The Gazette welcomes new Publishers This edition of The Gazette represents the end of an era, and the beginning of great things for our Ocean Springs paper. Scott Walker and I welcome James and Cindy Ricketts, former Ocean Springs re...
Water wisely and be mulch happier As the temperatures rise, water demands are high for growing plants. It is particularly important to keep newly transplanted trees, shrubs and perennials watered during this time to keep them ...
Think ahead regarding hurricane preparations for pets We learned a lot from Hurricane Katrina on the issue of what to do with our pets when mother nature turns ugly. We learned that pets can perish when the winds and water blow in. We also learned t...
Is Mississippi really a Pro-Life state... or just Pro-Birth? Federal District Judge Daniel Jordan recently ruled that, on the surface, the new state law requiring abortion providers have admitting privileges at local hospitals appears constitutional, bu...
Hot weather tips for plants and people Temperatures in the upper nineties and above one hundred are hard on plants, even those we consider heat tolerant. Water is the key factor in plant management of heat. Plants cool themselves t...
When youth become tormenters Most everyone has heard of the news about the adult bus monitor, Karen Klein, that was bullied by four seventh graders. A video captured the bullying of a 68- year old- grandmother and quickly...
How Mitt Romney won the evangelicals and what that tells us When I was a middle-schooler, before I became a non-believer, I attended a very conservative evangelical church known for its extreme adherence to the doctrine of Biblical literalism (hint: th...
Letter to the Editor On June 15th the City of Ocean Springs is set to open its new $7 Million Sportsplex on Highway 57. Watching some of the leadership of Ocean Springs, one might think they believe the purpose o...
What I’ve Learned in 40 Years of Education Well, I’ve begun clearing out my office and packing my things after 40 years in the school business. It’s been a real education (no pun intended!) and quite a trek- the good, bad and the ugly of i...
Before you kill a bug or treat a lawn problem, read on… Weeds Often Indicate Other Lawn Problems
If your lawn is choked with weeds these weeds could be indicators of other lawn problems. Having an understanding of weeds that seem to dominate under...
You don’t have to look far to see pain management clinics for people in need. We have everything from non-narcotic and narcotic drug therapies, to heat and cold applications, to therapeutic u...
Albert Einstein once said, “The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them”, and I fully agree with this theory. Having been in...
As usual, a recent case workup has made its way into fodder for this week’s column. We all frequently hear of a friend or relative who has been diagnosed with diabetes. Diabetes mellitus, as...
I’m not sure if it happens everywhere but if you live in the South chances are you have a friend or two that you have known for most of your life. Fortunately, I have a few of these wonderful ...
Once again your faithful correspondent finds himself marching into a Sesquicentennial reenactment of one of the pivotal battles of the American Civil War. My reenactor unit is formally known ...
I’ve lived in the world of politics, literally, my entire life. My very first memory is of Ronald Reagan standing on a stage, somewhere in the distance, as he spoke about something not underst...