Columnists

Celebrate trees and protect our urban forests

Sheila Dunning | Okaloosa County Extension

Theodore Roosevelt once said “To exist as a nation, to prosper as a state, and to live as a people, we must have trees.”  As we approach Florida’s Arbor Day, Jan. 15, 2010, I hope everyone begins to notice the trees around the... Full story

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Jean Lewis | Library Director

This year we will celebrate Noel Night our annual holiday event on Thursday, Dec. 17. After the entertainment we will have crafts for the kids. They will make a craft for Christmas, and Kwanzaa. Then they can play a Hanukah game and use their librar... Full story

Community reaches out to help less fortunate

Charles E. Baugh, Jr. | vice president, Crestview City Council

A few weeks ago, I challenged the community to come to the aid of our Crestview Area Sharing and Caring facility. Mrs. Robin Marston, who is the organization’s president, explained that over 900 (that’s right, 900) families have come thr... Full story

Extension Connections: Put some health into holidays

Elaine A. Courtney | Family & Consumer Sciences Extension Agent

The Holiday season is in full swing! For many people, this started with Halloween! Along with the rush of the holidays, there is also concern about keeping healthy during this time. Many of our traditions and events for this time of year involve foo... Full story

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Heather Nitzel | Youth Services Librarian Robert Sikes Public Library

Happy Thanksgiving! The library is closed tomorrow and Friday. I hope you enjoy good food with people you love!   PROGRAMS Tomorrow is Thanksgiving! At Story Time today we will tell stories, sing songs, and make a turkey!  Children ages ... Full story

When the Wall came tumbling down

Sometimes you have to knock down a wall to appreciate freedom

Brian Hughes | Crestview News Bulletin

I was there when the East German Volks Polizei, the dreaded VoPo’s, detained my buddy Paul at Checkpoint Charlie for having “subversive literature.” (it was the same brochure about the structure of the West German parliament the res... Full story

Meet the new News Bulletin intern

Shaquavia Hardy | Crestview News Bulletin

Hello fellow readers of the Crestview Bulletin. My name is Shaquavia Hardy and I am an aspiring journalist and new intern. I attend Collegiate High School at Northwest Florida State College where I am pursuing a degree in Journalism.    My... Full story

Oh, how we miss James Bond

Brian Hughes | Crestview News Bulletin

I haven't seen a good James Bond film in the cinema in years. Other enthusiasts seem to share my opinion. Stephen Oxenrider, a fellow James Bond enthusiast, sent out a YouTube link to a great song that had been rejected as the theme song to last yea... Full story

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Jean Lewis | Director Robert Sikes Public Library

Today as we celebrate Veteran’s day we all should make an effort to say “Thank You, for your service,” to all military persons that we meet. Often I see young men and women come into the library to meet with recruiters. They are exc... Full story

What to do with all those leaves?

Larry Williams, UF/IFAS Extension Agent, Okaloosa County

Billions of leaves blanket the fall landscape and are bagged by hundreds of homeowners only to be placed curbside for local trash pick-up. Many of these leaves could be easily turned into valuable mulch or compost. So why do all those fall leaves en... Full story

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