Cloudy skies couldn’t hold back the power of prayer last Thursday. Despite the weather forcing the National Day of Prayer celebration on the courthouse lawn to be moved indoors, the event — which included numerous local officials — was still a standing-room only event.
In another case of drugs ruining lives, one man was killed and another is in jail on felony charges following an explosion last Thursday in Gulf Breeze. And now a mother has a cautionary tale to tell of a “sweet” boy who made a bad choice and paid the price.
Ken Walker, Holley Navarre Water System general manager, received a raise for the first time in at least 10 years during the HNWS April 16 board meeting.
Many celebrities and special guests from around the country are booking hotels and condos on Navarre Beach in conjunction with the Boo Weekley Charity Golf Scramble, an annual three-day event which was moved in 2012 from The Country Club of Brewton in Brewton, Ala., to The Club at Hidden Creek in Navarre. The popular event will return to Hidden Creek from July 25-27.
The Panhandle Butterfly House at Navarre Park on U.S. Highway 98 will be open to the public from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. April 19. The grounds have been impeccably groomed, the docents have been trained, and several improvements have been made to the vivarium. All that is needed are the future inhabitants. The first batch of butterflies will be released in the vivarium today, Thursday April 18.
Five companies are vying to manage the Navarre Beach Pier, including current contractor The Pier, Inc., owned by Navarre businesswoman Dorothy Slye and her brother, Everett Ratliff, Jr.
Jeremy Lau, 40, of Pensacola has entered the race for Florida House District Seat 2 after he filed April 12. Lau is the lone Democrat in a field of six Republican candidates.