As I go to meetings and listen to meetings in Santa Rosa County and now Okaloosa County, I realize how valuable it is to know what is going on in two counties, not just one.
Deion Sanders is good for college football. But not everyone sees it that way.
The man best known as Prime Time is getting his share of criticism in the wake of his decision to jump ship at Jackson State and take the head coaching job at Colorado. He goes in hoping to restore the glory days of the Buffaloes.
Pat Quinn, one of a kind. There probably will not be another human being on this planet that decides to start a zoo the way Pat started his or start one – period.
For as long as we can remember, Holley Navarre Water System’s (HNWS) board has been a hot bed of contention for one reason or another.
Long deemed the “water mafia,” several board members are living up to the reputation.
November 27th was the first Sunday of Advent; its theme was hope.
When Winston Churchill learned that the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor and the United States had entered World War II, he said, “Silly people, and there were many, not only in enemy countries, might discount the force of the United States…But I had studied the American Civil War, fought out to the last desperate inch. American blood flowed in my veins.
There is a certain date on the schedule that needs to be circled this month. No, not Christmas.
Santa Claus will get his night in the spotlight soon enough.
I’m talking about Dec. 12. That’s round one of Navarre and Pace squaring off on the basketball court in the regular season, perhaps a preview of a potential showdown in the district championship game a couple of months from now.
We! We believe! We believe that we can win! (At least, we hope we did….)
We’re writing this the day before the United States’ men’s team plays Iran with a berth in the knockout round of the World Cup at stake.
We have an exciting weekend ahead of us. The Navarre Chamber Foundation Jingle Bell Run is Saturday morning.
If you haven’t registered yet, you have until 6 p.m. tonight (Thursday, December 1) or, you should be at packet pick-up at the Holley Navarre Fire Station behind McDonald’s on Friday from 3 p.m. – 6 p.m. or at 7 a.m. Saturday morning – the day of the run.
Cold rain and chilly air made things less than ideal for the first ever NCAA Division II playoff game at Pen Air Field on the University of West Florida campus two weeks ago.
But the result the Argos were able to get here a on miserable mid-November afternoon more than made up for the weather.
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. We work hard to report and write the stories the matter most to you.
