Only a small group is on hand for the first day of Kayaking 101, an introductory class to the popular recreational activity that is held on weekends throughout the summer at Naval Live Oaks.
Walk into a Navarre home these days and you are quite likely to be greeted by a smell you cannot quite place. A few more steps in and you might even see a slight mist spraying into a room that is responsible for that smell. That aroma comes from essential oils. Essential oils are on a whole other level than your average air freshener. Making your home smell nice is just one of the many added benefits of essential oils, which became a $6 billion industry in 2015.
Inside the high school gymnasium on a rainy Monday morning, 80 potential cadets in the Navarre Navy Junior ROTC program run through a series of exercises for nearly two hours.
Along Navarre Beach’s Gulf Boulevard there are a handful of places for tourist and locals to stop for a bite or to shop as they walk or bike along the sidewalks.
With shovels and sea oats in hand, dozens of children of all ages set to work June 7 restoring vegetation along the Navarre Beach sand dunes at the foot of the fishing pier as part of Planting for Protection.
He rode the bus almost every day, save for the few times here and there where he’d have to be at the high school early because of an ROTC commitment. More often than not, though, you would find Rowan Cabanlong in a familiar seat, the one right behind bus driver Heidi Gourley.
In yet another indicator that the economy is bouncing back, one segment of Navarre attorney Keith Kirkpatrick’s law practice fell by about two-thirds last year.