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Opinion May 15, 2008  RSS feed


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Will you attend the Gulf Breeze Celebrates the Arts Festival this weekend?
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One man's feast is another man's famine
      As a young boy growing up in Mississippi, I learned basic business skills working in my parents' fast-food restaurant. It was a small, franchised restaurant chain that specialized in hamburgers (five for $1), French fries and onion rings, root beer served in frozen mugs and softserve ice cream in a cone.
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On the Spot:
WHERE WE PUT PEOPLE "ON THE SPOT" TO ANSWER A QUESTION "ON THE SPOT."
      Will your grocery shopping habits change now that Publix has opened?
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LETTERS
      New school times concern resident If the high school kids begin school after 9 a.m., what time would they actually be getting home? Well after 4 p.m.? This will limit all afterschool activities, not just jobs. In the winter months, when it begins to get dark shortly after 5 p.m., will the football team practice in the dark? Have dinner after 8 p.m.
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Take a walk in their moccasins next time
      I am writing this Publisher's Pen with a bit of a red face this week. The topic relates to an act that I caught myself committing without realizing its painful consequences... until it was too late. I left the Gulf Breeze City Council meeting and Town Hall Meeting last Monday both proud and sad.
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