October has come and gone and I couldn’t help but notice all of our “Think Pink” shirts are tucked away in our closets and our ribbons are no longer worn. As I sat down to brainstorm about what to write about next I suddenly wanted to break tradition. Why do we only write about breast […]

Mother Nature’s Natural Island Wonders Greetings from the island everyone. Hope all of you are doing well and enjoying your Veterans Day holiday. Our veterans and active personnel deserve so much gratitude for making our country the great place to live that it is today. Thank you! Well the dog days of summer are definitely […]

This is the time of year when we forget about “ghosts and goblins” and focus on Thanksgiving. I have learned that the more I know about things God blesses me with, the more thankful I can become. Let us see if we can learn something together! When people put us down, does it send us […]

Those were the words of the late Leonard E. Waldrop, an officer and naval aviator hero of World War II. When queries were made about Waldrop’s heroism while flying the famed Navy Avenger TBF (torpedo-bomber-fighter) while engaged with the enemy, he would just say, “It was the thing to do.” It was almost as if […]

Those who read closely know that the Calhoun County Museum has a Civil War exhibition. This one will run till May. This 2011 year is a big anniversary year for things that happened in the middle and late 1800’s.We had a most successful 125 year commemoration of Indianola in August. And of course the Civil […]