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Effort to Unite Beach Groups

Written by Staff Reporters on August 15, 2013. Posted in News.

With a little nudge from the Santa Rosa County Tourist Development Council (TDC), three marine groups based in Navarre Beach Park are making an effort to unite and set goals to jointly pursue. The new coalition is planning to reach out to other beach stakeholders and start meeting monthly as a subcommittee of the TDC’s south end committee.

Fewer rescues at Navarre Beach this summer

Written by Staff Reporters on August 15, 2013. Posted in News.

Despite plenty of days with rough surf in the region this year, there have not been an exceedingly high number of rescues by Navarre Beach lifeguards this summer. Lifeguards have rescued almost 30 people out of the Gulf of Mexico this year in the Navarre Beach lifeguard protection area.

The ‘Cat’ is back,

Written by John Richardson on August 8, 2013. Posted in Sports.

Allison ‘Cat’ Pettigrew was drawn to be a pitcher from an early age. “When I watched my older sister Emily play, I was mesmerized by the pitcher’s windup,” Pettigrew said. “At five or six years old, I would walk around the house, practicing that windup motion. There was just something about it.” When she was eight, Pettigrew began using that motion as she pitched for her NYSA team.

Illegal buttocks injections kill, maim women

Written by Associated Press on August 8, 2013. Posted in News.

Women across the U.S. are risking their lives for black market procedures to make their buttocks bigger, often involving home-improvement materials such as silicone injected by people with no medical training.

Gulf Breeze’s Olympian relies on faith to ‘lift the weight’

Written by Staff Reporters on August 8, 2013. Posted in Faith.

Gulf Breeze resident Frank Spellman might be approaching 91 years-old, but he’s still in great shape and has a great mindset and strong faith – which he credits as a major factor in his accomplishments and successes.

Woman’s Club seeks new members for new season

Written by Staff Reporters on August 8, 2013. Posted in Community.

After taking its usual two-month summer hiatus, the Emerald Coast Woman’s Club is gearing up for a new year.

Holley’s first family of pottery

Written by Staff Reporters on August 8, 2013. Posted in Community.

Within a sleepy, unassuming corner of the Holley community lies one of the biggest pottery kilns in the country. It’s one of various sized kilns, wheels, and other pottery-making paraphernalia belonging to Holley Hill Pottery, a family-owned-and-operated business for more than 30 years.