If you live anywhere off of Whispering Pines Boulevard, chances are you’ve waved at Paul Sims. For the last 13 years, he was been walking a 4-mile loop from his home to the intersection of U.S. Hwy. 98 and Whispering Pines Boulevard and back. And that’s not just on the days he feels like it either.
Volunteers with Navarre First Assembly of God handed out more than 28,000 pounds of produce and 35 turkeys with all the fixings Monday, Nov. 20, during the church’s seventh annual Crop Drop.
Repepsico and 21st Century Fox announce “The Search For Hidden Figures” contest to discover emerging female visionaries in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and you have until Dec. 10 to enter. The contest is inspired by the upcoming film “Hidden Figures” and will award up to $200,000 in scholarships to promising female leaders.
Congrats to the Navarre High School Raider Football Team for making it to the final four. They play Lake Gibson High School Braves Friday night in Navarre. The team will be traveling from Lakeland which means there be a lot of visitors in our area for the game. The next and final game will be in Orlando at 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10 at the Camping World Stadium.
Navarre resident Eva Hale first visited Navarre from her native country of Sweden in 1988. “I had a niece and her family living here,” Hale said. “My brother and other members of my family had previously visited and I decided to see it for myself. I was hooked almost immediately. The people were friendly and the area was beautiful and warm. I traveled to other places in America, but I always came back to Navarre.”
The University of West Florida launched the public phase of its $50 million capital campaign Thursday. The $50 million is the largest campaign in school history.