Home. The word evokes memories, good memories for some as the place where family gathered and shared life, where children were nurtured and grew, where the benchmarks of life were celebrated. For some, home evokes different memories, difficult memories of conflict and loss, the catalysts for leaving home. Even still, home is the place to which many return – eventually.
Students coming from low-income backgrounds often face hurdles to academic and career success that their peers do not. They are statistically more likely to miss school and have lower grades. And they are less likely to go to college.
In what sounds like a complicated game of musical chairs, school district officials are attempting to combat rising school capacity issues by redistricting elementary schools in Gulf Breeze and Pace.
Please read the obituary page this week. We have information on Saturday’s memorial service for Orv Branham who frequently volunteered at Navarre United Methodist Church and an obituary for Dorothy Reynolds including information on her memorial service April 6, at the Navarre Presbyterian Church. Dorothy’s son, David and her husband of 65-years, Paul, made every effort to write the obituary just the way they wanted it.
If anyone has experienced the miracle of child birth, you will forever remember the first time you heard your baby’s heartbeat. The fast flutter sound fills the room along with the smiles and giggles from the parents.
Shaun Hughson remembers the day his father passed away. Shaun was with family on vacation in Tennessee shortly before Christmas at the time of the death.
Cheryl Deas wants to cry when she thinks about the effort she is making to carry on the legacy of her son, DJ, who died by suicide last summer at the age of 16.
Thousands of visitors will have the opportunity to enjoy live music with their toes in the surf and sand along Navarre Beach Sunday, March 24, during Spring Jam 2019.