Bill and Melinda Gates foundation crumbles
This is how you elegantly end a marriage, by releasing
a classy statement: Over the last 27 years, we have raised three incredible
children and built a foundation that works all over the
The real enemy in your marriage
Do you and your spouse have such terrible arguments that you feel lost and depressed? Have you been in a bad place in your marriage for so long that you sometimes wish God didnt speak so much against divorce in the Bible? Ive written several columns about Bert and me. Although Ive tried to be…
Challenges loom for St. George Island incorporation push
Following a series of three guided discussions online, led by volunteers from the FSU urban and regional planning department, a movement to transform St. George Island into the countys third town is moving forward and could became a reality by the end of 2022. But it continues to face formidable challenges, not the least of…
Friddle advances to regionals in two-mile
At the April 20 Class 1A District 3 track and field meet in Port St. Joe, Franklin County had a host of runners take part. In the 3200-meters, roughly equivalent to two miles, eighth grader Josiah Friddle ran third, with a time of 12:00.45, which as the 19th best time in the region, qualified him…
OPINION: Biden and Carter – Two Peanuts in the Same Shell Game
Gas prices and inflation shoot up, there is trouble in Iran, crime is increasing and we have commodity shortages, economic malaise, problems at the border and lines at the gas stations. Wow,
The misadventures of Franklin Gulliver, racing pigeon
Theres no polite way to put this; Frankie may not be the brainiest bird in the coop. But the homing pigeon is home now, having flown 1,389 miles back to Albuquerque, New Mexico. Thats flown as in inside of an airplane, not flown as in by his own two wings through the air. Still, in…
Hunker Down: The sun also rises
Will Rogers died in a plane crash on August 15, 1935, near Point Barrow, Alaska. On August 16, 1935, in New York City, Patsy Montana and the Prairie Ramblers recorded I Want to Be a Cowboys Sweetheart for the American Record Corporation. You would think one had nothing to do with the other. And neither…
I had COVID-19 am I okay?
COVID-19 is a virus, and like a great many other viruses, the damage that it does is due to the bodys reaction to it: inflammation. The symptoms well-known to the general population shortness of breath, fatigue, loss of sense of taste or smell are all the result of the bodys inflammatory responses to…
When a loved one is dealing with depression
Your loved one or friend suffers from chronic depression, and youd do anything for them. But sometimes you wonder if youre doing more harm than good. Besides feeling as if almost everything you say ends up being wrong, the longevity of their depression is beginning to wear on you. When my family and several of…
Recognizing the county’s top volunteer cogs
There was a surprise waiting for Ted Mosteller and Sheryl Clouse at the offices of the Apalachicola Bay Chamber of Commerce on April 22, and it wasnt additional work being asked of them. Although thats what they thought it likely could be. Ted, I need you at the office at 9:45 a.m. Chamber Director John…