Who knew at some point in time we would be discussing sexually explicit books allowed in our school libraries? And yet, here we are.
At last week’s county commission meeting, citizens showed up (and some showed out) to proclaim their disgust at the books being allowed in the libraries across our school system.
It’s been maybe 20 years now since I covered a high school baseball championship series in another state. Some of the memories are a blur. Others are lost forever.
I’m pretty sure the team I covered won the title, but what I remember for certain is that it was a unique set up in that a best of three format was used to determine a champion.
The last few weeks of the Santa Rosa County Commissioners meetings have been quite the expletive-filled circus, thanks to the District 2 commissioner, James Calkins.
While being chastised by citizens and commissioners alike, he continues to grin, laugh and even double down on his comments. His remarks have angered people to the point of cursing at the podium during public forum.
Occasionally, I meet someone, who, upon learning my name, says, “Oh, you’re the guy that writes that column.”
For the record, this only happens locally since my column is not syndicated, but I am nonetheless thrilled to meet anyone who reads it.
Father’s Day hits differently when your dad is no longer with you.
I lost my dad last spring, and this will be the second year in a row where I won’t be able to call him, send him a card or take a trip home to see him like I did four years ago, which happened to be the last Father’s Day weekend we spent together.
It’s going to hurt for a while for Pace. Losing a state championship game typically does.
The Patriots seemed to be on the brink of winning a title in softball for the first time in 16 years when they took the field two weeks ago against Bartow on a hot and sunny afternoon in Clermont.
James Calkins is not new to making controversial statements, but last week at a Board of County Commission meeting, he crossed a line.
He openly refused to apologize and in fact, to the shock of the audience, doubled down on his words.
For almost four hours, the line of people stretched around the walls of the enormous church foyer then curled around a corner and extended back into the church’s sanctuary.
Hundreds of people had come that evening to pay their last respects to my wife’s brother, Dave, a testament to a life well lived by a man well-loved.
Today is the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season.
Forecasters are finding this year’s hurricane season hard to predict. They have said the current warmer ocean temperatures would normally be expected to increase tropical storm and hurricane activity, but we also have an El Nino event brewing, which usually has the opposite effect.
About the Methodist disaffiliation from UMC churches, thank God they had guts enough to take a stand to proclaim, without fear, on issues diametrically opposed to the God-given Bible. God loves everybody involved, countrywide, but cannot abide the reasons for the split!
