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LOCAL HAPPENINGS Underwater Snorkel Adventure Meet outside Fridays and Saturdays at the Naval Live Oaks Area Park Headquarters at 1 p.m. Program is 90 minutes long. All equipment is provided, program limited to 25 visitors. Program involves walking on uneven surfaces and sandy walkways.

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Thursdays in the Park The Navarre Chamber presents Chloe Channell in their free summer concert series. Concert starts at 6:30 p.m. in Navarre Park. For more information, visit www.navarrechamber.com.

Sept. 9 Juana Good Time Regatta The Juana Good Time Regatta is designed for both experienced and novice racers on Navarre Beach, Sept.

9-11. It is open to all sizes of multi-hull sailboats, from beach cats and trimarans to cruisers. For schedule of events, visit http://www.juanaspagodas.com/RegattaNews.htm.

Movies at The Landing “Star Wars”will show at the FWB Landing, 139 Brooks St SE, at 8 p.m. Bring your lawn chairs and blankets for this family friendly event. Concessions are available for purchase. Pets allowed. For more information, visit www.downtownfwb.com.

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Saenger's Classic Movie Series “Citizen Kane”will show at the Pensacola Saenger Theater at 6 p.m. Cost is $5.

For more information, visit pensacolasaenger.com or call 850-595-3880.

Vettes return to Pensacola Beach Join Corvette lovers for a weekend of fun and sun on Pensacola Beach. A pre-registration and welcome dinner for out-of-town participants will be held Friday, Sept. 9, from 5 to 8 p.m. On Saturday, Sept. 10, registration will be available from 8 to 10 a.m.The form and registration information can be found at http://miraclestripcorvette.com/2016vettes-at-the-beach/.

Pancake breakfast The Holley Navarre Senior Center is having their pancake breakfast from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. Everyone is invited to attend. Cost for breakfast is $2-$5. The Holley Navarre Senior Center is located at 8476 Gordon Goodin Lane. For more information, What women want call 850-936-1644.

Ladies have an open invitation to attend the CumuPensacola Sertoma Dragon lus and Hampton Hyundai Boat Festival The sport involves 22 team What Women Want Showmembers paddling in unison case featuring local busito a drummer's beat in a long, nesses that cater to women narrow boat decorated at bow from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at and stern with a dragon's Santa Rosa Mall. It’s head and tail. There will be absolutely free and the first a large children's activity area 300 ladies in attendance will and proceeds go to benefit receive a goodie bag. For the Gulf Coast Kids House. more information, call 850Races begin at 8 a.m. For 243-7676. additional information/registration, visit pensacoladragonboatfestival.com.

Navarre Home Show The Navarre Home Show will be held at the Navarre Conference Center 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be over 40 vendors and giveaways.

This all-encompassing event will put you on the path toward making your dream home a reality. Admission is free. For more information, visit www.navarrehomeshow.com.

Crochet at the museum Learn the fun and useful craft of crocheting at the Heritage Museum of Northwest Florida during a Heritage Alive Craft Class from 1 to 3 p.m. Learn basic stitches and begin a project of your choice. Bring a size J crochet hook. Yarn will be provided. Cost is $15/$20.

Space is limited. Register by calling 850-678-2615.

Sept. 11 Bride Ride Cruise Join SunQuest Solaris for a bridal expo from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Couples will meet professional wedding vendors that can make their wedding day amazing, register for many awesome prizes, then tour the SunQuest Cruise. For more information, call 251-289-9451 or visit www.brideride .webs.com.

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Movie Matinee “Please Don’t Eat the Daisies”will show at the Navarre Library starting at 2 p.m. The movie is free and open to the public. Refreshments are provided by the Friends of the Navarre Library.The Navarre Library is located at 8484 James M. Harvell Road.

R.E.A.D. Dog Come, sit, stay and read with a furry friend from the Reading Education Assistance Dog program in the Navarre Library from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Registration is required.The Navarre Library is located at 8484 James M. Harvell Road. Call 850-9817323 for more information or to sign up.

Bands on the Beach Pensacola Beach's popular outdoor summer concert series features Mass Kunfuzion from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Gulfside Pavilion on Casino Beach. The event is open to the public. For more information, visit www.visitpensacolabeach.com.

Coffee talk Coffee Talk, the non-fiction book club, meets at the Gulf Breeze Library study room on the second Wednesday of every other month at 6:30 p.m. Speak with a staff member for details. Call 850-981-4071 or drop by to sign up and Market in the Breeze speak to a staff member Come shop the huge today about reserving your selection of over 50 area ven- copy. dors, bringing you their very best at fair market prices from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Gulf Breeze Community Center, 800 Shoreline Drive. For more information, visit w w w. m a r k e t i n t h ebreeze.com.

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By Rob Johnson rob@navarrepress.com The estranged friends who battled for Northwest Florida’s state senate seat are both making plans in the wake of Doug Broxson’s decisive win over fellow Republican Mike Hill.

Broxson said he is already focused on ensuring that legislators in other parts of the state don’t muscle away some of the $1.5 billion in BP settlement funds that are tentatively set aside for Northwest Florida.

“We’re going to have to keep on top of it,”Broxson said after winning the election by about 3,600 votes, getting 57.6 percent of those cast.

“There are a lot of people outside our area looking at that money,”which is currently deposited in the state’s treasury and subject to changes in how and where it’s appropriated.

Hill, 58, who is nine years younger than Broxson, said that although his has no immediate plans to run for another office he is intent on rekindling his leadership role in the Northwest Florida Tea Party. Hill founded the conservative group in 2010 and was its president until his successful run for the District 2 seat in the Florida House of Representatives in 2013.

“I plan to get very active again with that,”said Hill, who will also return to running his State Farm Insurance agency in Pensacola.

“I was never planning on running for one office after another. I ran in 2013 because the job was open and I thought it was the right time.

But I don’t need another job,” Hill said.

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n’t rule out another bid for speculates came from a Broxson supporter, lingered unrepublic office. solved for a week between Broxson’s widespread support Aug. 18 and 25 while Jones’ With triple the financial office examined personal support of Hill, including the records of both Hill and his backing of several powerful wife, Greta, who co-own the Tallahassee-based political Pensacola house. Then, five groups, Broxson spent about days before the election, Jones issued a statement clearing $50 per vote.

The successful results Hill of wrongdoing.The couincluded victories in 37 of 41 ple claims an exemption only Santa Rosa precincts. Hill’s on their house - not on the wins were limited to areas in rented condo.

“But that week really hurt the county’s south end: East Navarre Precinct 26, West our campaign,”Hill said. He Navarre Precinct 29, Biscayne reasons that early voting startPoint Precinct 35 and Navarre ed in Santa Rosa on Aug. 18 and much of it was over by Beach Precinct 38.

But Broxson dominated the time Jones cleared him.

Thus Hill speculated that Santa Rosa’s northern precincts, often by margins the exemption allegation, that more than offset Hill’s which was labeled fraud by wins in the south. For exam- some area news media ple, Broxson captured 69.6 although not by the Navarre percent of Jay’s votes, win- Press - damaged him so much in early voting that it overning by 328 to 143.

Further, Broxson was more came his eventual support successful in Hill’s home on Election Day. But a review of Santa Rosa county, Escambia, where he claimed 55.5 percent of the County voting records indivote to win by 19,046 to cates that Broxson had similar support in both early vot15,272.

Broxson also won in the ing and on Aug. 30. Still, Hill’s portion of Senate District 1 loss margins were often smallthat spills into Okaloosa er on Election Day than in County with 60.9 percent of early voting.

For example, in Point Bakthe vote: 1,257 to 815. er’s Precinct 12, Broxson eked Smear’s sticking power out a 171-161 win on ElecIn a campaign that featured tion Day while registering a mudslinging from both sides, 151-68 victory in early votHill asserts that the worst hit ing. Broxson also won the he took was an anonymous vote-by-mail ballots: 95 to tip about him to the office of 55, for an overall margin of Escambia County Property 59.6 percent to 40.4 percent.

Appraiser Chris Jones. The The primary election makes tipster alleged that Hill Broxson the winner of the improperly claims the $50,000 senate seat because there is Florida homestead exemp- no Democratic opponent for tion on his house in Pensacola the office. even though he lives much of the time at a rented con- Both played rough Hill’s camp informed an dominium on Pensacola Escambia County prosecuBeach.

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on his phone by Broxson.The message implied that Broxson might collude with powerful political action committees in Tallahassee if Hill didn’t tone down his attacking campaign ads.

Gov. Rick Scott referred that complaint to Leon County State Attorney Willie Meggs, who told this newspaper he couldn’t thoroughly review its possible merit in time for the election. What’s more, Meggs said he isn’t sure the message violates the state elections statute. (Please see NavarrePress.com for a possible update on the status of Meggs’investigation.)

Broxson had denied any involvement with PACs. He declined to discuss the matter further after the election, telling a reporter,“I’m not going to talk about the campaign.”

Both men insist they are still friends, as they were before the campaign.“My goal was never to mention my opponent by his first name,”Broxson said. But“that changed” after negative campaigning

by Hill, he said.

Hill said he doesn’t take anything in Broxson’s campaign personally.“Next time I see him I’ll shake his hand.”

Yet the campaign clearly took its toll on the two men, who have similar voting records. Each attested to being the right choice for conservatives.

In a reflective moment during the days since voting, Hill said the image portrayed by his opponent“is not the Doug Broxson I know.”

But Hill acknowledges that he sometimes didn’t recognize his own public persona in the campaign’s waning days:“It almost took on a life of its own.”

Today in History The Associated Press

Today is Thursday, Sept. 8, the 252nd day of 2016. There are 114 days left in the year.

On this date: ■ In 1565, a Spanish expedition established the first permanent European settlement in North America at present-day St. Augustine, Fla. ■ In 1761, Britain's King George III married Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz a few hours after meeting her for the first time.

■ In 1892, an early version of "The Pledge of Allegiance," written by Francis Bellamy, appeared in "The Youth's Companion."

■ In 1900, Galveston, Texas, was struck by a hurricane that killed an estimated 8,000 people.

■ In 1921, Margaret Gorman, 16, of Washington, D.C., was crowned the first "Miss America" in Atlantic City, N.J. ■ In 1935, Sen. Huey P. Long, D-La., was shot and mortally wounded inside the Louisiana State Capitol; he died two days later. (The assailant was identified as Dr. Carl Weiss, who was gunned down by Long's bodyguards.)

■ In 1941, the 900-day Siege of Leningrad by German forces began during World War II. ■ In 1951, a peace treaty with Japan was signed by 49 nations in San Francisco.

■ In 1974, President Gerald R. Ford granted a "full, free, and absolute pardon" to former President Richard Nixon covering his entire term in office.

■ In 1985, Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds tied Ty Cobb's career record for hits, singling for hit number 4,191 during a game against the Cubs in Chicago.

■ In 1986, "The Oprah Winfrey Show" began the first of 25 seasons in national syndication.

■ In 1994, USAir Flight 427, a Boeing 737, crashed into a ravine as it was approaching Pittsburgh International Airport, killing all 132 people on board.

Ten years ago: A Senate report faulted intelligence gathering in the lead-up to the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, and said Saddam Hussein regarded alQaida as a threat rather than a possible ally, contradicting assertions President George W. Bush had used to build support for the war. A suicide car bomber struck a convoy of U.S. military vehicles in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing 16 people, including two American soldiers.

Five years ago: Addressing a joint session of Congress, President Barack Obama challenged a reluctant Congress to urgently pass a larger-than-expected $450 billion jobs plan to "jolt an economy that has stalled." Ten oil workers were forced to abandon a crippled 94-foot research vessel in the Gulf of Mexico and pile into a life raft during Tropical Storm Nate; by the time rescuers arrived three days after, three of the men had died, and a fourth died later at a hospital.

One year ago: After resisting apologizing for using a personal email account run on a private server to conduct government business as secretary of state, Hillary Clinton shifted course, telling ABC News, "That was a mistake.

I'm sorry about that. I take responsibility." Kim Davis, the Rowan County, Ky., clerk jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples, was released after five days behind bars, emerging to a hero's welcome from thousands of supporters. United Airlines abruptly replaced CEO Jeffrey Smisek as a federal investigation continued into whether the airline had given preferential treatment to David Samson, former chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the agency that operated the New York-area airports.

(Samson later admitted using his position to get personal favors from United; Smisek has not been charged with any criminal wrongdoing.)

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Toxic waste from 9/11 causes illness 15 years later By Carmen Reynolds carmen@navarrepress.com None of us can ever forget where we were on that fateful day, the indelible images burned in our minds. Sept. 11, 2016 is the 15th anniversary of 9/11, the most cataclysmic terrorist attack on American soil, resulting in the loss of 2,996 lives, and injuring more than 6,000 others.

Texas state Sen. Brian Birdwell was burned over 60 percent of his body when Flight 77, a 757 passenger jet crashed into the Pentagon where he was stationed as an Army lieutenant colonel. “The Lord’s grace spared my life that day, giving me blessings I should not have seen.”These include seeing his son graduate from high school and college and Birdwell marry as well as serving as a legislator to the citizens of Texas.“We must never forget not only those lost on Sept.

11, but …those lost and wounded in the war on terror..nor should we ever forget the capacity for evil from radical Islamic terrorism that seeks our demise.

The scarring from Birdwell’s massive burns inhibits his range of motion to this day. The inhalation injury prohibits aerobic activities as he’s easily short of breath.

Dust to Dust Many first-responders, volunteers and survivors who worked in the lower Manhattan area have died and more are still suffering with illnesses from exposure to the toxic fumes from the collapse of the Twin Towers and Building 7.

A new study published in the January 2016 issue of the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine found exposure to the World Trade Center dust after 9/11 is 15 times more likely to develop neuropathy. After obtaining the dust from the WTC, they found it clearly damaged the nerves of the rats, matching physical symptoms of first-responders and lower Manhattan residents complaining of sensations of burning, pain, numbness and tingling in their hands and feet. Here’s why.

The toxic dust cloud contained pulverized glass and cement, asbestos, benzene, sulfur, radionuclides polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, brominated diphenyl ethers, phthalate esters, polychlorinated ciphenyls, dibenzodioxins and dibenzofurans. According to Philip Landrigan, chairman of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and a major 9/11 health researcher, two-thirds of the mass was pulverized concrete so caustic that it burned the eyes, noses, respiratory tracts and esophagi of 9/11 survivors. Mercury, acetone, lead, chloroform, arsenic, formaldehyde and many other acute, tumor, mutagenic, reproductive and irritant toxins are identified in Toxic Targeting’s Nov. 16, 2001 report of Ground Zero. And ingesting and exposure to these deadly toxins are increasing the illnesses seen in first responders and survivors who were in lower Manhattan that day, necessitating some health care plan to address their medical needs.

The Zadroga Act In 2010, after years of delay, Congress passed the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act in 2010 to provide the health care and benefits for first responders and survivors of 9/11.

The New York Daily News reports the health program serves people in every state because more than 33,000 first responders and survivors have an injury or illness. More than 72,000 receive medical monitoring for the cancers and other illnesses particular to the 9/11 community and more than 1,700 have already passed away. However, the act expired Oct. 1, 2015.

The New York Times reported legislators, firefighters, police offers and two U.S. senators rallied at the foot of the rebuilt towers in December 2015 to press Congress to extend the bill as the Victims Compensation Fund had expired. Democrat U.S. Rep. Carol B. Maloney, said 1,700 had already died from 9/11-related illness, more than 4,000 had received cancer diagnoses and more than 30,000 were sick.

The Zadroga Act has three parts: 1) James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act 2) World Trade Center Health Program and 3) the Victims Compensation Fund (VCF).

On Dec. 18, 2015, President Obama reauthorized the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010, which reauthorized the Victims Compensation Fund for an additional five years and adding $4.6 billion to pay claims. The act was named after NYPD Detective James Zadroga, who died at age 34 after working at Ground Zero.

Mental conditions and specific cancers In the Zadroga Act, Congress did not change how the VCF treats psychological conditions. As a result, the VCF is not able to accept claims solely for psychological conditions such as PTSD. However, the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program does provide options for treatment of psychological conditions. For information about whether you may be eligible for treatment for emotional or mental harms by the WTC Health Program, you may contact them by phone at 1-888-WTCHP4U (888-9824748), or on the web at http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/wtc. More information on 9/11-related cancers is revealed as time passes.

The dust and smoke from the 9/11 attacks are now linked to 70 types of cancer according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. As reported by New York Newsday cancers such as leukemia, myeloma, kidney and lung cancer, melanoma, prostate and bladder cancers and mesothelioma are on the rise among those who survived 9/11 – and cancer was just added in 2012 as a covered disease under the Zadroga Act. CNN reported that from January 2013 to January 2016 an average increase of 1,525 cancer cases occur per year. Zadrogaclaimsinfo.com includes the most common 9/11-related cancers above, along with female breast cancer, thyroid, melanoma of the skin, lymphoma, non-melanoma skin cancer, orpharynx, rectal and breast carcinoma in situ.

9/11 survivors still suffering Miriam Bauza of NewYork is one of those who contracted breast carcinoma in situ from her exposure as a human resource manager in a nearby building that day, prompting six months of such strong chemotherapy. She had to have injections every two to three weeks to reboot her system to strengthen it sufficiently to withstand more chemo. Bauza After the second plane went into Tower 2,“there was a big explosion, the lights went out and we were trying to get out - the elevator was swinging back and forth and it stopped on the 28th floor.”They got out and walked down the rest of the way.“So much smoke and dust, so we joined hands – you couldn’t see anything at all.”Choked up, pausing, Bauza explained that her whole body, eyes, hair and everything were covered in dust. By the next month, she had acid reflux and couldn’t walk very far because she had problems breathing. These breathing issues are prevalent with the survivors and first-responders.

Like Ricki DeSantis, a CEO/CFO in Manhattan that day who now lives in Navarre and suffers from severe respiratory issues. His COPD was added in July to the list of WTC-related illnesses. He was blown back about 20 feet as he was entering the lobby of Tower 2 on the south side when the second plane hit Tower 2 above him. After multiple spinal surgeries later to stabilize his spinal column, he has had tumors in his sinuses, and the antibiotics and multiple steroids he was prescribed for continuous respiratory infections and ailments have taken a toll on his body, inducing osteoporosis so severe doctors can’t operate because of his lack of sufficient bone density. His joints and hands DeSantis are painful and swollen, along with constant pain from the nerves pressing on his spinal column in addition to neuropathy.

“I shut down for the first 11 years,”DeSantis said.Visibly emotional, he looked down shaking his head, That toxic dust is thought to be a contributing factor in Marcy Borders’death last year at age 42. Haunting photos of her appeared after the tragedy as she became known as “The Dust Lady.”

According to USA Today she died after a battle with stomach cancer. Her daughter Noelle Borders explained how her mother fell into a deep depression after the attacks and began to abuse alcohol and drugs as her health deteriorated.

There’s no place like home Brian Kelly 's life was practically perfect before 9/11. He was a Rutgers and 2000 Wharton grad, a medical investment banker at Oppenheimer with a Park Avenue apartment and a home in New Jersey. That was until he exited the PATH train under the building of the World Trade Center. As he walked out of the WTC about 20 steps toward the west Kelly side highway walkway where he worked in 1 World Financial Center: "I heard a massive explosion right above me on Tower 1 and I figured it was just a gas explosion; however, debris started coming down."

He went into survival mode, ran across the street next to the Greek Orthodox church and dove underneath a car. "Jesus, Jesus, Jesus please save me - I was just trembling," he said. "Then a piece of cement hit the car I was under with such force it blew out all the windows and the front engine part came down on me almost pinning me and I could feel the pressure on my chest. By divine intervention it didn't crush any bones." Two people right next to him died, one of them completely dismembered - severed from glass."After Tower 2 was hit that's when I realized this was no mistake but we were being attacked and I felt the true meaning of terror - not knowing if I would ever see my family again," Kelly said.

After his near-death experience, a few weeks later Kelly was in the ER with a severe panic attack.“PTSD doesn’t surface right at that exact instant,”he said. He moved firms to Wachovia and then UBS on the west coast to get out of NewYork City. Eventually, he decided family was what was most important in life and returned to Florida, settling in Navarre near his family. After obtaining counseling, Kelly’s returning to Ground Zero seven years later was an integral part of his therapy. Kelly says he still sits at the back of any room being hypervigilant to ensure his safety or that of whomever he’s with.

Former Gulf Breeze police officer Kerry Troy was an NYPD officer called to the 9/11 site for rescue efforts where more than 25,000 were saved. Forced to retire in June due to surgeries on his back, shoulders, a hernia repair and respiratory issues from 9/11, he is unable to do his job. “Not a day goes by that I don’t think about it,”Troy said. “To those who weren’t there, it’s just another day. Every day after Troy 9/11 is a gift.”And Kelly wasn’t the only one that thought about home and family that day.

Over 140 Saudis were assisted by the FBI in leaving the country, returning to their homes in Saudi Arabia on several planes in the days after 9/11, according to an October 2003Vanity Fair article,“Saving the Saudis”that sourced Prince Bandar bin Sultan, then-Saudi Ambassador to the United States, and high-level Bush administration officials. The United States still refuses to release the names of those onboard.

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'The Dust Lady' - Marcy Bordes with the famous photo of her covered in dust. One year later on 9/11 is Marcy Bordes reflecting at her home in Bayonne, N.J.

"After Tower 2 was hit that's when I realized this was no mistake but we were being attacked and I felt the true meaning of terror - not knowing if I would ever see my family again."

–Brian Kelly, Navarre

Looking west toward the American Express Building from Church Street by Fulton Street and the Hudson River.

Looking down on Ground Zero south toward north from 35 floors up.

“Not a day goes by that I don’t think about it… Every day after 9/11 is a gift.”

–Kerry Troy, former NYPD officer at 9/11

9/11 Remembrance Events: Friday, Sept. 9 Navarre High School At 6 a.m. the NJROTC cadets will begin placing flags in front of the school. Each flag represents someone who died in the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. A ceremony will be held at the flag pole at 10:30 a.m. Holley-Navarre Fire District and the VFW Post 11367 Spectre Post will be participating.

Sunday, Sept. 11 The American Legion Post 382 The American Legion on Luneta Street in Navarre will host a brief ceremony in remembrance of 9/11 beginning at 1:30 p.m.

City of Fort Walton Beach In recognition of the 15th anniversary of the attacks of Sept.

11, the City of Fort Walton Beach is hosting a memorial ceremony to remember those lost in the attacks. The event will be held at 2 p.m. at the FWB Fire Department Station 6, 5 Hollywood Boulevard NE.

Myrna Webster, Navarre Sept. 15, 2001

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The investigation continues 15 years later What key indicators of a potential terrorist attack on American soil and its methods was available in the years leading up to the 9/11 attacks? On July 15, after more than 13 years and legislation (HR 14) to demand release of the classified 28 pages of the 9/11 Commission’s Investigation Report, it was released.

Former Democrat Sen. Bob Graham who chaired the Senate and House Intelligence Joint Inquiry Committee’s investigation had been pushing the White House to release the pages. Congressmen Walter Jones (R-N.C.), Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.) were among 14 critical players to see the action through to fruition.

The 28 redacted pages are part of the House and Senate intelligence committees’ 838-page report from December 2002, beginning on Page 395. Inside it are details of Saudi agents with links to Prince Bandar bin Sultan who was the Saudi ambassador to the United States from 1983-2005. These agents provided support to two of the accused 19 hijackers, including flows of money to them from Saudi officials, charities and more, to include Prince Bandar’s wife, Princess Haifa.

Analysis by the Jersey widows, wives of New Jersey executives killed that day who were instrumental in facilitating the 9/11 Commission, in their response to the recent release wrote that President Bush wanted to go to war in Iraq not Saudi Arabia, so the pages which said Saudi and Bandar instead of Hussein and Iraq were a huge problem. “The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia provided operational and financial support to the 9/11 hijackers.

That is a fact. And, the U.S. government has been covering up that fact for fifteen years – even to this very day. And that is a crime.”(Attribution Jersey Widows) Facts from the 28 pages These are extracts from the recently declassified 28 pages, identifying communications, fund transfers, and key players who had contact with the hijackers leading up to the 9/11 attacks. The full document can be found at navarrepress.com.

■ Captured in Pakistan in March 2002, Abu Zubaida had a telephone number in his phone book for a corporation in Aspen, Colo., which managed the affairs of the Colorado residence of Bandar (Page 428).

