The Holley Navarre Senior Center will have its community Fish Fry Sept. 18th with Sheriff Wendell Hall frying the fish. Get your tickets early as a limited number of tickets are available. See their ad for all of the details.
A Santa Rosa County ordinance states: “It shall be unlawful for items generally used for swimming, sunbathing, or beach recreation to remain on the beach between two hours after dusk and two hours after sunrise, except as otherwise permitted in this section. As used in this section, the phrase “items generally used for swimming, sunbathing, or beach recreation” shall include, but not be limited to, beach chairs, umbrellas, tents (including tent frames), hammocks, volleyball nets, picnic tables and tiki huts.” It goes on to state that no items should be left that would be injurious to the environment, or the health, safety, or welfare of the public. This means your trash.
This Sunday, the Navarre Sea Turtle Conservation Center will hold a Trash Bash in order to keep our seas debris free. The event is from 8 to 10 a.m. and collection bags will be provided to volunteers.
Holley-Navarre Water System officials are looking at working with or possibly acquiring, the county’s Navarre Beach Water and Sewer, and for the life of us we can’t figure out why.
If you’ve been to Navarre Beach this summer, raise your hand. If you’ve gone jet skiing in the Sound, or paddleboarding in the Gulf, raise your hand. If you’ve gone snorkeling on the reefs, raise your hand.
School starts Monday and all the expenses can put a strain on our wallets. Eglin Federal Credit Union is offering a Back to School Platinum MasterCard as low as 7.9 percent APR. Visit one of their branches today on your way to finish school shopping. After your exhausting day of shopping, grab dinner at Hungry Howie’s and use the coupon on our Neighborhood Favorites page for a free medium pizza. There is also a coupon BOGO for Jersey Mike’s sub shop. Ask for your sub “Mike’s way.”
The proposal to utilize the Navarre Marine Park as a concert venue is fantastic provided the county is the recipient of a fair and equitable return. All other commercial ventures on the beach return 5 percent of gross proceeds to the county.
With the 2016 presidential election on the horizon and the ghosts of elections past still haunting it, you would think Florida would have an acute sense for ensuring its voting processes are working as smoothly and efficiently as a Ferrari engine.
We were very saddened to learn of the two airmen who died in a training accident and we hope to have more about their lives in the next issue of Navarre Press. We found out that Tech Sgt. Marty B. Bettelyoun lived in Holley By The Sea with his wife and five children.
