ED Corps celebrates inaugural commencement

Five young men and women graduated last month from high school in Franklin County, but it wasn’t from Franklin County High School. Rather, at a ceremony June 4 at the Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve outdoor amphitheater, they graduated from ED Corps High School of the Forgotten and Emerald Coasts, the very first graduating class…

Are you an impasta?

What do you call a piece of spaghetti wearing a false mustache? An impasta! All levity aside, there’s nothing funny when someone deceives or lies to us. In fact, there’s no better way to sabotage a relationship. Being an impasta can manifest itself in other ways, too, such as when we hand in false expense…

Fish start swimming into newest artificial reef

The weather was a bit uncooperative, so it was delayed a couple weeks, but with July came the start of the newest artificial reef off the Franklin County coastline. The Buddy Ward Memorial Artificial Reef, named after a longtime leader of the area’s seafood industry, was deployed successfully on July 1 to its one-nautical-mile square…

Native yucca sharp addition to landscape

Being sharp is usually considered a compliment. It implies the recipient of this assessment has the intellectual ability and the mental agility to handle the rigors of contemporary life with ease. Sharp individuals anticipate coming events and prepare for them with preemptive actions which lead to a better than typical outcome. This proactive approach leads…