Public Opinion on NCAA Sanctions Sparks Mixed Reactions
Survey at Santa Rosa Mall and The Shores gathers views from Mitch Willard of Fort Walton Beach and Steve Kise of Atlanta. Respondents urge self governance for college teams, oppose external meddling, and criticize athletes chasing professional dreams.
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Santa Rosa Mall
Mitch Willard
Fort Walton Beach
Weeds Bloom With Beauty After Rain Misrule
A personal meditation on wildflowers and weeds after rains. The writer catalogs fern like weeds with yellow blossoms, pink rose buds, and lavender star blooms. A spider weed infestation is described as stubborn and invasive. The narrator preserves a strip for soil control and notes bees favor lavender stars while nature endures human disturbance.
Citizens vent on littering and politics in Destin letters
A Destin editor and readers discuss environmental cleanup, highway sewage, and political action. K L Williams of Destin argues residents should clean water lines near vacant lots and push officials for action, while criticizing sewer plans and urging harsher penalties for spies. William Scotty Cameron III of Shalimar questions Congress and the death penalty for spies.
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Environmental Control
DOT
Old Pass
Holiday Isle
Jerry Whitworth
Congress
William Scotty Cameron III
Shalimar
Wildflowers and grasses replace the grand lawn ideal
A narrator rejects bulldozers and a manicured lawn, choosing wild grasses and self sown flora. Despite failed azaleas last season in Destin, they delight in tiny bouquets of wildflowers and the sight of a chameleon, embracing a more private, nature aligned space.
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Panhandle
Destin
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