Melanie Heil, a Pace resident who is from Navarre, got up at 3 a.m. March 10, and her group was first in line at 4:30 a.m. for the Navarre Aldi grand opening.
Standing in a freshly painted and decorated room, a young woman stands with suitcases in hand taking in the sunshine from the large windows in the living and dining room areas. Two women greet her and say, “Welcome home.” The young woman is in awe of the beautiful space and the reality that this is a new start to the rest of her life. She is shown her new room and bathroom with all the necessities from newly purchased sheets and towels to the small touches of a new hairbrush on the bathroom counter.
The cold weather shelter for the homeless and/or heatless will open nights Fri., Mar. 11 through Sun., Mar. 13 at Ferris Hill Baptist Church, 6848 Chaffin St. in Milton. Those who would like to stay at the shelter must arrive between 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. Only service animals (with verification of rabies vaccination) are permitted to stay with guests. No one will be admitted after 8:30 p.m. unless brought in by law enforcement. The shelter closes at 7 a.m. each morning.
Around noon Friday, Mar. 4, a wildfire in Bay County had spread to 100 acres and by Friday evening the Adkins Avenue wildfire had spread to 1,400 acres.
A dermatologist is a medical doctor who specializes in conditions that affect your skin. Skin diseases are especially common, affecting one in four Americans each year. A dermatologist can identify and treat more than 3,000 conditions involving the skin, hair, and nails including eczema, psoriasis, and skin cancer, among many others.
Santa Rosa County officials on Tues., Mar. 1, honored former County Commissioner Don Salter by naming a street that leads into the new Whiting Aviation Park after him. About 75 people were in attendance when the street sign labeled Don Salter Boulevard was unveiled by Salter and his family. Several people, including Salter, spoke at the event.
Abby Fogg was watching youth girls basketball one day over at NYSA and took notice of one of the players. That moment painted a picture of what Raider girls basketball has come to mean in Navarre.
“I complimented this little girl and her mother reached out and said ‘you just made her whole night,’” said Fogg, the head coach of the girls basketball team. “I was laughing because four years ago someone would have been like ‘oh that’s the girls basketball coach.’”
There are many religious holidays and times of observance in Christianity, but the Lenten season is a special time to reflect on Christ’s message and people’s role in that message.
We were able to get into Aldi two days before it opened and have a tour.
We also did a live video. By the time you are reading this, hopefully you have discovered that we also have Aldi’s inserts. This week there is a $5 off coupon when you spend $30.
One of the great things about living in the U.S. is that our city and county governments are required to keep their citizens informed about their actions.
One of the ways they do this is through public notices — the informational notices that have been deemed to be of importance to local constituents.