■ FBI informant Omar al-Bayoumi provided substantial support to two of the hijackers Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Mihdhar when they moved in with him in San Diego until suitable housing could be found. He co-signed their lease and may have paid their first month’s rent and security deposit.

Not only was he their translator, he helped them get acclimated to the U.S., obtain driver’s licenses and locate flight schools.

The financial support for al-Bayoumi came from a Saudi company affiliated with the Saudi Ministry of Defense as a monthly salary which increased from $465 per month to over $3,700 per month after al-Hazmi and al-Mihdhar arrived (Pages 422 and 425).

■ Osama Bassnan, a financial supporter of two of the 911 hijackers in San Diego, received money from Bandar and Bassnan’s wife also got money from Bandar’s wife. The FBI indicates that Bassnan cashed a check from Bandar for $15,000 on May 14, 1998. From Feb. 22, 1999 – May 30, 2002, the FBI located 11 cashier’s checks totaling $74,000 where Princess Haifa paid Bassnan’s wife. A standing order with Riggs Bank (which Bandar owned) was made effective January 1999 to send $2,000 a month to Bassnan’s wife. Bassnan lived in an apartment complex in San Diego across the street from hijackers alHazmi and al-Mihdhar (Pages 426 and 427).

■ Osama Bassnan had ties to the Saudi government, was employed by the Saudi Arabian Education Mission and the Muslim community alleged he was a Saudi intelligence officer (Page 417).

■ Several Saudi naval officers were in contact with hijackers al-Mihdhar and al-Hazmi via nine telephone calls between March 11 – 27, 2000 (Page 437).

Sarasota terror connection?

The NewYork Post reported in 2015 that about 15 days before the 9/11 attacks a prominent Saudi family walked away from everything in Sarasota, Fla. Neighbors reported the family’s suspicious departure. At least one family member trained at the same flight school as some of the 9/11 hijackers in Venice, Fla. This Florida information was never shared with Congress and was not mentioned in the 9/11 Commission Report.Visitor security logs for the gated Sarasota subdivision and photos of vehicles matched those of the hijackers, including Mohamed Atta. Graham who chaired the congressional Joint Inquiry into 9/11 believes the FBI is covering up a Saudi support cell in Sarasota for the hijackers.

Because of a Freedom of Information Act case regarding the potential Sarasota terror connection, Florida federal Judge William Zloch ordered the FBI to turn over more than 80,000 pages of classified documents by May 1, 2014. He is still combing through them.

Accountability for terrorism The children of the 2,996 victims of 9/11 have written an open letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan asking the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA, HR 3815)) be Jones placed on the calendar for a vote.“On the fifteenth anniversary of the murder of our parents…we will once again be reminded of the horrific details of their deaths….of all that is lost and all that will never be.”

The companion Senate bill 2040 passed unanimously May 17, 2016.

Congressmen Walter Jones told the Navarre Press he supports the right of families to bring lawsuits against the governments. “Those families have every right to compensation.”he said. “There is a right and a wrong and the right for the families to have the ability to go to the courts as it relates to 9/11.”

The bill’s aim is to ensure foreign sponsors of terrorist attacks in the U.S. are held accountable in U.S. courts.

This runs counter to the Supreme Court’s 2009 refusal to hear an appeal brought by families and insurers of 9/11 attack victims against Saudi Arabia and the royal family, based on a 1976 law granting sovereign immunity to foreign countries.

Calls for a new independent 9/11 investigation Jones looks at the declassification of the 28 pages as a giant step forward.”“If the Congress really wants to meet its constitutional duty, it needs to look into this further.”He was in Washington when 9/11 happened and later contacted Graham about“getting the truth out.”

Jones and others took the approach that the beginning of the truth started with the 28 pages.“I think it raises more questions about Prince Bandar and his wife funneling money to a conduit and getting it to the hijackers,”Jones said.“Why President Bush’s administration classified these 28 pages from the 9/11 Congressional Inquiry… there was no reason for it.”

Although he has no relationships with the 911 families, their pain and their desire that the truth be told weighs heavily on him.“There is no America unless America knows the truth about the horrendous and worst event that has hit this country,”he said.“And the additional information which may come from the Florida information.”

Jones and his colleagues Lynch and Massie intend to proceed with a letter to U.S. Rep. Nunez, Chairman of House Intelligence Committee and ranking member U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff, requesting hearings be held on this issue when the new Congress convenes in January 2017.

Jones has likened this to Pearl Harbor.“The American people have a right to the truth no matter how long it might take to come forward,”he said.“What we learn from that could have tremendous impact on our foreign policy about who truly are and are not our friends.”

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“On the fifteenth anniversary of the murder of our parents…we will once again be reminded of the horrific details of their deaths….of all that is lost and all that will never be.”

Open letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan from the children of the 9/11 victims advocating for the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA, HR 3815) Below is a sequence of photos showing Tower 2.

91115 YEARS 9/11 photos by Ricki DeSantis

Looking north and down on Ground Zero.

Timeline of Sept. 11, 2001 Tower 1, 110 stories

8:46 a.m. AA Flight 11 hits Tower 1 92 passengers onboard 10:28 a.m. Tower 1 collapses

Tower 2, 110 stories

9:03 a.m. United Flight 175 hits Tower 2 65 Passengers onboard 9:59 a.m. Tower 2 collapses

This is the Hudson River and the New York waterway taxi between Hoboken N.J. and Manhattan.

People gather at Fulton Street. Notice the military presence.

2,606 people perish in Tower 1 and Tower 2

Pentagon - west side

9:37 a.m. AA Flight 77 hits Pentagon 64 passengers onboard 125 perish inside Pentagon building

Shanksville, Pa.

10:17 a.m. United Flight 93 crashes in a field in Shanksville, Pa. 44 passengers onboard Target believed to be U.S. Capitol or White House

Building 7

47 stories Collapses at 5:21 p.m.

The 9/11 terrorist disaster resulted in the loss of 2,996 lives and injured more than 6,000 others. This includes 265 on the four planes, 2,606 in the World Trade Center and surrounding area and 125 at the Pentagon. *AA is American Airlines

“There is no America unless America knows the truth about the horrendous and worst event that has hit this country…and the additional information which may come from the Florida information.”

–U.S. Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.)

Looking west toward the American Express Building.

This photo was taken from across the street looking west from 42 floors up at what remained of the north Tower 1.

Looking west toward the American Express Building.

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Cox comes to Navarre businesses

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Gulf Breeze Area Chamber Ambassador of the Quarter Staff Reports news@navarrepress.com

Photo by Jamie Gentry

Co-owners of Southern Specialty Lisa Gambill and Magda Morton assist customers. Gambill said they would be switching to Cox Business Services once their two-year contract with Mediacom is finished.

By Jamie Gentry jamie@navarrepress.com Navarre businesses gained a new option for internet and voice services as Cox Communications opened service up to businesses along the U.S. Highway 98 corridor.

Public Affairs Manager for the Florida and Georgia area Cam Johnson said the expansion seemed like a logical choice.

“We already provided service in Escambia and Okaloosa, and we had the fiber running along 98 to connect the two,” Johnson said.“So we decided to offer business services to businesses along that Highway 98 corridor.”

Speeds range from 5MB to

10GB in optical internet services.

“Fiber-optic-based services are dedicated and highly reliable,”Johnson said.“Offering symmetric speeds (same speed for upload and download) they are ideal for business users who are increasingly dependent on fast, responsive and reliable internet, data transfer and telecommunications.”

Previously businesses could choose from Mediacom or AT&T for their services.

According to the Cox Business website, packages for small businesses start at $89.99 per month for phone and internet.

“Our prices are very competitive. We provide very fast business internet, and we can

tailor service to the needs of the business,”Johnson said.

Co-owner of Southern Specialty Lisa Gambill said she would be switching to Cox at the end of her current contract.

“I would switch now if we could get out of the contract because Mediacom is too slow,”she said. “I had Cox with another business in Destin, and the difference in service was amazing.”

But some business owners are happy with their current service.

Owner of British Pedlar Heather Pohlmann said she would probably not be switching from Mediacom because it is cheaper and reliable.

“I changed over two years ago because it was cheaper,”

she said. “I get their cable free, and it’s $40 cheaper a month with Mediacom. But I am a small business, so I am always open to other offers. I am always looking for a better deal.”

The company has had the option to reach into Navarre since 2006 when sole franchise rights were changed over to statewide franchising.

“We have crossed over those artificial boundaries to close that geographic gap. We are meeting with the people, now,”Johnson said. “It’s been positive. We have only been doing it there for a very short time, but otherwise it’s been very positive.”

Johnson said for businesses spanning multiple coun-

ties, the expansion means consistency.

“It can be a great thing if you have other offices in Okaloosa County that can connect to one provider. Cox business has always had high customer ratings and high customer retention. We are going to give the businesses there another option,” he said.

While local businesses can opt for the new provider, Johnson said the company currently does not plan to offer residential services to the area due to carrier agreements with local broadcasters and network partners.

They will not be offering business service outside the U.S. Highway 98 area of Santa Rosa County.

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The Gulf Breeze Area Chamber recognized Jeremy Carver, financial advisor with Edward Jones Carver as Ambassador of the Quarter for the second quarter of 2016.

A University of Alabama graduate, Carver has an entrepreneurial spirit and started three businesses by the age of 27. Carver ran his last company for 12 years with his wife, and in his spare time, he pursued his passion for helping others in a number of ways.

When realizing his passion truly was “to help people live a great story,” he sold his company, pursued a career in financial planning and moved his family to Gulf Breeze. Outside of work, Carver is passionate about our community’s small businesses, education system, his church, and his family. He is a member of the Gulf Breeze Optimist Club, Gulf Breeze Toastmasters and Leadership Santa Rosa Class 30.

“The quality of life within communities is a direct reflection of the quality of connections within the community,” Carver said. “The Gulf Breeze Chamber and the Gulf Breeze community are superbly creating that quality of life for which our family relocated here. My role as an Ambassador permits me the opportunity to be a part of strengthening those connections within this community.... And I dig that! Plus, this role permits me the opportunity to meet so many of our community’s contributors.”

Business Briefs Gulf Breeze Community Expo & Taste of Gulf Breeze The Gulf Breeze Area Chamber of Commerce will host the 27th Annual Gulf Breeze Community Expo, on Friday and Saturday Oct. 7 and 8 at the Gulf Breeze Community Center. The Expo is an indoor event showcasing businesses serving the Gulf Breeze and Pensacola Bay areas. The doors open to the public from 5 to 8:30 p.m. Friday evening, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday.

Friday evening features the Taste of Gulf Breeze, the Opening Event for the Gulf Breeze Community Expo weekend and is an exciting, competitive, culinary adventure. Area restaurants and food and beverage providers will tempt you with culinary delights as you mingle through the exhibition areas. You be the judge as you sample free appetizers, beverages and desserts and determine the winners of the Golden Spatula Awards. Your $5 admission gets you into the premier culinary event of the year in Gulf Breeze. On Saturday, bring the family out for fun-filled children’s activities while you explore all the community expo has to offer. Admission Saturday is Free. Exhibit space is still available for the Expo. By showcasing your business at the expo, you are increasing your business exposure in the Gulf Breeze area. The Expo is set up with a variety of attractive booth styles to choose from. Contact the Gulf Breeze Area Chamber to register your business today, 850-9327888 or at reception@gulfbreezechamber.com. For more information or to download the registration form visit the Chamber’s website at www.gulfbreezechamber.com. Chamber membership is not required to exhibit in the Community Expo.

Regular registration is open now until Sept. 27. Sponsorship opportunities are available.

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Education briefs Northwest Florida State College to host annual College Night College Night, an annual event that features representatives from more than 60 colleges and universities in several states, will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 14, in Raider Arena (Building 200) on Northwest Florida State College’s Niceville Campus. Admission is free. Sponsored jointly by NWF State College and the Okaloosa and Walton school districts, College Night provides NWF students, high school students, their parents and others the opportunity to gather information, ask questions and plan for college or university transfer. Representatives from NWF State College’s bachelor’s and associate degree programs, as well as student services and financial aid, will be on hand to provide information on NWF programs of study.

Northwest Florida State College is located at 100 College Blvd. E., Niceville, FL 32578. For more information, call 850-678-5111.

Pensacola State College hosts college fair More than 60 colleges and universities will have representatives providing information at the 2016 College Fair, Sept. 11-13, hosted by Pensacola State College, in conjunction with the Escambia and Santa Rosa County School Boards. The three College Fair events are free and open to the public. High school juniors, seniors and parents have the opportunity to ask questions about college admissions, financial aid, scholarships, academic programs, resident life/housing, and student life. PSC students and parents are also invited to get answers to their transfer questions. College Fair events are available at the following locations: ■ South Santa Rosa County Schools: 4-6:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept.11, PSC South Santa Rosa Center.

■ Escambia County Schools: 67:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 12, Pensacola campus, Building 3, Lou Ross Health and Sports Center.

■ North Santa Rosa County Schools: 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept.

13, PSC Milton campus, Building 4000, L.I.F.E. Fitness Center.

For more information, visit www.pensacolastate.edu/collegefair.

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Navarre students still face homelessness

By Jamie Gentry jamie@navarrepress.com Poverty in Santa Rosa County schools has hit an all-time high and the number of homeless students this year is expected to rise.

Of the 28,233 students in the county 47 percent qualify for free or reduced lunches, and last year the number of students reported homeless or unaccompanied, meaning they are without a parent or guardian, was 1,301.

The count restarts July 1 and with only a few weeks of school complete the district has identified 497 homeless students and 33 unaccompanied youth. Of these students, 96 attend class right here in Navarre.

The number of homeless and unaccompanied is expected to nearly triple by the end of the school year.

Some of these students are living in motels and hotels. Others live with their families in cars or in temporary arrangements. Some even sleep outside.

Director of Federal Programs for the Santa Rosa County school district Karen Barber, Ph.D., said identifying those struggling can be a challenge.

A form is sent with each student to specify living arrangements to give the school district insight into whom and how many students fall under the homeless or unaccompanied definitions, but those living situations fluctuate throughout the school year.

“Our goal is to support those students and provide the resources they need to not only stay in school and graduate, but also to successfully transition to post-secondary training or college or a career.”

–Karen Barber, Ph.D., director of federal programs for SRC school district “Many time a situation with a family changes during the school year. Then they move to a hotel or they move in with another family doubled up,”Barber said.

She said fear or embarrassment can keep parents and children from coming forward.

“There is some embarrassment that people have about being homeless,”she said.“Some of them think they are going to lose custody of their child, but that’s not the case.That is not considered abuse and neglect.”

Families become homeless for a number of reasons whether it is the loss of a job

or inability to pay the cost of housing or even illness.

“Sometimes it’s the health of the parent or guardian that causes the parent to lose their job and then they can lose their home,”she said.

“It’s important to offer support not only to the students but also to the student’s family.”

Barber said education and removing the stigma are key.

“People don’t want to be judged,”she said.“There are a lot of causes of poverty, and not all of them are the individual’s fault.”

The school district has services in place to assist these children and their fam-

ilies. There is a benevolence fund that allows Barber to pay for children’s needs such as clothes, food and basic supplies.

The district also partners with local hotels and service agencies like United Way and Family Promise to put roofs over the student’s and their families’heads.

Barber said just last week she had an 18-year-old highschool student with a 2-yearold daughter who had nowhere to go. Barber put the student in supportive housing so she could continue classes.

“Our goal is to support those students and provide the resources they need to not only stay in school and graduate, but also to successfully transition to postsecondary training or college or a career. Nowadays you can’t get a good job and be self-sufficient with only a high-school diploma,”Barber said.

For homeless or unaccompanied students, the school district arranges college tours, assists in filling out FASFA and college applications and even attempts to provide graduates with a

laptop as they enter secondary education.

Barber explained that while giving them free school supplies and the best education available is great, it won’t do any good if their basic needs are not met.

“Once they can get a roof over their head, then we can focus on academic achievement. Their basic needs, if those are met first then we can teach the child,” she said.

Barber said though the school district and its partners offer these families resources, they are still in need of support.

“We really need more transitional houses. That is why we have to use hotels so often,”she said.

The school district accepts donations to help these students. Financial donations can be made to the Santa Rosa Education Foundation.

Food drives can be set up through Manna Food Bank, and donations of toiletries, school supplies, laptops and more are also accepted. For more information, Barber can be reached at 850-9835001 or barber@mail.santarosa.k12.fl.us.

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Every Kid in a Park Pass Gulf Islands National Seashore encourages all fourth-graders to visit the park for free this year as part of the Every Kid in a Park program. The program gives fourth-grade students, and those accompanying them, free access to more than 2,000 public lands and waters nationwide for a year.

Visit www.EveryKidinaPark.gov to download the pass and get more information.

Color Run The Holley-Navarre Intermediate Color Run will be Saturday, Oct. 1 at 9 a.m. This run will be the major fundraiser for the PTO during the school year. Their goal is to raise $60,000 for a new playground for their Hawks. Tickets include T-shirt and race big. All sales are tax-deductible. All participants must be accompanied by an adult. No pets allowed. After the run there will be a dance party with a DJ. Food and drink vendors will be on site. For more information, visit http://www.hnispto.com/hnipto-color-run/.

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STUDENT of the WEEK

Navarre High School JROTC Cadets of the Month Submitted photo

Navarre High School’s Raider Battalion Cadets of the Month for August 2016 are Junior Cadet Katie Knapp and Senior Cadet Isaac Matos. They were nominated by their platoon leaders based on their leadership skills, NJROTC knowledge, and their dedication to the NJROTC Program. C/PO1 Isaac Matos is authorized to wear the following ribbons: SLS, Mini-boot camp, Distinguished unit, NS1 Outstanding cadet, orienteering, community service, participation, drill team, physical fitness, exemplary service, aptitude, and exemplary appearance. Knapp’s goals for NJROTC are: “To earn a staff position, and eventually become CO.” Matos’ goals for NJROTC are: “To be on the exhibition team and armed basic team.”

Both selectees were presented awards by Captain Mark Eubanks and Master Chief Jimmy Ethridge, with a Certificate of Recognition, two free movie passes, and unit coins.

Jordan Wallace

Age: 17 Class: 2017 Parents: Sandy Clauss-Wallace and Craig Wallace School subject: Science Extracurricular activity: Tennis Hobbies: Reading Car: Volkswagon Beetle Store: Adidas Musical Artist: The Beatles Movie: “Wreck-It Ralph” TV show: “The Big Bang Theory” Cafeteria food must-have: Don’t eat there Last book read that wasn’t required: “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” Pet peeve: People showing up late Person most admired: My mom Person I’d like to meet: Emma Watson Items always in my locker: Nothing, I dual enroll First job: Babysitting Top accomplishment: President’s list at PSC After-graduation plans: Go to college and earn my degree in Veterinary Medicine Career goal: Wildlife Veterinarian

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9/11: Fifteen years ago time stood still 9/11. It is the one day in the history of our lifetime when no matter whom you ask, everyone knows exactly where they were and what they were doing at the moment they heard about the attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and what probably would have been the United States Capitol or the White House. We watched the television coverage with tears in our eyes and hands over our mouths in disbelief.

9/11. A day in our history that claimed thousands of lives and created hundreds of heroes. In unspeakable moments televised for the world to watch, people jumped out of burning buildings to their deaths while firefighters made their way up the towers to rescue the living. Then the unthinkable happened and the buildings collapsed. In the midst of the tangled steel and crushed concrete, heroes searched for survivors and recovered the dead. The heroes were men, women and even search and rescue dogs. Some from hundreds of miles away and some from next door to the wreckage. While most were running away from the terror, our heroes were running straight for it knowing they may not come back from where they were going.

9/11. It is this very day in the history of our lifetime that forever changed every single American’s life, way of life and what we fear.

Before 9/11 we were afraid of…well…not much. In fact, for most Americans it was not even in the realm of reality that someone, anyone, a country, much less a group whom most of us had never heard of could attack us on our soil. And after 9/11 it became a fear that it would happen again. Innocence and naivety were stripped away.

9/11. It deepened our resolve as Americans, made us stand taller and prouder than we had in a long time. Our wounds were screaming at us to do something, to lash out, to let them hear us.

Battle songs were written with lyrics like,“Justice will be served and the battle will rage. This big dog will fight when you rattle it’s

cage. You’ll be sorry that you messed with the U.S.A.”(Toby Keith) And when the rage calmed, this song was written (Alan Jackson)“Where were you when the world stopped turning that September day? …Did you stand there in shock at the sight of that black smoke rising against that blue sky? Did you shout out in anger, in fear for your neighbor, or did you just sit down and cry?”

The sale of American flags skyrocketed and men and women joined the military in unprecedented numbers.

9/11. The day changed the way wars are fought. How do we fight a group of people who wish us harm and represent an ideology rather than a country? They weren’t from just one place but many. How do you take a fight to those people? We had to figure that out and in a hurry. The hunt for the group’s leader, Osama bin Laden began in the mountains of Afghanistan.

9/11. Fifteen years ago seems so far away and yet the memories burn as if it happened yesterday.

Osama bin Laden is dead, but his terror lives on and yet many of us find ourselves back in the same place we were on 9/10. Innocent and naive.

Another song comes to mind. “Have you forgotten how it felt that day? To see your homeland under fire and her people blown away. Have you forgotten when those towers fell?...Have you forgotten?”(Darryl Worley).

9/11. Let us never forget. Let us always remember and honor those who lost their lives in the events of 9/11 and those who have fallen in the fight against terror. Our lives will never be the same. Out of the wreckage stands Freedom Tower and a memorial as our reminder. The scars of that day remain, our resolve remains. The memories are still vivid. The lives lost are still on our minds. The videos of the planes slamming into the towers are still in motion in our eyes. We resolve to never forget.

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Letter to the Editor Half-Cent Tax During WW II around the time the silver (zinc) penny came into use (1943), the copper and other vital metals were used in manufacturing war materials.

The State of Mississippi issued plastic tax coins, one cent and 10 cents, legal tender in Mississippi.

In as much as our Santa Rosa Taxers were able to pass the half-penny tax, is the county going to issue its own tax coins?

Keep in mind, even dollars, i.e: $2, $4, $6, $8 etc. will have 1-cent tax whereas uneven dollars, i.e.: $1, $3, $5, $7 etc will have a half cent in the roundup?

How soon we forget the ‘Infrastructure’6-cent tax increase on gasoline to 12 cents, now 12.5.

According to a newspaper article, a county official bragged every dollar spent in the county will be taxed. Does this mean groceries (food), prescriptions, fees at doctors/dentists, hospitals, assisted living, water? If so, this is outrageous, immoral and possibly illegal. Taxing the Right to Life!

We have been kept in the dark!

Don’t forget to send us our new fire truck. If she’s Big and Red, not white or yellow.

Edwin G. Kline Navarre

Larry and Elouise Thomas of Navarre recently visited friends Randy Metcalf (originally from Holley) and wife Sandi in Chapala Mexico near Guadalajara.

SRC Meetings

Sept. 8 - 14 Santa Rosa County Meetings

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Commissioner Regular Santa Rosa County Administrative Center Board Room 6495 Caroline St., Milton, 9 a.m. *Broadcast live at santarosa.fl.gov

FL-AL TPO Meeting Santa Rosa County Commission Chambers 6495 Caroline St., Milton, 9 a.m. *Broadcast live at santarosa.fl.gov

Zoning Board Santa Rosa County Administrative Center Board Room 6495 Caroline St., Milton, 6 p.m. *Broadcast live at santarosa.fl.gov

Building Code Board of Adjustments Public Services Conference Room 6051 Old Bagdad Highway, Milton, 2:30 p.m.

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By Sandi Kemp, Publisher

Santa Rosa County raised the percentage of voters actually voting in the 2016 primary more than 10 percent from 2014 to 2016. I’d like to say congratulations – except that is still only one in four eligible voters – voting. At least it is a step in the right direction. So in 2014, less than 15 percent of eligible voters chose the elected officials we have now. That is a sobering thought. (I will not use my circling the toilet bowl comment because someone might use it out of context like he did the last time – and continues to do so.)

Come out and enjoy the last summer concert at 6:30 p.m. in Navarre Park tonight where Chloe Channell will be performing.

Scooter’s Fish House is now open seven days a week on Highway 87. Visit navarreseafood.com for more information.

The Holley Navarre Seniors Center will be hosting a Friday Fish Fry on Sept. 16.

See their ad for more information.

To preclude any future treestand hunting incidents, please read our story on the Outdoors page C5.

