Community Archive

Did you know that Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge has a hawk that helps teach summer camp?

And a raccoon teacher, too?

A dog who had been rescued from Panhandle Animal Welfare Society a few days earlier helped his new owner through a seizure when no one else was home.

The community turned out for the opening of this park at the Woodlands by Henry Company in Pace Friday night.

A couple of hundred people came out to Navarre Beach Tuesday night and put their lawn chairs in the sand to watch “Jaws” for the first beach movie night of the season.

Windjammers on the Pier hosted the movie night June 15, and owners Ken and Tamara Fountain plan to have many more this summer.

“I think we’re going to try to do it every Tuesday, at least for the next couple of months for summer,” Ken said.

Carl Bowers has never had issues with his health.

So when the Pace firefighter received a diagnosis of angiosarcoma, a rare form of cancer that affects just 1-2% of the population, it came as a shock to both Carl and his wife, Shannon.

An Eglin Air Force Base captain was recognized Thursday for saving the life of a neighbor’s tiny baby who had stopped breathing.

Christopher A. Mavron and his wife, Pilar, were about to leave their Navarre home to head to a softball practice on the afternoon of May 23 when a neighbor ran out of her house calling for help.

Navarre local Ron Deveyra and the Aguado family from DeFuniak Springs held a car wash Saturday afternoon to help offset the funeral costs of Zaten Clark, the 5-year-old who drowned in Navarre exactly one week ago.

Incorporation effort grows in numbers
More than 80 people turned out Sunday at St. Sylvester Catholic Church to learn more about efforts to incorporate Navarre. More information can be found at preservenavarre.com.

The Sertoma Family Fishing Rodeo turned out to be a success over the weekend.

Michelle Branham had an added reason to be thrilled on the first Monday of Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month.