Looking back over history in Navarre, since 2010 our population has grown by more than 69 percent. The rule of thumb around here has been to select a piece of vacant property, buy it, clear it, build on it and sell it. Wait…we forgot to mention the very important step of building up the dirt at least five feet over the neighbor’s property so it will flood down to their property, not yours. Or maybe it’s because you are putting in a septic tank because no sewer service is available.
This was one of those weeks that we almost decided to have a pictorial edition. There was a lot going on this past weekend – as you will see in this issue.
The loss of four special operations soldiers in Niger is a tragedy. We grieve as a nation, rightly, whenever we lose any of the brave young men and women who serve in uniform.
Get Lost in the Fun at the massive corn maze at Sweet Season Farms in Milton. The farm is now open until Nov. 5, Friday nights and Saturday and Sunday. There is more than just a maze – see their website for all of the details: www.sweetseasonfarms.com. Sweet Season Farms has partnered with The Studer Family Children’s Hospital to raise money for childhood cancer.
We need to have a conversation. One that involves the entire community, schools, administrators, parents, students, influencers and churches. It will take every one of these groups to be present in order to have solutions. The topic? Bullying.
I’m here to offer high school football fans in Florida a chill pill or two. Some fans might need three. The only thing I ask is that you don’t overdose on them.
We put up our storm shutters for Nate for several reasons – other than we are nerds. The main reason was because there was a hurricane in the Gulf. Secondly, I was here for Opal. Opal was supposed to hit New Orleans and she took a turn at the last minute and hit us as a Cat 3. And last but not least, we had never used our fabric shutters and we wanted to actually use them. The fabric of our window covers was mildewed from our storage unit where they were rotting away. In the end, we really put them up because we knew we wanted to get our building and parking area pressure washed. We found one of the newest Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce members, Curb Appeal. We left our window covers up for two days after Nate so that they could be pressure washed along with our building. Barry Underwood, owner of Curb Appeal Exterior Cleaning is awesome, licensed and insured. His number is 850-503-2444. Also, don’t use service providers that put up the yard signs on the side of the road. They are breaking the law. If they will break the law to get your business…how can you trust them? Just a thought.
