We like to support our local sports teams and the Blue Wahoos have added a lot of excitement to the baseball fans in the Panhandle of Florida. If you haven’t had the chance to go to a game, you should definitely try to attend a game, because after that – you will be hooked. A fun way to go to a game is with a group of people and it just so happens that the Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce has a trip planned for 6 p.m. on Tuesday, August 27. I think they made it a Tuesday night on purpose so that I couldn’t go. They know that is our production night. Anyway, it would be great if you could go. They are taking a shuttle to and from the game and/or you can meet them on the special party deck. The tickets include entry to the game and the deck, with all you can eat food and non-alcoholic beverages for 90 minutes (1.5 hours) after the chamber groups arrival. Please call the Chamber at 939-3267 if you are interested. Of course, it would be great if you were a chamber member regardless – but if you say “I’m a prospective chamber member” then I’m sure they wouldn’t bat and eye and take your money on the spot. This would be a great way to meet new friends and catch up with some old ones.
I’m not a medical doctor and I do not advise more salt or less salt, but I do feel vindicated after a recent report from the Institute of Medicine of the National Academes and the findings. In one study of 232 Italian patients who were being treated for moderate to severe congestive heart failure, the group that was consuming lower levels of sodium had more than three times the number of hospital readmissions and more than twice as many deaths. And, that as sodium levels plunge, triglyceride levels increase, insulin resistance increases and the activity of the nervous system increases which equals an increased risk of heart disease.
Former Navarre Press reporter, Christine O’Connor was recently named the editor of a Rhode Island newspaper, the Bristol Phoenix. She said working at Navarre Press is making things very easy for her at the Phoenix. I’m not sure how to take that, but I’m glad that she is working where her passion is. She did a good job here and a good job for Navarre as a community when she worked for Navarre Press. Rhode Island might not be big enough for her.
Special Note: We hope that you are looking at your paper on July 3, because that was our plan until press night when we received a phone call that we didn’t expect. We print our paper in Panama City and they were hit by lightning Friday night that disabled their printing press. They had been printing their own paper at an alternative location but didn’t make arrangements for us. I’m sure they thought they would be up and running by Monday night. Update: We just received the dreaded call. The press didn’t work when they turned it on. The words they used were, “It blew up.” We were told they would be looking for a place for us to print…which we would have done first thing Monday morning had we known.
Please make sure your car doors are locked at night because school is out and the incidents of unlocked car thefts are up – especially in Holley by the Sea. What these kids don’t realize is 1. Just because someone left the car door unlocked doesn’t mean they are asking for it and 2. When you steal anything over $500 it is a felony and you are in serious trouble with law enforcement.
I experienced my first fishing rodeo this weekend. I wasn’t participating as an angler, but as a volunteer. I met some really nice people and I think I like hanging out with anglers. James Broxson with Broxson Outdoors, Tyler Manning with Flat Out Fishing and Brad King with South Again Charters were very helpful at the weigh in and identifying fish. They didn’t even laugh too hard when I called a Cobia a really big Catfish. I really like fishing – but I haven’t had time in the past 30 years or so. I’m looking forward to the next Fishing Rodeo, which might be as soon as this Fall.
Memorial Day weekend was crazy on Navarre Beach. I heard horror stories of how it took two-and-a-half hours to get off of the beach. I also heard the TDC used to have police offers during Memorial Day weekend to help alleviate traffic and the county attorney said something about it being “illegal” to have hired cops. So…I guess more needs to be done – or looked into. I’m glad we have so much traffic because that means commerce is happening. As a resident of Navarre, I just know better than to go to the beach even though I really wanted to go take pictures.
Wow, what a weekend. The first event I attended was the Emerald Coast Chapter of Heroes on the Water. What a great group of guys and gals. They are a well-oiled machine and they know exactly what to do and in what order to do it.
One of our favorite Navarre events is back. The Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce Thursdays in the Park Concert Series starts tonight, and as co-hosts of the event, we invite everyone to come out and enjoy the music. Admission is FREE. Tonight’s performance happens to be the kickoff of another great event happening in Navarre, The First Annual Songwriter’s Festival. You can see ads about both of these events in our paper this week to get all of the details and schedules.