Talk of depression has previously been considered taboo by some, but it’s absolutely necessary. Health not only includes the body but also the mind. If you see a change in your child, family member or friend, see that they get help. Please see our Faith and Family story this week on Page B9 about teenage depression. It just might save a life.

If you would like to dedicate a durable composite bench on Navarre Beach’s bike and walking path in honor of a loved one, here’s your chance.

See how at Navarre Beach page B8.

Shana Roberson is helping set the example of total fitness each week on our Healthy Living page C6. She’s been there, done that (made all the mistakes) and seeks to help you avoid them or reverse a downward health and fitness spiral.

Follow her weekly in Navarre Press.

The famous Holley Navarre Senior Center Pancake Breakfast is this Saturday at the Holley Navarre Seniors Center from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Cost is $5.

We’re looking for some fun pet stories. See how to get them to us at the bottom of our Pets page B5. We would love to hear them!

Navarre's Second Annual First Responders Appreciation Rally will be on Saturday, Sept. 17. Those wanting to participate will meet at 10 a.m. in the parking lot at Helen Back Again in Navarre and march down to the Navarre Park where there will be a ceremony.

For more information, call 850939-3267.

Gulf Islands National Seashore encourages all fourth-graders to visit the park for free this year as part of Every Kid in a Park program.

The program gives fourth-grade students, and those accompanying them, free access to more than 2,000 public lands and waters nationwide for a year.

See our Outdoors page C5 for more information.

I just got back from Clarkson Eye Care. It is more than just an eye appointment. We have written about this before, but they can tell a lot about your health by looking into your eyes. They also take blood pressure as part of your appointment. If you haven’t had your eyes checked in the last two years - you might want to make an appointment.

Quote of the Week: “What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 1882)

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Lawmaker: Probe deleted Clinton emails cited in FBI report Obamacare stumbles on For years, Obamacare supporters have been telling critics of the law to shut up and fall in line. Now, they are urging them to come to its rescue.

A key part of President Barack Obama's domestic legacy is sputtering so badly that even the law's boosters are admitting that the federal government needs to do more to prop it up. The Obamacare exchanges were supposed to enhance choices and hold down costs -- and are doing neither. Abandoned by more and more insurers, the exchanges -- once billed as robust "marketplaces" -- are becoming pitiful shadows of themselves.

In most or all of states like Alaska, Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Missouri, Oklahoma, North Carolina and Tennessee, probably only one insurer will offer insurance through the exchanges next year, reports The Wall Street Journal. One large county in Arizona may have no exchange insurer at all. An analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation finds that 31 percent of counties in the U.S. will have one insurer, and another 31 percent will have just two.

It isn't Republicans who are hobbling the law. It isn't the greedy insurance companies, which were overoptimistic about the exchanges at the outset and are now paying the price. It is fundamental economic forces that the law's architects blithely ignored. But economic incentives will not be mocked.

Obamacare regulations make health insurance more expensive and keep insurers from conducting their business on a rational basis. This means the exchanges are less attractive to younger and healthier people and therefore less economical for insurers. The mandate was supposed to force healthier people to buy insurance anyway, but it has proven too weak, and subsidies were supposed to cover the higher costs for poorer people, but they are only a Band-Aid on spiraling costs.

The exchanges have created perverse insurance products that feature the worst of all worlds: They have high premiums and high deductibles and copays, and limited networks of doctors.

No wonder the exchanges have attracted half as many people as they were expected to. Leave it to the federal government to create a market so unappealing that it is borderline unsustainable.

When Aetna announced last month that it was exiting all but four state exchanges, liberals charged that the company was exacting revenge on the Obama administration for blocking its hoped-for merger with Humana. But what accounts for United Healthcare pulling back, and all the other exoduses? All these insurers made a go of it on the exchanges before reality slapped them in the face. Analysts expect the remaining insurers to ask for big premium hikes next year.

The answer to this turbulence, the law's supporters say, is yet more subsidies. But it obviously makes no sense for the government to make a product more expensive with one hand and then to subsidize its cost with the other. This was pointed out at the time the law was being debated. But the Obama administration and its allies were too transfixed with "making history." And so they did -- by passing an Affordable Care Act that is one of the great misnomers in the history of major American legislation.

Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review. (c) 2016 by King Features Synd., Inc.

For alt we know

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In this May 17, 2016 file photo, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Chaffetz asked a federal prosecutor Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016, to determine whether Hillary Clinton, and others working with her played a role in the deletion of thousands of her emails by a Colorado technology firm overseeing her private computer server in 2015. The written request, obtained by The Associated Press, is based on recent revelations from the FBI, which decided not to press for criminal charges after its own year-long investigation.

By Stephen Braun and Eileen Sullivan Associated Press Washington — The Republican chairman of the House committee investigating Hillary Clinton's email practices asked a federal prosecutor Tuesday to determine whether she or others working with her played a role in the deletion of thousands of her emails by a Colorado technology firm overseeing her private computer server in 2015.

The written request by Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, and obtained by The Associated Press, is based on recent revelations from the FBI, which decided not to press for criminal charges after its own yearlong investigation.

Clinton and her longtime aide and lawyer, Cheryl Mills, told FBI investigators during questioning that they had no knowledge of the deletions.Those occurred separately from the email deletions overseen by the former secretary of state's legal team last year before she turned over 33,000 work-related messages to the State Department.The FBI's recently released summaries of its investigation did not offer any evidence contradicting their statements.

In a separate letter also obtained by the AP, Chaffetz - the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman - warned the Denver-based tech firm, which hosted Clinton's server, that one of its engineers who deleted Clinton's electronic files last year could face federal charges of obstructing justice and destroying evidence for erasing the material.That's because the congressional inquiry into the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, in which four Americans were killed, had issued a formal order on March 3, 2015, to preserve such records.

The moves by the GOP ledHouse committee amount to new political complications for Clinton's presidential campaign, which was spared a legal ordeal in July when FBI Director James Comey upbraid-

ed Clinton for careless email practices but declined to seek criminal charges after the bureau's investigation. Donald Trump and GOP allies have urged the appointment of an independent prosecutor - an unlikely prospect so late in the presidential election.

The sparse evidence laid out in Chaffetz' letters - highlighting a March 2015 phone discussion between Platte River Networks and Clinton lawyers that FBI agents were unable to detail - also shows the uphill climb the committee faces in turning up any significant new information beyond what the FBI already learned in its inquiry.

"The bottom line is these documents were destroyed and they were records under subpoena," Chaffetz told the AP. "Secretary Clinton has fought this every step of the way.

The election should not slow down this probe."

Clinton's campaign dismissed Chaffetz's outline of the email deletions as a "conspiracy theory" debunked by the FBI investigation.

"This is yet another example of the congressman abusing his office by wasting further taxpayer resources on partisan attacks," Clinton campaign spokesman Brian Fallon said Tuesday.

Platte River Networks and its lawyer were not immediately available for comment.

Chaffetz's letter to the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, Channing Phillips, comes nearly two months after the House committee similarly asked the same prosecutor to determine whether Clinton committed perjury and made false statements in testimony to congressional committees. The new referral asked the Justice Department to "investigate and determine whether Secretary Clinton or her employees and contractors violated statutes that prohibit destruction of records, obstruction of congressional inquiries and concealment or cover up of evidence material to a

congressional investigation."

Chaffetz also questioned whether the mass email deletions by the unidentified Platte River engineer, which came at about the same time as a conference call with Clinton's legal team, might have been "instructed" by Clinton through her lawyers. Comey said last July that he had no basis to find that the deletions of Clinton's emails were aimed at concealing evidence.

The FBI said Mills had instructed the Platte River engineer in December 2014 to delete all emails from the server older than 60 days old. But the engineer apparently forgot to delete the files and didn't realize his mistake until March 2015, the FBI said. That was three weeks after Clinton's email revelation and the House Benghazi committee's order that Clinton and her tech consultants retain all of her email records.

According to the FBI files, the engineer told agents that "he believed he had an 'oh, (expletive)' moment," and deleted the archived emails sometime during the last week of March 2015.The FBI report said the engineer used a program BleachBit to delete the files in ways thought to make them unrecoverable.

The report said that the engineer "was aware of the existence of the (Benghazi committee) preservation request and the fact that it meant he should not disturb Clinton's email data on the PRN server."

The FBI said Platte River personnel had a conference call with Mills and David Kendall, Clinton's longtime personal lawyer, in late March 2015. FBI agents found a Platte River "work ticket" for such a call on March 31, but they reported that the company's attorney advised the engineer "not to comment on the conversation with Kendall based on the assertion of attorney-client privilege." Chaffetz said he will seek to examine the work ticket.

Kendall and Cheryl Mills' attorney were not immediately available to discuss Chaffetz's letters.

What if: Hacks, email leaks could sway election weeks away

By Jack Gillum Associated Press Washington - Brace for a stream of digital leaks and shenanigans

by Election Day. Whether it's newly disclosed Democratic Party emails or someone tampering with voting machines, this year's presidential election could come with hacking intrigue like none before it.

Consider messages stolen from the Democrats by suspected Russian-linked hackers and posted online in the summer by the selfdescribed persona Guccifer 2.0.

That trove led to so much outrage from fellow Democrats that the party's chairwoman, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, was forced to resign.

Beyond partisan embarrassment from those leaks, security risks to electronic voting machines have the potential to do even more damage. Compromised machines, producing faulty vote tallies, would raise questions about the very integrity of the political process.

"Election administrators are

trained to run elections, not defend computer systems," said Joe Hall, chief technologist for the Washington-based Center for Democracy and Technology. "The voting systems we use in many cases don't keep the kind of evidence one would need to detect an attack, let alone recover from it, without disruption or loss of votes."

Donald Trump has already suggested trouble is ahead, saying in early August he's "afraid the election is going to be rigged." He didn't provide specific evidence. He asked volunteers on his website to sign up to be poll monitors in November.

Foreign state-sponsored hacking of the machines - or even voter-registration records - would also have practical implications, like delayed results or hiccups in allowing citizens to cast a ballot.

"The biggest potential surprise in 2016 comes from the internet, and the potential for state-sponsored or hacker-instigated data dumps and turbulence that are disconnected from the campaigns," said Prince-

ton historian Julian Zelizer.

Federal officials are becoming increasingly concerned about the possibility that hackers, particularly those working for Russia or another country, will make mischief.

Two U.S. cybersecurity firms have said their analysis of computer breaches at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee showed detailed evidence that the intrusions were probably linked to Russian hackers. The internet domains and registrants used in the breach of computers used by the committee tied back to a Russian hacking group linked to that nation's intelligence services. That same hacking group, known as "Fancy Bear," was previously connected to the cyber breach at the Democratic National Committee.

Matthew Green, a Johns Hopkins cryptography expert, offered a simple solution to stave off ballot hacks: "There is only one way to protect the voting system from a nation-statefunded cyberattack," he wrote on Twitter. "Use paper."

Forget about the anti-everyone-else zealots, the so-called white nationalists who hang on Donald Trump like a hooded robe. They like to refer to themselves as "alt-right," which is all right with Hillary Clinton and her peeps, who argue that the Trumpster has pulled the crazies out of their dumpster and spewed their noxious garbage into the mainstream of politics.

He's even made one of their most outspoken haters his campaign chief. Still, Donny responds to her charges with his usual finesse. He's now calling Hillary "a bigot." It's great entertainment. If you like horror movies.

But "alt-right" is nowhere near as much fun as that other characteristic of this campaign, the constant litany of conspiracy theories. Let's call them altwacko: The election is rigged; a judge of Mexican heritage can't give Donald Trump a fair hearing; Vladimir Putin is in cahoots with Trump, so the Russian government is releasing private emails that embarrass Hillary Clinton and the Democrats so much that the emails will sway the election toward Trump. After all, look at all the nice things Vladimir says about Donald.

And look at the experts citing evidence that hackers attached to his government are the ones dumping material that discredits Hillary, though she does a good job of that herself.

Yes, look at that stuff. But also consider how blatant it is, how heavy-handed, how widely accepted it is that Putin wants to put his guy Trump in the White House. Except that maybe it's too neat, too obvious.

So let me show you a doublecross conspiracy theory, one that will demonstrate that I, too, can play the nutcase game.

Consider the possibility that it's really Hillary that Vlad wants to win. What if he's floating all the assumptions that he's a Trump guy, because of a public perception that he's manipulating Donald like a puppet. If his geeks at the Kremlin really wanted to humiliate the Democrats, would they be so transparent about it? In this case, the Russians have done everything they can to take credit, short of tagging their hacks with "I'm Vladimir Putin, and I approved this message."

So my theory is that it's Putin and the Clintonistas who are orchestrating this subterfuge.

Do I have any proof? Of course not, but then what proof do the right-wingers have that Hillary Clinton has health issues or that Barack Obama was born in Kenya? The answer is none whatsoever.

If we are alt-anything these days, it is alt-universe, where facts don't matter at all, where "vast right-wing conspiracies" explain away questions about Hillary's honesty, or Donny's rants about Ted Cruz's father being connected to the JFK assassination are taken seriously. That was given credence because it appeared in the National Enquirer. Often, it's because "many people say."

Let's face it, folks: A political system that leaves us such a pathetic choice should be reformed. Perhaps we're not capable anymore of producing a campaign that's not silly and nasty. Not that many other countries are doing much better. But whatever happened to "American Exceptionalism"? In reality, our unreal system of choosing leaders with its reliance on corrupt money and demagogic foolishness can be described this way: It's an altembarrassment. (c) 2016 Bob Franken Distributed by King Features Synd.

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By Rob Johnson rob@navarrepress.com Santa Rosa County will be $5.1 million richer in the fiscal year starting Oct. 1, but not at the expense of property owners.

That’s because of the halfpenny sales tax to pay for various infrastructure improvements that was approved by county voters on Aug. 30.

Although the new tax is expected to bring in about $7 million annually during its five-year tenure, only about 75 percent of that amount is reflected in Santa Rosa’s tentative budget for the next fiscal year.

“It’s 75 percent because the tax doesn’t actually start until January,”explained Jayne Bell, director of the county’s Office of Management and Budget. In the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, 2017, a more precise estimate of the sales tax annual revenue should be available—based on collections during its first nine months.

For now, the county is adding $5.1 million to its anticipated income for fiscal 2016-2017.

“That number will depend on the economy, especially a successful tourist season,”said Rod Lewis, vice president of analytics at Career Source Florida, a nonprofit Pensacola group specializing in job growth.

“Just in case, they need to build in some wiggle room,” Lewis said.

The county relied on a State of Florida estimate for the sales-tax revenue. Florida's Office of Economic and Demographic Research calculated that Santa Rosa could expect to receive about $7.15 million a year from a halfpenny sales tax. The county in turn based its budget planning somewhat conservatively on 95 percent of the state's estimate--a formula required by Florida statute.

Penciling it in The county apparently agrees because the $5.1 million in expected revenue from the sales tax isn’t appropriated for spending on planned operations - which produce a series of must-pay bills.

Instead, the tentative budget assigns the sales-tax income to unspecified capital projects that are considered optional, or could be delayed.

But the overall budget doesn’t contain much wiggle room: projected revenue, including the sales tax, is $127,276,875, exactly the amount planned for expenditures.

That’s with the county’s millage rate on property taxes unchanged at 6.0953 mills.

One mill is $1 in tax per $1,000 in assessed value.

Although the specific uses of the new sales tax won’t be decided until after newly

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Despite some rain and a Gulf hurricane threat, visitors didn’t shy away from Navarre Beach for Labor Day weekend.

By Jamie Gentry jamie@navarrepress.com Despite dwindling attendance along the Gulf Coast in the wake of Hurricane Hermine, Navarre Beach bed-tax collectors reported maxed out occupancy for the three-day Labor Day weekend.

As CNBC warned travelers to rethink their Florida travel plans, hotels in Panama City Beach reported high cancellations due to the storm and discounted rates to recapture those visitors, but Summerwind Resort General Manager Petra Fransis said although she considered running discounts, she did not need to.

“I did not run any specials,” she said.“We were going to,

but didn’t need to because we did not have anybody call to cancel. Actually we had a higher occupancy now than we did last year. Not by much, but it was a little better.”

Her property was at about 98 percent occupancy, an improvement over last year’s reservation numbers.

And Summerwind Resort was not alone.

Best Western’s Front Desk Agent Allen Collinsworth reported similar occupancy and no cancellations.

Liz Horton of Wyndham by Resort Quest said they did not have any cancellations either.

Though guests did call with concerns, Horton said they were able to assuage fears by assuring visitors that the storm

was headed elsewhere.

“We had some calls mostly into our 24/7 reservation office,”Horton said.“We had one that we took a picture of the beach and sent it to them.

There were no cancellations to my knowledge, but whether they did not book because of it, I don’t know.”

Though there were no cancellations, Wyndham was down 5 percent in occupancy from last Labor Day. Horton said she believed that had more to do with having extra units this year than storm issues.

Santa Rosa RV Resort Manager Jinks Dupre said she did have visitors chose not to come Labor Day because of the storm.

“We had a couple of people (four or five) who did change

dates, not really any cancellations, just moving the date back because they didn’t know where the storm would be,” she said.

But the resort still saw higher numbers than the previous year.

“We were pretty full,”Dupre said.

Fransis said sometimes visitors from farther away are not always familiar with which part of the state a hurricane is headed for.

“We would tell them to pay attention to the weather channel since we were not in the path and on the west side of it which is the good side to be of it,”she said.“There were some people that saw the flooding in central Florida and don’t

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realize that’s not near here.”

As the storm pushed toward the center of Florida, visitors may have changed plans to head further north. Fransis said that she had two last-minute reservations Thursday, Sept. 1.

Tourist Development Director Julie Morgan said she was unable to provide any specific numbers from the holiday for this year and last, but she did say that she saw lots of visitors.

“It looked like a very busy weekend even though we had the storm before the weekend,” she said.“It didn’t really affect us. The bridge was busy.The beach was busy.The Sound was busy. It was crowded I noticed in the public access parking lots.”

Tourism board favors current marketing agency

By Jamie Gentry jamie@navarrepress.com After hearing three 30plus minutes of presentations Sept. 1, the Santa Rosa County Tourism Development Board ranked advertising and marketing company Davis, South, Barnett and Patrick Public Relations and Advertising (DSBP) as their top pick for managing marketing of the county’s tourism for the next three years.

DSBP has been working with the county for three years after splitting from their parent company and previous county advertising firm Maxi Media Group.

The Mobile, Ala.-based company is in competition with two other Orlandobased agencies, Evok Advertising and Paradise Advertising.

During the meeting, Paradise was the first to present.

They showcased examples of other Florida counties and cities for which

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Stewart Hill of Evok Advertising discusses visioning plans for the county’s marketing with the Tourism Development Committee Sept. 1. Evok ranked last in the voting after proposing the highest price tag for services. they do tourism marketing. They showed video spots, billboards and digital advertisements they produced for Daytona Beach, Amelia Island and the Everglades, which they have

worked with for 15 years.

Evok brought a complete mock-up of a redesign of the tourism website to include new branding and mottos focused on incorporating destinations in the north and

south ends of the county.

“To visitors, a beach is a beach is a beach is a beach,” CEO Larry Meador said.

“They are asking‘what else you got?’”

During their presentation

DSBP talked at length about the projects they have planned for the next months for Santa Rosa and their previous work.

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■ A $5,000 grant was awarded to Lagerheads of the Gulf for the Southeastern Volleyball Tournament Championship. Southern

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DSBP’s Meredith South implored the board to let them keep working with the county.

“We have waited a long time to gain your trust, and y’all do trust,” South said.

“We are so excited to be a part of branding this community and actually show you our ideas of what needs to be done…We are passionate about this county.

The four of us have worked tirelessly on this account every day for seven years.”

After the presentations, the companies were asked to leave while the board discussed their vote.

Member April Sarver said she felt Paradise would not be a good fit.

“I feel like we would be a smaller fish in a bigger sea with Paradise whereas with the others I feel like we would be a bigger fish,”she said.

Board member Norm Crowder said the cost plan for Evok seemed outside what the county could afford.

Evok was the only company that would charge a retainer fee, mark up for media created and additional invoice charges.

“I feel like I already know where I am going to go with my score sheet knowing where we need to go, and

Raceway was denied a grant for the Southern 100 after failing to properly contact the TDC. ■ Kyle Holley was approved to serve another term on the TDC.

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Tourism Development Committee board members watch presentations by the hopefuls for the advertising and marketing contract Sept. 1. The board’s final rankings put the current marketing company, Davis, South, Barnett and Patrick Public Relations and Advertising, as the No. 1 pick. that is clearly at another levAfter the vote, Morgan said started over the last seven el at this point,” said TDC she was comfortable with years, and we are excited to director Julie Morgan.“I’m the decision. move forward,”she said.“I not saying anything nega“I have great respect in the think the next level is a big tive about any of the com- board’s decision,”she said. deal…You look at us from panies, and I’m not saying “We did our due diligence seven years ago versus now; anything positive. I’m just by doing site visits and by the ROI (return on investsaying from the stand point having them all come and ment) is so different. In three as your director, we need to present today. We had a good years it’s going to be even move now. It’s time to for question-and-answer ses- more different.” us.” sion, so I feel like everyone A final decision will be But moving did not seem was well-informed of the made by the Board of Counto be the board’s will. capabilities of each agency.” ty Commissioners later this DSBP has thus far been South said the company month. ranked No. 1 by the board has plans to rework the webIn other action: for every assessment in the site and rebrand the county ■ The board pledged process, and all of the board if they are selected for the $120,000 toward updates to members present expressed three-year contract. a building on Avalon Boulepositive opinions of DSBP’s “We are very excited to vard to house the Santa Rosa presentation and work. continue the growth that we County Chamber of Com-

Cedar Hames (center) of Paradise Advertising presents the Tourism Development Committee with examples of past advertising work the company has completed for other counties Sept. 1. Paradise ranked second of the choices by the board after member April Sarver said she felt Santa Rosa County would be a small fish in a big ocean.

No property tax increase seen for courthouse

By Rob Johnson rob@navarrepress.com Santa Rosa County residents won’t have to pay higher ad valorem taxes because they rejected the referendum to fund a new county courthouse in downtown Milton with a temporary sales tax increase.

Although some commissioners had indicated before the election that higher property taxes seemed the only alternative for funding construction of the $35 million courthouse, three of the board’s five members are firmly on record against such a levy in the wake of last week’s vote.

Further, the board’s support to locate the courthouse in downtown Milton has eroded with the election of new District 1 Commissioner Sam Parker, who is scheduled to be sworn in on Nov. 15. He told the Navarre Press:“Voters have said they don’t want it there. I will listen to my constituents before supporting any location for a new courthouse.”

Yet Parker, a real estate broker who lives in Pace, has already decided he’s against higher ad valorem taxes to pay for the judicial facility, wherever it goes.“It’s a moral issue. It’s just not fair to property owners to make them pay higher taxes for a courthouse,” Parker said.“Primarily the homeowners aren’t the ones using the courthouse.”

“The only way we should pay

to wait for Parker’s swearing-in to resume public debate over the courthouse’s future.

But advocates for alternative locations, including an annex in the south end of the county, or a central spot on Avalon Boulevard close to Interstate 10, assert that Milton is relatively remote to many county residents.

“Most of my neighbors say, “It’s not my courthouse. I can’t get there,”said Tiger Point resident Art Parrish.

Navarre resident Scott Kemp said the voter margin of opposition to the Milton site will continue to grow as commercial and residential developments spur population gains to the south end. Citing an example of the inconvenient north end courtDéjà vu all over again house site, Kemp said that requirThe commissioners jump- ing residents of his area to report started their discussion about to Milton for jury duty is“asialternative courthouse sites on nine.”

Tuesday, but their comments had an all-too-familiar ring to Don North versus South The courthouse tax referenRichards, a Tiger Point area resdum failed largely along geoident and community leader.

“This discussion has been graphic lines. For example, South going on since 2004,”Richards Milton’s Precinct 1 favored the said.The board must now reject downtown Milton location by a the downtown Milton location, solid 58.2 percent to 41.8 perwhich voters turned down by cent. Bagdad cast 52.7 percent 800 votes last week to defeat the of its votes for the courthouse courthouse tax referendum by tax, with 54 percent of nearby Berryhill in support and 51.1 per51.3 percent to 48.7 percent.

“Listen to what the voters are cent of Pace voters ended up telling you: We don’t want it there,” backing it.

But the referendum’s success (downtown Milton) Richards in the north couldn’t overcome said.

