Opinion Archive

I’ve never really been a big fan of all-conference, all-region or even all-state teams.

Don’t get me wrong. The recognition for the athletes is great and well-deserved. I have nothing against that part of it.

It’s not especially large; it’s tiny compared to its modern counterparts.

And it’s not fancy. Whatever beauty it might hold comes from its simplicity, a square room with hardwood floors and whitewashed walls, natural light streaming in from rows of simple rectangular windows.

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.

Hiring a coach can prove to be tricky times. Like trying to pick the right door to choose in one of those game shows.

But it’s safe to say Navarre and Milton got it right when it came to filling the voids they had for the position of head coach of the softball team.

One of the benefits for a pastor in starting a new church is implementing ministry essentials that pastors often only get to dream about.

You are largely starting with a blank slate with none of the difficult baggage leftover from a congregation’s history, at least in theory.

You know the math. Most of the money spent in Navarre stays in Navarre. It really is that simple.

When you shop locally, you’re really getting cash back in the form of lower taxes.

As usual, we have a lot of very interesting stories about our community in this week’s issue.

We have a story on an 11-year-old Navarre violinist winning the state concerto competition, a story about boating under the influence resulting from our ride-along with Florida Fish and Wildlife and the Okaloosa Sheriff’s Department, an entire spread on the Blue Angels Team for 2022 and their show this weekend – just to name a few of our stories.

As I walked around Beyer Stadium in my hometown of Rockford, Illinois, a couple of weeks ago, I thought about the Rockford Peaches and what it must have been like to play here in the era that they did here in this Northwest Illinois city.

They began playing in Rockford while America was still at war, and they continued to play here nearly a decade after World War II ended.

My wife and I just watched Places in the Heart, a movie we had both seen when it was first released in 1984.

I would not describe our viewing experience as “enjoyable” for the movie deals with difficult subjects like death, adultery, and racism.