Twelve Years Later … July 1, 2007, I found myself as the new owner of the Monticello News. It was something that I had wanted for a long time. For years I…
Category: Editorials
Deb’s Notes
Happy Birthday today to Anita Ashworth and Nikki Shepard! Happy anniversary today to Peggy and Terry Day and Linda and Dennis Wolfe, Sr. and Sandra and Guy Hood! The Howard Academy High…
Debs Notes
Happy Birthday today, to Mallory Plaines and George Cooper! The Monticello Opera House presents A Chorus Line, the seventh longest running Broadway Show of all time, on stage from June 21-30. Look…
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When people come together for a festival Last weekend, Monticello’s downtown streets were packed with vendors, visitors and locals as the 69th Annual Watermelon Festival took place in full swing. There were…
Emerald’s Gem Box…
What if you woke up today, with only the things you thanked God for yesterday? Too many times, I feel, we are caught up in what we don’t have in life, and…
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To my father, from his daughter After only a few months after his 20th birthday, my dad became – well, a dad. He was a skinny kid, a firefighter and would soon…
Emerald’s Gem Box…
Matthew 5:21-22 Our preacher, Sunday morning, put the Bible verse up of Matthew 5:21-22, during Sunday morning worship. 21 Ye have heard that it was said of them of old time, Thou…
Deb’s Notes
Drop a note to: debbiesnapp@embarqmail.com Happy Birthday today to Ramsey Revell-Wheeler and Billie McClellan! Happy Anniversary today to Jill and Brad Richardson! Did you remember that yesterday, June 6 was D-Day, a…
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Where’d the coffee go? I start each morning off with my cup of coffee. While I’m getting ready for work, I place the tea/coffee kettle on the burner and let it almost…
Seven months later… Florida is still surviving
Last weekend, I made a trip over to Marianna, Fla. For a vast portion of my growing-up years, I lived with my parents in the Marianna, Blountstown and Altha trio of towns;…
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Just outside your comfort zone When was the last time you tried something new? Not just a new dish at your favorite restaurant or a new radio station on the drive to…
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Five reasons to adopt a shelter pet On Tuesday, April 30, pet owners in America celebrated National Adopt A Shelter Pet Day, and while I am a few days past the mark,…
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For such a time as this “…And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?” (Esther 4:14). The Biblical account of Esther is…
Editorial
If Republican lawmakers eliminate public notices, Floridians won’t know what their government is doing. And that’s the point, isn’t it? Originally published in theMiami Herald on April 5, 2019 It’s a longstanding…
Emerald’s Gem Box…
We don’t make the news – We just report it So many times, in the newspaper business, I get phone calls, letters or emails asking me not to put names/stories in the…
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Why are you angry now? In November of 2018, two teenaged girls (both minors under 18) were arrested by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office. The two girls had called Jefferson Somerset and…
Emerald’s Gem Box…
A woman was created differently on purpose “Our generation is so busy trying to prove that women can do everything men can do, women are losing the unique qualities that set us…
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Who speaks for you? Ashley Hunter Columnist On Tuesday, April 9, a special election for a new District 7 State Representative will be held, with Jefferson County’s early voting session beginning on…
Emeralds Gem Box
Elizabeth Smart: “We are not defined by what happens to us.” Ken and I had the pleasure of attending the Lowndes County Anchored in Hope benefit dinner last week, in Valdosta, GA….
Emerald’s Gem Box…
10 things God won’t ask you 1…God won’t ask what kind of car you drove, He’ll ask how many people you drove who didn’t have transportation. 2…God won’t ask the square footage…
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