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Longtime educator Laura Scott Reaves (right) was surprised and excited to receive a ceremonial key to the city from Mayor Alan Hall Tuesday night.

100-year-old educator still has heart for children

“I love children, and they just love me. Praise the Lord,” said 100-year-old Laura Scott Reaves with a twinkle in her eye just before receiving a standing ovation from a packed crowd inside the city council room Tuesday night.

“I will be loving children and doing whatever I can for them for as long as I live,” she added.

Reaves recently celebrated her 100th birthday and was honored by the City of Perry for her more than 40 years of educational experience in Taylor County and surrounding school districts.

“If I go on talking about children and the love of God, I will be standing here all night talking, and you all will be sleepy,” the retired educator stated.

City Manager Taylor Brown was contacted last fall by Social Studies teacher Marna Weston in Gainesville, who explained the University of Florida had been filming Reaves and recording her oral history over the past 10 years.

Weston inquired if the city would be interested in formally recognizing Reaves for the Perry native’s accomplishments in education and her milestone birthday.

Mayor Alan Hall asked Brown and city staff to coordinate the details, which led to Tuesday night’s “Evening of Gratitude,” when Hall presented Reaves with a proclamation and key to the city on behalf of the city council.

“Whereas, Mrs. Laura Scott Reaves was born in

Perry, Fla. on Nov. 24, 1919, and recently celebrated her 100th birthday,” Hall read off of the official proclamation.

“Whereas, Mrs. Reaves was a dedicated educator in the Taylor County School District and surrounding counties. Her career as an educator spanned over 40 years until her retirement in 1982.

“Mrs. Reaves continues to spread her passion of educating children and sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ to this day,” Hall stated.

“Now, therefore be it resolved that the City of Perry, Florida recognizes the dedicated service of Mrs. Laura Scott Reaves and extends its sincere ‘thanks’ for her service to our community,” Hall

(Top left) K9 Deputy Kyle Wimberly seized the ax as evidence in the assault case. (Top right) The driver was in her car when the unknown suspect bashed her windshield with an ax Tuesday evening.

Deputies have identified a person of interest in an ax attack that happened Tuesday evening, Jan. 14, on Highway 19 North in Salem.

A woman, who had pulled off road onto the public right-of-way while geocaching, reported the man suddenly appeared from a nearby driveway, yelling and pointing an ax in her direction.

She quickly got in her car and, before she could pull back onto the roadway, the man swung the ax and embedded the head of it in her front

windshield, she told investigators.

The suspect, described as an older white male, then fled the area on foot, the woman told deputies.

After the attack, the woman drove to a nearby convenience store and called 911.

Deputies who arrived on scene a short time later interviewed everyone in the area, but were unable to make contact with the suspect.

The woman was not injured during the attack, and the investigation is ongoing.

Salem attack!Ax embedded in windshield

3 road paving bids received

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Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office Inv. Chris Lee with the recovered golf cart.

A golf cart stolen from Steinhatchee shortly before the new year was recovered in Suwannee County earlier this week.

The owners, Shane and Kim Kennedy of Steinhatchee, posted photos of the stolen vehicle on social media, which were then shared more than 1,000 times, said Kim, who runs the popular “Simply Steinhatchee”

Facebook page.Those “shares” led to the

Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office receiving a tip that someone had observed a golf cart matching the description in Live Oak.

“They contacted us to obtain more information and specific details about the cart so we could ensure that it was in fact ours. When investigators there followed up on the lead,

they were able to locate the stolen golf cart. Unfortunately, whoever stole it trashed it, and it is almost unusable. It will take a great deal of money to repair it back like it was but, we got it back,” Kim said.

“Shane and I have to give our utmost respect and sincere appreciation to investigators Chris Lee and Wayne Kelly with

the Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office, who were the ones who worked this case. Without them staying the course and following through on the tips, they would not have found it,” she said. “We appreciate them following through.”

No arrests have been made at this time, but the investigation remains ongoing.

Stolen golf cart recovered

The Taylor County Commission has received bids for three state-funded resurfacing projects for Houck Road, Foley Cut-Off and Pinecrest Street, although additional money will be needed before construction can begin on any of them.

Earlier this month, the commission received a single bid on a proposal to resurface and widen approximately 1.5 miles

of Houck Road from Golf Course Road to Puckett Road. Anderson Columbia Co., Inc., bid $1,333,272.67.

Although with a price of nearly $1 million per mile, County Engineer Kenneth Dudley told the commission that the bid was around $400,000 below their original cost estimate for the project, which is designed to expand the roadway from its current

19- to 20-foot footprint to 24 feet.

The bid review committee consists of Dudley, Public Works Director Hank Evans and Road Superintendent Scott Knight. The committee is expected to return a recommendation to the commission as early as the board’s next meeting, which is set for Tuesday, Jan. 21.

It is likely the county will have to seek

additional funding from the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) to help complete the project. The county entered into a reimbursement agreement with FDOT in 2017 to receive $984,438 through the agency’s Small County Road Assistance Program (SCRAP) to fund the project, and subsequently spent some $116,000 of that money on design services with Causseaux, Hewett &

Walpole, Inc. (CHW).At the same board

meeting on Jan. 6, the commission also approved bid committee recommendations to accept the lowest bidder on the two other projects, contingent on securing additional funding for those projects as well, whether from FDOT or local secondary road paving funds.

