Out with the old and in with the new at the Gulf Breeze Zoo. The team is always working to improve their facility and make it more enjoyable for its animals and its guests.

It’s been two decades since graduation, but the Navarre High School Class of 2004 picked up right where they left off at their 20-year reunion Sept. 20 and 21.

More than 200 dogs and even more humans gathered at Pik-itz on April 13 for a day full of peace, love, music, and pups at the Navarre Chamber’s Inaugural WOOFSTOCK 2024. The costume contest was competitive, with golden doodles dressed as hippies, bulldogs in wigs, Terriers in overalls, and golden retrievers with scrunchies on their paws.

Homeschool teenagers from all over Santa Rosa County gathered in the gymnasium of Gulf Pointe Latin School on East Bay Blvd. for the Navarre Homeschool Prom April 6. This event is put together by Santa Rosa County parents from Navarre to Milton every year.

An excited crowd gathered Friday morning around Kenya, a 16-year-old reticulated giraffe resident at Gulf Breeze Zoo, to watch her predict the future.

Feb. 2, or Groundhog Day as it’s called everywhere else, will now be referred to as Giraffe Day in Santa Rosa County, according to county commissioner Colton Wright who read an official declaration at the celebration Friday morning.

Congratulations to Navarre Primary Care on their Grand Opening and Navarre Chamber Ribbon Cutting Jan. 20. Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner Sherrie Koenigseder, APRN, is an Autonomous Advanced Practice Registered Nurse and has been caring for Navarre since 2017. She also offers monthly health memberships and group discounts. For more info, visit their website: navarreprimarycareclinic.com

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.

Navarre High School was well represented in Florida’s All-State Chorus. Six students traveled down to Tampa Jan. 10-13 to sing with the best high school singers in the state.

High bell tones rang throughout Navarre Park Dec. 8. The joy on faces of children and adults alike was evident Friday morning as the Navarre Rotary Harmony Park project wrapped up and the eight Freenotes outdoor instruments were revealed and played for the first time. Harmony Park also consists of big blue sunshades help up by yellow pillars (Rotary International colors), benches for seating all atop a rubbery blue and yellow mat with a music note design.

More than 500 registered runners and walkers participated in this year’s Run for the Reef Oct. 14, making it the largest turnout yet in the event’s 15-year history. The race consisted of a 5K, 10K and children’s 1-mile fun run. All proceeds from this event go towards the Navarre Beach Marine Sanctuary, which consists of multiple artificial reefs.