Dombret, Hensley, ‘learning to fly’
Lily Hensley remembers the first time she flew an airplane.
It didn’t entirely go as expected due to a slight delay in getting off the ground.
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FCA hopes to encourage students through faith
Written by Hansen Hasenberg on . Posted in Faith.
Student athletes can lead busy lives. From keeping up with homework to attending practice to their home life, the responsibilities they have can be quite demanding.
For some athletes at local high schools, they have found an outlet through the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA).
Artists, locals gather in Holley for pottery festival
Written by Hansen Hasenberg on . Posted in Community, News.
For the past 18 years, people from Santa Rosa County and beyond have gathered at the Gulf Coast Kiln Walk Society’s Woodstoke Festival for fun, food and friends, but mostly for pottery. On Saturday, Feb. 18, they came back to celebrate the latest kiln firing, look at the pottery and, in some cases, buy it.
Woodstoke Festival, named as an homage to Woodstock, brings together potters and ceramics artists from across the region with the chance to use some of the high-quality kilns at Holley Hill Pottery (7507 Buckeye Drive in Holley).
Navy Federal remains a leader in employment, impacting the community
Written by Brian Lester on . Posted in Business, News.
Even amid a pandemic, Navy Federal Credit Union has never strayed from the course of its mission.
It took some adapting along the way, with employees going remote for more than two years, but with 2023 underway, everything is humming along for the region’s largest private employer.
Kim Aderholdt is the vice president of the Greater Pensacola Operations, a sprawling campus off Nine Mile Road that is a hop, skip and jump away from Interstate 10. She noted nothing came easy during a time of uncertainty for the country, but she is impressed with the way the company has continued to move forward.
Raiders have strong showing in preseason softball games
Written by Brian Lester on . Posted in Sports.
Navarre head softball coach Will Koch was pleased his team picked up a win over Northview in its preseason opener Monday in Gulf Breeze, and yet he was still looking for more out of his team in the wake of a 7-6 win against the Chiefs.
“The first game we weren’t as sharp and didn’t have as much energy. We came out flat,” Koch said. “It was a little concerning. We had a meeting afterwards.”
Driving me crazy
Written by Dusty Ricketts on . Posted in Opinion.
It’s hard to believe I’ve been back overseeing the Crestview News Bulletin and Santa Rosa’s Press Gazette for more than two months now.
There have been some minor hiccups along the way, more on that later, but overall the job has gone better than I could have hoped.
Eberhardt aims to help motivated Raider weightlifting team have success
Written by Brian Lester on . Posted in Sports.
Bryce Eberhardt is coming off an impressive junior season in which he finished third at the 3A state meet in the traditional competition of clean and jerk and bench press.
His senior season, however, started off with a bit of a bump in the road, though that is now in the rear-view mirror as the senior standout was back in action last Wednesday in a dual home meet against Niceville.
Cole to play football at Birmingham-Southern
Written by Brian Lester on . Posted in Sports.
Isaac Cole had a knack for getting pressure on the quarterback this season. And even if he didn’t come away with a sack, the standout defensive lineman for the Navarre Raiders often forced the signal caller to make a decision he probably didn’t want to make.
Now Cole is set to take his talents to the college level where he’ll play ball for NCAA Division III Birmingham-Southern.
103 years: Helen Seagrave recalls lifetime of memories
Written by Hansen Hasenberg on . Posted in Community.
The milestone for most people is to make it to 100 years, or a century, old. For Helen Seagrave, she has been there and done that. Sunday, Jan. 29, she turned 103.
Seagrave, who has resided at Navarre Gardens on Highway 87 for just over a year, was born in 1920 in Connecticut, near New London.
Out and About
Written by Sandi Kemp on . Posted in Opinion, Out and About.
For the last week (and more) we have been gathering stories we have written over the past year to submit to the Florida Press Association for the annual journalism awards.
It has been a lot of fun to look back, and also, it’s been very rewarding to really see the talent we have on our team across the three newspapers.