The commission has decided the size of its failure in the south, for a new courthouse is through a local- option sales tax,”said District 3 Commissioner Don Salter. He recommended that the board revisit the issue in early 2017 and try to find a more widely acceptable location than downtown Milton.

The Milton location should be“out of the equation,”said District 2 Commissioner Bob Cole, who also supports asking the voters in a special referendum to back a location that’s more accessible countywide.“I won’t support an ad valorem tax for a courthouse,”Cole added. He described the county’s repeated pleas to voters for funding approval via an extra half-penny sales tax as“an ongoing saga.”

where 64.5 percent of East Navarre voters cast ballots against the Milton location and Midway cast 68.4 percent of its votes in opposition.

What’s more, north end support was spotty. Some precincts in which suggested alternative sites to downtown Milton had been rejected by commissioners turned against the referendum. For example, more than 1,000 Pea Ridge voters, or 51.2 percent, said no.The vote in East Milton was 53.5 percent against the courthouse tax.

Some commissioners’frustration showed during Tuesday’s meeting. District 4 Commissioner Rob Williamson, who had led the pro-downtown Milton effort, sat silent as his colleagues and several audience members voiced their suggestions for courthouse funding and locations.

Chairman Lane Lynchard, who has hinted of a possible ad valorem tax increase as an alternative to the half-penny sales tax, said,“We do need to move forward.”

But voters had already done so on Aug. 30. And now Lynchard appears to have little support for either another run at the downtown courthouse site or an ad valorem tax in order to pay for it.

notification include mailings from the Santa Rosa County Property Appraiser’s Office and through various social media.

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cent discounts on annual passes purchased during the upcoming Navarre Fishing Rodeo and Take a Kid Fishing event on Oct. 1-2.

Prices on annual passes to the pier currently range from $60 for “annual walking”to $150 for adult fishing.

The board is also reviewing ways to better notify Navarre Beach residents when leaseholders are requesting an amendment to the allowed uses for their properties.That’s because amended leases could conceivably change the commercial development on a property to condominiums from a marina, for example. A lease amendment for that particular change was requested earlier this year but has been withdrawn after considerable public opposition.

Other commission action The plan is to notify residents The commission has also who live within 500 feet of propagreed that visitors to the Navarre erty where the lease amendment Beach Pier will be offered 10 per- is requested. Suggestions for

elected District 1 Commissioner Sam Parker is sworn in on Nov. 15, one of the targeted areas is law enforcement and public safety. The new budget shows the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office budgeted for an increase of about $1.5 million to $37.8 million.

So if the department garners - for example- - onethird of the new sales-tax revenue, its increase would be about doubled. Among the department’s needs: several new patrol cars and a budget for replacing them more frequently in the future.

Yet there could be serious competition for the sales-tax largesse in the public safety category if the threat from mosquito-borne diseases such as Zika continues to grow and becomes a larger concern in this area. The county’s mosquito control budget already represents one of the larger increases in the new budget: about 23 percent from $464,300 in 2015-2016.

Community Briefs First Responders appreciation rally Navarre's Second Annual First Responders Appreciation Rally will be on Saturday, Sept. 17. Those wanting to participate will meet at 10 a.m. in the parking lot at Helen Back Again in Navarre and marching down to the Navarre Park where there will be a ceremony. There will be some very distinguished guests that will be in

attendance who will speak. After the ceremony everyone will march back to Helenback Again to enjoy some delicious pizza and fellowship with law enforcement officers, firefighters, EMT's and families of law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty.

There will be a fundraiser for COPS of NW Florida. This is a local charitable organization that pro-

vides services to family members of law enforcement who have died in the line of duty. Enjoy the pizza buffet for a minimum donation of $5. If you want to come out and march and show all of our first responders that here in Navarre we appreciate them wearing the badge and putting their lives on the line each and every day you are welcome. For more information, call 850-939-3267.

City of Fort Walton Beach 9/11 Memorial Event The City of Fort Walton Beach is hosting a memorial ceremony to remember those lost in the Sept.

11 attacks, particularly among the nation’s first responders. The event will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 11 at FWB Fire Department Station #6, located at 5 Hollywood Boulevard NE. For more information, contact the FWB City Fire Department at 850-833-9565.

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Behind the scenes with the three C’s Who let this veteran down?

There's a story out there that's given me a chill that just won't go away. An elderly veteran reportedly presented himself at a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital emergency room in NewYork to get mental-health help, and he was turned away.

He went out to his car in the parking lot and committed suicide. A wife no longer has her husband, three daughters no longer have their father, and seven grandchildren no longer have their grandpa.

Because it happened on federal property, the FBI is involved. Ideally they'll get to the bottom of who turned this man away.

Two congressmen also are involved now, demanding answers.

The website for the VA facility says right on the front page: "There is always a caring mental health doctor available 24/7 in our Emergency Room." Granted, the paragraph is talking about substance abuse, but one would think that a "caring mental health doctor" of any specialty would be able to spend some time talking to a veteran to assess the problem.

What I really hate is that they're always sorry later, and always say just the right words about being committed to helping veterans, as though it's a stock phrase they stick into each official statement after a tragedy occurs, but never taking any responsibility.

The condolences left on the website of the funeral home will hopefully bring comfort to family members, knowing that so many strangers care.

These same condolences should be required reading for those who let this veteran down.

If you're a veteran, family member, or friend of a veteran, note this information: Mental health help is available 24/7 on the Veterans Crisis Line. The number is 1-800-2738255, then press 1. Or you can send a text message to 838255. Or you can do an online chat at www.veteranscrisisline.net. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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The combined efforts of the 1st Special Operations Civil Engineering, Comptroller and Contracting Squadrons renovated the Landing Zone Community Center. his year, the Wing was awarded $200,000 for honorable mention for the Installation Excellence Award, a Department of Defense competition.

By Senior Airman Andrea Posey 1st SOCES commander.

1st Special Operations Wing “Without this team’s effort we would not be able to exePublic Affairs cute as many projects or utiHurlburt Field. Fla., -- Just lize as much funding as we as Bruce Wayne receives no currently do, which would credit for his deeds as the have a direct and negative Dark Knight, three 1st Spe- impact to our critical cial Operations Wing units mission.”

A current project this exact often go unrecognized for their teamwork that takes teamwork is taking is the place behind the scenes.They renovation of the Landing are responsible for keeping Zone Community Center. the base equipped and able Earlier this year, the Wing to provide combat ready was awarded $200,000 for honorable mention for the forces anytime, anyplace.

The combined efforts of Installation Excellence Award, the 1st Special Operations a Department of Defense Civil Engineering, Comp- competition.

After being awarded these troller and Contracting Squadrons resemble the DC funds the 1st SOW comcomic book character Bat- mander asked airmen where man in their mysterious, get- they believed the money ting-it-done fashion. Their should be used.

The majority vote was for actions allow the other units here to focus on the mission a renovation of the splash rather than consuming man- pad at the community park power and time acquiring and an overhaul of the Landcommodities, services and ing Zone.

This project began nearconstruction.

The basic supplies and ly six months ago when civservices like furniture, ground il engineers visited the Landmaintenance and building ing Zone to get a scope of renovations are necessary the required work.

“We’re the ones who for the successful operation of the Wing, said Chris Went- scope the project to deterworth, the director of busi- mine what work needs to ness operations with the 1st be done,”Richards said.“In this case, a total replaceSOCONS. “Every organization on ment of the roof, paint, and base would feel the impact carpet was necessary. Addiif the 1st SOCES, SOCONS tionally, we looked at how and SOCPTS didn't work many square feet of paveclosely together to execute ment needed to be replaced the installation's priorities,” outdoors.”

After the initial survey was said Lt. Col. Dustin Richards,

completed, civil engineers prepared a statement of work to be routed to financing and contracting.

The statement of work defined project-specific activities, deliverables and timelines for a vendor providing services to a client. This particular statement of work outlined the estimated cost of the Landing Zone renovation for the 1st SOCPTS to process.

Because the funding came from the Air Force Civil Engineering Center, the role of the 1st SOCPTS was to assist in executing the requirement and justification for the funding with the functional headquarters. Additionally, the 1st SOCPTS made sure the money was in the correct account for contracting and civil engineers to begin the project.

“A critical part of the mission is making sure the funding pieces are there because it is often a forgotten thing,” said 2nd Lt. Willard Mitchell, the deputy budget officer with the 1st SOCPTS. “Ultimately, what we try to do is give the very best financial support we can to the 1st SOW, without getting in their way. We want them to have all the things they need to organize, equip and deploy special operators all around the world.”

Civil engineer airmen also provided the statement of work to the contracting

squadron who went to outside businesses and collected quotes to accomplish the labor.

Contract specialists explored multiple companies’ options and allowed them to bid to determine who receives the work. Contract airmen then chose the company who best reflected the wing's needs financially and technically. Additionally, they ensured the contracts lined up with Air Force regulations and legal restrictions.

“After we receive the requirements and specifications from our civil engineering brethren, we solicited that requirement to a suite of roofing contractors who provided competitive bids, which allowed us to make awards to a roofing contractor with the best value to the government,”said Lt. Col. Richard Dawson, 1st SOCONS commander. “For the painting and carpet portions, we were able to utilize our existing contracts to quickly arrive at the price and place orders for the effort.”

While the contracting squadron dealt with outside companies, civil engineers conducted reviews on the products contractors offered to ensure the materials were correct, from an engineering perspective.

Once the contract was awarded by the contracting

squadron and funded by the comptroller squadron, civil engineers oversaw the contract and construction to completion.

Robert Scott, the community center director at the Landing Zone, hosted a Casino Night, an event open to airmen, ages 18 and up, to play card games and win prizes. The event gave airmen a sneak peek at the current renovations and Scott received positive feedback following the event.

“We’ve seen that they’re excited about the possibilities,” Scott said. “We’re excited for football season coming up and having Friday Airmen nights here.

We’re going to be offering a full-service bar with the ability to show programs such as [Ultimate Fighting Championship] fights and football.”

As for the work behind the scenes of this project, Scott believes none of this could have happened without the combined effort of these squadrons.

“The bottom line is that any project, regardless of the size and the scope, takes a lot of people to make happen,” he said. “I’m very grateful we’ve had the backing of leadership and a lot of people putting the man hours in behind the scenes to make the quality of life for airmen and their families better.”

Military Briefs Javier graduates basic training U.S. Air Force Airman Travis L. Javier graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training also earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force. Javier earned distinction as an honor graduate. He is the son of Frederick Javier and Connie Short of Navarre. The airman graduated in 2012 from Navarre High School.

Beach Bash Hurlburt Field Force Support Squadron along will their sponsors will host a beach bash at the Soundside Marina from 4 to 7 p.m. Event is free to attend.

There will be bouncy castles, banana boat rides, food & drinks, games & crafts and much more.

For more information, call 850884-4252 or visit www.myhurlburtfield.com.

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History from a century ago: Sept. 2, 1910

Navarre Press is taking a look back at local newspaper articles from more than 100 years ago. In this Sept. 2, 1910 page, the pastor of the Milton and Bagdad Presbyterian churches departure is announced. A tribute is paid to the confederate soldiers and to the generals by name who are still alive.

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Abernathy ■ Seller: Hammersmith of NWF Buyer: Jeffery Burkhamer Address: 4391 Copperhead Dr. Date: 07-19-16 Price: $42,000

Andrew Jackson Estates ■ Seller: Kurt W. Welty Buyer: John Whitfield Address: 3829 Andrew Jackson Dr. Date: 07-25-16 Price: $105,000

Ashley Plantation ■ Seller: D.R. Horton Inc. Buyer: Brian Treas Address: 6043 Fieldbrook Ct. Date: 07-08-16 Price: $322,226 ■ Seller: D.R. Horton Inc. Buyer: DAEC Holdings 470591 LLC Address: 2729 Tulip Hill Rd. Date: 08-01-16 Price: $283,899 ■ Seller: RGB Develop.

Buyer: D.R. Horton Inc. Date: 08-03-16 Price: $620,000 ■ Seller: Jon Thacker Buyer: Desmond Raymond Address: 2426 Phylis Rae Dr. Date: 08-03-16 Price: $419,000 ■ Seller: Delmar Dice Buyer: Vernon B. Mitchell Address: 2266 Phylis Rae Dr. Date: 08-03-16 Price: $305,000 ■ Seller: Douglas P. Schweikhart Buyer: Scott M. Taylor Address: 2585 Wildhurst Trail Date: 08-10-16 Price: $332,500 Ashmore Place ■ Seller: Ditech Financial Buyer: H & W Holdings Address: 5960 Willesby Dr. Date: 07-18-16 Price: $139,400 ■ Seller: Mark F. Huber Buyer: John S. Cunningham Address: 5785 Twisted Oak Ct. Date: 08-11-16 Price: $199,900 Ashwood ■ Seller: Jean Porto Buyer: David A. Dubois Address: 8747 High School Blvd.

Date: 08-03-16 Price: $230,000 Autumn Pines ■ Seller: Larry Richards Buyer: Andrew R. Appleby Address: 6097 Autumn Pines Cr. Date: 08-03-16 Price: $206,600 Autumn Run North ■ Seller: Tommie D. Thompson Buyer: Philip S. Saletta Address: 5772 Dove Dr. Date: 07-26-16 Price: $160,000

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■ Seller: D.R. Horton Inc. Buyer: Doweal E. Meggs, Jr. Address: 4118 Dundee Crossing Dr. Date: 08-03-16 Price: $294,450

Annie Penton Acres ■ Seller: Ann King Buyer: Welton R. Pierce Address: 234 Twin Bay Dr. Date: 07-18-16 Price: $17,000

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Avalon Milton Industrial Park ■ Seller: Bon View Holdings Buyer: DSS LLC Address: P.O. Box 160306 Date: 06-30-16 Price: $175,200 Avalon Park ■ Seller: Glennon L. Russell Buyer: Emerald Coast Truss LLC Address: 5817 Commerce Rd. Date: 07-20-16 Price: $145,000 Bagdad ■ Seller: Aaron L. Ellis Buyer: Timothy W. Randol Address: 6914 overrman SSt. Date: 07-27-16 Price: $95,500 Bahia Badar ■ Seller: William Poynter Buyer: Megan McNamara Address: Bahia Dr. Date: 07-29-16 Price: $243,000

Bal Alex Estates ■ Seller: Elizabeth D. Cechran et al Buyer: Nicholas E. Rich Address: 4180 Alexander Ave. Date: 06-27-16 Price: $200,000 Barbarosa Ranchettes ■ Seller: Flynn Building Buyer: Ralph L. Pfau Address: Longhorn Trail Date: 07-26-16 Price: $225,000 ■ Seller: Susa D. De Melik Buyer: Roger W. Brown Address: 5464 Bonanza Dr. Date: 07-29-16 Price: $155,000 ■ Seller: Bob Dean Buyer: Charles M. Robertsosn Date: 08-01-16 Price: $6,000 ■ Seller: Flynn Builders Buyer: Diane L. Clark Address: Longhorn Tr. Date: 08-04-16 Price: $228,600 ■ Seller: Point Blank Const.

Buyer: Whitewood Const.

Date: 08-11-16 Price: $77,000

■ Seller: Kimberly Johnson Buyer: Josh P. Yaskoff Address: 1800 Bay Pine Cr. Date: 07-26-16 Price: $230,000

Blackjack Estates ■ Seller: JPMorgan Chase Bank Buyer: Steven A. Burr Date: 08-01-16 Price: $24,960

■ Seller: Ronald N. Bullard Buyer: Shane M Lobzun Address: 1912 Bay Pine Cr. Date: 08-09-16 Price: $230,000

Blackwater River S/D ■ Seller: Randal E. St. Louis Buyer: Jason W. Bryan Address: 6531 Waylon Dr. Date: 07-18-16 Price: $65,000

Bay Ridge Park ■ Seller: Joseph C. Barrett Buyer: Richard J. Garrow, Jr. Address: 1405 College Pkwy.

Date: 08-02-16 Price: $140,000 ■ Seller: Adams Homes Buyer: Bradley J. McCollum Address: 3167 Cornell Dr. Date: 08-03-16 Price: $252,000 ■ Seller: Merrick Vanlandingham Buyer: Ira J. Rhodes Date: 08-11-16 Price: $26,000 Bay Woods ■ Seller: Brenda L. Huffman Buyer: Cecily C. Brasseur Address: 1529 Oak Shore Dr. Date: 07-26-16 Price: $250,000 Beach Colony Resort ■ Seller: Michael J. Pusch Buyer: Dennis J. Tangney Address: 8515 Gulf Blvd. #11D Date: 07-29-16 Price: $517,500 Bergerendy Estates ■ Seller: Paula Stokes Buyer: Amy Weaver Address: 2187 Bergren Rd. Date: 07-25-16 Price: $139,800 Berkeley Forest ■ Seller: Kenneth F. Ruber Buyer: Chad E. Weisenburger Address: 1453 Connemara Cr. Date: 07-19-16 Price: $302,600 Bernath Place ■ Seller: Liberty Oaks Properties Buyer: Leonard R. Griffin Address: 3269 McMillan Creek Dr. Date: 07-28-16 Price: $233,000

Bon View ■ Seller: Bon View Holdings Buyer: DSS LLC Address: P.O. Box 160306 Date: 06-30-16 Price: $32,000 ■ Seller: Holiday Builders Buyer: Matthew M. Meehan Address: 5629 Shooting Star Ct. Date: 07-28-16 Price: $136,347 ■ Seller: Meghan A. Grenier Buyer: Allan M. Munoz Address: 5768 Jade Moon Cr. Date: 08-01-16 Price: $136,000 ■ Seller: Holiday Builders Buyer: Joshua Parker Address: 5636 Shooting Star Ct. Date: 08-02-16 Price: $149,990 Brentwood ■ Seller: Casey T. Renfrew Buyer: Jason Butler Address: 4866 Timber Ridge Dr. Date: 07-15-16 Price: $240,000 ■ Seller: John D. Wood Buyer: Jason K. Glatfelter Address: 5854 Schantz Rd. Date: 07-18-16 Price: $239,000 ■ Seller: Reuben Macoon Buyer: Alicia B. Weeks Address: 5038 Timber Ridge Dr. Date: 07-27-16 Price: $191,000 ■ Seller: Clay W. Williamson Buyer: Timothy J. Zakriski Address: 4933 Pineview Ridge Rd. Date: 08-10-16 Price: $189,900

■ Seller: Greg Woznak Buyer: Renee Henry Date: 08-08-16 Price: $7,500

Briarwood Estates ■ Seller: John Joiner Buyer: Carissa Miller Address: 4747 E Spencer Field Rd. Date: 08-01-16 Price: $37,000

Bay Colony ■ Seller: Robert Holtzclaw et al Buyer: Ronald Hancock Address: 1324 Greenvista Lane Date: 06-17-16 Price: $167,500

Berry Place ■ Seller: Adams Homes Buyer: Michael Wahl Address: 4003 Berry Cr. Date: 08-10-16 Price: $193,500

Brookwood Estates ■ Seller: Secretary of HUD Buyer: Pieter Barkhuizer Address: 1647 Brookwood Cr. Date: 08-05-16 Price: $79,700

■ Seller: Frankie Bishop Buyer: Charles R. Parham Address: 1365 Greenvista Lane Date: 07-15-16 Price: $145,000

Berrybrook Estates ■ Seller: Peter J. Donaher, III Buyer: Ramsis Atia Address: 3740 Berrypatch Lane Date: 07-28-16 Price: $148,500

Buena Vida Condominium ■ Seller: Mark A. Wehry Buyer: Brant Fulmer Date: 08-05-16 Price: $290,000

■ Seller: Richard Freeman et al Buyer: Hannah E. Arace Address: 5471 Bonanza Dr. Date: 09-10-16 Price: $125,000

■ Seller: Leslie E. Bogan, III Buyer: Chinh Tran Address: 1336 Greenvista Lane Date: 08-02-16 Price: $199,500 Bay Pines ■ Seller: Jason A. Breitmaier Buyer: Michael G. Medaris Address: 1856 Bay Pine Cr. Date: 07-12-16 Price: $229,950

■ Seller: Jason D. Norris Buyer: Julian Mascorro, III Address: 3729 Berrypatch Lane Date: 08-04-16 Price: $192,700

Cardinal Estates ■ Seller: Gegory J. Wagner Buyer: Shawn Winkeler Address: 2261 Estates Cr. Date: 08-05-16 Price: $134,500

Biscayne Pointe ■ Seller: Enrique J. Gwin Buyer: Joshua D. Horton Address: 2050 Biscayne Blvd.

Date: 08-03-16 Price: $245,000

Caribbean Resort Condominium ■ Seller: Janice P. Glas Buyer: Cam Pearl LLC Address: 7 W 23rd St. Date: 07-15-16 Price: $475,000

■ Seller: Bryan Gerbracht Buyer: Jimmy J. Cassell et al Date: 07-26-16 Price: $515,000

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Celebrating everyday moments Top family friendly ice cream desserts

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Still have one more picnic or family reunion to attend before the leaves change? Take this healthy version of a candy-bar salad with you.

1 (4-serving) package Jell-O sugar-free instant vanilla pudding mix 2/3 cup Carnation Nonfat Dry Milk Powder 1 cup water 1 1/2 cups Dannon plain fat-free yogurt 1 cup Cool Whip Free 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 cups (4 small) cored, unpeeled and chopped Red Delicious apples 2 (2.07 ounces) Snicker candy bars, cut into bitesize pieces 1 cup (1 medium) diced banana 1. In a large bowl, combine dry pudding mix, dry milk powder and water.

Mix well using a wire whisk. Blend in yogurt, Cool Whip Free and vanilla extract. Add apples and candy pieces. Mix gently to combine.

2. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes. Just before serving, gently stir in diced banana. Makes 8 (1/2 cup) servings. * Each serving equals: 151 calories, 3g fat, 5g protein, 26g carb., 264mg sodium, 146mg calcium, 1g fiber; Diabetic Exchanges: 1/2 Fat-Free Milk, 1/2 Fruit, 1/2 Starch; Carb Choices: 2. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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Finding time to celebrate family moments is always sweeter with a delicious ice cream dessert.

Breyers partnered with celebrity chef Curtis Stone and his wife, actress Lindsay Price Stone, to celebrate its 150th birthday. The couple created 12 delicious ice cream recipes inspired by each month of the year using Breyers Natural Vanilla ice cream. From January’s recipe featuring Fortune Cookies and Natural Vanilla Ice Cream with Mandarins and Oranges to December’s Spicy Hot Chocolate Floats, families have desserts to celebrate everyday moments all year long.

“Beyond a great taste, Breyers Natural Vanilla offers families peace of mind with its simple ingredients like sustainably farmed vanilla beans,”Curtis Stone said.“Also, it’s made with milk and cream from cows not treated with artificial growth hormones*.”

Start making the most of family time by visiting Breyers.com for more recipes and join in on the birthday celebration. *Suppliers of other ingredients such as cookies and sauces may not be able to make this pledge. The FDA states that no significant difference has been shown between dairy derived from rBST-treated and non-rBST-treated cows.

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Recipes S’mores ice cream birthday pie

Prep time: 20 minutes, plus 8 hours 40 minutes freezing time Cook time: 2 minutes Serves: 12 Nonstick cooking spray 8 ounces milk chocolate, coarsely chopped, divided 2 1/4 teaspoons canola oil 30 chocolate wafer cookies pinch of salt 5 cracker sheets, broken into bite-size pieces 6 cups Breyers Natural Vanilla Ice Cream, softened 4 large egg whites 1/2 cup sugar birthday candles (optional) Lightly spray 9-inch springform pan with 3-inch high sides with cooking spray.

In small bowl over simmering water, stir 3 ounces chocolate and oil until melted and blended.

In food processor, grind chocolate wafer cookies into fine crumbs (about 1 1/3 cups). Add chocolate mixture and pinch of salt and pulse until moistened. Press crumb mixture evenly onto bottom and 1 1/2 inches up sides of pan.

Freeze for about 10 minutes, or until crust hardens.

In large chilled bowl, fold graham cracker pieces and remaining chocolate into ice cream. Pour mixture into frozen crust and smooth top. Freeze for about 8 hours, or until ice cream hardens. Remove pie from pan and transfer to platter. Return pie to freezer.

In large bowl, using electric hand mixer on medium-high speed, beat egg whites until foamy. Gradually add sugar and beat for about 5 minutes, or until firm glossy peaks form.

Using large spoon, dollop meringue onto pie and spread decoratively, making sure no ice cream is exposed. Using kitchen blowtorch, torch meringue until browned all over.