In the case of Foley Cut-Off, the project is designed

to widen and resurface approximately 1.5 miles of the roadway from Foley Road (Hwy. 30) to U.S. Hwy. East.

On Nov. 19, the commission received five bids, ranging from $1,023,000 from Pigott Asphalt and Sitework, LLC, to $2,343,287.70 from Capital Asphalt, Inc.

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City honors Reaves

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The Taylor County School Board has agreed to donate a unused portable classroom from the old Perry Primary School (PPS) to the Supervisor of Elections office.

At the school board’s Dec. 10 meeting, board members voted 5-0 to declare one of an estimated eight or nine portables no longer in use as “surplus property” and granted a request to donate one such building to Supervisor of Elections Dana Southerland’s office.

The board also agreed to give other governmental agencies and non-profits priority consideration as they continue to dispose of the buildings formerly used as classrooms at local schools.

Prior to the vote, School Board Member Deidra Dunnell asked for clarification on the process the school board used to determine who could receive such a donation.

“Have we put any information out as to how these requests are supposed to come in? The board is not seeing these requests, and I myself am interested

in seeing these requests,” Dunnell stated.

“They send a letter to the board requesting the donation,” Superintendent of Schools Dr. Danny Glover Jr. answered.

“Is it possible for you to send one of these requests to us so we can verify these requests? I just want to make sure they are formal requests coming in,” Dunnell requested.

“Yes. She wrote a letter to us,” Glover replied.

“As of this time, we have not put forth any stipulations?” Dunnell asked.

“We said we would donate to public entities or non-profits,” Glover responded. “We have talked about after this one portable is surplussed, there have been some needs in the district we have been made aware of, and we need to meet those needs first before we do any more surplus or go to auction.”

“Where do we have it written down it has to be a public entity?” Dunnell asked.

School Board Members Jeannie Mathis and Brenda

Carlton stated it is spelled out in Florida Statutes.

Dunnell continued to state she had a daycare provider inquire about submitting a request for a portable classroom.

“She has been asking since before PPS was vacated that she wanted one of these, and she said she never got information back. So when she saw the article in the paper about the Sheriff and B&G Club (requesting portables) she asked how were we determining who got them,” Dunnell said. “I told her to contact the district office.”

“We will be holding a surplus auction at some point,” Mathis said.

“Yes, at some point any remaining surplus property will be auctioned off,” Glover agreed.

“We need to do an inventory or a report, and we may need to look at the requests we have internally to see how to best handle it. I have heard the softball team has requested one to use as a dressing room,” Chairman Danny Lundy stated. “We need to get a handle on how many we do have. We

certainly want to use them for the very best purposes.”

“I heard Big Bend Technical College was asking for one,” School Board Member Bonnie Sue Agner said.

“I would think we want to take care of internal requests first,” Carlton added.

“I asked when we approved giving one to the Sheriff, and the B&G Club asked for one and was told there were eight or nine. We are getting requests. That is why I am asking how we decide. Who is getting them and deciding. I think the board should see all the requests,” Dunnell added.

“We definitely need to maintain a record of all the requests that come in. That

is why I am asking how many requests have come in and if they are coming in just to you (Glover) or do we as a board have access to them. I just want to make sure that we have a public record of requests coming in,” Dunnell added.

Agner suggested the board keep a spreadsheet and a running list of available portables and requests.

“We need transparency and a spreadsheet to track and see how we can meet these requests,” Lundy said.

Glover stated there were about eight surplus portables remaining.

“I am hearing that your internal needs will be the first priority, but I heard then public entity and non-profits,” Eric Scott said from

the audience. “You may want to be clear about the order and consider what is next. Draft a statement and minimize any confusion, listing internal needs, public entities and then non-profits.”

“We do need to get a handle on this,” Lundy agreed. “At least have a process to move forward on this.”

The board approved the donation by a 5-0 vote.

“Are the portables down in Steinhatchee in good shape?” Carlton asked.

“They are horrible,” Mathis said.

“By the time you pay to move one of these down there they are not worth it. It costs a lot to move them,” Glover said.

Local health officials are encouraging all unvaccinated residents to get their flu shot as soon as possible, as a wave of sickness continues to sweep across the county.

The Florida Department of Health in Taylor County announced this week that flu vaccines are available at its facility by appointment, with walk-ins accepted every Wednesday from 8 a.m. to noon.

“Flu vaccination is the best way to prevent the flu and its potentially serious complications,” Public Information Officer Martine Young with the Florida Department of Health in Taylor County said.

“The vaccine is recommended for everyone six months and older, including pregnant women. Individuals that are at most risk for getting severely ill from the flu are young

children, pregnant women, people with certain chronic health conditions like asthma, diabetes, heart disease or lung disease, and people aged 65 years and older,” she said.

“It takes approximately two weeks after vaccination for your body to develop protection against the flu.”

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend getting

a flu vaccine every year because flu viruses evolve quickly, and last year’s vaccine may not protect against the current year’s strain. Even if the vaccine does not fully protect against the flu, it may reduce the severity of symptoms and the risk of complications.

