It’s early for a Christmas column, but with the holiday less than a week away and Wednesday being my usual column day, today seems the best time to spread Christmas tidings. love Christmas and all th…
Month: December 2012
Walker students learn about Chitty Chitty Bang Bangs
CRESTVIEW — To quote the song lyrics, “It’s uncategorical, a fuel-burning oracle, a fantasmagorical machine.” It flies. It floats. And, as Walker Elementary School third graders now know, it all star…
BIRTHDAY: James H. Philpott celebrates 90 years Dec. 23
CRESTVIEW — James H. Philpott, a Crestview resident since the 1940s, will celebrate his 90th birthday 2 to 3:30 p.m. Dec. 23 at Joy Fellowship Church’s fellowship hall, 5978 Old Bethel Road. The publ…
CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENT: Watts Up lights up neighborhood
CRESTVIEW — The Neville family has a free gift for the community. Their nightly synchronized light show not only lights up their Shoal Lake neighborhood, but also the faces of all who gather in their…
Friends, family gather for 70th wedding anniversary
CRESTVIEW — Thursday marks a milestone for a Crestview couple’s relationship, and a rarity for most couples: 70 years of wedded bliss.
EDITOR'S DESK: Examining the possible roots of mass violence
It’s difficult to comprehend a tragedy like Friday’s massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Ct.
Black new Bulldog wrestling coach
CRESTVIEW — There has been little continuity in Crestview’s wrestling program the last few years. Jeff Fowler — a fixture almost a decade as the Bulldog wrestling coach — built the program from the g…
School: Connecticut events were on students' minds
CRESTVIEW — Martha Barton, a response intervention specialist in Northwood Elementary's school’s guidance department and reading resource teacher, said the Connecticut school shooting was on many min…
REVIEW: Visit Toby's country at Crestview library exhibition
Born north of Florida in McKenzie, Ala., Toby Hollinghead’s family moved to Deerland, a community just east of Crestview, when she was 10. Life in both rural communities greatly influences her painti…
UPDATE: Student suspended for 'gun' possession false alarm
CRESTVIEW — Another media entity’s report on a man allegedly carrying a gun near Northwood Elementary conflicts with the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office’s account of what actually happened.