The official winners of the Navarre Fishing Rodeo are as follows: 

Inaugural Navarre Fishing Rodeo

June 1-2, 2013

Open Division Winners

1^st Place: Yeti Cooler, 2^nd Place: $100, 3^rd Place: $50

Black Snapper:1^st Josh Hinson, .72

Blue Fish:1^st Larrence Inkel, 3.74; 2^nd Jeb Bubanas, 2.0; 3^rd Matt Blatz, 1.79

Bonita: 1^st Charles Windfelder, 5.01; 2^nd Bob Boston, 4.52; 3^rd Dusty Service, 3.91

Cobia: 1^st Dave Taylor, 19.11; 2^nd Nate Robbins, 16.03

Mahi: 1^st Mark Griffith, 11.28; 2^nd Robert Long, 1.21; 3^rd Jenny Holmes, 1.17

Flounder: 1^st Devin Canaan, 1.59; 2^nd Steve Rhodes, 1.52; 3^rd Jimbo Cleary. 1.39

Red Grouper: 1^st Daryl Lynchard, 13.37; 2^nd Bryan Duncan, 6.97

King Mackerel: 1^st Garret Fifer, 16.12; 2^nd Joe Mahana, 14.43; 3^rd Ethan Ugrate, 9.99

Lane Snapper: 1^st Dalton Sarver, 3.0; 2^nd Jason Downs, 2.1; 3^rd Dan Richardson, 1.96

Mingo Snapper: 1^st Tiffany Duncan, 1.38; 2^nd Ricky James, .91

Mullett: 1^st Dylan Manning, 3.1; 2^nd Dennis Miller, 2.5; 3^rd Cory Holland, 1.95

Pompano: 1^st Patsy Thomas, 1.26; 2^nd Jared Thomas, 1.00

Red Snapper: 1^st Michael Broxson, 19.54; 2^nd Jared Schultz, 19.04; 3^rd Rachel Broxson, 17.63

Redfish: 1^st Bill Giryluk 6.64; 2^nd Mark Butler, 6.55; 3^rd Andrew Brown, 6.3

Scamp: No Entries

Sheepshead: 1^st Justin Herrin, 3.11

Ladyfish:1^st Chad Barden, 1.86; 2^nd Ron Davis, 1.77; 3^rd Jeremy Navarre, 1.43

Spanish mackerel: 1^st Tatum King, 3.8; 2^nd Nick Markwick,3.6; 3^rd Koby Anderson, 3.58

Speckled Trout; 1^st Cindy Rhodes, 4.41; 2^nd Wade Folsom, 2.8; 3^rd Brady Lee, 2.62 

Junior Division Winners

1^st Place: $50, 2^nd Place: Rod and Wheel, 3^rd Reel & Rod

Pinfish: 1^st Devone Sarver, .41; 2^nd Aubrey Barden, .23; 3^rd. Jared Thomas, .20

Croaker: 1^st Adriana Canin, .31

Hardtail: 1^st Billie Thomas, .75; 2^nd Colin Finley, .72; 3^rd Jake Stafford, .43

Catfish: 1^st Kendall Clark, 2.46; 2^nd Kaytlin Herrin, 1.57; 3^rd Mason Finley, .82

Pigfish: Eathan Thomas, .30; Colton Sell, .21

A Pace man apprehended and booked into Santa Rosa County jail on Wednesday will be moving to a different jail in a different state to face murder charges.

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Double red flags, closing the water to swimming, are flying at Navarre Beach due to extremely dangerous rip currents caused by Tropical Storm Andrea. Visitors and residents should not enter the surf due to the life threatening conditions. Lifeguards are on duty from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and will warn beach goers, however, they may not be able to enter into the water to save those ignoring the flag warnings. Flags indicating the beach conditions are posted daily at each Navarre Beach public access area and online at www.santarosa.fl.gov.

Last year, Gavin Wehby had to make a difficult decision. The two-sport athlete would have to decide whether he should continue at Navarre High School or transfer to Pensacola Catholic for his junior and senior year. To make matters more difficult, his parents told him the decision was his alone.

The 2013 legislative session is a wrap, and Florida now has the largest budget in its history at $74.1 billion dollars, of which $30 billion comes from federal sources.  Governor Rick Scott made $368 million line item vetoes to the budget before signing into law as the General Appropriations Act, which takes effect July 1.

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After a soft showing in recent years, new homes are suddenly hot properties in Navarre.  "We're selling them as fast as we can build them," said builder Samuel Stevens of Stevens & Associates, of newly built houses in the Navarre area. To read more, subscribe online or pick up a copy of the June 6 Navarre Press.