Jan 7, 2014
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor,
Let me tell you a 10-year-old boy’s story. It was the summer of 1970, a weekday with a blue sky a few fluffy white clouds, a little warm with little wind but not unpleasant. He was wa…
Jan 7, 2014
Letter to the editor: Jobs for homeless
Dear Editor,
We need programs that reward employers for hiring a homeless person knowing that they may not have the best wardrobe or a way to work.
I started an online petition to Presiden…
Jan 7, 2014
Guest Editorial Glenn Mollette
Keep Free Speech in America
By Glenn Mollette
Arts and Entertainment television was out of line for suspending Phil Robertson for a recent statement that the network executives di…
Jan 7, 2014
Blackwater State Forest annex 1,100 acres
Dear Editor:
I believe it is time for everyone in Santa Rosa County and the surrounding areas of the Blackwater River
State Forest, annex of 1,100acres just north of NAS Whiting Field, to …
Jan 7, 2014
Speak out January 1
Thursday 5:36 p.m.
This is Yvonne and I know this is the season for giving and receiving, and I have received the best gift of all today. On the day after Christmas while shopping at Kmart here i…
Jan 6, 2014
Hometown patriots
Recently, I met a group of people who meet regularly on Saturday mornings at a local coffee shop to discuss the current events of our fair country. They gather together and talk about the current ad…
Jan 6, 2014
Roll with the changes
I'm one for change. Adjustments to big changes have always been fine with me.
Perhaps it's my optimistic attitude, maybe it's my genetic make up–I'm not sure why–but it's exciting to do things …
Jan 2, 2014
Speak out December 28
Saturday 10:07 a.m.
This is Raymond and I'd like to say the judicial system in this country has become benign. It bashed the wrong issues in life and give the wrong idea to the children for the f…
Dec 31, 2013
To be or not to be…that is the question
I recently came in contact with two different people and after much introspection and listening to both sides, I wasn't sure who–or if either–were telling the truth.
To be honest, I wondered i…
Dec 30, 2013
Common Core: more than a opinion
COMMON CORE: MORE THAN AN OPINION
Some will say: “Here we go again!” Time/space constraints will not allow me to cover all that needs to be said. After two years of digging into…