Health officials recommended the following tips on “health habits to help prevent flu:”

• Good health habits

like washing your hands can help stop the spread of germs and prevent respiratory illnesses like the flu. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer.

• Covering the mouth and nose when coughing or sneezing may prevent those around you from getting sick. Make it a habit to clean and disinfect commonly used surfaces in your home, school or office.

Health officials urge residents get flu vaccine

School board donates portable to elections’ office

By CAITLYN BURCHETTThe Taylor County School

District has adopted “School Improvement Plans” for each of the seven schools in the district to address areas that could maintain or increase school grades in 2020.

From the primary school to the local technical college, administrators combed through data and created an action plan for improvement over the past school year. Those plans were officially approved at a Nov. 5 school board meeting.

The School-wide Improvement Plan (SIP) is a Florida Department of Education requirement for schools that have a school grade of ‘D’ or ‘F’, schools that have a graduation rate of 67 percent or lower or schools that have an overall federal index below 41 percent.

The Florida Department of Education encourages schools to use the SIP as a “living document” by continually updating, refining and using the plan to guide their work throughout the year.

Steinhatchee School reported an unprecedented

leap from an “F” school to an “A” school this past year, as 91 percent of students scored a Level 3 or higher in FSA English Language Arts (ELA) and FSA Math, while 93 percent showed a year’s growth of learning gains.

“Steinhatchee School worked closely with Taylor District Schools’ leadership and brought in professional development resources to help guide student instruction. Teachers challenged students each day to do their best, and students certainly responded. The results were amazing, as Steinhatchee School went from the combined achievement average of 28 percent to 92 percent. This reflects a 229 percent increase over last year!” Steinhatchee School Principal Jimmy Bray said at a school board meeting earlier in the 2019-20 school year.

Steinhatchee School’s highest priorities for continued school-wide improvement includes focusing on text-based writing and increasing attendance.

“In a year where 93 percent of students showed a year’s worth of learning gains on FSA and 91 percent scored proficient, the average student score in text-based writing category was still below the state average. For this reason, text-based writing is an area of focus for our SIP,” the report reads.

Steinhatchee School proposed utilizing Core Connections, a K-12 program that specializes in providing schools with guidance and instructional strategies, to provide professional development to enhance instruction for text-based writing.

The SIP report also detailed a strategy for increasing student attendance and identified a goal of 95 percent student attendance for 95 percent of the school year.

“Student attendance is essential for a continuation of achievement progress,” the SIP report reads.

Steinhatchee School proposed tracking attendance daily, as well as offering incentives for attendance to increase the percentage of students present. The school is partnering with community organizations such as the

American Legion and Character Education Now to provide reward boxes for each classroom and ice cream for classes with 10 days of perfect attendance.

Taylor County Primary School’s (TCPS) highest priorities for school-wide improvement in the upcoming school year are reading, math, writing, attitude and behavior.

According to the TCPS report, “FSA scores, lowest quartile students are struggling and ELA is a concern.”

However, bottom quartile math had the most gains, improving from 31 percent in the district to 78 percent in one year.

TCPS plans to utilize Energy Bus for Schools, iReady Training and Core Connections Writing to improve its main areas of focus. Energy Bus for Schools is described as a multi-year approach for schools to create and sustain a positive school culture. iReady is an interactive online learning environment designed to assess students and provide individualized instruction based on each student’s unique needs. Core Connections Writing specializes in providing schools K-12 with guidance and instructional strategies for establishing a holistic, vertically integrated reading and writing curriculum.

Taylor County Elementary School’s (TCES) highest priorities for the 2019-20 school year are: fifth grade ELA, attendance, math achievement, science achievement and overall staff morale.

TCES’s ELA achievement showed the largest gap at 54 percent, while the state was 57 percent.

“We feel that our fifth grade ELA is really the contributing factor to this as the other grade level met the state average in ELA achievement,” the TCES report reads.

Fourth grade math showed the most improvement, increasing from 52 percent to 67 percent, ranking three percent higher than the state average.

“We feel this is a direct result of working with Sam Forester and K12 Lift. We are also a part of the Florida Standards Academy, and we focused on fourth grade

Walk-in appointments are available to receive the flu vaccine.

School district has adopted ‘School Improvement Plans’

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the bid committee recommended the commission accept the bid from Pigott as the lowest responsive bidder.

“It is important to note that subsequent contract execution for this project will be contingent on securing sufficient funding,” Dudley told the commission in a memorandum. “Staff has discussed the funding issue with FDOT, but was unfortunately informed that funding for supplemental agreements is largely unavailable this fiscal year and that they did not expect to be able to offer any additional funds for this project.

“With $710,489.70 of the original SCRAP agreement remaining and an expected CEI (construction, engineering and inspections) expense of $145,000, accepting the lowest bid of $1,023,000 necessitates no less than $464,000 [in additional funding].

“With a current balance of $2.2 million, staff recommends that the board consider funding this shortfall using Secondary Road Paving Common Account funding,” Dudley continued. “Foley Cut-Off road is a major collector with a current traffic volume of over 1,000 vehicles a day and connects another major collector with US Hwy. 27. Absent this funding, the board will necessarily have to consider reducing the scope of the project in some fashion. Nonetheless, the project will not commence until all funding is resolved.

