Opinion Archive

My wife will occasionally ask me to read to her because she says that my voice is soothing and puts her to sleep.

She asks at bedtime, and I confess, I don’t often comply because I am tired. I like the fact that my wife finds my voice that soothing; it’s kind of like a superpower.

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.

The Holley Navarre Water System board of directors is once again a divided mess.

Unfortunately, the board members demanding transparency to the membership are in the minority. The other half of the board is being as transparent as mud.

We, Ronnie (Linda), Gina, and Bettye (Rick), were so very fortunate to have our mom, Aileen Brandon, in our lives! Our youngest sister, Alyson, preceded Mom in her death. Mom, 97, was born and raised on a farm in rural northern Alabama, where she loved riding her horse, Prince, going fishing, and cheerleading throughout high school. Her mother taught her to sew on a pedal sewing machine, how to cook and can, and how to do the chores related to farm life. In her day, social events centered around the home and the community. Beds were removed and square dances were held in homes, complete with musicians. Women would sit around a wooden frame and quilt as they socialized with each other. Beautiful quilts were produced with lots of love and care! After high school, Mom worked at Brookley AFB,

I have a good friend, Frank Manno, who is a professional photographer like no other.

What makes Frank unique is that he is legally blind. Retinitis pigmentosa is slowly robbing him of sight, and yet he takes amazing photographs.

We have former athletes all over the region and beyond playing sports at the college level.

Two of the biggest names in the game are Nick Brahms and Dante Wright, and both have important seasons ahead of them as they are positioned to be the next Navarre alums to join the ranks of the pros.

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.

I recently made a mistake that was nonetheless correct.

Like some of you, I began typing with the hunt-and-peck method. I was certain that some fiend came in every night and rearranged all the keys.

It is with great sadness that we report on the loss of the historic Berryhill Elementary School building this week.

Students and teachers roamed its halls for 64 years, between 1926 and 1990, and many residents have fond memories of earlier, more innocent days spent there.

Meighan and I took our crazy, energetic, special in more ways than one chocolate lab to the Pensacola Blue Wahoos’ Bark in the Park night last week.

This wasn’t Greyson’s first rodeo at the special event the Double-A affiliate of the Miami Marlins hold once a year, giving canine companions, both large and small, a chance to hang out and watch a baseball game.