Nov 21, 2022
Out and About
Sometimes we focus on what we don’t have, or situations we aren’t in, and we lose sight of what we do have and where we are.
I know I have a lot to be thankful for – at all times – even when I’m wrapped up in the day-to-day busy-ness of life.
Nov 21, 2022
Brian Out Loud
Give credit to Pace’s football team. Not much was expected of the Patriots when the season began. Especially after going just 4-6 the previous year.
Yet, through hard work, a ton of heart and a will to battle through any sort of adversity, the Patriots found themselves still playing football during the second weekend of November.
Nov 21, 2022
We are thankful
We at Sandpaper Publishing have much to be thankful for, beginning with our members and readers.
You fuel the passion we have for publishing three newspapers each week for three communities.
Nov 21, 2022
For God’s Sake: Prayer seems intended to change the one praying more than their circumstances
My wife has an endearing habit that I am gradually making my own.
She says, “thank you,” for everything I do. If I take out the trash, she says, “Thank you for taking out the trash.” When we go grocery shopping, she says, “Thank you for helping me do the shopping.”
Nov 15, 2022
Voters choose change for Milton and Santa Rosa County
Election season is over – for a minute – and the politicians, politicos, media and social media savants are busy weighing the results.
Locally – where people and their government most often interact – the 2022 election results could usher in dramatic change on both the Santa Rosa County Commission and the Milton City Council.
Nov 14, 2022
For God’s Sake: No time for frantic preparation when Jesus returns
I awoke with a start in full panic mode. It was morning and sunlight flooded our tiny motel room.
Shaking my wife, I shouted, “Get up, we overslept! We’re going to miss the ferry!” We bounded out of bed, threw on clothes, and wrangled our suitcases out of the room.
Nov 14, 2022
Brian Out Loud
It appears the way some of the officials who help run high school athletics in the state is about as laughable as a night at the comedy club. The humor never stops.
I’m no weather expert, but hurricanes aren’t a new thing to Florida.
Nov 8, 2022
Dear People, who want a sewage treatment plant on Cooper’s Basin:
My name is Peggy Allen Tripp Turman, I am 83 years old and in the autumn of my life. God has blessed me with a good mind as to date.
I have a concern about the Blackwater River I have resided on since 1966.
Nov 8, 2022
What might the future hold for Milton’s OLD wastewater treatment site?
The debate about where to put Milton’s new wastewater treatment plant rages on, if not in the minds of City Manager Randy Jorgenson and staff, then in the minds of some residents and area environmentalists.
But a proposal by Councilman Robert Leek raised new questions. While everyone’s attention has been on where to put the new facility, we haven’t heard much about plans for the old plant site.
Nov 8, 2022
For God’s Sake: Attitudes toward Halloween participation vary widely
“Do we have enough candy?” my wife’s text read.
It was Halloween, she was leaving work, and her commute would take her past several grocery stores. I considered last year’s brisk trick-or-treat traffic and replied, “You should pick up another bag.”