Featured comments from our discussion at facebook.com/crestview.bulletin
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These Facebook fans shared their vivid memories and thoughts about an April 8, 1979 train wreck that injured 14 people and sent a memorable plume of smoke over Crestview.
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I was 5 years old and remember this clearly. We were just a few miles from the track and heard a loud thunder while getting ready for school.
Rich Trent
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In the early morning, my husband and I were watching the channel 5 news when an Okaloosa County sheriff's deputy come blowing his horn down our driveway telling us to evacuate.
Rhonda Kay Lundy Davis
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We took my horse and dogs and evacuated to (be with) some friends in Florala. It was a crazy time.
Beth Ray Brant
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It blew our den door open and shook our house on Antioch Road. We had to evacuate for a week.
Anita M Sterbaggi
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I suppose this might explain the high rate of cancer and thyroid issues in this town.
Lisa Vargo
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Watch minor-leaguers hit the majors
The glamour of the game isn't necessarily lost, just misplaced.
Consider those players (many are gone from baseball) who corrupted the game by the choices they made.
… If anyone wants to really enjoy watching the sport without the corruption even local youth and school programs and agendas place on the game …. one need not travel any further than Pensacola to watch the professionals play.
Yes, even minor leagues may have issues. However, from a purely observational point, one which the author of this article contends, the magic of the game can be realized nightly, and the glamour realized with every swing of the bat.
I make the trip from Crestview to Pensacola to experience baseball live and at a higher level than what's offered locally for just that reason.
It is the rare opportunity to meet and greet a minor league player on a Friday and then watch him pitch in the majors the next week on television.
For anyone who contends the game is boring or too slow, I suggest you learn how to properly score a ballgame … Knowing how to score will maximize enjoyment, deepen understanding, and enable anticipation of what will happen next.
The game is great on TV but better live.
John Q. Baker
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Gas station's benefits, drawbacks
CEFCO will make its Florida debut with gas stations in Crestview and Niceville scheduled to open in June and late-April, respectively.
Here's what readers had to say about that:
How many more gas stations do we need in Crestview? What we need is more shopping opportunities and restaurants.
Yvonne Warren
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Crestview doesn't have a nice gas station like Dodge's or Raceway. I'm happy to see new station coming that will provide lower prices.
Brenda Howard Bailey
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Regardless of what you say about this place, it provides jobs! It pays taxes, and helps to lower the gas prices in Crestview.
Todd Lawrence
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Have cancer? Quit smoking
The single best thing someone can do if they develop cancer and are smoking is to quit. Not go to e-cigarettes or vapor cigarettes. That is actually still smoking and unhealthy.
Contact West Florida AHEC (for more information on) Florida's 3 Ways to Quit. 850-398-6965.
Miriam E. Lavandier
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Learn about child abuse
Did you know that April is also Child Abuse Awareness Month? Please, everyone, learn the signs and be the one with courage to report.
Educators, caretakers, coaches, etc.: Contact your local Children's Advocacy Center to learn what you can do to help.
Jennifer Marie
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This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: HUBBUB: The train wreck of '79; watch minor-leaguers hit the majors