Smoke-free houses and businesses will be topics discussed at the next Santa Rosa County Tobacco-Free Coalition meeting, which will be held at 4 p.m. on Thursday, September 12 in the main conference room of the Florida Department of Health in Santa Rosa County at 5527 Stewart Street in Milton.
At least 20 brave Navarre residents will say goodbye to their hair on September 8 at a head-shaving event for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation at Tommy’s New Orleans Sno Balls. So far, 10 men and three women, including event organizer Pamela Petrone, have signed up to shave their hair to raise money for childhood cancer research.
Santa Rosa County District 4 Commissioner Jim Melvin was recently awarded a special honor from the Pace Rotary Club. Melvin was awarded the honor of Paul Harris Fellow, which is designated to a person whose life demonstrates service above self, goodwill and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education and the alleviation of poverty.
The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service is revamping its priority mail program to raise revenue and drive new growth in its package delivery business.
Saturday is the last chance for Navarre residents to cast their vote in the online survey regarding the possibility of a new community center in the Navarre area, reminds Santa Rosa County District 4 Commissioner and Vice-chair Jim Melvin.
With a strong offense that can put numbers up on the scoreboard, the big question for the 2013 Raider football team is can the defense do their part? “We lost eight or nine players through graduation from last season’s defense,” middle linebacker Monty Thompson said. Fortunately, the Raiders have six returning seniors that played significant roles on the squad last year.
Viviana Vixen “Vivi” loves belly rubs, barking at strangers and running crazy in the back yard, like most other small dogs. She loves curling up in a lap or stretching out on the couch just as much as the next pup. And, she has a mellow temperament and a roll-with-the-punches attitude – which is probably why she’s had no problem with the one thing that separates her from a majority of other dogs.