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Bible boot camp hits Midway

Reverend Pete Belmain was all smiles as he welcomed 20 children into Bible B.O.O.T. camp at Midway Baptist Church July 10. The children checked in before heading to stations where they had an id photo taken, got physicals, had “gun range” training with BB guns before running through a timed obstacle course.

‘Sam, you ate a whole chicken for lunch?’

What does an alligator named Sam eat for lunch? If you guessed “anything that he wants to,” then make plans to visit the Gulf Breeze Zoo and see if you are right. The zoo began public alligator feedings earlier this month. They are held at 3 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays and feature the zoo’s 13-foot male alligator, Sam.

Raiders seek another great soccer season

For two straight years, the Navarre Raiders boys’ soccer team advanced to the regional playoffs before being eliminated by a late goal. This season’s seniors think that they have the right stuff to make it to the playoffs again and this time, producing a different result.

Teamwork gives ospreys new home

Good neighbors, members of the Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge (ECWR) and the Midway Fire District worked together last week to give three juvenile ospreys a new home in Gulf Breeze.

Seussical comes to local stage, library

Members of the local community theater company, Paradise Productions, are getting ready for “Seussical the Musical” that will be performed Aug. 1 – 3 at St. Sylvester Catholic Church. Local residents though won’t have to wait for the performances to learn about the production or see some of the cast members in action.

How close would you go?

A family from Quitman, Arkansas, participated July 4 in the Gulfarium Marine Adventure Park’s newest animal encounter, “Discover Reptiles.” Rob and Alicia Hicks and their eight-year-old son Kyle Williamson got to go behind the scenes with Senior Aquarist Graham Northrup from Navarre and Gulfarium’s curator of fish and invertebrates Allen McDowell.

Longest fireworks show on the coast

Based on the budget, the July 4 fireworks display on Navarre Beach should have lasted about 12 minutes, but fireworks company representatives had planned to stage the show in such a way that spectators would get at least 20 minutes of “oohs and aahs.” But due to a firing mishap during the show, crews continued to send shells skyward nearly 90 minutes after the show began at 9 p.m.