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Locally grown fresh produce will be available at the farmers market sponsored by the Florida Department of Health in Santa Rosa County WIC program beginning Monday, April 25.  The market will be open Mondays and Wednesdays from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. until May 10.  After May 10, the market will be open four days each week, Monday through Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., through the end of July. 

Patrick Buttell, a native of Minneapolis, Minn., came into this world in 1942. Raised in his parents’ Midwestern home, Buttell had two older brothers and three sisters. Out of the six children in his family, Buttell was born the second youngest of the group.

It remains to be seen if a bear hunt will take place in Florida for the second-consecutive year.

Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. —  A Special Forces noncommissioned officer returned to full active-duty service two and a half years after his hand was amputated to free him from underneath a vehicle before a suicide bomber could strike a deadly blow against he and his team.

In 1908, the Swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler first used the word “Autism,” employing it to describe a set of unusual symptoms in his patients. Thirty-five years later in a 1943 medical paper, Leo Kanner, M.D., described and recorded 11 cases of highly intelligent, socially withdrawn children. In the course of Kanner’s work, Donald Triplett, a brilliant 10-year-old boy from Forest, Miss., was recorded as “Case 1”- the first-ever diagnosis of autism. While these moments in history mark an early stage in knowledge about Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), our understanding of the disorder has grown tremendously over the years. More so than ever before, there are numerous groups, organizations and programs to aid families and help those with ASD. Even with many resources available however, there are still too many who suffer silently. To bring awareness to this social issue, April has been designated as Autism Awareness Month.  

At around 9:20 p.m. Saturday night, a motorcycle collided with the back of a Nissan Exterra on Navarre Parkway and the driver of the bike was air lifted to Sacred Heart Hospital in critical condition.

The Navarre Garden Club was honored with 13 awards at the 90th Annual Convention of the Florida Federation of Garden Clubs.  Representing the club were President Rachel Coggins, Vice President Nancy Gaskins, Jr. Garden Club Chair JoAnn Conors and Florida Federation of Garden Club District 1 Director Sharon Johnson. 

The Holley-Navarre Water System is seeking conditional-use of land that it has owned for 10 years to build two Rapid Infiltration Basin Systems (RIBS) to effectively eliminate treated waste water otherwise known as reclaimed water or effluent.  There will be no mechanical building or equipment on the site of the RIBS and the entire site will be fenced for safety and security.

The cities of Gulf Breeze and Milton are in discussions to mirror Santa Rosa County’s proposed agreement to send residents’ recyclables to the new Emerald Coast Utilities Authority facility in Escambia County when it opens this summer.

For a building in which evidence is supposed to carry the day, the proposed new Santa Rosa County courthouse in Milton appears in need of a strong closing argument.