The Raiders have played in seven games this season decided by a run. In five of those games they came out on the wrong side of the ledger. Two of those one-run games were played last week, with Navarre edging West Florida 5-4 before falling 1-0 to Bishop Kenny out of Jacksonville.
Brent Short walked around the Navarre High gymnasium Friday afternoon at the 2A-Region 1 meet with a look of determination that was simply too hard to miss.
Don’t let anyone tell you nothing can be done for the migraines, brain fog, depression, vertigo, fatigue, insomnia and other symptoms after a TBI injury. Armed with facts, you or a loved one who has been injured can bust through the naysayers and obstructive agencies who tell you just to live with it or not to waste your time.
In a recently released study done by the Program for the International Assessment for Adult Competencies (PIAAC), average scores for literacy were assessed comparatively among 34 developed countries. Scores were based on results received in testing of adults aged 16-65. While scores for literacy in the U.S. were not significantly different than the average PIAAC international scores, countries such as Japan, Finland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Estonia and Belgium all scored significantly higher than adults in the U.S. As a result, the PIAAC study brings to light the question of whether or not adult literacy is an on-going problem in America.
There are more than 500 children in our county waiting to be adopted. One in every 18 children in our county is or will be abused. There are more than 550 homeless children in our school district. 43 percent of all adults are functionally illiterate. The list could go on.
This has been an interesting week. A few months ago Navarre Press signed a book deal with Arcadia Publishing to produce a primarily pictorial history of Holley-Navarre, Fla. All proceeds on our part will be set aside for a historical society and we disclosed that to everyone we have spoken with. Since that time, our writer, Jon Crider, has been talking to our neighbors in Holley to obtain photographs. We were told that if we were interested we should come up to Holley on Saturday and help with the Holley Point Cemetery clean-up to “prove” that we were really interested. Jon Crider and I were there at 8 a.m. Saturday morning to help clean up with three others. Five more helpful people showed up a little later. Those that could not physically help out provided food.
I bought a fishing pass for $100. My wife bought a walking pass for $60. Some friends of ours complained that they either forgot or lost their pass. When they tell the people at the office window that they lost or forgot it, they are told the Pier keeps No Records of passes that were sold. These people either have to pay again or go back home to get it. It happened to me.
Maybe you stash ‘em in the pantry, maybe you hide ‘em under your sink; regardless of where you keep them, when you can’t stuff anymore in, you decide to throw them away. We all have them: plastic shopping bags. Plastic bags are extremely detrimental to our environment along the Gulf Coast, as they can never decompose.
I hope and pray it takes years for the Navy to give it up. Long after I’m “pushing up the daisies, not smelling them”. I doubt the residents of the numerous streets off Pepper Drive (as we are) would appreciate the present tranquility taken away.
