Keyboard Klatterings
- Dear ARC
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In the general spectrum of kiss-off letters, Gulf County ARC & Transportation received a doozy last week.
In response to a letter from the ARC board requesting a face-to-face with the Port St. Joe Commerce Center Association, Inc. board and... Full story
- Laying it Out
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The St. Joe Company has to intervene in the case of the ARC & Gulf Transportation morass, the most family-oriented adjective at this time.
Maybe we have been beating around the bush a little too much, because of press time this week still... Full story
- Community
- By Tim Croft
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There are times one can't help but sit back and wonder about the luck, the divine intervention, whatever the label, that brought you to this kind of paradise.
Those are the thoughts that permeate during graduation.
The best part of the ceremony,... Full story
- Messages
- By Tim Croft
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The passing of another school year and the understanding that many of those seniors walking the stage and heading into this world turned upside down makes me think about the signals we provide about that this world is all about.
Some of them,... Full story
- Divide Them Up
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This will sound like sour grapes. Yes, sour grapes will seem to be dripping from every word in this space, so I wrote it on Sunday prior to the outcome of the Port St. Joe High School baseball game.
No idea how that game will turn out and no... Full story
- Remembering
- By Tim Croft
- There are few interviews that surprise me anymore.
I have been doing this job for a long time and I have seen my share of stories that will remain branded in my brain for the rest of my days.
But last week's interview with Capt. Greg Cole would be one... Full story
- A Friend of Women's Sports Goes Silent
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I won't pretend to have known Daniel Miller very well.
Our lone interactions would come when I covered Wewahitchka High School softball games and most of the talk then was while Mr. Miller was in the first-base coach's box.
But Miller, who passed... Full story
- Growing Green
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A recent workshop on economic development in the county spotlighted the legwork that has been accomplished in a very short period of time by the Economic Development Council.
The downside, if there was one, was the evident apathy from two county... Full story
- Odyssey of the Mind
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This county has a population of roughly 10,000-11,000 and a public school population that barely grazes over the 2,000 mark.
Those sorts of numbers define small-town, small-town values, politics and community.
In the span of the globe, one becoming... Full story
- Mr. Willard
- By Tim Croft
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At the time I moved to Port St. Joe nearly a decade ago there were several offers I was considering.
But my wife and I did not want to live in a big city again; we had enough of that in our travels in the hotel industry.
Further, we wanted to... Full story
