Opinion Archive

It’s summertime and those pests are back.

No, I don’t mean the tourists, and shame on you for thinking about our valued guests that way! I’m talking about the bugs, the mosquitos and all their hungry friends, who now lie in wait just outside your door.

When Jon Moon reached out a couple of weekends ago to let me know his wife’s battle with cancer had taken a turn for the worse, it hit me hard.

Not just because I know how much Daphne Moon loved her children, and how well known she was for being a kind and sweet person, but also because it’s been only a couple of months since I lost a parent.

Once again, our newspaper is addressing the topic of suicide, specifically athletes.

We find ourselves talking about this way too often, or maybe not enough, or perhaps only when it happens.

I’ve been running between all three newspaper locations, and I’m often in Navarre, Milton and Crestview in the same day.

At the first of the year as I was visiting all of the properties, I decided that it was very difficult to drive carefully and pay attention to the road while also paying attention to everything in the three organizations.

Chris Williams is out after three years as the head coach of the Navarre baseball team.

He has stepped down to spend more time with family.

I have been a musician since being introduced to the guitar at age 11.

I studied music in high school, advanced in music theory, then pursued a music education degree at a university.

There is a gun show this weekend, Saturday and Sunday June 4 and 5 at the Santa Rosa County Auditorium, Milton, FL from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Ads were placed by the gentleman that runs the thirty plus year old gun show more than a month ago and have been running ever since.