North Santa Rosa
Archive for: August, 2016

Living With Purpose

    Dr. Seuss once said, “Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory”. Even as a little boy I tried to enjoy every experience by “soaking it up”. You might call it “undistracted living for the moment”.    One such moment happened when I was a young […]

Get Your Royal Sports Passes!!

Jay High School’s Annual Sports Passes are on sale from today through August 19th. Family pass = $250; Individual = $175.See Mrs. Atkins in the front office to purchase.

Meet the Royals Night

This Friday night, August 12th beginning at 6:00 PM, is “Meet The Royals Night.” 6:00 P.M. – 7:00 P.M. will be scrimmage games with the community teams – freshman through seniors. At 7:20 P.M., the Jay High School Band will perform, followed by the JV Cheerleaders and Junior Varsity Football Team. At 7:55 P.M., the Varsity […]

Heavy  Rainfall Expected This Week

We continue to expect a heavy rainfall event to unfold as an area of low pressure shifts slowly westward across the area while already abundant tropical moisture increases further. As the low pressure system moves westward, increasingly southerly winds push additional tropical moisture into our area, especially along and east of I-65. This results in […]

Jay’s Political Rally is a Success

Political rally,  supported by Jay Historical Society,deemed success.   President, Bobby Boutwell stated, “We had an audience of 140, and 20 politicians took advantage of their 5 minutes of allocated time to share their plans for the future, if elected. ” 

Disturbance leads to Shooting Deaths

On 8/5/16 at 10:15 pm, Deputies with the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the 12000 block of Chumuckla Hwy in Jay in reference to what began as a disturbance. While in route, information was being received through dispatch that the incident was quickly escalating.  Upon arrival, an adult male and adult female […]

James Thomas White

James “Maytag” Thomas White, age 69, of Jay, Florida passed away Tuesday, August 2, 2016 in Pensacola, Florida. He was born February 20, 1947 in Foley, Alabama to Francis James London and Katherine Mae White. For forty years, he has been a resident of Jay. James loved hunting and fishing, auto racing, and spending time […]

Jay Historical Society to Host Rally

Political Rally – Saturday – Aug 6th – 4:00 p.m.  Jay Community Center – 5259 Booker Lane Candidates will be allowed to speak for 5 minutes. Fish plates will be available – $8.00 – Fund raiser for Jay Historical Society If you are local and would like to help, you can: ​​Provide a carton of […]

VBS at Century Church of Christ 

All ages are welcome and invited to attend the Promise VBS Voyage at Century Church of Christ on Sat, Aug 6, from 9-2:30 pm. Lunch will be provided. Century CoC is located at 430 Highway 4 East, Century, Florida.

Ivey Moves Up Coaching Ranks

Jessie Ivey, former Jay High School and UWF basketball standout, has accepted an assistant coaching job at Bowling Green State University. Jessie graduated from Jay High School in 2005 and then went to UWF to play collegiate basketball. When she graduated from UWF, she stayed on as an assistant coach for the women’s basketball team. […]