Community Archive

The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) wants to find the next Florida Future Chef. Could that be your child?

Students ages 7 to 13 are eligible to sign up for and compete in the statewide cooking competition which spotlights Florida agriculture, the culinary arts in the Sunshine State and the next generation of Floridians.

The Pete Moore Automotive Team Senior Chill Out, which raises funds and collects fans and A/C units for senior citizens in Northwest Florida, was a success June 6. The annual event, which is organized through the Council on Aging of West Florida, saw 316 fans, 295 window air conditioner units and $48,441 donated by people in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties.

For most of its history, Momentum Church has been a mobile church, using rented spaces to worship and hold events. Last year, the church, which has several satellite campuses around Escambia and Santa Rosa counties, bought a building of Summit Boulevard in Pensacola to use as a permanent church and a community outreach center. The building also houses church offices. To help purchase and renovate the building, the church held “Heart for the House,” an annual fundraiser organized to help gather funding for large scale projects of the church or to help the community.

A Navarre High School graduate has just released her debut novel. Willow Cilo-Cilo, who goes by the pen name Willow Grace, is the author of “Creonex,” a science fiction and fantasy novel which was released May 27. The book centers on a female character in a different universe caught between a cosmic war and dealing with her own struggles.

With the summer in full swing, Navarre Beach Lifeguards have invited a new crop of Junior Lifeguards to participate in their series of camps. At the camps, held during the week throughout June, adolescents ages 8 to 15 learn the ins and outs of lifeguarding, from water rescue skills to CPR and first aid. This is the fifth year Navarre Beach Lifeguards is hosting the program.

While other children are earning allowances through household chores or yardwork, a group of just over a dozen children were earning money from strangers earlier this month by selling products, from lemonade to crochet stuffed animals to bracelets. The children are young entrepreneurs and were at Pik-Itz’s Saturday morning market June 7 for the Highway 87 Krafty Kids Expo.

Holley Navarre Water System (HNWS) has issued a precautionary boil water notice for homes on Tavira Street, Nevada Street, Miranda Street, Mercado Street, Verdura Street, and Beleza Street – between Avenida De Sol and Frontera Street. 

Audiobooks are the fastest growing format in publishing and sales for audiobooks have risen year over year for the past few years.

According to the Audio Publishers Association’s annual survey, 2024 saw $2.2 billion in sales, a 13% increase from the year before. In 2023, sales were at $2 billion, a 9% increase from the previous year.

Navarre High sent a unified basketball team to Orlando last month to compete in the Florida Special Olympics.

The team battled through area and regional rounds to punch a ticket to state, where the team earned a runner-up finish in five-on-five competition.

This past Memorial Day, those at Navarre Park’s celebration were introduced to Ryan Blackwell, a Navy veteran and survivor of the 2019 NAS Pensacola terrorist attack, which took the lives of three Navy servicemembers. During the attack, Blackwell was shot six times. He managed to help others escape before finding his way to the hospital, something he was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for. He also received a Purple Heart.