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Nov 17, 2021

Grant applications are trickier in Santa Rosa County than we’d like

It’s a bad year for grants in Santa Rosa County, between the failure to apply for a road improvement grant, effectively costing former county administrator, Dan Schebler, his job and, more recently, a local fire district reversing its course on accepting FEMA money.

Nov 17, 2021

For God’s Sake: We will never be sinless this side of heaven, but we can sin less

A group of men from Compass Church and I have begun meeting weekly to study the book “Disciplines of a Godly Man” by R. Kent Hughes.

This excellent book is founded on the command in the Bible for Christians to “discipline” themselves for godliness. The author begins by highlighting famous, successful men, who made their craft look easy.


Nov 17, 2021

Gratitude is more filling than a big holiday meal

As we all continue planning for one of the fattest days of the year, I wanted to share with all of you some of my secrets for a successful holiday.

Growing up in a family where holidays were likely occasions for conflict, I learned some valuable deflecting skills. Now that I have a family of my own, I have perfected some of these techniques, broadening and deepening my coping strategies.


Nov 17, 2021

Brian Out Loud

No finger pointing. No excuses.

Navarre’s football team wasn’t playing the blame game after its crushing loss to one of its biggest rivals in the Beach Bowl two weeks ago.


Nov 9, 2021

New amendment would spell trouble for credit card customers

There are times when we are uncertain what will happen if a particular public policy is implemented.

A proposal in Congress about cuts in interchange fees on credit cards is not one of them.


Nov 9, 2021

Out and About

Only the government could put “stormwater mitigation” and “COVID-19” into the same sentence.

In another twist to the long story of federal funding for the pandemic, the stormwater mitigation task force met last week to decide what stormwater projects to submit for COVID funding.


Nov 9, 2021

Still listening to same song all these years later

There is a song called “Joy,” performed by pianist George Winston, which I can credit in part with the beginning of my true writing life.

After college, I had originally gotten into social work and, although I was an English major, had not yet discovered the magic of writing. This song, along with a powerful friendship with someone at that time, connected the two.


Nov 9, 2021

For God’s Sake: Marriage is glorious gift of God we cherish

My idea of an enjoyable morning is sipping coffee with my wife at a café and watching the world pass by. Our favorite perch when we lived in Naples was a bagel shop in a very busy plaza.

On Friday mornings, we’d seat ourselves at a table facing the small, very full, parking lot to watch the clumsy ballet of cars attempting to enter and exit.


Nov 9, 2021

Corn snakeroot and rattlesnake weed will never hide in tall weeds

Sometimes residents and visitors are concerned about a surprise encounter with one of the 45 species of native snakes. In the cooler weather these coldblooded reptiles are unable to avoid the chance meeting which usually ends badly, at least for the snake.

In reality, it is far more likely to find a weed given a name based on one of its features which mimic a snake. One of these is corn snakeroot, a native wildflower currently blooming in Santa Rosa County.


Nov 8, 2021

Brian Out Loud

Dansby Swanson sat in a dugout on one of those hot and humid summer afternoons here in Florida that leaves you feeling as if the planet is on fire.

It was 2016 and Swanson was in town with the Mississippi Braves for their series against the Pensacola Blue Wahoos. Prior to one of the games that week, the highly touted Braves prospect was made available to the media.

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