Santa Rosa County leaders will go head-to-head Thursday in a culinary competition at Milton High School in an effort to make sure no child goes hungry this Thanksgiving holiday.
The sounds of motorcycle engines could be heard roaring through Navarre on Saturday, rumbling like thunder and blowing down the streets like a hurricane. If it caught you’re attention, then the members of the Hurricane Alley Chapter of Bikers Against Child Abuse (BACA) are glad.
“Oh no,” Art Lynch replied when asked if he and his 10 siblings worked to help their father, a Youngstown, Ohio, steel worker, raise 11 children. “This was toward the end of the Great Depression, so jobs weren’t available to teens because they’d be taking away jobs from adults.
Holley-Navarre Middle School students understand that pets need a soft and warm place to sleep, too, and are helping to make the beds of local cats and dogs just a little better. And, what’s even better is that the effort will help support a local animal shelter.
Navarre resident Toni Patton just returned from her trip to Los Angeles last week, where she got the opportunity to walk the red carpet and mingle with movie stars.
The Santa Rosa Kids House is ready for another record-breaking year with its annual Festival of Trees fundraiser. If early ticket sales are any indication, they are well on their way.
Retirement means something a little different to Navarre residents Eddy and Linda Johnsen. After they both retired before turning 60 last year, the self-proclaimed adventurers decided to take a trip of a lifetime, traveling 6,700 miles through 21 states and Canada by boat on the “Great Loop.”
Jake Dunlop, a member of the North Carolina Radio Broadcasters Hall of Fame, began learning the radio and television directors’ trade in 1949. In 1950, he became TV director for WOITV in Iowa. And at the time of his retirement from television in 1992, Jake was Director of the North Carolina Public Television Network.
Pet Nation went to the dogs last Saturday as more than 40 costumed canines participated in the Navarre pet store’s annual costume contest. The fur was flying on a windy day, and there were wardrobe malfunctions, but the cuteness factor was as high as Molly the cheerleader’s yelp on a doggone fun day.
