Community Archive

Titus Perea plays basketball and runs cross-country and track. He’s pretty good at those sports. Turns out, he’s not bad at competing in triathlons either.

The 9-year-old Coastline Calvary Christian student did his first one earlier this month on Navarre Beach, completing the Zarzaur Law Sea Turtle Youth Triathlon in under 20 minutes.

Area residents who enjoy crocheting or knitting are invited to help GFWC Santa Rosa Woman’s Club provide handmade afghans for campers at Camp Boggy Creek in Eustis, Florida.  Martha Brenenstahl, club chairman of the state president’s project, is asking for volunteers with time and yarn on their hands.“We know many people enjoy crocheting or knitting for a hobby but don’t always have a place to donate their handmade creations,” says Brenenstahl.  “We hope people will open their hearts and yarn baskets.”  The camp prides itself on “handmade” rather than purchased afghans.

Advanced Fire Protection Services held a demonstration at Holley Navarre Fire District’s open house on Oct. 15.

The demonstration showed people the difference fire sprinklers can make in a house fire.

Competing at a drill meet in Gulf Breeze over the weekend, the Navarre Navy JROTC unit turned in a strong performance.

Though it was an exhibition meet and an opportunity to prepare for the upcoming qualifying meets for Navy Nationals, the Raider battalion put time and effort into the meet, placing in the top three in seven events, including a pair of first-place finishes.

The Peanut Butter Challenge, UF/IFAS Extension’s annual collection for local food pantries that launched in the Florida Panhandle in 2012, is again spreading statewide this year. In 2021, citizens of Santa Rosa County donated 1,142 jars of peanut butter to the challenge. That’s approximately 1,635 pounds.

The Challenge runs from Oct. 1 to Oct. 31.

It was a busy weekend in Navarre.

Several community events took place this past Saturday, including a car show, a cookoff and a children’s event at the Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center.

Santa Rosa County Public Safety will be celebrating Halloween with the community by hosting a family-friendly Haunted Open House on Tue., Oct. 18 from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at 4499 Pine Forest Road, in Milton.

At the event, children and adults can enter a costume contest, play games, get a jump start on Halloween treats and learn valuable Halloween safety tips.

On Sept. 29, Legionnaires with American Legion Post 382 welcomed the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall to Navarre. The wall, which is a 3/5 scale of the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office’s own K9 Dozer and Sergeant Clay Smith, his handler, competed at the 2022 USPCA National Police Dog Field Trials in Lowndes County, Georgia. The Field Trials took place Sept. 18 to Sept. 23. The USPCA stands for United States Police Canine Association.

When people choose to come to the beach for many reasons.

Sometimes they want to get away from the hustle and bustle of work or to visit someplace they’ve never been, but for the Gregersen family it was about letting loose after a few harrowing years.