Dear Editor,
“Mandela believed in God, was not a Christian” per his confidante. Surprisingly, admirably Mandela forgave his jailer. So did Corrie Ten Boom, a Christian whose sister died in prison.…
Category: opinion
Letter to editor: Stifling speech
Dear Editor:
All this talk about being nice and not being negative is nice. What it is really about is stifling speech. The new batch of left wing newspaper reporters is even farther left t…
Old Man Winter strikes again
The wind blows cold and we’ve seen the realities of bitter temperatures and frozen pipes in Santa Rosa County. While the county usually experiences what we consider a cold winter, this extreme within…
Kindness in the hen house
I have a small farm. I have two goats, about 25 chickens, (including a blind rooster named Foghorn), a dog and three cats.
My chickens are a motley crew. I have several different types and they…
Red Cross offers update on Haiti following 2010 earthquake
January 12, 2010 was a day unlike Haiti had ever seen. When a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Port-au-Prince, Haiti, generous donors responded immediately to provide lifesaving emergency relief to mi…
Speak Out – January 15
Thursday 1:13 p.m.
Yeah, call me L.L, Cool. The reason I called is on December 1 I got a letter from the county traffic company about the light at Glover and Caroline. The letter said I ran a red…
Woman on the Edge: Decisions
All of us have to make decisions in life. These decisions fall on many different levels of difficulty – everything from what to eat and what to wear to where to live and what to do with our lives.
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I'm all astonishment, It's Downton Abbey time
It's Downton Abbey time again. Most people look forward to a particular season of sport, or even the beginning of the new television season in early fall. Some even have great anticipation of summe…
Go outside and get active, it's the New Year
How come most women begin the New Year torturing themselves with beginning a diet?
It makes most people dread the coming year. No one wants to hear the word “diet” or even see the word. We're al…
Letter to the editor: Charlie Turner
Dear Editor:
Words can't express how grateful we are for the kindness shown to us in the loss of our loved one Charlie Turner. We truly appreciate the prayers, love, care, concern and suppor…