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FCA hopes to encourage students through faith

Student athletes can lead busy lives. From keeping up with homework to attending practice to their home life, the responsibilities they have can be quite demanding.

For some athletes at local high schools, they have found an outlet through the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA).

Jeremiah’s Italian Ice prepares to open location in Navarre

Tom Kennedy first became aware of Jeremiah’s Italian Ice in the early 2000s, when he would take his wife and two young daughters there, especially during University of Central Florida’s football season.

Over 20 years later, he is opening his first franchise with the company here in Navarre.
Jeremiah’s Italian Ice was first founded in 1996 with a location in Winter Park, Florida.

Event raises funds for boys whose mother is charged with father’s murder

Love was the biggest winner at Saturday’s Play for a Purpose volleyball tournament in Pace. The event raised about $8,000 to help the families of the Davidson brothers – Khai, 13, Dawson, 11, and Jack, 3 – whose father was killed on New Year’s Day and whose mother is in jail charged with his murder.

Artists, locals gather in Holley for pottery festival

For the past 18 years, people from Santa Rosa County and beyond have gathered at the Gulf Coast Kiln Walk Society’s Woodstoke Festival for fun, food and friends, but mostly for pottery. On Saturday, Feb. 18, they came back to celebrate the latest kiln firing, look at the pottery and, in some cases, buy it.

Woodstoke Festival, named as an homage to Woodstock, brings together potters and ceramics artists from across the region with the chance to use some of the high-quality kilns at Holley Hill Pottery (7507 Buckeye Drive in Holley).

Navy Federal remains a leader in employment, impacting the community

Even amid a pandemic, Navy Federal Credit Union has never strayed from the course of its mission.
It took some adapting along the way, with employees going remote for more than two years, but with 2023 underway, everything is humming along for the region’s largest private employer.
Kim Aderholdt is the vice president of the Greater Pensacola Operations, a sprawling campus off Nine Mile Road that is a hop, skip and jump away from Interstate 10. She noted nothing came easy during a time of uncertainty for the country, but she is impressed with the way the company has continued to move forward.

Raiders have strong showing in preseason softball games

Navarre head softball coach Will Koch was pleased his team picked up a win over Northview in its preseason opener Monday in Gulf Breeze, and yet he was still looking for more out of his team in the wake of a 7-6 win against the Chiefs.

“The first game we weren’t as sharp and didn’t have as much energy. We came out flat,” Koch said. “It was a little concerning. We had a meeting afterwards.”

Raiders sweep invitational titles at Baker

Navarre’s boys weightlifting team made it a sweep of the Northwest Florida Invitational at Baker Wednesday afternoon.

The Raiders won the traditional competition with 66 points, nearly double the total Pace (39) had, and won the Olympic competition with 73 points, easily outdistancing runner-up Milton (41).

Beach nourishment held up by Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, FEMA surveys

Once every 10 years or so, Navarre Beach goes through beach nourishment, a process in which sand, lost through erosion, is replaced through other sources.

This can help widen the beach, making it more resistant to the effects of erosion and storms.

The last time Navarre Beach went through this process was 2016 and it was due to happen again in 2026. That was until Hurricane Sally’s impact bumped up the timetable. Now, nearly three years after Sally hit the Gulf Coast, the beach has still not been restored.

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