In Dale Gillis' letter he accuses Cal Thomas of scientific illiteracy and then tells us about predictions by NBC of an Arctic Ocean free of ice. NBC, that's a great source of unbiased info. He then tells us about Al Gore getting a standing ovation while addressing a bunch of people who agree with his hype; big shocker there. ...more

April 21, 2009

County commissioners have tabled plans to build a multi-million judicial center but have earmarked $18.6 million for the project. ...more

April 2, 2009

The finance department released its annual citizen's report this week, showing the financial activity for fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2008. ...more

March 26, 2009

Russell says that is too much. ...more

March 25, 2009

With a dictionary in hand, Avon Park Middle School reading/language arts teacher Tia Folsom moves about her sixth-grade classroom, assigning a vocabulary word to groups of four or five students. ...more

March 16, 2009

So Dale Gillis (Christianity vs. Rapturism, March 3) has concluded that since some so-called "Rapturists" are reading "The Secrets of Enoch" (which almost no one considers authoritative), all belief in the Rapture is bogus. Does anyone else see a rending of the laws of logic here? It matters little that a trifling handful of so-called Rapturists (who believe that Jesus will one day remove his church from the Earth before cleansing and preparing it for his return to rule and reign) are wacky in other areas. That doesn't cancel the orthodoxy of a belief they rightly maintain in another. Indeed, a huge component of biblical Christianity has long been convinced that passages such as 1 Thes' 4:15-17 speak clearly of a gathering of God's people, dead and alive, out of the world to be "with the Lord" prior to the cataclysmic judgments of the Tribulation. The Apostle Paul believed this, and he wrote long before 1950. His followers don't typically read "The Secrets of Enoch." Nor do they deserve a tarring with Mr. Gillis' broad brush. ...more

March 10, 2009

In response to the Dale Gillis letter on his belief about Christians and the Rapture, I would like make a few points on his opinion. ...more

March 1, 2009

Has Christianity been replaced by Rapturism? Those who believe that God will whisk away Christians before the end times know little of traditional Biblical interpretation. ...more

February 26, 2009

The election is finally over, thank God. However, Dale Gillis is still throwing rocks at John McCain and his running mate (Nov 27 letter). His comments about McCain watching the fire on the USS Forrestal on July, 1967, on TV and doing nothing are absolute nonsense. ...more

November 30, 2008

How much money a county collects in sales taxes is one of the bigger indicators of the health of an economy. ...more

November 29, 2008