Freeze pie for about 30 minutes, or until meringue has stiffened. Decorate with lit birthday candles, if desired. Slice and serve immediately.

Note: Pie, without meringue topping, can be made up to one week ahead, covered and frozen.

Brookie cherry ice cream sandwiches

Prep time: 20 minutes, plus 2 hours 30 minutes freezing time Cook time: 25 minutes Serves: 8 1/2 pound fresh cherries, pitted and halved 2 tablespoons granulated sugar 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice 4 cups Breyers Natural Vanilla Ice Cream, softened 3 cups confectioners’ sugar, sifted 1 cup natural unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted 4 large egg whites, at room temperature pinch of salt 1/2 cup walnut pieces, coarsely chopped nonstick cooking spray In small saucepan over medium heat, bring cherries, granulated sugar and lemon juice to simmer, mashing cherries with potato masher or fork to break up. Simmer, stirring frequently, for about 15 minutes, or until mixture thickens. Transfer to shallow container, cover and refrigerate until cold.

In large chilled bowl, fold cherry mixture into ice cream until blended. Cover and freeze about 2 hours, or until firm.

Heat oven to 350 F. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper.

Meanwhile, in medium bowl, combine confectioners’ sugar, cocoa powder, egg whites and salt.

Using electric hand mixer on low speed, beat for about 1 minute, or until just blended. Fold in walnuts.

Immediately drop 16 mounds of batter onto prepared baking sheets, spacing evenly. Spray underside of spoon with cooking spray and spread mounds into 2 1/2-inch rounds. Bake 10-12 minutes, or until tops are shiny and cracked. Cool cookies completely.

Scoop ice cream onto flat side of half of cookies. Place another cookie on top of ice cream and gently press down until ice cream spreads to edges. Return sandwiches to freezer for about 30 minutes to firm up before serving.

Note: Brookies can be baked up to 1 day ahead, stored airtight at room temperature.

Roasted white peaches with honeycomb and vanilla ice cream Prep time: 10 minutes, plus 20 minutes cooling time Cook time: 25 minutes Serves: 8 1 cup sugar, divided 1 lemon, zested 4 ripe but firm white peaches, halved and pitted 2/3 cup water, plus 2 tablespoons, divided nonstick cooking spray 1/3 cup honey 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda 4 cups Breyers Natural Vanilla Ice Cream, divided

Heat oven to 425 F. In small bowl, whisk 3 tablespoons sugar and lemon zest for about 1 minute, or until sugar is fragrant and moist. Arrange peaches, cut side up, in 13-by-9-inch baking dish. Pour water into dish. Sprinkle lemon sugar mixture over peaches and roast 25-30 minutes, or until peaches are slightly softened and have released their juices.

Meanwhile, lightly spray cooking spray on small baking sheet.

In medium-heavy saucepan over high heat, bring remaining sugar, honey and 2 tablespoons water to boil, stirring constantly. Reduce heat to medium-high and cook, without stirring, about 5 minutes, or until Open 7 Days candy thermometer reaches 305 F. Remove from heat and whisk in baking soda until blended and mixture 10:00am – 9:00pm begins to bubble.

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Spoon 1/2 cup ice cream into each of 8 bowls. Top with warm roasted peaches and warm juices. Sprinkle with honeycomb pieces and serve immediately.

Note: Honeycomb can be stored in airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.

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MWDs: Working hand-in-paw to remain combat ready Helping in disasters What to donate?

Dear Paw’s Corner:As the flood waters in Louisiana recede, shelters there are calling for assistance in caring for pets that were lost or abandoned when residents fled their homes. I want to help, but I feel a little insulted that many charities are just asking for money up front. I'm sure I could collect pet food or blankets for these shelters and mail them to the area. What's your take? -Greg in El Paso, Texas Dear Greg: While the seemingly constant emails and TV spots asking for money to help shelter animals can be annoying, there are some very good reasons why cold hard cash is often the best option -particularly in large-scale disasters.

First, shelters in a disaster area -- and national organizations like the American Humane Association or the Humane Society that pledge to help -- need specific items, they need them in big quantities, and they need them yesterday. They don't have time to sort through random donated items to find a few usable things. (For example, shelters don't use clumping cat litter because it's a health issue for kittens.) With cash donations, these organizations can buy exactly what they need and get it delivered quickly.

Now, local shelters in your area may be OK with donated goods like old blankets, newspapers, unopened pet food and new toys. It's important to check with them first -- visit their website for a list of needs, and follow up with a phone call to confirm their list is up to date. They also like cash, too.

Check out pet charities online at sites like Charity Navigator before donating money, and then decide how you would like to help -- either nationally, or locally.

Send your questions or pet care tips to ask@pawscorner.com. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

Pet Briefs Paws on Palafox 3K Dog Walk The Pensacola Humane Society is excited to bring back the 2nd Annual Paws on Palafox 3K Dog Walk on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016.

Strut your pup down Palafox Street and downtown Pensacola in the city's only dog friendly walk. All ages can enjoy the 3 kilometer route through historic downtown and the waterfront.

Along the way, enjoy cool down pools and water stations for humans and dogs, fun photo ops, and a rousing band at the end.

The first 250 participants to register will receive a Wag Bag with complimentary swag for pooches and humans alike. All adults and children ages 6 and over will receive a T-shirt and dog bandana for registering. Registration is open through Oct.26 with late registration available on race day. For more information and to register, visit www.pensacolahumane.org/paws-on-palafox.

U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Joseph Pick

Ziko, a military working dog with the 1st Special Operations Security Forces Squadron, shares a moment with Staff Sgt. George Garcia, a military working dog handler with the 1st SOSFS, at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Aug. 26, 2016. Garcia and Ziko have been partners for more than a year. Handlers and dogs are responsible for providing the base with narcotic and explosive detection as well as patrol work.

By Airman 1st Class Joseph Pick 1st Special Operations Wing Public Affairs During a routine training session, a military working dog trainer takes control of a leash from a handler. At the end of the leash stands a 7 year old, 70-pound furyfaced security forces veteran. The trainer gives the order ‘heel,’a command that tells the veteran to stand firm against the left side of the trainer’s leg.

Instead, Ziko, a military working dog with the 1st Special Operation Security Forces Squadron, moves to the side of Staff Sgt. George Garcia, a military working dog handler with the 1st SOSFS. In high pressure and dangerous environments where the margin for error is slim to none, Ziko and Garcia share a relationship that

requires a great level of obedience and communication.

“When we first get a dog, we just bring them out and play with them or take them out on walks,”Garcia said. “[It’s] just a lot of me and him time together, that way he understands ‘this is dad now, ’‘this is the guy I’m going to be working for.’”

Garcia has been a handler for more than eight years while Ziko has been in the field for five.They have been

trained, when in reality they have me trained. Any day now I expect to hear Judge, the macaw, telling me to“Sit Mom, sit, sit”and without thinking about it, I probably would sit. They already have me trained to their schedule.

Wake up at the same time every morning. On Saturdays when I try to sleep in a

By Gail Acosta little, the dogs are pawing at editor@navarrepress.com my door at their regular time I’ve come to realize that my to go outside. “Mom, mom, life truly belongs to my ani- mom, wake up!”is what they mals. I think I have them are saying outside my bed-

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partners for more than a year.

Dogs and handlers begin their training at the 341st Training Squadron at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio,Texas.This is where teams learn basic skills such as patrol and detection work.

Once they return to their units, they continue to hone their skills with their new partner.

As the relationship between handler and dog

room door. If I left the door open, they would be pawing me instead of the door. So, I get up, let them outside, make coffee, let them back in, take my coffee to the bedroom, close the door and drink my sanity, I mean coffee, in peace.

But that only lasts for a few minutes. Once Judge hears the shower running, he and Jade go bird-crazy because they know it is their turn for mom interaction next. Before my work schedule changed a year ago, they would stay quiet and sleep in and then be ready for me at lunch. But now that I don’t go home for lunch anymore, they are impatient little buggers in the morning. So, after my shower, it’s time for Judge and Jade.

Sometimes it’s quick and

progresses, obedience and detection training are practiced every day to be combat ready.

“Anytime you have your dog out, you’re training,” Garcia said.“Even when you’re not thinking about it, you’re still training. It’s a 24 hours a day, 7 days a week thing.”

Once a MWD team is qualified together, they are responsible for providing narcotic and explosive detection as well as patrol work on base.

“Detection is our breadand-butter,”he said.“This dog’s nose is going to find anything way quicker than we, as people, ever would, regardless of whether we are looking for a person, bomb, drug or something like that.”

Constant training allows the 1st SOSFS military working dog unit to remain combat ready and perform at a

sometimes it takes me awhile, depending on what kind of mood they are in. If they woke up on the wrong side of the perch – I’m in and out in a few minutes.

See? See how well-trained I am? I respond to the requests of my zoo without even thinking about it. Kayma the amazon says“more” and I know she wants to be fed. Judge says “are you ready?”and I know he wants to go night-night. My husband gives me a certain look and I know it’s time to take the dogs outside. Just kidding.

Reminds me of a story that the famous comedian Jeff Foxworthy told. Paraphrasing, it goes something like this: Foxworthy was talking

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“I have no doubt I can send them downrange tomorrow and be confident they’re going to do their job to the best of their ability,” said Tech. Sgt. Chad McCord, kennel master with the 1st SOSFS. “That’s what we train for.”

The bond built between handler and working dog from training and constantly being together on the job allows them to rely on each other downrange in high stress, high tempo environments to execute the mission.

“People deploy and they go with people they work with. I’m going with someone I share a bond with that nobody else does,”Garcia said. “Even though I’m deployed, I have a part of home with me and I’m never alone.”

about how his wife usually gets him to act on something without even asking. He said they were lying in bed one evening and his wife looked up from her book and said, “I’m hot.” And without even thinking about it he got up and turned the air conditioner down and the ceiling fan on.

Mid-stride on his way back to bed he thought,“whoa, I just got up out of my comfortable bed and did that just because she said ‘I’m hot.’”

The next morning he overheard her talking to her mother saying,“Oh momma, it was the greatest thing. Last night I said‘I’m hot’and Jeff got up and turned the air down and the ceiling fan on.” And her mother said in reply,“Oh honey, I’m so proud of you. I would let you tell your daddy but I said I was hungry and he went to the store to get me some lunch.” So, the dog whines and I get up and let her out. Kayma says “more” and I get up and feed her.

Who has who trained?

Note: I know I’m not the only one with fun stories to tell about my animals. Please share your funny pet moments with us at pets@navarrepress.com and your story might end up here entertaining all of the other pet lovers in Navarre.

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Like it or not, winter Is coming

Are you getting ready for winter yet? A quick look at one of the famous almanacs shows a mixed outlook for this year.

Depending where we live, we might get colder temperatures than last year, or more snow but warmer temperatures, or lots of rain but cold weather ... the possibilities are all over the place.

There's nothing to do but be ready for the worst.

Here's what my to-do list looks like for the next few months: ■ Stock up on canned goods and packaged meals, antiseptic wipes and batteries for smoke detectors and flashlights.

■ Check hats, gloves and coat to see if they need to be replaced. (Gloves, yes. Hat and coat, no. I added a waffle shirt, which is great for an additional layer.) The good news is that right now these items are on sale in a number of stores before their new stock arrives.

■ Schedule a flu shot for the end of September.

■ Send extra money to the fuel company to add to my monthly plan amount (they base it on last year's usage), and schedule a furnace inspection to be sure it's in good shape.

■ Schedule car maintenance and buy tires. When I heard the mechanic says my tires probably would see me through one more winter, I didn't like the sound of that "probably" and opted not to take a chance.

■ Load up on books for cold, dark days.

■ Sign up for a winter class to make sure I get out, even when it's cold.

Depending where you live, your to-do list might look something like mine, but also might include stocking up on bottled water, finding out if senior services will be giving away space heaters, having drafty windows caulked and adding pet food to your supplies. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

Senior Briefs Weekly activities at the senior center Thursday, Sept. 8 8:45 p.m. Exercise 9 a.m. Social 11 a.m. Meal 1 p.m. Art class and Pinochle 5:30 p.m. Game night Friday, Aug. 26 11:30 a.m. Pot luck 1 p.m. Board meeting Saturday, Sept. 10 7-10:30 a.m. Pancake breakfast Monday, Sept. 12 8:45 a.m. Exercise 10 a.m. Bingo 1 p.m. Bridge and pinochle Tuesday, Sept. 13 8:45 a.m. Yoga 9 a.m. Social 10 a.m. 7s from Hell 11 a.m. Meal 1 p.m. Crafters 5:30 p.m. Game night Wednesday, Sept. 14 9 a.m. Social and legal clinic 10 a.m. Bingo 11 a.m. Meal Thursday, Sept. 15 8:45 a.m. Exercise 9 a.m. Social 11 a.m. Meal 1 p.m. Art class and Pinochle 5:30 p.m. Game night

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Hurd proves age is simply a number

By Brian Lester brian@navarrepress.com John Hurd is told someone called him the Usain Bolt of the Senior Games because every time he runs a race he seems to prevail much the way the famed Olympic sprinter does.

Maybe the comparison does end at their love for sprinting but Hurd, who laughs at the comparison, has quite a resume, winning more than 100 gold medals in his career, which began just 23 years ago.

As he heads toward his 85th birthday – he’ll say goodbye to 84 in October – and reflects on what he has accomplished up to this point, he admits he is taken aback a bit.

“It surprises me,”Hurd said.“I used to think if I could just get in the top three in state, I will have accomplished something. I’ve done that.

I’ve gone beyond what I’ve hoped to accomplish.”

Hurd came out of nowhere really when you consider his story. He wasn’t a star sprinter in high school or college, avoiding competing as a runner because he was too underdeveloped.

“I weighed 92 pounds as a sophomore in high school,”Hurd said.“My legs were real short so I didn’t compete in track.

But I always fancied myself as a sprinter if I had been bigger.”

He was inspired to give it a shot while at a seminar in Tennessee in 1992. He heard a story about an Olympic sprinter who overcame physical challenges to win a gold medal. Hurd was 60 years old at the time but thought maybe, just maybe, being a sprinter at his age was possible.

His success now inspires. Since first running the 100-meter dash in 1993 at a sports festival in Tennessee and going on to just miss out on a bronze medal in the same event at the state games, Hurd has become an inspiration to others.

“It’s a good feeling when others come up to you and say you have inspired them,”Hurd said.“I’ve had a number of people tell me they have gotten up off the couch because of what I’ve done.”

His accomplishments could fill a book, and in fact, they literally have. He was encouraged by friends and family to write a book about his life as a runner.

It’s without question a story worth telling.

He has won state championships in six different states, most recently in Mississippi in

50, 100 and 200 to punch his ticket to the national event next June in Birmingham, Ala. Nationals takes place every two years.

He went to Mississippi just in case he doesn’t go to Florida’s state senior games, which is scheduled a couple of weeks before Christmas.

He has been the state champion in the 100 and 200 in the last 12 state competitions he has been in and has won the 50 since it was added as an event in 2014.

But his most memorable performance was in the national games in Cleveland back in 2013. It was there that he won gold in the 50, 100 and 200 and also teamed up with a few friends to win the 400 relay.

“It was a really big deal to win there and was a trip to remember,”Hurd said. “The competition is much tougher at nationals.You always have to expect the best are going to be there.”

His next stop is the Pensacola Senior Games in September and he continues to train for a little over an hour three days a week.

His willingness to stay active at his age has“kept me out of the doctor’s office and out of drugstores,” Hurd said.

But there have been challenges along the way for him, including the dizzy spells he started battling in 2001 while at nationals in Baton Rouge, La. He said he lost his balance and while he didn’t pass out, he had to back off running a bit for the first time.

“You aren’t sure when those dizzy spells are going to come, so you start looking over your shoulder a bit,”Hurd said. “I was grounded for about four or five days last year. It was the first time anyone has told me to stay off the track. I’m getting back to it now.”

Running has kept Hurd healthy both physically and mentally.

“It gives you more self-confidence in life itself,”Hurd said.“You can tell yourself‘I did this.’You get a sense of accomplishment and a sense of setting goals and reaching them and then setting new ones.”

He also proves age truly is just a number.

He referred to a story of a 91-year-old man he saw run in 1995 at nationals in San Antonio and said he had the best form of any of the sprinters there.

“You can’t let age be a factor,”Hurd said. “If you take care of yourself, you can do a lot. I’m going to keep running as long as I can. I love it.”

“It was a really big deal to win there (Cleveland) and was a trip to remember. You always have to expect the best are going to be there.”

–John Hurd, 84

Smile and take a selfie to raise awareness for Alzheimer’s

By Brian Lester brian@navarrepress.com Selfies are often used for fun but SYNERGY HomeCare is using them for a good cause.

Throughout September, anyone 65 years of age or older can take a selfie and post it on SYN-

ERGY’s Facebook page.

For every Senior Selfie that is posted, SYNERGY will make a $5 donation to the Alzheimer’s Association.

SYNERGY is hoping to get at least 500 selfies posted on its page as the money raised will aid in the company’s goal of donating

$50,000 to the fight against Alzheimer’s.

Dale Dalbey, who owns offices from Pensacola to Panama City, said the campaign is instrumental in creating added awareness.

“I think it’s a great idea to show people how Alzheimer’s affects a lot of different people,” Dalbey said.“It’s one of the biggest health crises in the United States. We also hope it shows the humanity side of people suffering from it and the challenges families have in making sure their loved ones have the best care possible.”

Dalbey said it’s also a sign

that everyone is in this fight together.

“It’s a great way to show solidarity with others who are dealing with the challenges of the disease,”Dalbey said.

The Senior Selfie campaign also serves as an inspiration.

“We hope people see these pictures and that it inspires them to participate in a local walk either with SYNERGY or on their own team,”Dalbey said.

Family and friends are welcome to be in the selfie with the senior citizen and the hope is that they show off their smiles.

Losing the ability to smile is something people lose in the later stages of the disease.

According to the Alzheimer’s Association, someone develops Alzheimer’s every 66 seconds in the country and it’s the sixth-leading cause of death. More than five million Americans are living with the disease and there are more than 15.9 million caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s or other dementias.

Two local walks are scheduled this fall, the first in Pensacola (Oct. 1) and the second in Fort Walton (Oct. 29). More information can be found about those walks at ALZ.org.

Those walks are another example of how people battling the disease or caring for others with it are not alone in their fight.

“Many times people suffering from it or the families struggling to deal with it feel as if they are alone. It can be a very isolating disease,”Dalbey said.“We want those people to know there is support and help out there to help them with their challenges.”

The Senior Selfie campaign is starting to gain momentum and Dalbey expects it to grow in popularity.

“It is something we want to continue in the future,” Dalbey said.“We’re always looking for great ideas to gain awareness. We expect the senior selfie to take hold and grow and believe other ideas will come along to help further the mission.”

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Teen depression can be conquered

By Jamie Gentry jamie@navarrepress.com Alex Worthington was a 17year-old football player with the Navarre High School Raiders.

His mother, Liesa Worthington, described him as hardworking, always striving to be the best at what he does for those around him.

But after a serious injury to his stomach, Alex was sidelined, and when he returned to the field, he was far behind where he once was.

His dyslexia made learning plays difficult, and Alex said he began to take little mistakes as personal failures.

He decided he wanted to quit football. He began to withdraw from his friends and family.

He began to contemplate suicide.

Alex was suffering from depression, and it was pulling him away from the friends and activities he once loved.

His parents sought treatment and after months, he came out the other side.

But Worthington said she still remembers the fear that came along with Alex’s close call and wants other parents to be aware of the warning signs in their own teens and children.

Psychologist James Tucker works with teens and families at the Turning Point Center for Psychological and Family Growth. He counsels teens with depression at his clinic in Mary Esther.

“To put a handle on depression, it is sadness gone wild or out of control,”Tucker said.

“Children have a hard time getting support for their feelings and they can sometimes channel that into what looks like anger.”

The Mayo Clinic is a national not-for-profit health organization. Their website reads “teen depression isn't a weakness or something that can be overcome with willpower - it can have serious consequences and requires long-term treatment.”

Alex is not alone in facing this mental health issue.

“Parents should be aware of their child pulling away from friends, isolating themselves. It may also be disrupting their sleep.”

–James Tucker, psychologist

Photos by Jamie Gentry

Alex Worthington plays guitar, a newfound hobby. Alex, who has suffered bouts of depression since childhood, said music helps him relax. he attended the funeral of a A study of multiple source It may also be disrupting their cussing ending his life.

Liesa Worthington said if fellow student who took his organizations by the Centers sleep. It is important for parfor Disease Control and Pre- ents to know their child’s style,” she had not come forward with life.

Though it can be hard to tell vention found that 7.1 percent he said.“If they are a very intro- the messages, Alex might not the difference between norof children ages 12-17 had at verted child, meaning they are be here today.

“I’ve never been so scared mal mood swings and a serisome point been diagnosed not outgoing to begin with, it may not be that sort of thing. in my life,”she said.“Parents ous condition,Tucker said parwith depression.

Depression has been direct- If they’re extroverted that should need to know that when a child ents should maintain open and makes those drastic changes supportive dialogue with their ly linked to suicidal thoughts be a red flag.

“For an introverted child, you need to be aware. It just children. and actions, and the CDC This especially goes for boys reported that for individuals keep an eye out for talking neg- broke my heart.”

Alex was lucky. Last week Tucker said. Societal pressure between the ages of 15-34, sui- atively about themselves and cide was the second-leading lower self-esteem.”

Those with depression often cause of death.

The issue is prevalent among have decreased appetite, negyoung adults and teens, but lect their appearance, isolate there are things parents can themselves and lose interest in things they used to enjoy, keep an eye out for.

“You need to really look at like Alex quitting football. your child and not allow our Depression can affect sleep as fear to make us dismiss it.You well provoking insomnia and need to have a willingness to loss of energy.

The scariest symptoms by see your child, and if you think you can’t have a clear per- far are self-harm and suicidal spective, check it out with thoughts and actions, but Tucksomeone else who knows the er says parents have to face child well. Do not close your their fears on this issue.

“It is not as atypical as we eyes,”Tucker said.

According to Mayo Clinic, would believe for kids to be warning signs of depression thinking about it,”he said.“Don’t include emotional changes yield to the impulse to avoid it such as prolonged feelings of or ignore it.That’s how we get sadness or hopelessness, anger through it by facing those sitover small matters, low self- uations that terrify us and getting the support to see it esteem and self-criticism.

Behavior can be an indica- through.”

Alex’s parents were made Alex Worthington cracks jokes with his girlfriend. When Alex was tor, too.

“Parents should be aware of aware of his suicidal thoughts suffering from depression, his girlfriend alerted his parents to suicidal their child pulling away from when his girlfriend showed behaviors. Liesa Worthington, Alex’s mother, said it is crucial that friends, isolating themselves. them texts he had sent dis- someone alert parents when a teen’s behavior changes for the worse.

to be tough and not cry because it is“weak”can cause emotions to be redirected in anger and can lead to depression Tucker said.

There are a variety of other causes of depression. Biological chemistry, hormones, heredity and trauma can all be contributing factors. Other mental and physical conditions can heighten a child’s risk.

“You like them to come through their lives with a sense they are good at something, and when they lose that feeling of success it can hurt their self-esteem,”he said.“So you can see where things like dyslexia that can make them feel sad. Anything that impacts our sense of self-esteem and confidence it can be a factor.”

Treatment is usually a combination of medications, therapy and of course family support.

For Alex, medication and therapy did the trick along with a healthy dose of fishing to relax.

Alex’s parents caught on thanks to the warnings of friends and teachers.

Worthington said she hopes other parents will be able to catch on to changes in their children, too.

Alex’s parents said it is crucial that if you notice a change in a child’s behavior, say something to the parents.

“If you are a parent and you know all this, and suddenly a kid quits, ask your child what’s going on,”she said.“That is a huge red flag.”

“Anybody can be the one to break the cycle,”Alex’s father John Worthington said.“When in doubt, speak out. If you see something in a child that makes you go‘that’s strange,’then you should be asking because there could be something going on in that kid’s life.”

Now Alex spends time with his girlfriend and friends. He has learned to play the guitar and sings, a talent he has won awards for, and he is contemplating going to culinary school.

He has a future, and for any child with depression, active communication can mean they have a future, too.

Siblings want a forever family and to stay together Four wonderful siblings who need a forever family where they can remain together! Ekiya is as very sweet and outgoing.

