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Santa Rosa County Commissioner Ray Eddington angrily denied any wrongdoing when meeting with local business owners.
“I’ve got some people saying I’m doing backdoor deals; I’m not doing backdoor deals,” Eddington said at the Board of County Commissioners’ regular meeting Thursday, Oct. 12. The first-term commissioner said he’s meeting with area business owners to ask for their help making improvements in District 4, which includes Holley, Navarre and Navarre Beach.

Tiger Point Community Center doesn’t have theater seating or state-of-the-art audio-visual and information technology equipment, but it has one thing more important to Gulf Breeze, Midway and Navarre residents: proximity.

The Rotary Club of Navarre will host their annual pancake breakfast fundraiser Saturday, Oct. 21, at Samurai Japanese Steakhouse in Navarre. The breakfast, which runs from 7:30 a.m. to 10 a.m., will raise money for Navarre Youth Programs, which include Navarre Rotary’s Navarre High School Scholarship Program that awarded eight $1,000 scholarships in May 2022 and over $125,000 in scholarships since 1995.

Jay Walls won his 100th game as the head coach of the Navarre Raider football team Friday night.

He got that milestone victory in impressive fashion as the Raiders rolled past District 1-4S foe Milton 51-14 at Hurley Manning Field.

On November 10, Emerald Coast Veterans Alliance will host charity golf tournaments at Stone Brook Golf Club, Scenic Hills Golf Club and Lost Key Golf Club. The top three teams at each tournament will then compete in the finals at Stone Brook Golf Club on Veterans Day, November 11. 

November’s fifth annual golf tournament is a big deal, and ECVA president Bucky Howle boasts that “the last three years, we’ve been sold out six weeks prior to the event.” People from all over the panhandle come to support and honor the men and women who have given so much to protect our country.

Commissioner Ray Eddington, who represents Navarre, spoke at a citizen’s roundtable meeting held Saturday, Sept. 23, at Navarre Library. During the meeting, the commissioner gave updates on several transportation and infrastructure projects in the south end of Santa Rosa County.

Eddington spoke of the possibility of having a connector road to Hurlburt Field that could alleviate traffic congestion on Highway 98, especially in the mornings and afternoons.

The Santa Rosa County legislative delegation will hold its annual public hearing from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 24, at St. Sylvester’s Catholic Church, 6464 Gulf Breeze Parkway.

Four firms are vying to study whether Santa Rosa County should build an aquatic center – or centers – to serve residents, swim clubs and high school teams.

The Grand Chapter of the Florida Order of the Eastern Star has generously donated $100,000 to the Studer Family Children’s Hospital at Ascension Sacred Heart, with $10,000 going toward a new facility dog.