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Opinion

  • Thank You

    Thank you, Kellie

  • Socializing in the Sunshine

    Florida’s Government-in-the-Sunshine Law applies to any gathering of two or more local or state government officials who sit on the same board.

    Basically, officials are required to keep all meetings open and public. This way, the public can participate if they want to, public records can actually exist, and we as the public can have access to those records.

  • May I have this dance?

    “You don’t act like you’re thirty, Mom.” I can’t quite tell if it’s embarrassment or amazement coming from my 12-year-old’s mouth. I take a shot in the dark: “You mean I’m acting too old?” I try to hide the worry in my voice. I was excited to hit my third decade last month, but the last thing I was looking for was to be OLD.

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    Food for thought

    As any responsible journalist would, I do my best never to pass up a free meal.  

    Most of us, after all, are not in this business to make money – as our meager salaries clearly indicate. Most of us regard our jobs as a kind of service – an important role within our community. 

  • It’s going to be hard

     “You know, it’s going to be hard when mother dies,” my mom confided to my big brother Roger recently. In the late stages of dementia, sometimes my mom thinks that Roger is her youngest brother Dexter, who died more than 25 years ago. Now in her 80s she still mourns for her mom and her little brother.

  • Our Beacon burns bright

    Some of you may have noticed, or heard by now, that the Beacon’s office is a little… different. 

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    Schooling the teacher

    I taught freshman composition in the morning at Central Florida Community College in Chiefland then attended middle school in Bronson Tuesday afternoon. And I was schooled.

    I know that sounds strange. But it’s the truth.

    I went back to middle school because my 10-year-old son, Taylor, who is in fifth grade spent 40 minutes talking to me the night before about a presentation on nicotine that he had seen by a “real scientist,” Dr. Victor DeNoble.

  • There’s something wrong...

    I read an eye-opening book a few years ago called Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations on Race. Though our schools may be largely integrated now, thanks to the hard work and sacrifice of many during the Civil Rights Movement, segregation – in smaller forms – is alive and well.

  • I remember history: the Cedar Key...

    I Jimmy Bishop was a part of Cedar Key History in the making.

    I remember when people entering into Cedar Key, the first thing they would see were docks with gill nets pulled onto the dock’s railing, the nets waving in the breeze. And that’s history.

  • Cedar Key, a real treat for...

    I like Halloween. Always have. Always will. 

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    30 is not old; It’s just...

     Phew. I finally made it. 

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    Fake smiles only last so long

    Dear Editor,

  • I remember history: the Big Dock...

    I remember when the Big Dock burned the year 1950.

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    Making the most of that ‘...

    Finding yourself at rock bottom is not a situation anyone plans. 

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    I still remember for her

    Feb. 25, 2010

    I called my mom earlier this month. It was late for her 9:58 p.m. in Murray, Utah, and late for me, 11:58 p.m. in Levy County, Florida. My mom told me early in January that she'd like me to make calling her more often my new year's resolution. So I did.

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    Cedar Key from a Bird’s...

    Driving through Cedar Key is a joy for the eyes.  Our small town has done a great job of keeping the Chain Restaurants, the Tract Housing and any sort of Commercial Sprawl that has infected so much of the rest of Florida out of these city streets. When you hear people talk of Cedar Key, you usually hear things like ‘Old Florida’, ‘Untouched’, ‘Original’ or other descriptions which describe a historic small town like ours.

  • The great tides

    When is the best time for fishing? Is it on the spring tide or the neap tide?

    The best time for fishing is on either tide if a person knows where to fish and what kind of fish to fish for.

  • Editorial: 25 years of publishing

     

     As the Cedar Key Beacon wrapped up its 25th year of serving the island community in September, it seems fitting that Oct. 4-10 marks National Newspaper Week.

     

  • Letter to the Editor

    Dear Editor,

    The Hathcox Reunion was once again a huge success. The staff at the Island Place could not have been more accomodating: the sightseeing trip; the Ellwood fishing trip.

    I have been a member of the Hathcox and Cedar Key community for over 43 years. I've seen many, many changes; the old Cedar Key is no more, but the lasting relationships with the old families is always a cherished reminder of the 60's to present. Don't lose that special touch of yesteryear.

    Hopefully, we will meet again at the annual Old Timers Celebration.

  • Letters to the Editor - Nov. 12,...

    A new home town

    Dear Editor,

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