“Lastly and assuming the funding issue will be

resolved in some manner, staff is working with the recent Request for Qualifications solicitation to complete the contractual negotiations with the three short-listed CEI firms,” Dudley said. “Once those negotiations are complete, staff will also present a CEI Task Order for this project to the board for approval. Once that final aspect of the project is resolved, construction will commence.”

Meanwhile, the county received four bids on the Pinecrest Project, which is expected to surface approximately one mile of the roadway from Johnson Stripling Road to North Ellison Road. Those bids ranged from $365,000 from Pigott to $493,000 from Peavy & Son Construction Co., Inc.

The bid committee again recommended the commission accept Pigott as the lowest responsive bidder.

According to Dudley, there is some $249,000 in remaining SCRAP funding for Pinecrest Road, but unlike the Foley Cut-Off project, FDOT may be able

to help with the shortfall.“Staff has discussed the

funding issue with FDOT and is working to acquire supplemental monies,” Dudley said in a separate memorandum.

“It appears there is a chance Taylor County will potentially receive a supplemental funding agreement in the amount of $200,000. This funding is expected to be very close to sufficient for the project after accounting for the probable cost of construction, engineering and inspections. What little bit would not be covered could be manageably addressed using Secondary Road Paving monies. Nonetheless, the project will not commence until the agreement is received and presented to the board for approval and all funding allocated.”

Like with Foley Cut-Off, Dudley said he was working with CEI firms on this project as well.

At the Jan. 6 meeting, both paving issues were included on the commission’s consent agenda. While the entire consent agenda was approved unanimously, the

board did not hold talks about the individual items, so there was no discussion about the possibility of

using local secondary road paving funds to cover the shortfalls for either project.

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stated.“We are privileged to

have you here tonight, and it is an honor to give you this proclamation,” Hall told Reaves.

“Along with this proclamation, we are also giving you this key to the city,” he added, as Reaves reacted with joy and surprise.

“Thank you,” Reaves said. “Tonight I am happy for a lot of reasons. I was teaching as a principal at one of the schools here in Taylor County when the school at Jerkins called me.”

Reaves relayed a story of the day she was called into a meeting at the Boyd school around that time.

“I thought it was better for me to be working at Jerkins than at Boyd, but those people were so sweet at Boyd. When I got through crying and walking up the railroad tracks. I saw Mr. Loughridge, who owned that big mill. I heard him tell Mr. Wentworth, ‘That lady needs some more money. Find a way to give her a little more money’,” Reaves recalled, adding, “‘Jerkins had taken their teacher and we want her back!’”

“I want you know that was a happy meeting. I went back and stayed there until they consolidated the schools in Perry. I stayed at Boyd, and I was happy. Those people were so lovely,” she said.

“I had to go to Mayo because that school was accredited, and my principal told me I needed to go there. They were so nice in Mayo. I found good people, very good people, there who did so many nice things for me,” Reaves said.

“I stayed there until I had a chance to come back to Jerkins. I am telling you that God has blessed me. When I would get to school in the mornings in Mayo they would be there to meet me, asking, ‘What are we going to do today? Are we going to make some glue today? When are you going to make some candied apples?’,” Reaves remembered.

“They just loved me, and I still love them. I want to go back up there and be with them, but they told me I am too old,” she said, drawing laughter from the crowd.

“I am so thankful for you tonight. I see some of my students are here. We have to learn to love the word of God. I am one of those people who will love you...

just love you because you love my God,” Reaves said.

“We need more talk and more love for our children. Right now some of them are neglected. Some of these mothers – and some of these daddies – need to send these children to Sunday School and study the word of God,” Reaves added.

“God bless and keep you. Thank you so much,” she concluded.

Reaves was born in the parsonage of Springhill Church on Thanksgiving Day 1919. Racial tensions reached a point that the family was forced to move, as she and a brother went to live with a grandmother, while her mom worked at the Peacock Hotel and her father left for a time to work in Live Oak.

Reaves was the oldest of 14 children, one of which was stillborn.

When Reaves’ father, Elmo Scott, returned to Perry he continued working at the Burton-Swartz mill, though many others in his family moved away.

“Some of his brothers moved north and never did get back home,” she said.

She and her brother and sisters attended school when and where they could.

At the urging of a friend, Reaves took the exam to obtain a teaching certificate and, to her surprise, passed.

She was hired in Dixie County and worked there on that “small certificate,” which required her to go to school each summer to keep it valid.

She obtained her high school diploma from a

school in St. Augustine and attended school at Florida A&M University (FAMU) and Gainesville, as well as Florida Memorial, a Baptist school, for two years.

Reaves continued to teach during the school year and spent her summers on the FAMU campus in Tallahassee, talking a course to keep her “small” teaching certificate alive.

“Finally, one day the dean put a note in my mailbox and told me to come to his office. So I went to the office and he told me I had so much credit, I could graduate. He asked me, ‘What are you trying to do?’ I told him I was trying to keep my certificate alive. He said, ‘You’ve got it more than alive’.”

After decades of summer classes, Reaves crossed

the graduation stage and obtained her bachelor’s degree in 1950.

Reaves didn’t pursue additional schooling, because by the time she graduated, “my grand-babies started to arrive and I loved going to see them so much, so I stopped there with a bachelor’s degree.”