She gets along well with others and makes friends easily.

She is behind in school because she missed so much in the past, but she loves school and does very well. She is a gifted artist and loves to draw. She is also very athletic and would love the chance to be a cheerleader.

Eudayjah or “Dazia”as she is known is generally shy and introverted. Her foster mother describes her as “angelic, caring, sweet, cuddly and very smart. ”She is a very good helper around the house, and she loves to cook. She also loves school and has won the “Terrific Kid” award.

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Eudayjah, Eliajah, Eaudrey and Ekiya are looking for a forever family.

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By Jamie Gentry jamie@navarrepress.com

In the wake of hurricane Ivan, Navarre Beach was left with a mess of hundreds of tons of concrete and debris piled up and left.

While many saw it as a nuisance, a few residents saw it as an opportunity.

In 2006 a team of residents led by John Lewis banded together to fix a problem.The volunteer group Beach Beautification Committee, a spin off from the Navarre Beach Leaseholders and Residents Association, removed those hundreds of tons of garbage left to sit by the county, and they did not stop there.

Through volunteer efforts, donations and county support dollars, the BBC placed signage and lighting along Navarre’s coast. They improved irrigation and added garbage cans that were regularly cleaned and stocked with doggie bags.They planted beach friendly and seasonal greenery.

They made the island look its best.

They also created “islands”for visitors and residents to rest at. They included palm trees and shade at 38 benches along the beach’s bike and walking paths. The procurement and installation of the benches was handled by residents Jim and Terry Taylor.

After all that work, the BBC called it quits in early 2016 after being unable to reconcile with the county commission.

Now those islands are in need of repair as some of the metal benches have begun to rust out from constant exposure to the salty air and elements.

One of the earliest installed benches has even rusted in half.

That is where the Beach Beautification Liaison Committee comes in.

The BBLC followed behind the BBC and created the Adopt a Mile program with hard work from residents Lisa Cichy and Joni Johnson.

“When the former group disbanded

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Metal benches placed along Navarre Beach by volunteers of the now disbanded Beach Beautification Committee have begun to rust after three years of exposure to the elements. One even rusted in half. Replacing the benches will cost about $500 each and will be funded by donations. there was no one or nothing to continue on the work they were doing,” BBLC Chairman Peter Birckhead said.

“We still wanted to make sure that we were monitoring and helping wherever we could. We took the island and carved it up a mile each and now we have a mile that each of us is responsible for walking up and down once or twice a month.”

It was one of these walks and notification from Lewis that led to the discovery of the broken bench.

Birckhead said the BBC realized they were going to have this problem.

“The BBC fore saw that problem, so they switched to the composite ones, which is basically all plastic,”he said.“Composite will be fine for years to come, but the metal ones will eventually rust in half.”

About half of the benches are made

Composite benches placed by the Beach Beautification Committee along Navarre Beach in 2013 are immune to the effects of the salty air and weather. The Beach Beautification Liaison Committee intends to replace the beach’s rusting benches with these weatherproof versions. of metal and will need complete a piece with additional charges for replacement. Replacing the benches installation and any engraving bringwith their rustproof cousins costs $400 ing the price to about $500.

Growth of volleyball tournament spikes interest in Navarre Beach

By Brian Lester brian@navarrepress.com Navarre Beach is known as Florida’s best-kept secret but volleyball enthusiast and former pro Judd Smith is changing that reputation to a degree with his efforts to make the beach a volleyball destination.

“We have a diamond in the rough here and it’s turned out to be awesome,”Smith said.“I love it. It definitely puts us on the map with volleyball. A lot of people used to just drive by. Now people stop.”

They will have another reason to stop next weekend when Bulldog BeachVolleyball and Lagerheads on the Gulf plays host to a Southeast Volleyball Tour tournament.

The effort is aided by a $5,000 grant provided to Lagerheads on the Gulf from the Tourism Development Council. A $1,000 portion of the grant will be used for the tournament and the rest divided up for future events.

The Southeast Tour is in its second year, originating in Navarre and now features stops in New Orleans, Panama City and Pensacola.

Three events were hosted in Navarre last year and the teams will be playing for a top prize of $8,000. The winners move on to play for $10,000 in Clearwater later this year.

About a 100 men’s and women’s players are expected to compete in the two-day double-elimination two-man tournament.

“They added four more stops this year,”Smith said.

“It keeps getting bigger. It started here in Navarre and

The BBLC intends to pay for these updates through donations.

Donors will be able to dedicate the benches to people and organizations with engravings.

“Approximately a fourth of the current locations, some of which will need to be replaced, are available for dedication on the seat back,” B i r c kh e a d said. “ T h e benches that are out there now that have already been dedicated that need to be replaced with the composite versions; that dedication will be put on the new version.”

Birckhead said the first bench, the one that rusted in half, will be replaced by the county commission. “[Commissioner Rob] Williamson is going to pay for one of them, and we are going to do that one in honor of the former BBC,”he said.“He’s having the county do that, and we are honoring the former BBC for their 10 years of service out of the county rec funds.”

It will be engraved on the seat back “Beach Beautification Committee 2006-2016.”

The members of the former BBC have put in $500 toward the next bench replacement.

“They have made the first donation,” Birckhead said.

Donations can be made by check addressed to Navarre Beach Leaseholds and Residence Assoc. and mailed to P.O. Box 5003 Navarre, Fla. 32566. A note must be made on the check specifying for BBLC Bench Replacement.

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Volley America now spon- with the first weekend of sors it.The great thing is there action slated for Sept. 24-25. are no age divisions. It’s a true The league will include socopen. I love that about it.” cer, dodgeball, flag football Smith’s ultimate hope is and six-man volleyball. He to bring AVP Next events to expects the league to run for Navarre Beach, though he about five weeks. notes that will take some time “There aren’t a lot of sports to make it a reality. options for kids until they get “We are shooting for that to high school.This gives them next but it will be awhile something to do, and adults, because of the contracts you too. I just wanted to find have to sign,”Smith said.“To something to bring the comeven be considered for it is a munity together with and big deal. It’s a process to make have fun. I love having fun it happen but it’s a fun ride.” through sports and everyone And the athletic excite- else does, too.” ment on the beach doesn’t Smith is excited about the end with the tournament. opportunities ahead for That same weekend there Navarre Beach, even if it will be a four-man tourna- means the beach is no longer ment for the public.The entry a secret. fee is $60 per team.

“It’s such a blast doing “It’s very exciting and things like this,”Smith said. another way to help grow the “I’m very blessed to have the sport around here,”Smith support of the community. said.

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Raiders overcome sluggish start to earn win

By Brian Lester brian@navarrepress.com No one ever said every game over the course of a long football season was going to be easy and there was no question Navarre faced its share of challenges Friday night against Washington.

Three punts on its first three possessions, no points in the opening quarter and allowing big plays in the second half that gave the Wildcats a chance to hang around with hope for an upset were all part of the script in the Raiders’home opener at Bennett C. Russell Stadium.

Ultimately, Navarre did win, taking down Washington 3620 to push its record to 2-0 on the season. It also came away with a valuable lesson.

“You have to play four quarters,”Navarre head coach Jay Walls said.“We played hard but we still have things to work on.”

No team is perfect after two weeks and sometimes a team will come out of the gate sluggish, as was the case Friday when the Raiders looked a little sleepy in the opening quarter against a Washington team that had no intentions of being blown out as it was a year ago in a 42-0 loss to Navarre.

Sometimes all it takes is one play to wake a team up, though, and the defense d e l i v e re d thanks to a safety by Josh Carter with 11:34 left in the first half.

It was the boost of momentum the Raiders were looking for.

“The safety got a lot going for us,”safety Nolan Garrett said.“It gave us a lot of momentum.”

The big play was set up by Jacobi Smith’s perfect punt, the ball rolling and stopping at the 1-yard line of the Wildcats.

If there was still any sleep left in the eyes of the Raiders on a warm September night, it was wiped out moments after the clutch defensive play when Michael Carter, who struggled to get on track early, busted straight up the middle for a 45-yard touchdown run that brought the crowd to its feet.

“You have to play four quarters. We played hard but we still have things to work on.”

– Jay Walls, head coach

Raider receiver Jordan Williams, 6, goes sky-high for a ball in the Raiders’ 36-20 victory over Booker T. Washington High School last Friday night.

Photos by Dickie Williams

Running back Michael Carter, 7, makes a move on the Wildcat defense on his way to another Raider score.

Carter had 24 carries for 191 yards and five touchdowns.

Students threw baby powder into the air as they cheered wildly and the Raiders rolled in front 9-0 with 11:14 to play in the half.

Carter went on to score four more touchdowns and has nine on the year.

He scored his second TD of the night on a 3-yard run with 4:16 to go in the half, following the lead of his blockers into the end zone. Sage Chambers set the stage for the score when he scrambled for gains of 10 and 15 yards to push Navarre into the red zone.

The Raiders led 16-0 and stretched their lead to 23-0 on a 13-yard run by Carter before Eric Goldsmith returned a kickoff to cut the deficit to 23-6. An 8-yard TD run pushed Navarre back on top 29-6 but the Wildcats refused to fold, slicing the gap to 29-20 with a pair of touchdowns in a three-minute span.

“We are always concerned when a team catches up, but you just have to pick it up and keep it going,”Garrett said.

Carter helped make sure the Raiders didn’t let their momentum slip away, scoring his final TD of the night on a 30-yard run. He cut through traffic to find his way into the end zone as Navarre surged ahead 36-20 with 10:38 left.

The North Carolina commit rushed for nearly 200 yards (191) and the Raiders finished with nearly 400 yards (398) overall of offense in the win.

“He ran the ball really hard,” Walls said.

“I thought

Josh and Michael Carter celebrate after Michael scores his first of five touchdowns.

the offensive line did a great job and we were able to make some big plays.”

Chambers completed six of his 12 passes for 70 yards, connecting five times with Jordan Williams, who racked up 43 yards receiving.

The Raiders have won 14consecutive regular season games dating back to 2014 and the defense helped make the latest win possible. Tyson Brown and Dante Wright both picked off passes in the victory. Carter and Cade Taylor teamed up for a sack.

To see the Raiders overcome the tough start is something Walls is proud of, even if it wasn’t easy.

“We started a little slow, but I’ll tell you what, we had to battle, but I’m proud of the kids for the way they played,” Walls said.“We’ll take a win any way we can get it.”

Football Game Stats Second Quarter NAV – Josh Carter Safety NAV – Carter 45 run (Wright kick) NAV – Carter 2 run (Wright kick) Third Quarter NAV – Carter 13 run (Wright kick) WASH – Goldsmith 88 kickoff return (kick failed) NAV – Carter 8 run (Wright kick) WASH – Hunt 12 run (Hunt to Anderson) WASH – Malory 67 run (conversion fails) Fourth Quarter NAV – Carter 30 run (Wright kick) Passing Chambers 6-of-12, 70 yards; Adamson 2-of-4, 15 yards Rushing Michael Carter, 24 carries, 191 yards, 5 TDs; Adamson, 4-37; Chambers, 5 carries-30; Green, 6 carries-17 Chris Williams, 3-12; Hering, 1-12; Thomas, 2-9; Wright 2-5.

Receiving Williams, 5-43; Rebber 2-43; Carter 1-(-1).

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By Brian Lester

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Raiders focused on the little things going forward

brian@navarrepress.com Navarre’s football team certainly hasn’t missed a beat since last season and that’s good news for a team hoping to contend for a state championship.

The Raiders stretched their regular-season win streak to 14 games Friday night with a victory over Washington are still on track for another perfect regular season.

What happens next for Navarre remains to be seen, but what we do know as we enter a bye week is the Raiders are on a mission and show no signs of slowing down.

They have played inspiredly, determined and focused through two weeks of action and while both games have ended with wins, they refuse to become complacent.

The coaching staff doesn’t just give a regular post-game pep talk.Yes, the coaches praise the Raiders for everything they have done right in their two wins, but they also put a spotlight on what still needs to be worked on.

The little mistakes matter, like a deflected pass that is picked off and returned for a touchdown or an interception that sets the stage for a scoring drive for an opponent.

The defense can’t allow itself to be content with giving up only one touchdown to an opponent because in a big postseason game, one touchdown might just be the difference between winning and losing.

Every play counts on offense and every tackle made matters a great deal because you never know which play or which tackle is going to have an impact on the outcome.

After all, not every game is going to be won in blowout fashion. There will be games where mental toughness is tested as much as physical toughness and the best teams find ways to pass those tests.

Navarre must continue to push forward, continue to execute at the highest levels possible. It must continue to display the offensive versatility it showcased in the first two weeks of the season.

Yes, the Raiders have Michael Carter, who appears to be bigger, faster and stronger than ever, and having him gives the Raiders a chance to score on every possession.

But the other players matter, too, players such as Sage Chambers, Caine Adamson, Jordan Williams, Dante Wright and Bryson Brewer, and all of them must continue to make plays when their numbers are called. So far, they have stepped up and I see no reason why they won’t continue to do so.

As Carter told me earlier this year, Navarre has a great team. It’s not a oneman show.

Great teams win championships and the Raiders are all in on their championship dream.

The start to the season is promising but there is still a long way to go make that dream a reality.

The good thing is Navarre is dedicated to doing what it takes to make the dream come true.

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Raider defensive back Tyson Brown, 27, and defensive lineman Josh Carter, 4, tackle the Wildcat running back for a safety in the second quarter to get Navarre on the board after a slow start.

By Brian Lester Wildcats off the scoreboard and Dante Wright picked brian@navarrepress.com off a pass late in the fourth quarter.

Two wins are in the books While the defense helped and being unbeaten is nevdeliver a win, it was disaper a bad thing. In the end, a pointed it didn’t get the win is a win. shutout. The Raiders have But while the Navarre allowed 33 points in two Raiders are certainly satisgames. fied with their latest Friday “We always want the night success story, a 36-20 shutout,”Garrett said.“It’s win over Washington, they going to make us work hardknow they still have a lot of er for the next game.” work to do if they hope to Now the Raiders have a ultimately accomplish their week off before getting back goal of winning a state to action Sept. 16 in a road championship, a road game against “In close games where Choctaw. It’s a bye week on the stakes are magnified, Nolan Garrett, 20, in his second year as a varsity player and starting at safety blocked a the schedule but not on the the little things are magni- punt early in the second quarter. practice field. fied,” Navarre head coach “Even though we get a Jay Walls said.“We have to cats came off a kickoff return. a lot since last year,”Garrett sively, they managed to work on doing the little “We had a couple of busts said.“I’m a lot better in cov- step up when it mattered bye week, we are still going things better.” that led to big plays,”junior erage.” most. Tyson Brown inter- to work hard,”Garrett said.

That includes on defense, safety Nolan Garrett said.

Although the Raiders cepted a pass right before “We want to be ready to go a strength of the Raiders. “We did a really good in the struggled at times defen- halftime that kept the against Choctaw.”

The defense gave up two of first half but still have some the three touchdowns and things to work on. We just the other TD for the Wild- have to work harder and focus on the little things because they are important to success.”

Garrett is in his second year as a varsity player and starts at safety. He played a big role in Friday’s win, including blocking a punt early in the second quarter.

His effort helped the Raiders win their 14th consecutive game in the regular season dating back to 2014.

“It felt good to make some big plays,”Garrett said.“It gave me a lot of confidence.”

Garrett said having a year of experience under his belt has helped him improve as It was NYSA cheerleaders night and these little Raiders a player.

“I feel like I’ve improved Running back Michael Carter shows his speed, blowing by the Wildcats for five touchdowns. had fun practicing cheers.

The Weekly Word on Pensacola Blue Wahoos

Confident and excited, Blue Wahoos head to the playoffs

By Brian Lester brian@navarrepress.com Fresh off a first-half South Division title, the Pensacola Blue Wahoos began the second half of their Southern League season struggling to get on track.

They dropped eight of their first 12 games and seemed destined to finish nowhere near the top of the division standings.

“We had a little bit of a hangover from the first half, especially after playing some hard games down the stretch,”Pensacola manager Pat Kelly said.“But the hope was that we would eventually figure it out and finish strong.”

Pensacola played .500 baseball in July, going 14-14 but they went 15-10 in August, leaving no doubt that they had indeed figured things out again.

It hasn’t always been easy to succeed and eleven of their wins have come in walk-off fashion. A total of 22 games have been decided by just a run.

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The Pensacola Blue Wahoos head into the playoffs Wednesday.

Some teams wilt under the pressure of close games. The Blue Wahoos thrive off it.

“All year we’ve shown resilience,” infielder Alex Blandino said.“It’s a lot of fun for the fans to watch and a lot of fun for us.”

Kelly loves the resiliency his team has displayed since the season began in April and is counting on that to be a key to success for Pensacola in the postseason.

“We’re very gritty, a down

to the last out team,”Kelly said.“We’ve gotten clutch hits. Our hitters are coming alive and we are pitching well, too.”

And that is why the Blue Wahoos, on the heels of their most successful season in the five-year history of the franchise, are playing baseball in September once again.

It’s why they have overcome a sluggish start to the second half to be at their best when it matters most.

The effort has injected the Blue Wahoos with confidence that shows no signs of being rattled.

“The way we have played gives us a lot of confidence,” starting pitcher Barrett Astin said.“We want to go into the playoffs clicking on all cylinders and with everyone having the right mindset. We feel like things are going really good right now.”

Astin admits that part of the reason Pensacola perhaps struggled early is because they already knew they were assured of going to the playoffs.

“I don’t want to say we relaxed but there is less pressure because we’ve already clinched a spot,”Astin said.

“You focus more on coming out and developing and working on things without the stress of trying to get to the playoffs.”

Blandino was part of the playoff experience in Pensacola last year, although that run was short-lived. Biloxi swept the divisional series in three games.

The Blue Wahoos will start

the divisional round at home this year. They hosted the opener Wednesday and play Game 2 tonight at Blue Wahoos Stadium.

Blandino is excited about experiencing playoff baseball again and hopes to help lead the Blue Wahoos to a league championship.

“Pitching and defense have been the foundation of our success and we know if we can get some timely hitting, we’ll give ourselves a chance to win,”Blandino said.“The intensity is higher in the playoffs, but it’s so much fun being a part of it. Getting that experience is all you can ask for as a player.”

Starting pitcher Sal Romano believes the Blue Wahoos are on the cusp of something special.

“We have a special team and this could be a special run,”Romano said.“We six pitchers we can throw out there at any time who can give us quality innings and a lot of our guys are swinging the bats very well. We are going to be a very hard team to beat.”

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Clemson

Tennessee vs. Virginia Tech in Bristol Charleston Southern at Florida State

RUNNING TOTAL Clemson vs. Troy

Iowa State at Iowa Western Kentucky at Alabama

Nevada at Notre Dame

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Our proud panel predicts this weekend’s winners.

Cross country

Raider runners survive early season test “I just have to look at the positives. My time was better than the first time I ran it,” Epstein said.“I’ll keep training and continue to improve.”

Teammate Steven Hauser placed 12th in a time of 22 minutes and Jake Jardina was 14th with a time of 22:08. Alex Lubbers crossed the finish line in 22:30 to place 16th overall.

Rounding out the top seven for Navarre’s girls team were Cyndi Steadman (27:37), Ashley Russell (28:37), Shay Baiker (29:34), Khiara Newton (29:40) and Alexia Chiapetta (32:13).

By Brian Lester brian@navarrepress.com It was only the second meet of the season and here were Navarre’s cross country teams running on one of the toughest courses in the area.

The course at Tiger Point Golf Course is brutal.The hills and the sand are the unforgiving features that test runners mentally as much as they do physically, and those tests are magnified on a 90-degree afternoon in Gulf Breeze.

“It’s a tough course if you aren’t hydrated,”sophomore Lauren Bilby said.

Teammate and fellow sophomore Maggie Johnson echoed those thoughts.

“It’s a lot harder than other courses because there is a lot of sand and more hills than we are used to,”Johnson said.

Still, Johnson and Bilby managed to turn in strong performances for the Raiders, with Johnson clocking in with a time of 26.28 to finish 10th overall and Bilby crossing the line in 27:19 to place 16th.

The results are a sign that

Runers take off at the start of the boys race last Tuesday at Tiger Point. the summer workouts are paying off.

“It’s a lot different than last year,”Johnson said.“Our coach is extremely involved and is pushing us a lot harder in practice and motivating us a lot more.”

Bilby agrees the workouts have had a positive impact

on her ability as a runner.

“The summer before last season I didn’t train,”Bilby said.“This summer I did a lot of training. I can feel the difference.”

Boys cross country runner Austin Epstein put in a lot of work over the summer as well.

He finished second overall

Improvement is what all runners are hoping for and there is still plenty of time to make strides. Johnson and Bilby said their goal is to break 20 minutes before the season is over. The goal is certainly attainable and girls head coach Maryann Surratt is encouraged by what she has seen so far from her runners.

“So far, so good,”Surratt said.“We haven’t run too much yet and this is a hard course. But you have to start somewhere and we’ll go from here and keep working harder.”

Gulf Breeze Meet Team Standings

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on Tuesday with a time of 18:52 but is hardly satisfied.

“It was tough today but it reinforces what I already knew.

I really have to push harder,” Epstein said.

And the 2015 state qualifier plans to do just that, especially with this being his sen- Maggie Johnson was the top ior year. finisher for Navarre.

NHS Sports Briefs

Girls Gulf Breeze 26; Tate 30; Navarre 99; Pensacola 124; Washington 163 Individual Results: Marissa Pate, 32:15; Ariana ClementeHunter, 34:29; Josie Law, 34:00; Rebecca Fields, 35:06; Fatima Garcia, 35:06; Haden Bennett, 35:41; Veronica Hersom, 37:30; Isabella Carraway, 37:46.

Boys Gulf Breeze 24; Navarre 65; Pensacola 80; Tate 96; Washington 164

Sports Calendar

man of the Week honors.

Caleb Nobles, a transfer from Valdosta State, started History was made Satur- at quarterback and was day afternoon as the Uni- impressive, throwing for 235 versity of West Florida foot- yards on 21-of-29 passing.

He completed a pair of ball team won its inauguscoring strikes as well. ral game in program hisThe Argos play their tory, slamming Ave first home game Maria 45-0 in Saturday with a 6 Naples. p.m. game The Argos against Missouri rolled up 500 S&T at Blue yards of offense Wahoos Stadiand held the um. The Miners Gyrenes to 105 drilled Bacone 62-14 in yards in the victory. its opener Saturday.

Tim Bellinger paved the way as he rushed for 101 yards and scored a pair of touch- Raiders run in Patriot downs. His effort earned him Invitational Navarre’s cross country Gulf South Conference FreshBy Brian Lester brian@navarrepress.com

teams competed at Pace Saturday and both the girls and boys teams placed eighth out of 16 teams.

Maggie Johnson was 36th overall with a time of 23:29.

Lauren Bilby took 42nd in a time of 24:01.

Cyndi Steadman (24:23, 48th), Shay Baiker (25:12, 64th); Ashley Russell (25:13, 65th)l Khiara Newton (26:09, 78th) and Ariana ClementeHunter (28:45, 110th) rounded out the top seven for Navarre.

On the boys side, Austin Epstein was fourth overall in a time of 17:20. Christian Brothers (18:33) and Alex Lubbers (18:38) finished 22nd and 25th, respectively.

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Navarre High School Student Athlete of the Week

Jake Jardina, 19:42, 54th); Colin Cavanaugh (21:09, 88th) and Charles Stone (21:10, 89th) and Tucker Reynolds (21:35, 94th) also finished in the top seven for the Raiders.

Navarre opens golf season Navarre’s girls golf team competed in its first match of the season Aug. 30 at Tiger Point and tallied a score of 233 in a nine-hole event. Gulf Breeze shot a 185 and Pace carded a 189.

Sultana Pohlmann led the way with a 48. Juliana Salinas shot a 61, Kathryn Serenio and Vannessa Salinas each shot a 62 and Aubrey Stewart checked in with a 63.

In last Thursday’s nine-hole

Carly Haytack

match against West Florida at Hidden Creek, Pohlmann finished with a 47. Julianna (56),Vannessa (62), Serenio (62) and Stewart (63) also competed for Navarre.

Remaining 2017 UWF Football Schedule Sept. 10 vs. Missouri S&T, 6 p.m.

Sept. 17 at Chowan, 6 p.m.

Sept. 24 at Valdosta State, 7 p.m.

Oct. 1 vs. Florida Tech, 6 p.m.

Oct. 8 at Mississippi College, 2 p.m.

