Kristen Rhodes, the head of the Navarre Chamber Military Affairs Committee, called out the names of the Airman of the Quarter winners at the chamber’s networking breakfast Jan. 19 at St. Sylvester Catholic Church. Supervisors read what made their airman stand out this quarter. Winners were presented a certificate and were photographed with Rhodes and Navarre Chamber Chairman Bridget House.
The Gulf Breeze Zoo will host “Giraffe Day” at 9:30 a.m. Friday, when Kenya, a 15-foot-tall female reticulated giraffe, will predict not only how long we have to wait for warmer weather BUT ALSO the winner of Super Bowl LVIII.
A crowd of around 30 people gathered at the Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center Friday, Jan. 25 for the unveiling of a mural designed specifically with the Center in mind. The unveiling also doubled as a ribbon cutting for the business which made the mural.
The skeletal remains discovered in the woods off the 4100 block of Popcorn Road in Bagdad Jan. 11 have been identified as Cameron Belanger, 25, Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Jan. 30.
Santa Rosa County is undergoing a Project Development and Environmental (PD&E) Study to create a Navarre community access road. A public kick-off meeting will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thur., Feb. 15, located at Tiger Point Community Center, 1370 Tiger Park Lane in Gulf Breeze.
Each year, Santa Rosa District Schools gather members of the school board, Santa Rosa Education Foundation and the community together to surprise the pick for Santa Rosa Teacher of the Year. This year, the group ventured to Allentown to announce Christal Bennett, Central School’s band teacher, as the district’s best.
Everyone seems to have New Year’s resolutions, even elected officials.
Santa Rosa County Commissioner Ray Eddington, who represents district four which includes Holley and Navarre, said he is looking forward to 2024 as an important year for expanding and improving south Santa Rosa County’s infrastructure, as well as its recreational opportunities.
“We’re looking (forward) to a good year,” Eddington said.
Santa Rosa Medical Center (SRMC) invites community members to join their efforts to fight hunger by participating in the second annual Jars of Love Peanut Butter Drive benefiting Feeding the Gulf Coast and FoodRaising Friends, Inc.
Allison and Daniel Hartman have 11 children ranging in age from 3 to 25. Parenting for a quarter century, with another decade-and-a-half in front of them, Allison said the Hartmans have “kind of a different take on raising a family.”
“What I’m seeing is a lot of coddling and ‘helicopter moms,’ parents who do basically anything for their kids,” she said. “Then when their kids graduate, they send them off to college and expect everything to work out.”
With her church leaders’ blessing, Allison organized the “Raising Adults, Not Children” conference, to be held from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3, at Woodbine Baptist Church, 4912 Woodbine Road.
