

Baskerville Donovan brought its drainage study presentation to the Holley by the Sea Recreation Facility for a town hall meeting at the request of HBTS Board President Yvonne Harper. About 50-60 members were present as well as Santa Rosa County Administrator Tony Gomillion, County Engineer Roger Blaylock and County Commissioner Rob Williamson.

The longtime sharing of county tourist tax dollars with the City of Gulf Breeze that was abruptly halted by Clerk of the Court Don Spencer last fall should be restarted, said Commission Chairman Lane Lynchard.

Alejandro Alvarez took a moment Thursday night to let the feeling sink in that he was an Eagle Scout.

Nearly a month before Santa Rosa County Commissioners voted last Thursday to locate the planned new courthouse in downtown Milton, Property Appraiser Greg Brown tried to make them aware of a site he sees as a better value for taxpayers.

An 86-year-old resident of Navarre, Maj. Robert M. Fletcher Sr., has seen more of the world than most people could see in two lifetimes. Fletcher served his county honorably in the United States Air Force for an exciting and adventurous 25 years; years of active duty which included tours in both the Korean and Vietnam wars. He has lived an incredible and fruitful life.

After years of hemorrhaging red ink, Tiger Point Golf Club has become profitable under the operation of an Orlando-based management company, Integrity Golf, which leased the facility from the City of Gulf Breeze in October.

The number of crimes reported in Santa Rosa County last year rose 3.8 percent to 1,717, with non-residents accounting for nearly one in every five arrests.