Summer is here!

I am a rather early riser. The first thing I do is make coffee and turn into the national news on ABC about 4 am. The local comes at 4:30 and I check the weather before returning to reading the papers. This year in May they began to give a tropical forecast not waiting for June.

Hurricane season officially begins today. Yet the heat and humidity have been with us all through May. They are predicting a more intense hurricane season than usual. But what is usual anymore? Remember more or less intense it only takes one to hit us.

In this week’s edition the City of Stuart never seems to disappoint. There are several stories regarding our friends there. While we barely touch the subject, the school board needs to come up with millions to pay the sheriff in the coming year. We will find out much more this week during the school board meeting on where the money is coming from.

Clay Scherer has written his second column for us. I hope you enjoy his commentary. We also have David Hafner, Pastor Chad, Carol of United Way, William Corbin from the BDB, and many more opinion and general information contributors.

There is our constitutional corner and nonprofit notices. If you are a member of a nonprofit in some way, make sure your organization is getting their message out through Friends & Neighbors. And again, we can always use more people that want to write for the community.

Have a great Sunday Morning!