Lassos won’t replace fishing line – or spurs, hooks – if Navarre can corral its first fishing rodeo in June.
Local businesswoman Laurie Gallup asked the Santa Rosa County Tourist Development Council’s South End Committee to commit $10,000 to host the event June 1-2 at Navarre Beach.
Bob Pforte Motors brought its inventory to Navarre this week in the form of a “tent sale” and sold more than 45 used vehicles. The physical location for Pforte motors is in Marianna, 129 miles to the east.
Navarre High School’s boys’ soccer team followed up an outstanding 2-1 upset win Jan. 30 at Tallahassee Chiles with an even better effort Feb. 2 against Niceville. Unfortunately, as well as the Raiders played, they lost to the Eagles by a 1-0 score. Ironically, the Raiders lost in almost the exact circumstances in which they won against Chiles. In both games, there was slightly less than four minutes remaining. The ball was knocked down inside the box and bounced around before a player knocked home the winning goal from close range.
The Watoto Children’s Choir has sung for presidents, has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show and toured internationally for almost 20 years. Next week, the world-renowned choir will perform in Navarre.
Navarre High School has finished second or tied for second in the Florida High School Athletics Association girls’ weightlifting finals in four of the past five seasons. Last week, the Lady Raiders won their fifth straight sectional meet and qualified 11 lifters to try to win the school’s first team title Feb. 9 in Kissimmee.
Ricky Lee Phelps, the former lead singer of Grammy-Award winning country band Kentucky Headhunters, said he’s kept a low profile since moving to Navarre in 2001.
The Navarre Krewe of Jesters said one of the big highlights of the 27th Annual Navarre Beach Mardi Gras Parade is the addition of the Krewe of Lafitte from Pensacola.