Five Navarre students among those nominated to military academies

U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz was at Navarre High School Thursday, Jan. 25, to announce the recipients of nominations to military service academies. Amongst the many names called out were five Navarre High School students, four of which were in attendance. Benjamin Johnson, Gennaro Smith, Jesse Lee, Brenner Mavity, and Katelynn Johnson all received appointments to either the Naval Academy, U.S Military Academy at West Point, the Air Force Academy, U.S. Coast Guard Academy, or the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.

New board members elected

At Holley Navarre Water System’s annual membership meeting on Jan. 16, two board members were voted in. Incumbent director Mark Miller and newcomer Rob Low were selected out a field of four. In addition to the election of board members, the water system’s membership also voted against a change to the utility’s articles of incorporation. The change would have provided a lower threshold for altering the utility’s bylaws to “at least 5% of the members of the corporation” participating in a vote. As it stands now, a change to the bylaws requires approval by the “majority of membership.” The total membership of HNWS is 14,000.

With the end of Labor Day comes the unofficial end of summer. For Navarre Beach, this usually means a decline in the number of visitors and people staying at hotels and rentals.