Susie Smith* has fallen on hard times this year. The single mother lost her job so any funds that come in go straight to putting food on the table and keeping a roof over the heads of her two children.
Santa Rosa County Commissioners did not act on the Tourist Development Council’s recommendation to hire Denise Haywald, Navarre resident, for the community relations/social media coordinator during the March 14 commission meeting.
John William Brooks II “no longer has to imagine what it is like to walk by Christ’s side, as he is now surrounded by His glory,’’said his son John Brooks III.
Special Olympics Escambia/Santa Rosa will host the Area 1 Summer Games beginning at 9 a.m. March 23 at Corry Station in Pensacola. Area 1 includes Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa and Walton counties.
Tempers flared at last Thursday’s Santa Rosa County Tourist Development Council (TDC) north end committee meeting when TDC appointee Jack Sanborn interrogated County Commissioner Jim Melvin regarding why the commission ignored a TDC recommendation to reappoint TDC Chairman Vernon Compton to another term on the council.
Santa Rosa County Commissioners approved several items dealing with the south-end during the March 11 commission meeting, but they left other issues hanging.