One year after the worst mass shooting in the history of a nation, First Baptist Orlando (FBO) is reflecting on how the event changed them as individuals, as a church and as a city. Three worship services held Sunday, June 11, included families of the victims and survivors of the brutal terrorist attack at the Pulse nightclub just south of downtown Orlando.
A founding principle of the communist manifesto is if a lie is stated enough times then people will begin to believe the lie. We are experiencing this exact action against our current government. These lies are inciting discontent or rebellion against the government. If there was any truth to the anonymous accusations, then the seditious activity could be justified. An outsider was elected because the people were tired of the corruption within the government. Multinational corporations and special interest groups aided by the insiders within the government have promulgated policies and laws that serve the few not the many. Free market capitalism, not phony capitalism, provided our high standard of living and it will again if we have the foresight to return to its core principals.
God Bless the one wounded and three dead U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan. This Afghani was vetted for being a terrorist by our military before ever being trained by the same military and given a loaded gun. If the military can’t vet someone for being a terrorist what makes you think our government can when any Sharia Law believing Muslim wants citizenship here? Nothing is perfect or a guarantee. But like those soldiers who turned their backs trusting this unknown Sharia Law killer we are doing the same with every individual let in our country from these Sharia Law Muslim countries. With just 10 Sharia Law believing terrorists among each thousand (just 1 percent) Muslims admitted to our country we face the possibility of 10 terrorist attacks and maybe our death, a family member’s death or our neighbor’s death. The odds of someone dying are better than if you buried 10 12- inch landmines within a 32 ft. by 32 ft. area and waited for someone to walk across it. At some point someone will die.
Tourism is an important growth industry in our economy. Many citizens in our community make their living directly and/or indirectly from tourism. I respect the importance of this industry within our county. I support the new “Relax” branding campaign’s mission to create greater economic prosperity by targeting tourists within an 8-hour drive time of our county. I think the majority of the work Paradise Advertising created is excellent and elevates the image of our home town. The source of monies used to pay for this campaign came from bed tax generated by tourists, and these monies are allocated for tourism marketing in various forms by state law. I understand the budget for this campaign is not funded by locals or their hard-earned tax dollars.
I have copies of “The world’s Meanest Mom”, printed in the Press Gazette on May 4, 1995, in another area paper on May 8, 1994, and where Ann Landers on October 22, 1983 wrote “Country Needs More Mean Mothers”. Amen to that! For those not familiar with it, here’s the blessing! Many of us can relate to most or all of it, Praise God!
Inside the high school gymnasium on a rainy Monday morning, 80 potential cadets in the Navarre Navy Junior ROTC program run through a series of exercises for nearly two hours.
Did you ever set up a lemonade stand when you were a child? Throughout history, dating back more than 100 years, the front yard lemonade stand has been associated with a young child’s first business, earning their first dimes or quarters.
Along Navarre Beach’s Gulf Boulevard there are a handful of places for tourist and locals to stop for a bite or to shop as they walk or bike along the sidewalks.
With shovels and sea oats in hand, dozens of children of all ages set to work June 7 restoring vegetation along the Navarre Beach sand dunes at the foot of the fishing pier as part of Planting for Protection.
