School administrators from across Santa Rosa County were busy at work before school opened Aug. 10.
Prior to the school year, school administrators were engaged in hiring new personnel, enrolling new students, creating master schedules, breaking down assessment data from the previous year and collaborating with other administrators from different schools.
The Navarre Beach Lifeguards are used to giving their best on the Emerald Coast, but for several days in mid-August, they had the chance to tackle the sand and water of the west coast at the USLA Nationals.
The USLA Nationals is a national lifeguard competition. The annual event is put on by the United States Lifesaving Association, a nonprofit organization of beach lifeguards and open water rescuers.
If you see someone falling behind, walk beside them. If you see someone being ignored, find a way to include them. Always remind people of their worth. One small act could mean the world to them.
These words were what Austin Washington, a Navarre High School Senior, lived by.
Navarre residents and visitors are being advised to stay out of the water near Navarre Park West.
The Florida Department of Health in Santa Rosa County (DOH-Santa Rosa) has issued a water quality advisory for the Navarre Park West area. The health department advises against any water-related activities at this location due to the potential for high bacteria levels.
Steve Alford’s voice won’t be booming over the speakers at Bennett C. Russell Stadium on Friday nights this fall.
Alford, the long-time public address man for the Navarre Raider football team is stepping away from a role he loves to watch his son, Everette, coach football at Lighthouse Private Christian Academy.
The Santa Rosa County Commission has no authority over Holley Navarre Water System. It does, however, get to pick its business partners.
“I don’t like what’s going on down there. My hands are tied to a degree; however, we are working with them in a joint effort on the spray field,” Commission Chairman Bob Cole said at Thursday’s regular commission meeting. “To me, that opens a door for us to have some knowledge of what’s going on with that organization as a board of county commissioners. I want to know who I’m working with, whoever I’m partnering with.”
Rain begins to fall hard as Navarre’s soccer players hit the stadium turf to fine tune their ball skills.
The wet weather soon gives way to sunshine and added humidity, but nothing is stopping the girls from putting in work here on a Thursday morning in mid-July.