EDITOR'S DESK: In praise of scouting
It takes several years to progress through the Boy Scouts, and few from each area tend to earn the Eagle honor. Just 51,473 — 5 percent of all Boy Scouts — made it last year, according to scouting.or…
EDITOR'S DESK: Forget breast cancer awareness; aim for expertise
Knowing someone with breast cancer — his or her diagnosis, concerns and the medical process, and everything in between — ensures you’ll have a firm grasp on the issue. Conversely, hearing sound bites…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Post-oil spill economy needs local influence
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill’s environmental damage, though tragic, was far less than feared during the many months of the event. The economic impacts were wider and longer than expected. In recog…
MY VIEW: The importance of this year's election
The city’s elected chief would be relegated to greeting visitors at the front door of City Hall, riding in parades and kissing babies if the city administrator measure passes.
EDITOR'S DESK: Banning books promotes inequality
Libraries are an abundant resource of diverse literary works, texts and concepts. In a free society, banning certain books from library shelves is no different from eternally chaining unwitting ignor…
MY VIEW: Social graces, etiquette never hurt anyone
A while back, during the Jacksonville Bolles – Crestview football game, I was engrossed in the field’s goings-on on when my attention was taken by a young man, a student whom I had mentored last year.
EDITOR'S DESK: Mentoring can mean all the difference
Over the weekend, the News Bulletin learned that the suspect in two Sept. 15 robberies — and possibly a string of similar incidents — was a teenager.
MY VIEW: Help someone; make an impression
As I sat at the breakfast table and perused the newspapers over my ration of cold cereal and a cup of warm coffee, my eyes caught a few snippets about various fundraisers being conducted by the local…
EDITOR'S DESK: What's your opinion?
Today, you opened the newspaper and probably noticed something different.
Your opinion matters, so today’s Crestview News Bulletin features a development a month in the making: a regular source th…
EDITOR'S DESK: Crestview’s young savers lead by example
“Out of the mouths of babes” is an expression that people use when kids say something funny, sad or ironic without realizing the wisdom of their words.














