Rising from a surrounding forest of longleaf pines with a clear understory of wiregrass is Santa Rosa County’s Iron Mountain. The unmarked, mostly unknown landmark is located within Blackwater River State Forest, near the Berrydale community in north Santa Rosa County.
Col. Paul W. Tibbets IV, the Air Force Inspection Agency commander, is the grandson of retired Brig. Gen. Paul W. Tibbets Jr., the pilot in command of the “Enola Gay” when it dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, Aug. 6, 1945.
American Forces Press Service Washington (AFNS) — Military spouses who need guidance on education and careers have a new online tool at their fingertips, a program analyst for the Spouse Education and Career Opportunities program, or SECO, said in an interview last week.
James McNulty is very passionate about ending school paddling as a form of punishment. He appeared before Santa Rosa School Board members Jan. 23, urging a ban in district schools.
A company based in Mobile, Alabama has been selected by county commissioners to provide marketing services for the Santa Rosa County Tourist Development Council (TDC). Davis, South, Barnette and Patrick Advertising agency was the top pick out of five competing firms, including three local businesses and one group based in Tennessee.
About 110 million people are expected to watch the Seattle Seahawks and the Denver Broncos battle it out in the Super Bowl Sunday. While watching great plays, new commercials and the halftime show, viewers will also be enjoying their favorite football-watching food, and that means a bump in sales for some local businesses.
Scott Rayner, representing TC’s Coastal Front Porch, presented Santa Rosa County Commissioners with conceptual plans for redesign of the Navarre Beach Fishing Pier’s bar area, which will feature a restaurant. The board approved the new management team’s conceptual design at the Jan. 23 board meeting.
Snowbirds Dave and Sharyl Nye have been wintering on Navarre Beach at the Summerwinds Resort for five years from Decatur, AL which is 30 minutes from the border of Tennessee. And, yes, Dave is a distant relative of Bill Nye the Science guy. “You can trace every “Nye” to a guy that came over from England,” said Dave. Dave has never met Bill Nye but they have science in the gene pool. Dave retired as a chemist from General Electric and his wife, Sharyl retired as a technical specialist for a school system. South Dakota is “home” for both of them because that is where they met. They have two children, Greg and Susan and five grandchildren.
Votes were tallied last Tuesday and incumbent Charles Enghauser and Daryl Lynchard were elected Holley-Navarre Water System board members, receiving more than 90 percent of the votes.
Only seven votes separated Enghauser and Lynchard, but the difference between Lynchard and Ashley Strabala, the candidate who received the third highest vote total, was 459 votes.
The second-seeded Navarre Lady Raiders drew a tough schedule in the district playoffs starting with Crestview in the first round. The next night, they were scheduled to play Niceville; a team they had never beaten. If they won both, then they would probably face number one seed, Pace.
