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Opinion Archive

Sep 8, 2021
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Prepare for birds to make their way south

Labor Day 2021 is in the rearview mirror and the kids are back in school. Even though the solar equinox is in the future, residents to the north are reacting to the ever-consistent celestial indicators that fall will be here soon.
Wendy Victora Rudman Headshot
Sep 8, 2021
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Twenty years later we still remember 9/11

It doesn’t really matter where I was 20 years ago Saturday, because I wasn’t in the Twin Towers or the Pentagon or flying over Pennsylvania.

But any American old enough to remember that day, remembers where they were when they heard what was happening, when they saw the images on television.

Michael Bannon Headshot
Sep 8, 2021
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For God’s Sake: Beauty of the gospel is that Jesus measured up for us

My wife and I just returned from two restful weeks in rural Indiana. For the first time in years, we made the trip by air, flying out of the Destin-Fort Walton Beach airport.

On our departure day, the airline sent a notice encouraging us to arrive 2.5 hours early. Not a problem, we were packed and ready, and our ride picked us up on schedule.

Sep 8, 2021
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Out and About

Santa Rosa County is the only county in the panhandle that did not have any Gulf drownings between Memorial Day and Labor Day, according to Navarre Beach Fire Rescue Chief Danny Fureigh. Kudos to the Navarre Beach Fire Department for having the vision to ask the county to take over the difficult task of guarding Navarre Beach.
Sep 8, 2021

Afghan extraction not a success

According to President Biden, the U.S. extraction from Afghanistan was a huge success. A large number of Afghans (120K) was removed by the airlift.

At least half of them deserve our help.

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Sep 8, 2021
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Brian Out Loud

In some ways the high school football world mirrors the current state of the job market in this country.

While there isn’t pay involved, a need to go to an open interview, or even a sign-on bonus available, there is an opportunity for teams to fill a void if they happen to have one.

Sep 7, 2021
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Walnut trees have what they need to survive in the wild

Juglans nigra, as black walnuts are botanically identified, is a native tree with a variety of features and uses valued by humanity. The southern range of this tree is the non-coastal zones in counties of north Florida and is not adapted to coastal environs with sandy alkaline soils. It grows in the wild and planted […]
Wendy Victora Rudman Headshot
Sep 3, 2021
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A precious reminder that other worlds exist

Last week, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Brian D. Rucker of Milton who knows everything – and I mean everything – about the history of this area and, really, the entire Panhandle. It was fascinating.
Sep 1, 2021
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Out and About

I know I’m not alone in breathing a sigh of relief that Hurricane Ida swept so far west of us however, we have a lot of visitors here from Louisiana that don’t know what they are going home to.
Sep 1, 2021

Resident offers kudos to school district

Our residence is on one of the main access streets for the new East Bay K-8 school.

I want to compliment the school organization for whatever system they have devised to receive and discharge their students.

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