Community Archive

Kiersten Palanek has always been interested in photography.

She took a class for it online in middle school and now gets an opportunity to do it inside a school as part of a growing photojournalism program at Navarre High School.

It might have rained on this parade, but it didn’t matter. Hundreds of people in the community came out Feb. 12 to shower the special needs guests of Night to Shine with love and support. There were 64 guests and close to 250 volunteers, all of whom celebrated in the rain Friday night.

Devin Beaulieu, a 2018 Navarre High School graduate, successfully completed eight weeks of U.S. Coast Guard basic military training and graduated from USCG Training Center Cape May with Company November-199, in Cape May, New Jersey.

Healing Paws for Warriors recently received a check from Juana’s Pagodas for the funds raised from the Penguin Plunge that took place Jan. 1.

Denise Lockwood still gets phone calls and messages from those who knew her son. Some send flowers on her birthday. Others drop in to say hello when they are in town.

Even former Florida Gator football players who listened to Ian Lockwood speak the morning of the Outback Bowl a decade ago still keep in contact with Denise, reminders of how inspiring her son truly was.

Not every 10-year-old boy gets off the school bus most days, grabs his yard tools and heads over to his neighbor’s house to see how he can be of assistance that day.

For Navarre boy Nicholas Swanson, this is his routine.

Faith means everything to John Wood. His second book, “Disability Devotionals,” highlights as much.

“I’m a very faithful person, at least I try to be, and this book was written to inspire others to have faith in their situations,” Wood said.

Milton held its Mardi Gras parade last Saturday. Crowds gathered along the parade route as floats rolled by.

In late celebration of Florida Arbor Day, which was Jan. 15, two trees were planted on Navarre Beach that are known for growing in sand.

Navarre Garden Club came out and showed high school students from the Marine Science Station program how to properly plant a tree.

The 1st Special Operations Wing hosted a 30th anniversary remembrance ceremony for the fallen crew of Spirit 03 at the Hurlburt Field Air Park Jan. 29.

The 14-person crew’s AC-130H Spectre gunship was shot down by an Iraqi surface-to-air missile while conducting a combat mission during Operation Desert Storm, Jan. 31 1991,.