Oct. 15 at Delta State, 2 p.m.

Oct. 22 vs. Shorter, Noon Oct. 29 vs. West Alabama, Noon Nov. 5 at North Alabama, 1:30 p.m.

Nov. 12 vs. West Georgia, Noon

Volleyball Class: 2017 Parent: Rebecca Haytack Plans after graduation: I plan on attending college, but I don’t know where yet. If I have the opportunity to play volleyball I will.

Favorite school subject: Psychology Favorite sports memory: My favorite sports memory is always beating Gulf Breeze Person you admire most and why? The one person I admire most is my grandma because she is always there for me Favorite song: “Paint Me a Birmingham” Tracey Lawrence Favorite TV show: “That ‘70s Show” Favorite Movie: “The Sandlot” If you could be anyone for a day, who would you be and why? I would be April Ross because she is good at beach volleyball

Thursday, Sept. 8 Girls Golf – vs. Gulf Breeze at Tiger Point, 3:30 p.m.

Football – vs. Niceville, 9th, 4 p.m.

Football – vs. Niceville, JV, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 10 Cross Country – West Florida Classic, 7:30 a.m.

Swimming – Patriot Day Invitational at UWF, TBA Monday, Sept. 12 Boys Golf – vs. Pace at Stonebrook, 9 a.m.

Volleyball – vs. Pensacola, 9th, 4 p.m.

Volleyball – vs. Pensacola, JV, 5 p.m.

Volleyball – vs. Pensacola, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 13 Girls Golf – vs. Catholic and Gulf Breeze at Osceola, 3:30 p.m.

Boys Golf – vs. TBA at Hidden Creek, 3:30 p.m.

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Volleyball

Raiders roll past Patriots in home opener

By Brian Lester brian@navarrepress.com Michelle Lee saw a big difference in the way her Navarre volleyball team played in a loss to Fort Walton Beach last Tuesday compared to the way it performed in a victory over Pace in its home opener the following night.

“We were so focused coming into this game,”said Lee, who is in her second season as the head coach of the Raiders.“Our passing and everything else was compact.

Everything we did was under control. Against Fort Walton, it wasn’t that way. There was such a huge difference in how we played this match.”

Encouraging signs were everywhere for the Raiders, who won only five games last season but are 2-1 through three games after a 25-17, 2513, 25-22 victory over the Patriots.

Hallie Bouressa set the tone in the first game against the Patriots with a stellar serving effort, rattling off five-consecutive points as the Raiders built a 7-0 advantage.

Solid play at the net helped Navarre stay ahead of Pace, with Caitlin Bethel, Madison Jones, Aubrey Ross and Lauren Robbins paving the way up front as the Raiders dominated the opener.

Serving played a big part in Navarre’s success in the next two games as well. Bouressa opened game two with a pair of aces and Eliana Rangel was on point with her serves also as the Raiders built a 10-3 lead and never looked back.

“Our girls have always been tough servers,”Lee said.“That has benefited us in getting

Photos by Brian Lester

Lauren Robbins tips the ball up during Navarre’s match against Pace last Tuesday. The Raiders won the match in three games to improve to 2-1 on the year. extra points in our games.”

Robbins and Ross came through with big hits down the stretch in game three as the Raiders finished off the sweep rather than get forced into a fourth and potentially fifth and deciding game.

Not only did Navarre win but players off the bench gained experience as well.

“I try to get as many players off the bench as I can and give them a chance to be in different situations,”Lee said.

“It’s a big boost to their confidence.”

Like serving, defense is one of the Raiders’strengths because

of the height they have at the net but there are still improvements that can be made in that aspect of the game.

“We’re still working on defense, playing smart defense at the net,”Lee said.“It’s a work in progress but we are getting there. We have some girls that have played together for fourplus years and other girls who are playing for the first time with this group. We are learning something new each match.”

Although it’s still early in the season, the Raiders have shown they have the potential to be a much better team

than they were a year ago when their season ended in the opening round of the district tournament at home.

But Lee doesn’t want to get caught looking too far ahead and points to her team staying focused on one match at a time. What she does know is this team has a great connection.

“This team is very unique.

A lot of them have played together for so long and work every well together,”Lee said.

“They are also supportive of each other and I love that about them. I’m proud of what we’ve Hallie Bouressa reaches out to set the ball during Navarre’s done so far. match against Pace.

Swimming

Hard work paying off early in season for Raider swimmers

By Brian Lester brian@navarrepress.com Harrison Dorsey is only a freshman but he’s already making quite a mark in the pool.

Dorsey swam to another first-place finish Monday in a meet against Gulf Breeze at the Pullum YMCA in Navarre, clocking in with a time of 1:11.84 in the 100meter breaststroke.

He also placed second in the 100 freestyle (55.37) and helped the 200 medley (1:56.45) and 200 free relay (1:47.33) teams place second.

“I’m not really surprised,” Dorsey said.“I’ve worked as hard as I’ve could every day.

When you put in the work, you get good results.”

Dorsey has been swimming since he was 8 years old and is thrilled with the way his high school career has started off. He has no plans to slow down either.

“I just keep focusing on getting my times down. I’m shooting for district and regionals, and maybe even

state,”Dorsey said.

Connor Phillips, Dylan Porter and Hunter Richardson were also part of the medley relay squad. Richardson, Porter and Zach Sutton are all on the 200 free relay team with Dorsey.

Sutton turned in a secondplace finish in the 50 free (24.50) in addition to his success in the relays.

“Our relay team has done pretty well this year,”Sutton said.“It’s been exciting and I care more about our times as a relay than my own times.”

On the girls side, Olivia Sczesny and Lauren Robbins both placed first in an event.

Sczesny took the top spot in the 100 free with a time of 1:01.52 and Robbins won the 500 free with a time of 6:37.32.

Sczesny took second in the 50 free (27.58) and Robbins was fourth in the 200 IM (2:51.40).

Merete Conley placed second in the 200 free (2:36.66) and 500 free (6:57.64) and joined Robbins, Navi Nelson and Carissa Spessard on the 400 free relay team that placed second (5:01.94).

Killian Casey teamed up

with Spessard, Sczesny and Erin Figueroa to win the 200 medley relay in a time of 2:19.83. She was part of the 200 free relay team that placed second (2:02.77). Sczesny, Nelson and Figueroa were also on the squad.

Casey placed third in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:33.81 and finished fourth in the 50 free with a time of 30.84.

Spessard clocked in with a time of 1:21.75 to take fifth In the 100 butterfly. Nelson was fifth in the 100 free with a time of 1:15.77. Natalia Roberts placed fifth in the 100 backstroke, finishing the race in 1:39.50.

Phillips was the runner-up in the 100 backstroke (1:10.58) and Porter finished as the runner-up in the 200 free (2:09.01).

Jake White earned a thirdplace finish in the 100 backstroke (1:19.64).

Baris Demirbas placed in

the top five in the 200 IM with a time of 3:14.59, good enough for fifth, and HomarOrtiz was third in the 200 free, clocking in with a time of 2:30.88. The two joined Jeff Langley and Brandon Gross on the 400 free relay team that placed fourth in a time of 4:36.69.

Jake Losquardo took fourth in the 100 free, finishing the race in 1:04.52, and Daniel Sears was fourth in the 200 IM (3:04.62).

Josh VanDrunen placed fourth in the 100 butterfly (1:18.71).

The Raiders still have nearly two months left in the season and improvement continues to be the focus.

“You have set times at the beginning and throughout the season you are trying to beat that time by a lot,”Casey said.“You definitely want to swim faster than you did the year before.”

Olivia Sczesny

Harrison Dorsey

Swimming results Meet vs. Gulf Breeze

Other Top Finishers (Girls) 50 Freestyle: 7. Navi Nelson, 31.69; 8. Bella Carraway, 38.02 100 Freestyle: 6. Sadie Crump, 1:16.52; 8. Maggie Johnson, 1:19.88; 9. Bella Carraway, 1:25.81 200 Freestyle: 8. Sadie Crump, 3:04.13; 9. Angeles Homar-Ortiz, 3:07.46.

100 Breaststroke: 6. Maggie Johnson, 1:36.45; 7. Angeles Homar-Ortiz, 1:36.95; 8. Carissa Spessard, 1:37.72.

200 IM: 6. Natalia Roberts, 3:25.39.

Other Top Finishers (Boys) 50 Freestyle: 7. Connor Phillips, 27.27; 8. Jake White, 30.00; 9. Cody Register, 31.47; 10. Zach Ostemann, 36.66.

100 Freestyle: 6. Daniel Sears, 1:07.84; 8. Baris Demirbas, 1:10.77.

200 Freestyle: 6. Jake Losquardo, 2:38.39; 8. Brandon Gross, 2:53.28; 9. Zach Ostemann, 3:06.37; 10. Tyler VanDrunen, 3:13.43; 11. Jeff Langley, 3:20.52.

100 Breaststroke: 7. Miguel Homar-Ortiz, 1:21.13; 8. Zach Sutton, 1:21.69; 9. Jeff Langley, 1:37.96.

500 Freestyle: 6. Josh VanDrunen, 7:06.26.

Meet vs. Washington

Navarre’s Girls Results 50 Freestyle: 1. Olivia Sczesny, 27.06; 2. Erin Figueroa, 30.06; 6. Navi Nelson, 32.87; 11. Bella Carraway, 37.88 100 Freestyle: 3. Olivia Sczesny, 1:01.43; 6. Navi Nelson, 1:17.09; 7. Sadie Crump, 1:20.06 200 Freestyle: 4. Lauren Robbins, 2:26.62; 5. Carissa Spessard, 2:36.25; 7. Bella Carraway, 3:26.81 500 Freestyle: 4. Lauren Robbins, 6:28.59 200 IM: 5. Sadie Crump, 3:14.32; 6. Maggie Johnson, 3:19.75; 7. Natalia Roberts, 3:27.69 100 Backstroke: 4. Erin Figueroa, 1:19.07 100 Breaststroke: 5. Maggie Johnson, 1:34.37; 6. Angeles Homar-Ortiz, 1:34.81

100 Butterfly: 5. Carissa Spessard, 1:24.25; 6. Natalia Roberts, 1:44.13 200 Freestyle Relay: 2. (Oliva Sczesny, Carissa Spessard, Erin Figueroa, Navi Nelson) 1:59.94 200 Medley Relay: 3. (Erin Figueroa, Carissa Spessard, Lauren Robbins, Olivia Sczesny,) 2:14.75 400 Freestyle Relay: 3. (Lauren Robbins, Navi Nelson, Sadie Crump, Killian Casey) 5:07.81 Navarre’s Boys Results 50 Freestyle: 2. Zach Sutton, 24.07; 4. Baris Demirbas, 30.50; 6. Tyler VanDrunen, 36.81 100 Freestyle: 2. Dylan Porter, 58.00; 3. Zach Sutton, 58.19; 4. Miguel Homar-Ortiz, 1:04.44; 8. Zach Ostemann, 1:19.62; 10. Tyler VanDrunen, 1:24.50 200 Freestyle: 4. Connor Phillips, 2:17.13; 6. Daniel Sears, 2:32; 7. Jake White, 2:50.95; 8. Brandon Gross, 2:53.19; 9.

Zach Ostemann, 2:57.37 500 Freestyle: 3. Daniel Sears, 7:05.31; 4. Josh VanDrunen, 7:11.81; 5. Jake Losquadro, 7:13.50; 7. Jake White, 7:58.43 200 IM: 4. Harrison Dorsey, 2:22.31; 5. Jake Losquardo, 3:00.57; 6. Jeff Langley, 3:39.06 100 Backstroke: 2. Dylan Porter, 1:09.06; 3. Connor Phillips, 1:09.88; 5. Brandon Gross, 1:38.69 100 Breaststroke: 2. Harrison Dorsey, 1:11.12; 5. Miguel Homar-Ortiz, 1:22.00; 7. Jeff Langley, 1:35.31 100 Butterfly: 4. Josh VanDrunen, 1:21.00 200 Freestyle Relay: 2. (Harrison Dorsey, Connor Phillips, Dylan Porter, Zach Sutton) 1:42.53 200 Medley Relay: 2. (Dylan Porter, Harrison Dorsey, Connor Phillips, Zach Sutton) 1:58.43 400 Freestyle Relay: 3. (Daniel Sears, Jake White, Miguel Homar-Ortiz, Jake Losquadro) 4:30.88

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Safety key to successful hunting trips

By Brian Lester brian@navarrepress.com

NO MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED!

Mon – Sat 9am – 8pm • Sun – 12pm – 6pm

Home on the Range 850-932-5500 • 1889 Cowen Road, Gulf Breeze • www.oakridgegunrangegb.com

Want results?

850-243-1007 170 Miracle Strip Parkway SE, FT. Walton Beach (next to the movie theater downtown)

AREA TIDE REPORT Predicted tides for Navarre Beach beginning Sept. 8, 2016 High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time % /Low Time Feet Sunset Visible

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A bow hunter in a ladder-style tree stand correctly attaches a fall-arrest harness to a strap around the tree. the FWC’s efforts to make learning about outdoor in a safe direction.

■ Always be sure of your hunting as safe as possible. ethics, wildlife conservation “The free hunter safety and firearms safety through target.

■ Make sure your finger courses are provided a junior program and young throughout the year,”Young people are encouraged to is outside the trigger guard said. “Students have the take a hunter safety course until you are ready to shoot option to attend a traditional before turning 16,”Young and make sure that all firearms are treated as loaded classroom course or com- said.

Instruction manuals for weapons. plete the classroom portion ■ Emphasizing those rules online. After the classroom the junior hunting safety portion is complete, students program are available online to hunters when they are must sign up and attend the for children in kindergarten young makes a difference in the long run. skills day part of the course.” through fifth grade.

The youth hunting proAnyone 16 years of age or “Parents interested in older must pass a hunter gram run by the FWC offers safety course before being children ages 12-17 a chance introducing their sons or allowed to purchase a hunt- to do instructive youth hunts daughters to hunting are ing license that allows them for deer, turkey, hogs, water- encouraged to review hunter fowl, small game and oth- safety basics before going to hunt unsupervised. afield,”Young said.“Taking But that doesn’t mean chil- er species.

Whether you are a minor a hunter safety course is an dren can’t begin learning about the importance of or an experienced hunter, important way for new hunter safety prior to turn- remembering the four major hunters to learn how to be rules: safe and responsible.” ing 16.

■ Always point the gun “Youth are invited to begin

Florida Hunting Incidents (1980-2014)

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Learning about hunting safety can make all the difference in the world.

Tony Young, the media relations coordinator for the Division of Hunting and Game Management for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, said incidents in the field have been reduced significantly in the last 25 years.

“Hunting is a safe activity and hunter safety education has played an important role in making it even safer,”Young said. “Since hunter safety training became mandatory in Florida in 1991, hunter incidents have declined by more than 70 percent.”

Young said judgment mistakes, such as misidentifying a hunter as an animal, are the most common causes of incidents.

There were more than 13,612 hunter safety graduates in 2013-14, nearly 10,000 more than the number of graduates in 1979.

There have been 9,000 or more graduates each year since the course became mandated in 1991.

And as Young said, the education makes a difference, with six or fewer fatalities occurring between 1991 and 2014, with the lone fatality in the state in 2013 taking place in Santa Rosa County when a man fired a round from his 12-gauge shotgun in the direction of another hunter who was heading back to a farm on which they were both hunting. The hunter, mistaken for game, died from the injuries he sustained.

A total of seven hunting incidents occurred in 2014, a stark contrast to the 35 that happened a year before hunter education became mandated.

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Outdoor Briefs Wake-Up Hike Get the day started on Sept. 18 at 7 a.m. with Peggy and/or Trudy for a brisk oneto two-hour walk at Bay Bluff Park Trail in Pensacola with brunch to follow at an area restaurant. For more information, contact Peggy at 850-982-9490 or Trudy at 850434-8861.

Trail Work on the Florida Trail Western Gate Chapter of the Florida Trail Association regularly schedules trail work on the Florida National Scenic Trail and its Sidetrail in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties each Thursday. Participants will meet at the Blackwater River State Park (North parking lot of Deaton Bridge) on Sept. 22 at 8 a.m. Visit http://www.meetup.com/ftawesterngate/ for more details or call Ed at 850-4745359.

Third Fridays with UF/ IFAS Extension UF/IFAS Extension presents monthly topics of interest to residents at the Gulf Breeze Library, 1060 Shoreline Drive, on the third Friday of each month at 10 a.m. This month's topic will be "Monarch Butterflies" on Sept. 16. Patricia Fandt, Florida master gardener, will give a presentation about the unique biology of the monarch butterfly and how to attract them to keep them in your landscape. For more information, contact Mary Derrick at 850-623-3868 or maryd@santarosa.fl.gov.

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Because tide times are predictions, they are not always accurate.

Information provided by saltwatertimes.com.

Gulf Islands National Seashore plans to offer its Every Kid in a Park pass for the second-consecutive year.

The pass is available to all fourth-grade students and allows the students and those accompanying them free access to national parks nationwide. The pass is valid

for a full calendar year.

“There’s so much to do and discover at Gulf Islands National Seashore, and we’re excited to welcome fourthgraders and their families throughout the year,” said national seashore superintendent Dan Brown.“We hope that our young visitors learn and have fun in the great outdoors and develop a lifelong connec-

tion to our nation’s land, water and wildlife.”

The website (www.EveryKidinaPark.gov) for Every Kid in a Park features links to educational activities, trip planning, fieldtrip options, a downloadable pass and additional information on the program.

The Every Kid in a Park program is an administrationwide effort between the

Department of the Interior, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of the Army and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The program is designed to inspire the next generation to be stewards of the nation’s shared natural and cultural heritage.

For more information on the program, visit the web site.

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LIVING Just eat real food

By Shana Roberson shana@navarrepress.com We have way-overcomplicated things. What if nutrition and eating were really simple? There are all kinds of rules and ideas and lists and charts and books to tell you what you should and shouldn’t eat. I’d like to propose a really simple way to think about nutrition: eat what God has provided. I came up with this not-exactly-brilliant concept when trying to explain to my kiddos what is healthy.

“If God made it, it’s healthy. If He didn’t, it’s not,”I said, optimistically hoping that this would end all future complaints and questioning. Would you be shocked to know that didn’t work?

Now if you don’t believe in God, go ahead and replace that with nature. Let’s break it down. All the foods that fuel our bodies best come straight from nature: vegetables, fruits, meat, fish, nuts, seeds and more. I get a kick out of so-called“superfoods.”No, they’re not actually super or extra special, they are just the food God intended for us to eat. That’s why they have all of these“superpowers.”

The best thing about eating real food is that it makes things much simpler. When it comes to fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds they are all delicious, nutritious and convenient to eat raw. Even so, almost anything“real”is good roasted or grilled in your oven with a little extra virgin olive oil and spices. Pick your favorite protein and vegetable, add spices and heat to eat. No need for complicated recipes or thousands of ingredients.

Instead, keep it simple and just eat real food. It can be better for your wallet as well as you are able to leave most of the boxed and canned things behind at the store.

It can be easy to confuse real food for food-like products. For example, my oldest kiddo still hasn’t quite grasped the conAvocado lime ranch dressing cept that just Soybean oil, buttermilk, water, distilled vinegar, avocado, egg yolk, salt, because his milk carton has a sugar, spice, garlic*, onion*, corn strawberry on it starch, lactic acid, potassium sorbate and says 0 grams and sodium benzoate added as of fat does not preservatives, xanthan gum, lime juice concentrate, natural flavor, make it 1) healthy propylene glycol alginate, disodium or 2) anything to guanylate, disodium inosinate, fruit do with actual juice concentrates (color), oleoresin strawberries. tumeric, sodium acid pyrophosphate, The farther sodium alginate, ascorbic acid, citric from their natural acid, calcium disodium EDTA added to state our food protect flavor. *dehydrated. items are, the less healthy they are Those ingredients start out great for us. So, a grape but it’s all downhill after onions. or tomato RIGHT off the vine has the most nutrition available. Unfortunately, as soon as it is picked it slowly begins to lose nutrients.

Many food-like products (think juice, jelly, wine, tomato sauce, ketchup) involve a process where a fruit or vegetable is picked, shipped somewhere, mashed, heated, strained and had water added to it, and then the list goes on and on. The more processed a food is, the less“real”it is and the less nutrition to offer us. While modern processing has made food more available to us, it has also taken away the amount of nutrition we receive from food.

Not only does processing food rob it of its nutrients, what gets added is also bad for you. As mentioned before, water is the least of the problems when it comes to what is added to our food.

For example, take the salad dressing at one of the most popular fast food chains in the country.

Even though they may be trying to offer a healthy option and they may have the very best of intentions, their food is far from nature and has many added preservatives.

One simple step to improve your nutrition and health would be to opt for“the real thing”as often as possible. Go for the actual potato instead of the chips, choose grapes instead of yogurt-covered raisins, use your own olive oil and vinegar instead of someone else’s salad dressing.

Please send in your questions and comments and next week we will talk about unlearning some of the bad information that’s been passed down to us.

Shana Roberson is a certified personal trainer and health and fitness coach. Follow Shana at www.facebook.com/jumpstartbyshana/.

“If God made it, it’s healthy.

If He didn’t, it’s not.”

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Fresh strawberries Frozen strawberries Rolled oats with berries Oatmeal and raw honey Olive oil and vinegar Homemade vinaigrette

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Here are a few examples to get you in the mindset of “real food.”

Shana motivates women to achieve fitness success

By Jamie Gentry jamie@navarrepress.com A familiar name and face is returning to the Health page of Navarre Press. Some of our readers may remember Shana Roberson, who contributed some great stories to the pages of the community newspaper. Roberson will now lend her writing talents to the Health page, giving her insights into eating right, getting active and living an overall happier life.

Roberson, 33, a personal trainer, group fitness teacher and Beach Body coach in Navarre will be writing a series of articles and columns focused on attainable health goals.

A veteran and mother of three, Roberson said she can relate to her readers' struggle because when she moved to Navarre she weighed close to 200 pounds and did not maintain a healthy lifestyle.“I moved from Alaska, and up there nobody cared about what you eat and how healthy you were and how you looked,” she said.“When I got here everybody was in shape and active. That was where I started on my real fitness journey of coming back from marriage, two kids and Alaska.”

Now Roberson weighs less than 140 pounds, leads other women toward their fitness goals and lives in workout clothes. She has turned Photo by Jamie Gentry that lifestyle change into a Health and Fitness writer Shana Roberson leads a Piyo class Thursday afternoons at the YMCA. career helping others.

Q: What issues of health and fitness are closest to your heart?

A: My target is helping women get their mojo back.

They are so busy taking care of other people they don’t take care of themselves.You have to take care of yourself to take care of others. Living a happier and healthier life is the most fulfilling thing, and getting healthy is a catalyst for getting more things in your life on track.

Q: What is the biggest road block for people in living healthier lives?

A: Believing that eating well and exercising is too expensive or too time consuming. Eating well is actually less expensive. Meal prep is the new fast food. If you

do that prep Sunday it makes the whole week easier. It costs less, and it is less time consuming. People think that the food won’t taste good or it will take too much time, but that is incorrect. And I want them to give me the chance to prove them wrong.

Q: How do you stay motivated and on track when it comes to your health?

A: Every time I get off track I have this wow moment of ‘why do I feel like crap?’ or every time I don’t exercise I have that moment of ‘wow, why am I so tired?’Those little things have a huge impact.

Plus all my clients motivate me to do better. I can’t make excuses if I’m telling them not to make excuses.

Q: What is your fitness goal?

A: My goal is to help as many people as I can to live healthier lives. I think there is a lot of negativity in the world and my job is to speak positivity into the world. If I make one mom a little happier that is going to go into her whole family and the next generation might have fewer health problems. I’m here to encourage and speak life. We should be lifting each other up instead of tearing each other down.

to face.You have got to find a way to make health and fitness a priority in your life, or it will make itself a priority in your life.

Q: If you could tell people to start one thing, what would it be?

A: Start where you are. Don’t worry about doing it all. Find something you can do and latch on to that. If it’s just a 10-minute walk every night, that is a start.

If it’s just drinking fewer sodas a day, that is a start. If you are already doing these things, it’s Q: If you could tell taking that next step.These litpeople to stop one thing, tle changes will add up to big what would it be? results, and just keep adding A: The biggest thing is to until you get to your goals. stop eating so much sugar. But also, stop making excuses.

Read Roberson’s advice and Everybody has their story. insights each week in the Health and Everybody has their challenges Fitness section of the Navarre Press.

