Category: Editorial

By Harvey H. (“Hardy”) Jackson Earlier this summer I was standing in waist deep warm Gulf water, June weed gone and it was so clear I could count my toes, when this big guy wades out to me and asks, “Ever see any sharks?” Now there is a certain beach protocol that says that grown men don’t just wade out to other grown men in waist deep water unless they…

By Paul Chason I have been asked a number of times, “Why did you choose to eliminate the basketball court at the YMCA?” A great question, I think it is time to share with the community a number of challenges faced by the YMCA that occur because we reside in a 91 year-old facility. First, we had very little choice in the transition of the basketball court to the current…

By Congressman Bradley Byrne On June 17th, the USS Fitzgerald, a guided missile destroyer with the United States Navy, collided with a merchant vessel southwest of Tokyo, Japan. The collision resulted in the death of seven Navy sailors and an additional three crewmembers were injured. Then, on August 21st, the USS John S. McCain, also a Navy destroyer, collided with a merchant vessel in the Straits of Malacca, near Singapore.…