Between classes and summer courses, Reaves had met and married her husband of nearly 42 years, Clark, in the early 1940s.

Teaching and faith have been the hallmarks of her long life.

After retiring from teaching, she and her husband ministered wherever they saw a need, including the local state prison and as leaders in her churches, Mt. Zion and the Church of God of Prophecy.

“God told me, ‘Preach my Word.’ So that’s what I did,” Reaves said.

While she doesn’t get out as much as she would like, Reaves said she still feels she has lessons yet to teach.

“I’d like to get all these young girls together, and talk with them about moral values. About taking care of themselves,” she told Perry Newspapers last year.

Once a teacher, always a teacher...and class is always in session with Mrs. Reaves.

After receiving a proclamation and a key to the city, 100-year-old retired educator and city resident Laura Scott Reaves (center) posed with members of the city council, including (from left to right) Ward Ketring, Shirley Hampton, Mayor Alan Hall and Venita Woodfaulk.

REAVESContinued from page 1

PAVING BIDSContinued from page 1

Once a teacher, always a teacher...and class is always in session with Reaves

County hoping for additional money

10 DIE ON TAYLOR ROADS

Ten people died on the highways of Taylor County in 1984, seven of which were alcohol-related, according to information released by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.

One of the fatal alcohol-related accidents involved a person under the age of 20.

In 1984, Taylor County troopers arrested 127 people for driving under the influence.

SUPER BOWL BOUNDLocal resident Glenn

Knowles was not one of the millions of Americans in front of the television watching the 19th Super Bowl in 1985. Instead, he was one of the lucky ones

to see the action first-hand at Stanford Stadium in Palo Alto, Calif.

Knowles was the winner of a trip for two to the Super Bowl courtesy of Pepsi-Cola of Perry and Continental Airlines.

KIWANIANS RAISE MONEY FOR

CEREBRAL PALSYMembers of the Perry

Kiwanis Club manned the telephones to raise money for United Cerebral Palsy.

About $500 was collected locally during the annual telethon, with Kiwanians busy at the phones from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Gladys Morse Elementary, club member Oscar Howard said.

“It is a worthwhile project, and we were really pleased when that phone rang the first time,” Howard said.

TCDA GETS CARPerry Mayor Thomas

Demps handed over the keys to a 1981 Zephyr to Phyllis Newport, chairman of the Taylor County

Development Authority (TCDA).

The city donated the car to the TCDA for use by the industrial developer. The car previously used by the TCDA, a 1979 Ford LTD, was placed up for sale at the Chamber of Commerce.

HOPING TO IMPROVEThe 1984-85 Taylor

County High School (TCHS) basketball team, coached by Walt Lamb Jr., hoped to improve on the 5-3

record it had accomplished as of Jan. 18, 1985. The Bulldogs were scheduled to tangle with District 4-AA foe Madison that night at the TCHS gymnasium.

The boys’ varsity game was scheduled to culminate a full evening of cage action, which would begin at 5 p.m.

NEW JAIL IMMINENTIn January 1985, it

was announced that Taylor County would

be constructing a new jail “in the near future,” but in the meantime, the Taylor County Sheriff’s Department was scrambling to improve the existing facility and head-off a lawsuit.

Sheriff Quinton Whittle said the Department of Corrections toured the existing 1954 facility twice within six weeks in an attempt to bring the 30-year structure into compliance with state regulations.

Whittle said he doubted the existing structure would ever be in total compliance and predicted the construction of a new jail was “imminent.”

Short-term, Whittle planned to hire at least five additional corrections officers, as well as complete other maintenance, such as improving the fire escape procedure, repairing some of the plumbing problems and bolting beds in some cells to the floor.

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January 17-18, 2020

Looking Back

THE PERRY NEWS-HERALD

January 18, 1985A glance at the pastKnowles wins trip to the Super Bowl!

Remember when...

Local resident Hugh Rountree has a long-standing interest in collecting old postcards and area history.

He combined those interests with his love of technology to produce multiple slideshow and Powerpoint presentations.

On Monday, he will share his collection relating to the logging community of Carbur with members of the Taylor County Historical

Society at their January meeting, which begins at 7 p.m.

Carbur was established about 1915 as a joint logging venture by the Carpenter-O’Brien Company (which Brooks-Scanlon acquired in 1917) and the Burton-Swartz Cypress Company, hence the name.

Carbur, said to be the world’s largest logging camp at the time, was situated on a 640-acre tract of land.

Carbur had about 1,000 homes for employees, a doctor’s office and clinic, a

large commissary, a hotel, boarding houses, railroad station and freight depot, a moving picture show, schools, machine shop and logging equipment.

Local historian said that the African-American community had a church that was used alternately by the Methodists and the Baptists. The church was also used as the black school.

The whites had Methodist and Holiness churches. Much of the community life revolved around the churches.

There was a hotel and nearby the “Bullpen” where the bachelors lived.

The Carbur Mercantile Company provided food, clothing, vital necessities, and a drug store.

The nearby farmers delivered produce, pork sausage and other edibles on Saturday.

Each morning, the mercantile clerk and the clerk from Winchester, would come by to take orders to be delivered to their homes.

Movies were shown on Saturday night.This building served as the Carbur office.

