Opinion Archive

I caught a glimpse of the future last week and all is not lost.

Yes, there are problems in this world, but they can also be looked at as possibilities.

Some of you might not realize this about me, but I’m very competitive and I’m not a good loser.

I was once told by a professor in the Speech Communication Department at the University of Tennessee that I was the most competitive person he had ever known. Of course, that was before some guy named Peyton Manning arrived at Tennessee and had the same professor.

When Sandpaper Publishing bought the Crestview News Bulletin in January, our team was filled with excitement. We have published Navarre Press for 23 years and we knew the product we could bring to the Crestview community.

Until recently, except for fan-favorite sportswriter, Randy Dickson, we were publishing Crestview News Bulletin with the same staff from Navarre Press. We knew that would be temporary as we searched for the perfect staff members for Crestview.

As America regulates and vilifies capitalism while also using the brute force of government against opponents, Dole and Chiquita are looking to make America their top supplier.

The FBI used a “no-knock” warrant on a likely presidential candidate. The other form of warrant is one where one FBI agent knocks on your front door while the other one goes around back and shouts, “Come on in!”

“Tis the season!” That’s right, hard to believe and I think it started early this year. The does (the mamma deer) are dropping their young!

Why last week a friend of mine saw a large doe cross the road at Price Plantation on Buck Ward Road, luckily, he was going slow and stopped in time to see the tiny wobbly legged spotted fawn trying to follow its mamma.

There is a special bond shared by those of us involved in high school sports.

We come from all walks of life.

This week I celebrated six months back at the News Bulletin. To say that it has been everything I had hoped for would be an understatement.

I am blessed to be working for Sandi Kemp’s team. And I’m even more blessed to be back in North Okaloosa County doing the job I love the most.

We attended the town hall meeting in Baker with the district’s county commissioner, Nathan Boyles.

It was a great opportunity for residents to voice concerns, ask questions and get answers. There was a good number of participants, and the meeting went for more than two hours.

Studies show that single men don’t live as long as their married counterparts.

The same study shows married women don’t live as long as single women. I’ll let you decide what that means for yourself.