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Semi-pro football coming soon to Navarre

Eric Solgard graduated from Gulf Breeze High School in 1998, where he played four years of football. When he didn’t receive any scholarship offers, he joined the military. Turning the clock ahead a few years, after receiving a medical discharge, he decided return to the sport he loved … football.

Here’s looking at you Denzil ‘Woody’ Woods

“We’re the woods, in the woods, outta the woods, whatever,” cracked Denzil “Woody” Woods after a toe-tapping celebration that our names had something in common. Well, maybe we didn’t do a toe-tap, but we did notice the comparison –  aw heck, you get the idea.

NOAA: Juvenile admits to killing dolphin

A juvenile has admitted to shooting a bottlenose dolphin with a hunting arrow in Florida state waters, according to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Law Enforcement.
The dolphin was found dead more than a week after being shot in Orange Beach, Ala.

Florida visitor sets new shoal bass record

Charles “Anthony” Tucker of Albany, Ga., established the first official Florida state record for a shoal bass just three days before his 57th birthday. Shoal bass are, pound-for-pound, one of the top fighters in the black bass family. Tucker’s weighed 4 pounds, 2 ounces and was 20 inches long, with a 13.5-inch girth.

Extraordinary heroism earns Ruiz Air Force Cross

Recognizing extraordinary heroism shown in combat, Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James presented the Air Force Cross to an Air Commando during a ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Dec. 17.
Master Sgt. Ivan Ruiz, a pararescueman deployed with the 22nd Expeditionary Special Tactics Squadron, was awarded the U.S. military’s second highest decoration for an airman. He earned the medal for protecting and saving the lives of two wounded teammates while under heavy enemy fire at close range during combat operations in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, Dec. 10, 2013.

Holiday staple doubles as learning tool

Nearly 160 students competed for top honors Dec. 11 at West Navarre Intermediate School’s fourth- and fifth-grade gingerbread architecture competition hosted by the American Institute of Architects, Northwest Florida, and sponsored by J2 Environmental, Engineering and Construction Services. 

Out and About

Next week we are producing our “Year in Review” issue that sums up of all of the important events that happened in and around Navarre in 2014.

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