This weekend is the extremely fun Navarre Fun Fest. Friday evening kicks off the event with live entertainment, a children’s area, and many vendor booths. Saturday is the 5K run followed by a full day of Fun Fest. Please see the Fun Fest Guide “on” this paper – which you can’t miss because it is wrapping this week’s edition of the Navarre Press.
Navarre Garden Club is presents its annual Spring Fling Tasting Luncheon Friday, April 17, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Lunch will be served and visitors can participate in a Butterfly Garden in a Pot workshop.
National Public Health Week kicked off on April 6 and runs through April 12. Santa Rosa Health Department is promoting its Healthiest Weight and “5-2-1-0 Let’s Go Santa Rosa” campaigns. See their ad for all of the details and all of the services they offer free to keep us healthy in Santa Rosa.
Start planning your Easter Egg Hunts. Easter is Sunday, April 5, but the hunt for eggs is on! Starting Saturday at 10 a.m., Navarre United Methodist Church will host an Easter Egg Hunt with many other activities and refreshments. On Sunday, the YMCA is having its hunt at 4 p.m. with plenty of other activities.
This week has been a tough week for Navarre, Santa Rosa County, Florida and the nation. Navarre became the focal point of one of the deadliest domestic military training accidents in recent years. National news crews flew in to report to the country the search and rescue of our finest – which quickly turned to a painful recovery.
The largest amount of colleges are celebrating spring break this week and next week. Florida State, University of Central Florida, University of West Florida, Troy University, University of Georgia and University of Southern Mississippi are just some of the colleges out this week.
It’s Girl Scout Cookie time! Troop #873 will have a “Cookie Drive-Thru” Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Centennial Bank. Go out and support the Girl Scouts and enjoy some delicious cookies.
Jack Wetherell, founder of the Navarre Butterfly House, has passed away. The Butterfly House was first constructed in 1997 with Jack’s dedication and perseverance. Jack and his wife Fonda had previously started a butterfly collection in their backyard. We will write a tribute to Jack in our next issue. If you have some notes you’d like to send to Jack’s family, please email them to editor@navarrepress.com.
