This week we have included our Fall Sports Guide which will give you a lot of information on all the sports that will be played this fall along with pictures of the teams, rosters and the calendar of games that are currently scheduled to be played.

We hope you use it throughout the fall to follow your favorite teams or team member. We will be updating each week in the paper – of course.

I had a fleeting thought this morning when I saw at least five cars lined up at the corner of my house with parents and children waiting for the bus to arrive.

I wondered if my parents were throwing caution to the wind by letting me walk the .8 miles to school and .8 miles home from school every day in Orlando when I was 7 years old until I was 12 and moved on to middle school. The answer is no.

This election season seems very low key compared to years past.

We had a difficult time even getting some of the candidates to answer basic questions.

The truth is our currency: We must know the truth to make good decisions. The same is true for our community – they must know the truth.

This is our first core value for our organization and foundational to the remainder of our core values, one of which is personal responsibility.

This week we have asked five questions from our County Commissioner candidates who are running for District 2 and 4.

Unfortunately, three of the District 2 candidates didn’t respond as of press time and in District 4, two didn’t respond.

You may not know me, but I know Santa Rosa County and I’m looking forward to learning more.

I started Navarre Press in May 2000 without any prior institutional newspaper experience, which I can say with confidence has a lot of pluses. I now have 21 years of “in the trenches” experience.