The logging town of Carbur was located on 640 acres some 17 miles south of Perry.

Rountree will share the history of Carbur Monday

We started by gathering everything we needed.Four poles. An old mattress. Duct tape. And

enough rope to circle the mattress at least twice.If an old mattress couldn’t be found, the supplies

list changed.Nine cement blocks. Four poles. Two sheets of

thick plywood. As many old blankets as we could gather up. Duct tape. And enough rope to circle the plywood placed side by side at least twice.

After my brothers, cousins and I had gathered the material we needed to build our wrestling ring, we cleared off a spot in the yard and then went to work.

If we had a mattress, we dug a post hole at each corner of the mattress.

If we didn’t have a mattress, we started by laying the sheets of plywood side by side then placing the cement blocks underneath the plywood – three at the top, across the center and at the bottom for support. Afterward, we dug a post hole at each corner.

Next, we placed the poles in the hole, then filled and packed the holes with dirt until the poles were steady. That was followed by placing rope around our ring. Two of us circled poles with the rope, while the others used duct tape to secure the rope to the poles.

If plywood was used for the base of the ring, we covered it with blankets to soften our falls.

When we were done, we took a few minutes to admire our handiwork before we became bitter enemies in the ring.

But we weren’t the only ones admiring our handiwork.

Our grandparents were huge wrestling fans, which

meant we were huge fans too. Our grandparents would sit on the porch and watch us gather all the materials we needed. They would suggest the best spot in the yard for the wrestling ring, which was usually a spot that allowed them to watch from the porch.

The only advice they gave us during the construction of the ring was if we started arguing with each other. That’s when one of them would quip, “Wait and handle it in the ring.”

We were smart enough to know that this didn’t mean we were to “fight” for real, but rather “play fight” it out. Misunderstanding this resulted in more than a disqualification. The culprits got a good whipping and were banned from the ring until my grandparents thought they’d learned their lesson.

I thought about the wrestling rings we used to make and the matches we staged to entertain our grandparents and neighbors Wednesday when I heard about the death of Rocky Johnson, one of my all-time favorite wrestlers.

I was Rocky Johnson during most of my bouts. The only times I didn’t step in the ring as the father of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was when I stepped in as Jack Brisco to tag team with whoever decided they were his brother, Jerry Brisco.

I watched a few old videos online of Rocky Johnson wrestling before I went to bed. I drifted off to sleep wishing I was nine or 10 again and stepping in our makeshift wrestling ring as my grandparents sat on the porch cheering me on.

If only in my dreams.

By Anthony White

Good-bye to a wrestling hero

Nina Loeta Mansfield

Nina Loeta Mansfield, 92, passed away on Jan. 13, 2020, in Perry.

A graveside service will be held on Saturday, Jan. 18, at 2 p.m. at Pisgah Cemetery with Daniel Simmons officiating.

All arrangements are under the direction of Burns Funeral Home of Perry.

Louzetta S. Naylor

Louzetta Slaughter Naylor, 83, of Gainesville, and formerly of Palatka, passed from this life on Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, at her home following an extended illness with dementia.

She was born in Taylor County and had lived in Gainesville for the last three years coming from Palatka. Louzetta had lived in Palatka from 1970 to 2016,

and during that time she was a homemaker and later worked at the Smart Shop, Merle Norman Cosmetics and Classic Impressions.

She was a member of First Baptist Church of Palatka. Louzetta loved her Lord Jesus Christ and loved her children. She was an incredible cook and homemaker. She enjoyed her sales work and always had a kind word for others. She was such a blessing to those around her.

She is preceded in death by: her parents, Luther and Ellen Clark Slaughter; her brother, E.J. Slaughter; a sister, Myrtice Slaughter; a sister-in-law, Dorothy Porter Slaughter; a special uncle and aunt, Willie and Olif Clark Poppell; a beloved cousin, Ava Jean Clark Dorman; and her children’s father, John E. Naylor.

She is survived by: her loving and devoted children, son Craig Naylor of Gainesville and daughter Gina Naylor of Tampa; her brother, James Hinton Slaughter of Perry; a sister-in-law, Carol Slaughter Pickron of Perry; special close cousins, Jackie Clark Cowart of Sugar Hill, Ga., and Betty Ruth Shapbell of Rockledge; as well as many loving nieces and nephews, a host of other loving cousins and many dear friends.

Services will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 19,

at First Baptist Church of Palatka. The family will receive friends at First Baptist Church beginning at 2 p.m. on Sunday. Dr. Robert J. Mills and Pastor Eddie Parcher will be officiating. The burial will be held at 11 a.m. On Monday, Jan. 20, at Pisgah Cemetery in Perry with Dr. Eddie Gilley officiating.

Memories and condolences may be expressed to the family through flowers and at Louzetta’s Book of Memories page at www.johnsonoverturffunerals.com. Arrangements are entrusted to Johnson-Overturf Funeral Home in Palatka.

Victoria L. Pressley

Victoria L. Pressley died Dec. 18, 2019, at Doctors’ Memorial Hospital in Perry.

Memorial services will be held Saturday, Jan. 18, at 1 p.m., at First Assembly of God on Julia Street. The family will receive friends immediately following the service.

