This Saturday morning I will be on my bike cycling 36 miles to raise money for diabetes, participating in the 2015 Tour de Cure. Wearing the red rider jersey makes me feel like a superhero riding for…
Category: columns
Don't cast a stone
This weekend, on my way home from church, I noticed a woman crossing the street in a wheelchair, scooting herself backward across the road using her foot. My first inclination was to think she must b…
Speak Out March 18
Thursday 5:14 a.m.
This is Kenneth. I would like to refer to a woman becoming president. I have no problem with a woman becoming president. As long as she is similar to Esther or Ruth, but I …
Spring cleaning then, now
Spring is a time of new beginnings. In fact, the season brings new birth, blooms and lime green leaves on evergreen trees. At my house we have buds on our azaleas and our chickens’ egg production has…
The price of choice
This weekend, an internationally known event came to Santa Rosa County. Tough Mudder tested its participants physically and mentally, sending them belly-down through mud, ice water, tear gas, and ele…
Speak Out March 11
Thursday, 1:15 p.m.
This is Anna. The head of our country is not standing with Netanyahu, Israel, like all our former presidents and most Americans. We should always be friends with Israel be…
March 7 Speak Out
Tuesday 2:41 p.m.
Yes, I would like to thank all of the over-paid, under-worked members of the Santa Rosa County School Board, the Santa Rosa County Superintendent, the State Board of Education, a…
Winter in the south proves courage not cowardice
Seeing white flakes rain down both thrills me and chills me to the bone. As a child growing up in central Alabama, we only had one snow a year and looked forward to being out of school. It wasn’t unt…
Speak Out March 4
BEACHED WAILS
Written by Topher Payne
Directed by Patty Barry
Auditions: March 14th 10 a.m. until 12 p.m.
March 15th 2 p.m. until 4 p.m.
Synopsis: Every year, the Harmon si…
Speak Out February 28
Sunday 9:06 a.m.
It’s Tony in East Milton. I wish Mayor Meiss luck. It’s clear that the Historical Society is controlling everything. We all continue to live in the past. Milton needs to get unst…