Opinion Archive

In September 2020, she found a lump in her breast.

She was taking a shower like any other day. She wasn’t examining herself, she just felt it. She immediately burst into to tears because in some ways, this was the day she had been dreading since 1995.

Occasionally, I’m asked who the best athlete I’ve seen is or who I think is the best athlete to come out of North Okaloosa County is.

The one name fits the bill for both questions. In this corner of Okaloosa County, the name Houston McTear is still remembered. For those of us a certain age, images of McTear remain as fresh in our mind as those days of our youth when Houston blazed a trail that will probably never again be seen.

When a long-time liberal Democrat and a former conservative Florida State Senator agree on a major ballot issue, you should pay attention. This election we will choose a governor, senator, congressmembers and legislators.

We will also be asked to severely weaken our power as citizens to amend our state’s Constitution. Ballot Amendment 2 would eliminate the Constitution Revision Commission (CRC), a once-every-twenty-year citizen’s commission with the ability to put forward Constitutional Amendments on the Ballot.

Well, my husband and I took a hiatus from submitting our opinion to the editor. I continue to read the Crestview News Bulletin weekly, especially the editorial.

I wait for someone else to write their opinion….crickets, silence, so here I go again.

If you’re reading this, you probably already have a good understanding of why it is important to have a healthy newspaper in your town.

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The Third Saturday of October doesn’t carry the glory or romance it once did.

For Tennessee grads and fans such as myself, the day has become a cruel reminder of how our traditionally proud program has fallen on hard times in the last 15 or 20 years.

                They keep me in touch with dozens of friends, whom I might otherwise have contact with just every few years, or every few decades.

It seems as though each region of the country has its own weather obstacles to contend with when it comes to school closings and sport cancellations.

Some of the policies associated with the weather issues make sense, but others leave me scratching my head.

Our growing impression of the leadership of the City of Crestview is a rare one. We see the City working for the benefit of city residents in ways that most leaders do not.

We saw the City lower the millage rate on property taxes this year – that must be historic. They were looking for a way to give the residents a little relief in a time where inflation and gas prices have been taking a toll on everyone.

Fall has arrived as of September 22. But for local athletes in all fall sports, they are halfway through their respective seasons.

It wasn’t always this way though. I’m old enough to remember when fall high school sports actually coincided with the start of the fall season.