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Assisted Living Facility 11456 850.934.4306 | 4410 Gulf Breeze Parkway | www.blakeliving.com November 27, 2013 YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER 75¢ Delchamps gets a facelift BY MAT PELLEGRINO For years, residents around the dilapidated Photo by Mat Gulf Breeze News building had complained about rats infesting their Pellegrino | GBN [email protected] homes and property. They claimed the rats were coming from piles of rubble located behind the It was an ongoing battle that seemed to have empty building, formerly a Delchamps Grocery The back of the old Delchamps no end in sight. Store that closed after Hurricane Ivan and Dennis Grocery Store But the light at the end of the tunnel was made in 2004. building is almost clear recently, giving residents in the Crane Cove Randy Jones, a county code enforcement oficer unrecognizable. subdivision a sigh of relief just in time for the originally opened the county code violation case Moulton Properties Thanksgiving holiday. back in July. For years, residents had been calling finally cleaned up the building Moulton Properties inally cleaned up the the county sheriff’s ofice and complaining about and the rubble grafiti and rubble located on their property at grafiti on the building and about a rat infestation behind the building the 800 block of Highway 98, which had been recently. a scene of controversy for years, both with the See Doors Page 3A » county and neighboring subdivisions. Man gets Giving thanks TPCC set 14 years to open for crime Monday BY MAT PELLEGRINO Gulf Breeze News BY LIESEL SCHMIDT [email protected] Gulf Breeze News [email protected] A Navarre man was sentenced to 14 years in state prison after he was After much anticipation, Tiger found guilty of a handful of charges Point will inally cut the ribbon of stemming from an incident that oc- its newly constructed Community curred in January. Center on Monday, December 2. Many State Attorney Bill Eddins an- meetings, many design plans, and nounced last week that Dominic J. many considerations were part of the Turner entered a plea on November process; but the completed building 15 to Aggravated Battery on a Law will be oficially open to the public, Enforcement Oficer, Aggravated As- a multipurpose facility whose overall sault on a Law Enforcement Ofice, concept was to serve in an oficial Fleeing or At- capacity as well as a hosting space for tempting to Elude, recreational events. Felony Battery, As planning moved from blueprint Battery on a Law to execution, “We had to be very Enforcement Of- conscientious with the budget,” says icer, Resisting Mike Werner, principal of design at an Oficer with STOA Architects, the Pensacola-based Violence, Leav- architectural irm who ultimately Turner ing the Scene of helmed the facility’s construction. As a Crash with In- with any civic project, there were many juries, Reckless Driving, Tampering entities and many priorities to consider– with a Witness, Resisting an Oficer –but, in Werner’s estimation, the key Without Violence and Assault. Fol- players all worked well together; and lowing Turner’s plea, Circuit Judge the resulting Community Center is one David Rimmer sentenced the local to project he’s very proud to have been a his prison time. part of. Working alongside the Tiger The charges placed on Turner Point Sports Association and the Santa stemmed from a disturbance that hap- Rosa Board of County Commissioners, pened the night of January 24, 2013. Photo by Mat Pellegrino | Gulf Breeze News STOA put forth designs that That night, Turner led Santa Rosa GB Elementary children gave the gift of song to The Villas residents on November 22. The school children sang implemented solutions to meet both holiday songs to the residents, and dressed up as Native Americans, just in time for Thanksgiving. See Man Page 2A » See County Page 3A » Calendar . 2A Lifestyles . 1B Mailing Statement THU 11/28 FRI 11/29 SAT 11/30 Classiieds . 7C Movie Listings . 2B on Opinion Page END PARTLY CLOUDY PARTLY CLOUDY PARLTY CLOUDY WEEK Crime Report . 2A Schools. 8A THREE SECTIONS, Crossword Puzzle. 3B Sports . 1-7C Weather-plus hi 56/lo 44 hi 57/lo 47 hi 61/lo 52 20 PAGES rain: 0 % rain: 0 % rain: 0% City Hall . 3A Talk of the Town. 4, 5A VOL. 12, NO. 48 NOVEMBER 27, 2013 ฀฀฀฀฀฀ ฀฀฀฀ ฀฀฀ ฀฀ Beautiful soundfront Lou Dobard home! home, a boater’s paradise w/stunning views of the Your Favorite Realtor your Intracoastal and Santa 850.208.1313 Rosa Island. 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Calendar of Meetings County. vehicle description. spike strips in the road to dis- The deputies were finally The incident began when Turner was later located on able Turner’s car; however, able to arrest Turner following officers were called to a do- Highway 90 in Pace, but as the Turner drove off the highway a brief struggle. mestic disturbance at Turner’s deputy attempted to stop him, and struck Counts with his The case was prosecuted by Monday, December 2 home in Navarre earlier that Turner fled from deputies. car. Assistant State Attorney Am- City Council Meeting, 6:30 p.m., Gulf Breeze evening. During the high speed During the pursuit, Turner ber Rowland. City Hall, Council Chambers District, parents concerned over Tuesday, December 3 Commissioner Committee - Pier Proposals, 9 a.m., SRC Administrative Center, Board Room Common Core Marine Advisory, 5 p.m., SRC Administrative and suburban school, offer the This is a confusing, complicated time Center, Board Room BY PAM BRANNON same level of education in the Development Review Board, 6:30 p.m., Gulf Gulf Breeze News for everyone — students, teachers and Breeze City Hall, Council Chambers [email protected] United States. “We have had the Sunshine State standards, deinitely those of us who are to imple- Some parents in Santa Rosa then we went to a more dificult New Generation Sunshine State ment all the new standards. County are concerned about – Bill Emerson the Federal Government’s new standard,” Emerson explained. Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum Common Core standards for “Common Core is someplace in schools to be incorporated in the middle. Common Core will 2014. One dad stood up at the demand more of the student in Santa Rosa County School many ways, since in the past He said the district imple- everyone – students, teachers Board meeting recently and Florida had a lot of multiple mented the kindergarten and deinitely those of us who complained that he is very choice in testing, and a few es- through second grade Com- are to implement all the new concerned about the federal says. But with Common Core mon Core standards already, standards. We are implement- government reaching into one the testing is more essay writ- and is in its second year of us- ing the new standards while more area of people’s lives, and ing, and trying to get students ing them. “Math at the Primary still testing under the old stan- wanted some assurances that to express themselves more and School level is different from dards.” Common Core would not thrust give reasons why they believe what parents have seen before. He said also graduation re- upon this county’s students the way they do on any topic. Algebra principles are being in- quirements keep changing, so some secular or “ultra-liberal” They are required to defend troduced at an earlier age. That each class right now in high Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office Report . philosophies that he had heard their opinions, with evidence is one change,” Emerson said. school will have a different set Information provided by the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office come with the program. As- when possible.” “The third grade through 12th of graduation requirements of- sistant Superintendent of Cur- He said in some areas Com- grade standards have to be im- ten than the last. “We can im- 11/19/2013 11/20/2013 riculum Bill Emerson told Gulf mon Core will be more rigor- plemented by next school year plement many of these chang- Brewer, Jeremy Terry, Shelley Odom, W/F, breeze News that Santa Rosa ous.