Opinion
Water aerobics season ends in gratitude, anticipation
Aug 30, 2023
As we close out the season at the O’Neil Pool, the ladies of Beth’s water aerobics class would like to extend a warm aquatic thank you to everyone who makes this wonderful Lake City resource available and functioning.
Thank you O’Neil Foundation and others for building it and thank you City of...
Ohl: Labor Daze
Aug 30, 2023
When Labor Day arrives each year, my thoughts usually drift back to my first experience at earning wages. It all began when I discovered girls while in junior high. Sure, they had always been around, but girls had just been part of the group – you know, one of the guys. Now at age fourteen I was...
Ohl: football story
Aug 23, 2023
During the last part of August when area football teams are preparing for their fall campaigns, most men who once played the game experience memories of their gridiron days. The two per day practices, calisthenics, running, sweating, swatting hungry mosquitos, and trying to learn dozens of plays.
I...
What constitutes loyalty to our city?
Aug 16, 2023
As we turned the chapter of our City’s 150th anniversary in 2022, it may be time to look back in history and reflect where we were in past years and what should or could be that position today? As one of our Silent Generation leading world figures eloquently stated, by Sir Winston Churchill, who...
Ohl: Blunders
Aug 16, 2023
Mistakes, screwups, flubs, I could write a book about mine, except there are some I would rather not share. We have all messed up many times in our lives. Hopefully, most of our miscues were of the minor variety. Regardless of the size or consequences of our gaffes, I think most of us have a few...
Ohl: A bolt from the blue
Aug 9, 2023
I walked into the high school office in my role as a Horace Mann agent, and I met Donna for the first time. I felt as though I had been struck by lightning, or perhaps it was just indigestion. We struck up a conversation. My skin soon began to tingle, my hair stood on end, I felt dizzy and began to...
Ohl: ‘E’ is for empty
Aug 2, 2023
It has only happened to me twice, but it has almost occurred dozens of times. I am referring to one of the most nerve racking, bone-chilling, heart pounding, and exciting things that can happen to a person – running out of gas!
I can almost see the frown developing on your face and the quizzical...
Protect yourself by removing diseased trees from your property
Jul 26, 2023
We see them everywhere now, along the highways and in our own backyards, trees that have been infested with Emerald Ash Borer, and trees stressed by the droughts and storms of the last few years. They are either completely dead or have large dead branches.
The City of Lake City removed 145...
Six reasons peer support groups can help with mental health issues
Jul 26, 2023
Over the past few years there has been an amazing shift in the world of mental health. People are beginning to understand that the mental health issues that someone may struggle with do not define them, and that they need support from their family and peers.
The stigma that once hung over...
Bluff View teacher cultivates agriculture literacy skills
Jul 26, 2023
I recently had the privilege to travel to Orlando, Fla. for the annual National Agriculture in the Classroom Organization (NAITCO) Covnference from June 26-29. The conference is the premier professional development event for pre-K-12 teachers, volunteers, and professionals in agricultural literacy...
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