Dexter Hunter is sitting out front at Navarre Gardens on a beautiful January afternoon – his wife Bonnie is the administrator at the assisted living facility – and someone walks by and asks what he’s up to.
In the innocence of childhood, every boy’s dream is to follow in his father’s footsteps. Often when the boy matures into a man, his dreams change, and he takes a different path. AJ Rice is the son of pastor, who is himself the son of a pastor. Although first pursuing a degree in graphic design, AJ Rice admits that he always knew he was called to full-time ministry and God has been preparing him for what he was called to do since high school. In January of this year, he truly followed in his father’s footsteps succeeding his father, Pastor Ron Rice, as campus pastor of Liberty Church, Gulf Breeze.
Recently, after three long months apart, I moved my wife, our dog, Brewster, and all our worldly possessions from Naples to Navarre. To save money, I rented a large truck in Naples and hired a company to do the work of loading it. They sent over three men: two to carry our stuff to the truck, and a third, whom I called The Puzzle Man, to figured out how to fit it all on the truck. I’d like to say that they were careful, but I would be lying.
More than 1,000 students in Santa Rosa County did not return to a traditional classroom Monday morning. Instead, they were at home, in special programs or even traveling across the world with their parents deciding the direction their education will take.