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Chamber looks forward to New Year

Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in Business.

The Chamber celebrated 2012, thanked our outgoing leaders, congratulated our incoming leaders, and set the course for some really exciting things happening in 2013 Saturday at the Annual Awards and Installation Banquet. It was a great night with a lot to celebrate, a lot to look forward to and recognition of some very special people.

Here’s looking at you Capt. Bill and Lucy Crouch

Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in Community.

Capt. Bill Crouch, born in Montgomery, Ala., in 1952, made the 60-year senior citizen cut by the skin of his teeth; his wife, Lucy, gets a free ride.

When he said, “I’m a retired pleasure yacht skipper,” me, thinking only of sailing into exotic ports, blurted, “sounds like fun, why retire?”

St. Sylvester Catholic Church holds 9/11 ceremony

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on . Posted in Community, Faith.

On Sunday, Sept. 6, a crowd of more than 100 people gathered outside St. Sylvester Catholic Church to honor the lives lost during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

The attacks, collectively known as 9/11, killed almost 3,000 people and have changed the U.S. in myriad ways, including the emergence of the Department of Homeland Security, tighter airport security and the launch of the war on terror.

Soundside High AFJROTC takes off

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on . Posted in Education.

The first year of Soundside High School also marks the beginning of its Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps program.

AFJROTC is a military-sponsored program available to high school students. Under federal law, JROTC programs are intended to instill the values of citizenship, service to the United States, personal responsibility and a sense of accomplishment.

Eddington tells boardwalk opponents to leave county

Written by Collin Bestor on . Posted in Beach, News.

Santa Rosa County Commissioner Ray Eddington told residents opposed to a proposed Navarre Beach boardwalk that they were hypocrites and suggested they leave the county toward the end of a public comment period at a Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners agenda meeting Sept. 8.

Soundside High students have say in alma mater

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on . Posted in Education, News.

For generations, school alma maters have been part of graduations, pep rallies and other traditions.

While the definition of alma mater is the school or university a person graduated from, it also refers to the school’s official anthem. Generally, it’s a tune representing the history, location or values of the school.