A-5 Perry News-Herald January 17-18, 2020Religion

Big Bend Hospice offers grief support to those in need and is open to local residents. Please contact Monica Ellis at (850) 878-5310.

Need help? Turn to His WordWhen all else fails, read!

Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, a light unto my path.

READ...When in sorrow, John 14.When men fail you, Psalm 27.When you have sinned, Psalm 51.When the world seems bigger than you,

Psalm 90.When you want Christian assurance,

Roman 8:1-30.When you grow bitter or critical, 1 Cor.

13.When you worry, Matthew 6:19-34.When God seems far away, Psalm 139.When you fear danger, Psalm 91.When you are lonely, Psalm 33.When you lack courage for a task,

Joshua 1.When you forget your blessings, Psalm

103.For Jesus’ idea of a Christian,

Matthew 3.

For Paul’s rule on how to get along with men, read Romans 12.

Read, meditate, pray, read and wait!“Wait on the Lord, and be of good

courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart: Wait, I say, on the Lord.”

--Psalm 27:14Birthday shout outs

Happy birthday wishes to: Mary Phillips and Ja’brika Morris, Jan. 17; Minnie Karol Ingram, Mildred Brown, Sarah Sledge Hall and Willie Patterson, Jan. 19; Tommy Buggs, Jan. 20; Antonio King, Drucilla King and Barbara Steadman, Jan. 22; Stephanie Allen, Jan. 23; Ralph Smith, Jan. 24.

Belated birthday wishes to: Sylvester Hugger, Jan. 6; Ever Kay Taylor, Jan. 8; and Lester King, Jan. 9.

In bereavementOur thoughts and prayers are with

the family of the late Wayne S. Sermons.

BySarah Hall

Make Church going a Habit

When God permits trials,

he also provides comfort.

Antioch to host All Day Gospel Sing this Sunday

Antioch Revival Center is hosting an All Day Gospel Sing this Sunday, Jan. 19.

The morning service, which will start at 11 a.m., will feature The Byrd Family of Newville, Ala.

Lunch will be served following the morning concert.

Josh Noland and Friends will take the stage at 2 p.m.

The Rev. Robert “Cricket” Watson invites

everyone to attend and “bring a friend.”

The revival center is located at 3808 Cash Rd.

The Byrd Family will perform Sunday at Antioch Revival Center.

The Tallahassee Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, in partnership with the Tallahassee Bach Parley, will present organist Iain Quinn in concert Sunday, Jan. 26, at 3 p.m., at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 211 N. Monroe St. in downtown Tallahassee.

Associate Professor of Organ and Sacred Music at FSU, Dr. Quinn will perform works by J. S. Bach, Persichetti, Mendelssohn, Rachmaninoff and Gade.

Prof. Quinn will be playing on the C. B. Fisk pipe organ (op. 127) at St. John’s.

The suggested donation for this event is $10; all proceeds will benefit the FSU Sacred Music Fund.

Parking is available in the St. John’s lots off Call Street.

Free childcare will be provided.

St. John’s Episcopal Church in Tallahassee is home to a C.B. Fisk pipe organ.

Tallahassee organist chapter announces upcoming concert

Retired Florida State University (FSU) Assistant Football Coach Jim Gladden will be the special guest speaker at the annual Men’s Ministry meeting

planned Monday, Jan. 20, at Oakland Baptist Church.

The meeting will be held outside, so those planning to attend are asked to bring lawn chairs

and to “remember to dress appropriately for the cold weather.”

The traditional “beast feast” will be served at 5:30 p.m.

Men’s Ministry Meeting will be held Monday at Oakland

Obituaries

Louzetta S. Naylor

New Brooklyn Missionary Baptist Church will hold a prayer workshop entitled “Praying Through God’s Word” Saturday, Jan. 18, from

10 a.m. to 1 p.m.The workshop, which

will be led by the Rev. Patricia Patterson, will be held in the church’s Fellowship Hall, and lunch

will be served.The New Brooklyn

Christian Education Ministry is sponsoring the workshop. Everyone is welcome.

Prayer workshop is this Saturday

math,” the TCES report reads.

TCES anticipates partnering with K12 Lift to improve fifth grade scores throughout the 2019-20 school year. K12 Lift provides customized training for principal and teacher cohorts and helps schools use insights from the program to identify problem areas and teaching strategies.

Taylor County Middle School (TCMS) ranked eighth grade math proficiency, ELA seventh grade proficiency, eighth grade science proficiency and civics proficiency as its top priorities, as well as safety and mental health.

Eighth grade math fell from 41 percent to 17 percent in just one year and now ranks 27 percent below the state average.

“One contributing factor, specifically related to eighth grade achievement, could be the sheer numbers in each class. These classes in particular had 27 or more students. In addition, these classes were scheduled for later in the day,” the report states. However, civics saw an increase from 58 percent to 65 percent, and now only falls six percent below the state average.

According to the report, the improvement can be credited to instructional changes and the implementation of new progress monitoring throughout the school year.

TCMS has also shifted its focus to safety and mental health. In-school safety drills as well as simulation drills are conducted throughout the year to better prepare students and staff in cases of emergency. In additional, TCMS has scheduled mental health training for all staff members and students to be conducted during the 2019-20 school year.

