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Helping families rise out of poverty

Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in Faith.

Holley-Navarre Primary School has 45 students who are homeless and a student poverty rate that approaches 30 percent.  The greater Navarre and Midway area has a population in which 14 percent live below the poverty level.  However, a program started last summer is making strides toward reducing those numbers.

Half-cent tax adding up

Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in Education.

It’s not even a penny per dollar on certain transactions, but funds generated through the half-cent sales tax for schools add up to millions annually for Santa Rosa schools.  The funds are being used toward building and remodeling classrooms, science labs, cafeterias and other facilities throughout the county.

Retired couple completes the “Great Loop”

Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in Community.

Retirement means something a little different to Navarre residents Eddy and Linda Johnsen. After they both retired before turning 60 last year, the self-proclaimed adventurers decided to take a trip of a lifetime, traveling 6,700 miles through 21 states and Canada by boat on the “Great Loop.”

Raiders split a pair of preseason games

Written by John Richardson on . Posted in Sports.

The Navarre High School boys soccer team had a win and a tie last week as it tied Gulf Breeze 2 – 2 on Oct. 29 and beat Choctaw 2 – 0 two days later in a preseason tourney held at the Twin Oaks Complex in Niceville. Coach Zac Preston was more interested in seeing his team perform under real playing conditions rather than the final score of the games.

Here’s looking at you Jake and Patricia Dunlop

Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in Community.

Jake Dunlop, a member of the North Carolina Radio Broadcasters Hall of Fame, began learning the radio and television directors’ trade in 1949. In 1950, he  became TV director for WOITV in Iowa. And at the time of his retirement from television in 1992, Jake was Director of the North Carolina Public Television Network.