Fishing conflicts near shore stir debate in local waters
In a coastal community discussion, long standing fishing traditions meet modern commercial netting. Residents, including jetty anglers, voice concerns about near shore boats taking snook and stone crabs out of season, raising tensions between sport and commercial fishers. Some nets catch nonmarketable fish, with lifeless returnees drifting back to the gulf.
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Saint Peter
Gulf
Isaak Walton
Rod and Reel
Patterson
Florida Marine Patrol
Frank Higel
Remembering Lowell Thomas Voice and a Florida Fishing Note
A column recalls Lowell Thomas’s radio presence and a fortuitous meet in Battle Creek. The writer notes Thomas’s signature endings and share memories of assisting on a national broadcast. The piece also touches on nearshore commercial fishing in Florida and calls for updating laws.
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Lowell
Battle Creek
Empty Bottle Tricks And Garden Veracity Tales
A humorous column recalls trivial garden lore about keeping pests and spirits away. Carol recalls Trinidad bottle use to deter rabbits, while Kathryn notes a light bulb used to repel rabbits in a mobile home park. The piece ends with a personal fear of babies and a tongue in cheek compare to a begonia.
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Carol
Kathryn
Trinidad
States
Mobile Home Park
Reluctant Traveler Prefers Comforts of Home
A narrator laments travel while praising a Caribbean cruise and home life. He jokes about tents with no bathrooms and worries over gardening and babies, preferring a lazy, contented existence. A Venice encounter with a Lowell lookalike ends with curiosity about the renowned broadcaster.
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Caribbean
Scotland
City Manager's Comer on Independence and Disagreement
A columnist extols independent thinking in government, urging public officials to express dissent respectfully to avoid gridlock. He cites Miss Piggy as a symbol of nonconformity and argues progress comes from questioning and debate, not blind agreement.
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Miss Piggy
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