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BooFest 2014 featured golf, music, fun

Written by Staff Reporters on July 31, 2014. Posted in Community.

A fun-loving crowd filled a huge portable tent at The Club at Hidden Creek July 26 to enjoy country music, country folks and to support area charities. PGA Tour pro Boo Weekley’s annual charity golf outing, BooFest, generates funds that are donated to nearly 20 charities including the Air Commandos Association, Fisher House Foundation, Navarre High School golf team and Milton High School athletics.

Partnerships are powerful

Written by Staff Reporters on July 31, 2014. Posted in Business.

Santa Rosa County Schools Superintendent Tim Wyrosdick thanked members of the Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce for their partnership that ultimately helps make the school district and the Navarre community better.

Commissioners move 3 courthouse sites to ballot

Written by Staff Reporters on July 31, 2014. Posted in News.

After repeated public outcry against purchasing a $1.44 million parcel of land in Pea Ridge for the future courthouse site, citizens rallied commissioners to remove the option from November’s ballot. Commissioners Jim Melvin and Jayer Williamson supported striking it from consideration but were out-voted July 24.

Teens captured after escape from detention facility

Written by Staff Reporters on July 31, 2014. Posted in News.

Two Santa Rosa County teens are back in custody after they escaped July 23 from the Okaloosa Youth Academy in Crestview. According to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, 14-year-old Kurtis Lee Canning and 15-year-old Joseph Timothy Enfinger, both from Milton, are now charged with escape from a residential commitment facility, resisting an officer without violence and criminal mischief of over $1,000.

County denies rezoning request

Written by Staff Reporters on July 31, 2014. Posted in News.

Santa Rosa County Commissioners rejected a request to rezone a 480-acre parcel in south Santa Rosa County that would have allowed higher density and smaller lot lines. The land in question is home to wetlands and at least few endangered or threatened species.

Lady Raider Weightlifting: The dynasty reloads

Written by John Richardson on July 24, 2014. Posted in Sports.

At 7:00 a.m., the Navarre High School weightlifting room was already full. At one end of the room, the weightlifting team was pushing themselves through an intense workout. The other half of the room was filled by athletes from other sports that were using weightlifting for conditioning. “We opened the summer training program to other sports programs this year,” Coach Garrett Bagley said. “We always had cheerleading, but this year volleyball and softball were added. In addition, we have a lot of freshmen working out this summer.”

‘Florida’s Playground’ to get muddy as Tough Mudder host

Written by Staff Reporters on July 24, 2014. Posted in Sports.

What do you get when you take a 12 mile run, add elevation, mud, about 20 obstacles and thousands of people? The infamous Tough Mudder challenge, which is set to come to Santa Rosa County March 7, 2015. The race will take place at the Ates Ranch in Milton.

Here’s looking at you Ted Lockwood

Written by Staff Reporters on July 24, 2014. Posted in Community.

Ted Lockwood was excited about being interviewed, so that’s probably why he didn’t waste time or mince words, and hit the ground running when I asked where he was born and raised.

How the heat hurts your run

Written by Staff Reporters on July 24, 2014. Posted in News.

Navarre and the surrounding area make for a beautiful place to run and exercise outdoors. Dozens of races mark the calendar throughout the year, including the McGuire’s 5K that had more than 9,000 runners this year. Local races like the Sunset Stampede and Flag Day 5k at St. Sylvester mark the end of the spring racing season as temperatures and humidity begin to climb.

H2o + Tech = Sea3PO

Written by Staff Reporters on July 24, 2014. Posted in Education.

What do you get when you merge water and technology? A five-day STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) camp called Sea3PO hosted at the Navarre Beach Marine Science Station. Campers learned to take water samples, conducted research with microscopes and built and drove remotely operated vehicles (ROVs).