Congratulations on football coach Jay Walls’ 200th win at Navarre High School! It was an exciting district win over Tate High School with a final score of 45-42.
In the last seconds of the game, Tate was attempting a field goal to tie the game and take it into overtime, but Raider Tyrell Marshall blocked it and the celebration was on.

I was out and about at Juana’s Good Time Regatta this weekend. Kaitie Kiger covered the event on Saturday in a chase boat and I went out on a chase boat Sunday to take pictures.
This was the team at Juana’s/Sailors Grill’s 33rd year organizing and running this event, which is a tremendous asset for our community.

There are some axioms that seem to hold true. If you wash your car, it will rain. If your food is running behind at the restaurant, just go to the bathroom and when you come back it will be waiting on you, and if you run a headline about how the dry weather is causing brush fires, it will rain for three days straight after it hits the newsstands.

We want to send a shout-out to Brian Lester’s girlfriend Meighan for going above and beyond for us at football games (and other sporting events we cover as well). This Friday night as I was watching our coverage, I noticed video clips that we don’t normally have.

I was sad to hear of the passing of Don Salter. He was on the Santa Rosa Board of County Commissioners for twenty years and would be there now if he was re-elected in 2020. He has contributed to the betterment of our county during his time on the commission.

Have you noticed that the Weather Channel has turned into the town crier touting that the end is near? I noticed recently that the Weather Channel started naming all the winter storms. However, when I looked it up, they apparently decided to start naming winter storms in 2012. We used to just have named hurricanes but that wasn’t enough.

A new hotel has been announced for the parcel at the entrance of the beach parking lot, across the street to the east of Andy D’s. It is slated to be a 162-room Tapestry Hotel by Hilton and will feature a parking garage on the lower level. If built, it will certainly change the horizon of Navarre Beach.

I’ve been mostly out this week and about in other parts of Florida. Sarasota to be specific. We brought seven of us to the Florida Press Conference to learn the latest trends and best practices in journalism and design. We also had our awards ceremony, and while Navarre Press didn’t win the overall trophy for our division, Santa Rosa Press Gazette did.

I went to the south annex today to renew my tags and there was a lady outside of the doors with a table and a bunch of paper on it and she yelled out at me, “Please come sign this petition to protect woman’s health care rights.”

A new restaurant in Navarre is on the horizon where the old Helen Back Pizza used to be. The restaurant chain Fatboys has announced they expect to open later this year. They are well known for their burgers, wings and more. You can read all about it on our Business page (4A).