The sun has been up for a little over an hour, and here in the Pullum YMCA pool on a humid Wednesday morning in late June, the Raider swimmers are putting in work.
Back and forth they go in the lanes, stopping on occasion for a breather, but determined to keep the momentum going as they utilize the summer months to improve.
In the classic baseball movie “Field of Dreams,” a voice in the corn famously told Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella “If you build it, he will come.”
Joey Harrell, the Santa Rosa County School District’s assistant superintendent of administrative services, said at a workshop last month that Florida schools are guided by the opposite edict when planning any expansion: “When they come, we can build it.”
As usual, we have a lot of very interesting stories about our community in this week’s issue.
We have a story on an 11-year-old Navarre violinist winning the state concerto competition, a story about boating under the influence resulting from our ride-along with Florida Fish and Wildlife and the Okaloosa Sheriff’s Department, an entire spread on the Blue Angels Team for 2022 and their show this weekend – just to name a few of our stories.
The Dr. Joel Rudman Campaign is pleased to announce that he has received the full endorsement of Skip Orth, former primary candidate from Navarre, for the District 3 seat being vacated by State Representative Jayer Williamson.
Marriage is one of the biggest and oldest institutions in the world. The union between two people has been and is still celebrated amongst nearly every society in the world.
While marriage can be a joyful and wonderful endeavor, it can also have its challenges and that is where the New Life Deliverance Temple Church Marriage and Singles Conference comes in.
The Santa Rosa Island Authority (SRIA) will once again host the annual Pensacola Beach Air Show, with viewing opportunities July 6-9. The elite U.S. Navy Blue Angels, our hometown heroes, will headline all events which culminate on Friday, July 8, with a full, dress rehearsal and Saturday, July 9, with the official Air Show. In addition to the Blue Angels, there will be a host of world-class military, aerobatic and stunt plane performers, as well as interactive exhibits, military recruitment stations and all types of vendors on the ground.
“We are so excited to be able to host our hometown heroes on our beautiful beach,” said Leigh Davis, Executive Director of the SRIA. “It’s an awe-inspiring tradition that locals and tourists alike get to enjoy every summer bearing witness to the breathtaking display by the United States Navy’s finest.”
Games of Wiffle ball are in the midst of being played on a steamy and sunny summer morning at the Raider baseball field.
It’s the last day of the youth camp being put on by the Navarre baseball team, and after a couple of days of instruction, this is the time of the camp to just get out on the field and have fun.
Independence Day should mean what it says, Independence. Friday, June 24, we had a taste of what Independence means.
The Supreme Court actually wrote that they, the Supreme Court of the United States, do not have the power to rule that abortion is legal throughout out the United States.