Health Briefs Baptist Health Care Support Groups Baptist Health Care offers a variety of support groups to help families in our community enjoy a better quality of life.

■ Prostate Cancer Support Group: Thursday, Sept. 8, 5 to 6:30 p.m. at Baptist Towers, Tower 3, Suite 233 1717 North E St., Avery Street Entrance. For more information, call 850-469-2224.

■ Weight-Loss Surgery Support Group: Tuesday, Sept. 13, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Baptist Towers, Medical Meeting Rooms, 1717 North E St., Avery Street Entrance. For more information, call 850-437-8746.

■ Patient and Family Cancer Support Group: Tuesday, Sept. 13, 4 to 5:30 p.m. and Tuesday, Sept. 27, 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Baptist Towers, Tower 3, Suite 233, 1717 North E St., Avery Street Entrance. For more information, call 850-469-2224.

■ Baptist Mommy and Me Play Group: Thursday, Sept. 15 and 29, 10 a.m. to noon at Baptist Hospital, Prenatal Classroom, third floor. This is a free support group for moms with babies up to 6 months old. For more information, call 850-434-4567.

Andrews Institute welcomes primary care sports medicine physician Andrews Institute is proud to welcome primary care sports medicine physician, Brett Kindle, M.D., to its team of experts. Kindle is a highly skilled physician providing care for patients with musculoskeletal, orthopedic conditions including professional and recreational athletes. He is known for taking the time to get to know his patients and working with them individually to develop a care plan that best meets their condition and needs. As part of Andrews Institute, Kindle now welcomes new patients at his office lo-

cated at Andrews Institute, 1040 Gulf Breeze Parkway, Suite 206. To learn more about Kindle or to schedule an appointment, visit AndrewsInstitute.com or call 850916-8700.

Parenthood Education and classes Baptist Health Care offers expectant mothers choices to tailor the birth experience from early pregnancy through the months following baby’s arrival.

■ Baptist Birth Experience: Free, Saturday, Sept. 10, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Baptist Hospital, 1000 West Moreno St., Prenatal Classroom, third floor. This class gives an overview of the Baptist Womens Center experience, a tour of the labor and delivery unit, nursery and post postpartum unit of Baptist Hospital and includes a video about epidurals.

■ Baby Care Basics: $20 per couple Tuesday and Thursday, Sept. 20 and 22, 6 to 8 p.m. at Baptist Hospital, 1000 West Moreno St., Prenatal Classroom, third floor. This class walks you through what to expect in the hospital and at home.

■ Breastfeeding: $20 per couple Tuesday and Thursday, Sept. 27 and 29, 6 to 9 p.m. at Baptist Hospital, 1000 West Moreno St., Prenatal Classroom, third floor. This class teaches the basics of breastfeeding.

■ Baptist Womens Center Tours: We offer tours of the Baptist Womens Center on Mondays and Fridays at 5:30 p.m. To reserve a time or if you are in need of a different time, call 850-434-4567.

Classes are offered throughout the year and are available to view at eBaptistHealthCare.org/birth by clicking on Classes. To register for classes, call 850-434-4567.

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Ashley Zapf, M.D., is an experienced physician providing care for sports-related injuries including concussions and other neurological and musculoskeletal conditions. Dr. Zapf is a specialist board certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation, as well as fellowship and board certified in sports medicine. Dr. Zapf treats patients by appointment at Baptist Medical Park – Navarre and Andrews Institute in Gulf Breeze.

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The job is done when the tissues heal. Full recovery occurs in three stages: 1. Pain and inflammation control 2. Healing with maximal flexibility and strength 3. Biomechanical analysis for return to play and future injury prevention

Medical Degree Eastern Virginia Medical School Norfolk, Va. Internship Internal Medicine, Portsmouth Naval Hospital Portsmouth, Va. Residency Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital, University of Chicago Chicago, Ill.

What are the topics or areas of your specialty that you most enjoy educating patients about?

I enjoy teaching patients about the body’s ability to heal, and that it is possible to return to the activities that they love.

Fellowship Sports Medicine University of Florida Gainesville, Fla.

In your opinion, what’s the most important factor in a doctor-patient relationship?

Listening to the patient.

Board Certifications Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sports Medicine

What can a patient expect when they have you as a doctor?

A personalized, comprehensive treatment program designed to move them from their injury to peak performance.

Memberships American Medical Society of Sports Medicine American College of Sports Medicine Association of Academic Physiatrist

What do you find most encouraging about the work you do?

Whether it’s returning to an active lifestyle or reaching peak performance, I enjoy watching people achieve their goals after injury.

Describe one of the top ways you can ensure each patient receives the quality, personal health care he/she deserves.

By establishing a comprehensive treatment protocol and coordinate care with other specialists.

Medical Interest Ultrasound-guided injections Electrodiagnostic procedures Onsite physician sports coverage Fractures (broken bones) Endurance athletes Athletic injuries Concussions Medical education

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Arrest and incident reports are taken from the information released from law enforcement agencies. Charges or citations reported in the Navarre Press do not imply guilt. Guilt is determined by the courts. Information on this page is public information. Names on arrest records will not be withheld by request for any reason. Juveniles are named only if the arrest involved a felony offense.

INCIDENT REPORTS Employee fails to scan items Brenda Lee Howard, 52, 2200 block of Orion Lake in Navarre was arrested Aug. 26 on a charge of larceny.

Law enforcement responded to the Publix in Navarre on Aug. 26 in reference to a theft complaint. A store manager told the deputy that an employee, Howard, had failed to ring up merchandise on five occasions totaling $640.

Howard was released on a $5,000 bond.

Resident fails to comply with county ordinance Britton Cole Eisenhut, 43, of the 9300 block of East River Drive in Navarre was arrested Aug. 30 on a charge of public nuisance.

On June 20, 2016, a deputy saw public nuisance violations at Eisenhut’s home.There was a derelict car, approximately 10 or more jet skis, a derelict golf car, a derelict boat with a small tree or bush growing up in the middle of the boat, a go-cart, engine/machine parts and loose trash lying all across the front yard.The deputy walked toward the gate to the backyard and could see a table with engine/machine parts

lying on top and on the ground around it. He also saw more jet skis and boats in the backyard which appeared to be derelict along with 4wheelers, a riding lawn mower, tires lying around the yard, a bent trampoline lying on top of a pile of cut tree trunks and another large pile of debris.There were other miscellaneous metal items lying around .The deputy knocked on the door but no one answered. He left a 15-day corrective notice and a copy of County Ordinance 2006.41 on his door. The deputy returned on Aug. 17 and nearly all of the items were still in the front, side and back yard.

Eisenhut was released on a $500 bond.

Mother discovers checkbook missing, fingers daughter Michelle Ann Suggs, 43, no address given, was arrested Aug. 26 on charges of larceny, fraud and counterfeiting of a check.

Deputies responded to a fraud complaint on July 13 and spoke with the complainant. She said that her daughter, Suggs, stole her checkbook from her room.

The complainant didn’t know

it was missing until she received a call from First National Bank stating that her bank account had been suspended due to fraudulent activity.The complainant went to look for her checkbook but discovered it was missing.The bank told the complainant that Suggs cashed seven of her checks in Santa Rosa County. Suggs wrote out the checks to herself and then forged her mother’s signature on the checks, according to the police report. The complainant said that she did not sign her name on any of the checks. Seven of the checks were cashed in Navarre, totaling $1,265.

Suggs is being held at the Santa Rosa County Jail on an $86,000 bond.

Fraudulent check lands man in jail Dalton Wesley Suggs, 21, of the 9800 block of W. Concord Circle in Navarre was arrested Aug. 26 on a charge of fraud.

Law enforcement responded to the Beach Community Bank in Navarre on Aug. 23 in response to a fraud attempt.

Suggs had gone into the bank on Aug. 22 and opened an

account. He then attempted to deposit a check for the amount of $2,900.50 from Santander Bank. On Aug. 23, a bank teller called Santander Bank and confirmed that the check was fraudulent. Suggs returned to Beach Community Bank to cash a counter check for $200.The teller tried to explain to Suggs it was a fraudulent check and he became aggravated. Suggs left the bank after being denied the money.

Suggs is being held at the Santa Rosa County Jail on a $500 bond.

Drugs found during traffic stop Timothy Dwayne Hammonds, 36, of the 7100 block of Riverview Street in Navarre was arrested Aug. 19 on charges of cocaine-possession, marijuana-possession and drug-equipment possession.

According to the police report, a deputy conducted a traffic stop on the codefendant for a seatbelt violation as she traveled east bound on U.S. Highway 98. He asked the codefendant if she had anything on her person or in her vehicle that would get her in trouble. She declined and

consented to a search of her vehicle.The defendant, Hammonds, was also asked by the deputy if he had anything on him that would get him in trouble to which he declined having anything illegal on his person. The deputy requested that Hammonds empty the contents of his pockets on top of the codefendant’s vehicle. Hammonds pulled out a smoking device and placed it on the roof of the vehicle. The deputy inspected the smoking device and saw what appeared to be a small amount of burnt leafy substance residue left in the top hole.The deputy searched Hammonds and found a plastic bag with an unknown brown substance, a hypodermic needle, a plastic bag with heroin residue, a small glass vile with methamphetamine residue, a cigarillos bag with suspected marijuana, a jeweler bag with white powder, a jeweler bag with a brown substance and a jeweler bag with small yellow pills with“L”engraved on one side.

Hammonds is being held at the Okaloosa County Jail on a $7,500 bond.

Citizen contact by deputy reveals drugs Voltaze Lemans Gay, 45, of the 7400 block of HarvestVillage Court in Navarre was arrested Aug. 19 on charges of cocaine-possession, drugspossession, marijuana-possession and drug-equipment possession.

A citizen contact was conducted with Gay at the QV Mart on Beal Parkway on Aug. 19. Gay was standing at the open driver side door of a vehicle. He told the deputy it was his vehicle as he sat in the driver‘s seat. The deputy could smell the odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle. During the detention of Gay, he kept tensing up and would not obey verbal commands, according to the report. Once out of the vehicle Gay attempted to throw an unknown object into the wooded lot next to the vehicle. A search of the area was conducted and a white oval pill with G036 markings was located. During the search of his vehicle, a white rock substance and a green leafy substance was located along with rolling papers.

Gay was released on a $5,500 bond.

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Single Family Detached, 40Square Footage, CompanyHometown Contractors, Inc, Contractor-Paul A. Kasischke, 8000 ■ 208 Northcliffe Dr., Gulf Breeze, Residential Structure Repair, Occupancy Type-Single Family Detached, Company-D & S Building Contractors Inc, ContractorMichael David Rogers, 2000 ■ 1913 Elodie Ln., Gulf Breeze, Windows/Doors Install, Company-Sears Home Improvement Products Inc, Contractor-Alfred William Nyman, Jr., 5102 ■ 8738 Rio Vista Dr., Navarre, Windows/Doors Install, Company-Window World of Central Florida, Inc, Contractor-Michael Brian Tillman, 3012 ■ 1877 Blue Tip Dr., Navarre, Windows/Doors Install, Company-Window World of Central Florida, Inc, Contractor-Michael Brian Tillman, 4918 ■ 2041 Everglades Dr., Navarre, Hurricane Shutters Install, Company-Ecoview Windows and Doors of Northwest Fl, ContractorRickie E. Glass, 3757 ■ 7134 Menton St., Navarre, Residential Structure New, Occupancy TypeSingle Family Detached, 2642Square Footage, CompanyWhitworth Builders Inc, Contractor-Leo A. Whitworth, Jr., 100396 ■ 7134 Menton St., Navarre, Roofing Install, 2642Square Footage, CompanyWhitworth Builders Inc, Contractor-Leo A. Whitworth, Jr. ■ 1963 Seahawk Ln., Navarre, Pool Install, Company-Pensacola Pools, Contractor-Larry A. Robbins, 30540 ■ 1887 Biscayne Blvd., Navarre, Residential Structure Alteration, Occupancy Type-Single Family Detached, Company-Blatz Remodeling & Construction Inc, Contractor-Gary Dean Blatz, 53780 ■ 7269 Jacobs Tr., Pool 1, Navarre, Pool Install, Company-Avalon Pools LLC, Contractor-Edwin Cecil Suggs, 3000

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8/30/2016 ■ 5088 Mandavilla Blvd., Gulf Breeze, Roofing Alteration, 3100-Square Footage, Contractor-Richard P. Utley, 4000 ■ 50 Joachim Dr., Gulf Breeze, Commercial Structure New, Occupancy TypeAssisted Living Facility, 133502-Square Footage, Company-Greenhut Const Co Inc, Contractor-Dudley Herman Greenhut, 20000000 ■ 9871 Orion Lake Circle, Navarre, Roofing Alteration, 3300-Square Footage, Company-Woodworth Services Inc, Contractor-David R. Woodworth, 2000 ■ 2780 Highway 87 S., Navarre, Accessory Exempt New, Contractor-Howard M. & Joann L. Jones ■ 8536Vehlin Ct., Navarre, Roofing Alteration, Company-Carroll Company, Contractor-Elton Eugene Carroll, 7500 ■ 7013 Pro Am Ct., Navarre, Pool Install, Company-Cox Pools of the Southeast Inc, Contractor-Michael E. Lovett, 44000 ■ 8167 Navarre Parkway, Navarre, Commercial Structure Alteration, Occupancy Type-Moderate Hazard, 2030Square Footage, CompanyDave Gilbert Construction, Contractor-John David Gilbert, 15000 8/31/2016 ■ 3364 Espanola St., Acc 1, Gulf Breeze, Accessory Exempt New, ContractorPeggy Reynolds & Sinnen Raye ■ 1648 Sunny Oak St., Gulf Breeze, Mobile Home

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DIVORCES The following people were divorced in Santa Rosa County in August 2016 ■ Shane Patrick Kahl and Amanda Kahl ■ Michael Jay Thompson and Michelle Jones Thompson ■ Sherli Ann Gibbs and Robert Lee Gibbs ■ Richard E. Oliver and Kelsea A. Bright-Oliver ■ Patricia Powell Kress and Lyall J. Kress ■ Donna Lee Evans and Timothy Evans ■ Rachel Rae Giordano and Paul M. Giordano ■ Starla Gayle Stokes and Thomas Warren Hardin ■ Michael Allen Collins and Christa Louise Collins ■ Sandra Joy Tolbert and Todd Allan Tolbert ■ Bryan Dewayne Cooper and Melissa Nicole Cooper ■ Emily Conroy and Ryan Conroy ■ Rachel O’Neill and William O’Neill ■ Krista Stein and Howard R. Stein ■ Mary Marie Jones and William Noah Jones ■ Howard Reid Robbins and Janet Irene Robbins ■ Clayton Russell and Julia V. Russell ■ Estrella Crespo Gonzalez and Luis A. Ramirez ■ Sandra A. Klemens and Jerome S. Klemens

■ Janet Reed Forster and Walter Perry Forster ■ Kristin Renee Dozier and William Ross Dozier ■ Nicole Elizabeth Brinkley and Robert John Criswell ■ Jayson P. Cannon and Christina L. Cannon ■ Charles Benjamin Carlton and Lillie Linda Carlton ■ Amber Nichole Powell and Michael Dewayne Powell II ■ Johnathan Gilmore and Maria De Lourdes CuellarDiaz ■ Henry Douglas Hatfield and Joanna Allison Hatfield ■ Kathy R. Gross and Emmett C. Gross ■ Carol C. Manson and Clayton Manson ■ Andrew Murden and Kellie Murden ■ Robert J. Rabalais and Allison C. Rabalais ■ Victor Burgos and Christine Burgos ■ Charlie Lee Goodwin andYvonne Goodwin ■ Paul Curtis Kroeger and Brenda Danielle Beaver ■ Johnny W. Johnson and Bonita Bianca Johnson ■ Stephen Michael Austin and Cassandra Ann Austin ■ Victoria Brooke Joudry and James Edward Horan, Jr. ■ Kelly Jennifer Aguilar and Miguel Fernando Aguilar ■ Raven Celeste Ramey and Dalton Avery Ramey

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■ John Joseph Byrd and Jessica Kay Boatwright-Byrd ■ Shelley Keller and Preston Keller III ■ Kendall Pope-Szuck and Brandon Dwayne Szuck ■ Michael A. Boyd and Ginger K. Boyd ■ Jaye Andrew Hobdy and Keyana Lucas Hobdy ■ Mason Tsuji and Sarah Tsuji ■ Ryan Joseph Griener and Tommie M. Williams ■ Makala Gandy and Darrell D. Gandy ■ Jennifer Nichole McAlister and Adam McAlister ■ Nicholas Ryan Gongwer and Elizabeth Gongwer ■ Christopher McCormick and Brandi McCormick ■ Michelle Leanne Turson and Derek L. Turson ■ Jessica Jade Johnson and Dwayne A. Robert ■ Melissa A. Clark and Joel S. Clark ■ Destiny Raquel Young and Jonathan MichaelYoung ■ Bruce McDaniel and Bridget L. McDaniel ■ Michael O’Neal Tedder and Rita Carol Tedder ■ Kandace Marie Huddleston and David Lee Huddleston II ■ Dayna Morgan Wilson and Dalyn Jay Wilson, Sr.

MARRIAGES ■ Kenneth C. Fournier and Mary Ann Fournier ■ Daniel A. Baradon and Linda J. Brent Baradon ■ Bryan Keith Gornall and Kayla Nickole Gornall ■ Maranda Lynn Bass and Joshua Christopher Bonds ■ Adam Noel Errickson and Tonya Margaret Errickson ■ Angela Chinessa Dixon and Stephen Ray Bush ■ Ronald G. Byrd, Jr. and Sabrina Byrd ■ Sarah Diane Jackson and Colby Jackson ■ Christopher P. Rhodes and Jessica C. Rhodes ■ Angela Henrichs and Mate Henrichs

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Marriages occurring in ■ Jennifer Michelle Page Santa Rosa County Aug. 26 to Anthony Carlos Cruz through Sept. 2 ■ Bryan Scott Finley to Rebekah Ann Rice ■ Daniel Frances Weber to ■ Brennan Rhyker ChillRebecca Lynn Lambert cutt to Lindsey Ann Steen ■ James Corey Melton to ■ Amber Leighann Watts Brittany Nicole Cook to Luis Manuel Rodriguez ■ Noah Jacob Petersen to ■ Shawn William ThompKimberly Leigh Madison son to Christi Lynn Lee ■ Doren Antoine Castille, ■ Carrie Elizabeth Geralds Jr., to Michelle Renee Jones to Andrew John Ward ■ Brittanie Lee Glover to ■ Cassuandra Marie Wolfe Asa Paul Barnes to Tyler Keith Jenks ■ Rick Michael Adams to ■ Alexia Deshae Slack to Kathy Alina Long Nicholas Delontay Jackson ■ Patricia Jeanette Buck■ Kelly Lynn Downing to ner to Tammy Jo Winstead Darren Randolph Bailey ■ Philip Kevin Husband to Michelle Leigh Myers

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

ARRESTS OF SANTA ROSA COUNTY RESIDENTS August 29

Michael Scott Traynom, 41, 1300 block of Ashford Drive, Gulf Breeze, Charge: Aggravated assaultweapon

August 30

Britton Cole Eisenhut, 43, 9300 block of East River Drive, Navarre, Charge: Public nuisance

September 1

Jason Chesley Kennedy, 40, 2200 block of Paloma Street, Navarre, Charge: Moving traffic violation

Arrest and incident reports are taken from the information released from law enforcement agencies. Charges or citations reported in the Navarre Press do not imply guilt. Guilt is determined by the courts. Information on this page is public information. Names on arrest records will not be withheld by request for any reason. Juveniles are named only if the arrest involved a felony offense.

September 2

September 1

James Michael O’Brien, 20, 6500 block of East Bay Boulevard, Gulf Breeze, Charge: Trespassing

Sharon Nicole Cheek, 28, 5600 block of National Court, Gulf Breeze, Charge: Failure to appear

September 2

September 2

Joanie Marie Rager, 35, 9000 block of Deer Lane, Navarre, Charges: Condition release violation and drugspossession

September 3

September 3

Michael Anthony Campbell, 31, 1600 block of Green Briar Parkway, Gulf Breeze, Charge: Cruelty toward child

Aug. 29 through Sept. 6

September 3

Shane Austin Maddox, 19, 2700 block of Bay Watch Lane, Navarre, Charges: Damage propertycriminal mischief (two counts); burglary (two counts); and larceny (two counts)

September 5

Gregory Lamont Peavy, 47, 1300 block of Harvard Drive, Gulf Breeze, Charges: Moving traffic violation; drugspossession; and drugequipment possession

September 6

September 4

Russell Howard Lamb, 55, 8200 Toledo Street, Navarre, Charge: Condition release violation

Montana Rae Alex, 22, 1500 block of Brigaten Court, Gulf Breeze, Charge: Probation violation

William Christopher Holt, 36, 200 block of Pensacola Beach Road, Gulf Breeze, Charge: Probation violation September 1

Sharon Ting Neihoi Fleming, 25, 1400 block of Tiger Lake Drive, Gulf Breeze, Charge: Probation violation-misdemeanor

Bailey Christian Moore, 25, 6000 block of Toulouse Street, Gulf Andrea Jean Breeze, Charge: Battery Rumbaugh, 25, Homeless, Gulf Breeze, Charges: Contempt of court; battery; and trespassing

Stephine Rae Kleinpeter, 39, 8000 block of Sleepy Bay Boulevard, Navarre, Charges: Resisting officer and disturbing peace

Ruth Erin Cable, 69, 2800 block of Pebble Beach Drive, Navarre, Charge: DUI

Michael Paul Castille, 63, 3200 block of Maplewood Drive, Gulf Breeze, Charges: DUI and moving traffic violation Albert Mitchell Berry, 55, 5300 block of Stage Coach Trail, Gulf Breeze, Charges: DUI and drugspossession

Craig Robert Schwartz, 26, 1200 block of College Parkway, Gulf Breeze, Charges: Probation violation-misdemeanor (two counts)

Brandin Christopher Mullins, 26, 2200 block of Bergren Road, Gulf Breeze, Charge: Probation violation

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-1LEGALS Fictitious Name Notice NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, desiring to engage in business under the fictitious name of Sweet Treats by Michelle, at 6853 Leisure Street in the County of Santa Rosa, in the city of Navarre, Florida 32566 intends to register the said name with the Division of Corporations of the Florida Department of State, Tallahassee, Florida. Dated at Navarre, Florida, this 6th day of September 2016. Michelle Colina, owner or corporation full name.

Legal Notice #2941 ____________________ Fictitious Name Notice NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, desiring to engage in business under the fictitious name of Painted Lady Soap Company, at 1990 Highway 87, Suite A in the County of Santa Rosa, in the city of Navarre, Florida 32566 intends to register the said name with the Division of Corporations of the Florida Department of State, Tallahassee, Florida. Dated at Navarre, Florida, this 6th day of September 2016. Lilac & Lily, LLC, owner or corporation full name.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below for the following locations indicated: September 28th, 2016 at the time and location listed below: 11:30 A.M. for the Extra Space Storage facility located at 15 McClure Drive Gulf Breeze, FL 32561. (850)932-2323 Unit# 1010-Nathan ChambersHousehold and personal items, Unit# 103-Brenda Parker-Boxes, personal items, bedroom suite, Unit#3050-Garzon MauricioHousehold and personal property, Unit# 319-Ron Thomas-Personal items.

The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction.

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Tallahassee, Florida. Dated at Navarre, Florida, this 6th day of ____________________ September 2016. Larry T. Riggs, owner or corporation full name.

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

2016 Free Summer Concert Schedule Navarre Park, 8513 Navarre Pkwy., Navarre, Florida September 8, 2016 • 6:30-8:30 p.m.

September 8 Chloe Channell (Country) Sponsors: Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate and University Lending Group Concessions: The Warriors Wagon and Kona Ice Co-Hosted by:

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

Concert goers are encouraged to bring a blanket or a lawn chair. No Pets, No Smoking & No Vaping in Navarre Park. In the event of cancellation, a notice will be posted by 4:30 pm on www.navarrepress.com and www.navarrechamber.com Soliciting, promoting, advertising or sales from anyone other than the Chamber, concert food vendors and sponsors is prohibited. The bands are not authorized to make announcements other than our weekly sponsor and food vendor recognitions.

Thank you for your courtesy and cooperation.

May 19 – September 8, 2016 • 6:30 – 8:30 pm

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