After 39 years dedicated to teaching and, 37 of those years spent pioneering the Gulf Breeze High School (GBHS) drama department, Margie Timmons retired from her fulfilling career.

Students from current and years past came together June 27 to surprise Timmons with an evening of performances at the Saenger Theatre in her honor. Actors and actresses, all at some point under the direction of Timmons, performed songs and scenes from old plays they had put on and took Timmons on a trip down memory lane, leaving her with tears in her eyes.

Skimmers continue to nest along the side of the Navarre Beach Causeway and will likely be in the area for at least the next six weeks, according to Caroline Stahala, shorebird program manager for Audubon Florida.

Adams Sanitation, which has 9,000 customers in the north end of Santa Rosa County, has submitted a permit to provide garbage pickup in the south end of the county.

The permit, filed Wednesday, was submitted with a letter challenging the county’s “exclusive franchise” agreement with Waste Pro. According to the letter, written by Adams’ legal representative Nathan Boyles, the ordinance assuring franchise exclusivity was adopted by the county June 9, 2011.

Despite weather and rough seas that almost sent them home early, a shark fishing guide and his Texas clients hauled in a 9-foot, 2-inch bull shark late Tuesday night.

The Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office and A HOPE held a Puttin Fore Paws charity golf tournament June 18 at the Club at Hidden Creek to raise money for a new spay/neuter clinic.