For the 2019-20 school year, Taylor County High School is focused on improving math and ELA scores and increasing acceleration, attendance and graduation rates.

For the 2018-19 school year, 133 students missed more than 10 percent of the total school days, and 160 students failed at least one ELA or math course – both of which are early warning indicators. As of November 2019, the number of students failing one ELA or math course increased to 393.

The absences and course failures were reflected in test scores, with a score of only five percent in geometry, a fall from 37 percent.

According to the report, math proficiency and math learning gains showed the lowest performance, which were attributed to a lack of proper valid progress monitoring for algebra and geometry.

“We were in year one of changing our course progressions. We only had one section of Geometry, and it was with Inclusion Support,” the report reads.

TCHS plans to implement valid progress monitoring for all math and ELA courses and Tier Three Support for algebra and geometry teachers as a method of improvement.

Taylor Accelerated School’s (TAS) four main priorities for the 2019-20 school year are to increase the percent tested in 2019-20 to 95 percent, increase ELA learning gains by five percent, increase white and economically disadvantaged federal index subgroup scores by five percent or more and increase student attendance.

“The students attending classes at the Taylor Accelerated School are behind in credits, struggle with reading and/or scored a Level One on the FSA ELA. Through the use of the APEX online courseware, our goal is to provide

opportunities for students to ‘catch up’ and remediate reading deficiencies to enable students to be successful students that are college and career ready,” the report reads.

The TAS eighth grade students showed a 20-percent proficiency level. The middle school portion of TAS was facilitated in a monitored small group setting. Additional intervention and tutoring was provided to students based upon identified need.

The TAS plan proposed

increased training for teachers and instructional aides on how to monitor student progress and providing supportive intervention to expand the improvement to other areas and grade levels.

The TAS report identified chronic absenteeism as a “true concern,” as more than 80 percent of the students currently enrolled in TAS missed 10 percent or more of instruction during the 2018-19 school year. The goal for the 2019-20 school year was to increase attendance by 2

percent schoolwide.Big Bend Technical

College’s (BBTC) strategic plan for school-wide improvement has been a continuous work-in-progress since 2016. Over the course of three years, BBTC has worked to improve in the areas of faculty and staff, facilities and programs, the plan states.

The technical college is continuously working to meet performance targets through “Teacher Growth Plans,” improve professional development,

maintain faculty industry certifications, maintain testing accreditation and increase enrollment to adequately staff the school.

BBTC is working to complete the last of its faculty improvement strategies, the updating of the phone/intercom system, according to its improvement plan.

The other objectives were all met as of Spring 2018, including initiating the use of the FOCUS software as a student information system, changing the school name to “Big Bend Technical

College,” refurbishing the “G” building for the diesel mechanics program and creating a computer lab.

As of January 2018, BBTC had met all of its program improvement objectives, including updating student registration policies and procedures, implementing program specific uniforms, launching a diesel mechanic program, combining the millwright I and millwright E&I program into one multi-craft technician program, and offering PSAV student scholarships.

A-6 Perry News-Herald January 17-18, 2020

IMPROVEMENT PLANSContinued from page 1

BBTC continues work started in ‘16

The Perry-Taylor County Chamber of Commerce is hosting a free Customer Service training workshop Thursday, Jan. 23, from 5:30-7 p.m.

“Successful organizations recognize that customer

satisfaction stems from a series of interconnected interactions with your customers, and customer loyalty drives profitability and growth,” Chamber Director Dawn Perez said.

“The entire customer

experience can either lead customers away from your organization or cause them to become champions for it. In this workshop, we will discuss taking 100 percent responsibility each time an internal or external customer comes into contact with you or your employee, as well as the effects from the lack of following through,” she said.

To register for the workshop, please call (850) 584-5366 today.

A-7 Perry News-Herald January 17-18, 2020Community

By ABBEY THARPEUF/IFAS 4-H Extension Agent II

Today’s 4-H Youth Development Program is teaching youth life skills that will benefit them throughout their adult life.

One of the programs 4-H sponsors along with Tropicana is the 4-H/Tropicana Public Speaking Program.

This educational program is aimed at teaching young

people the techniques of effective public speaking. The program is designed to give elementary and middle school age students experience in the preparation and delivery of a speech.

More than 800 students in Taylor County public schools participated in the program.

Top speeches were selected from the class

level, school level and then from the county level.

The top county winners received a plaque, and the first-place county winner in each division, received $50 and a full scholarship to Camp Cherry Lake this summer ($230).

The results of 4-H and Tropicana’s dedication to this program are evident in the confidence displayed by young people in making

prepared or extemporaneous presentations later in their school and professional careers.

The 4-H/Tropicana Public Speaking Program offers young people this opportunity and teaches them to be better communicators – a skill which will benefit them throughout life.

This year’s county winners were:

• Fourth/Fifth Grade Division: first place, Autumn Meacham, “My First Bull Ride;” second place, Christopher Gray, “The Ups and Downs of Being Short;” third place, Reese Bethea, “My Crazy Chickens;” and honorable mention, Kylie Crowley, “My Sister Madelyn” and Trey Lytle, “Black Water Pirate.”

• Sixth Grade Division:

first place, Marielvi Blanco, “Embarrassing Parents;” second place, Maddie Lyles, “My Crazy Summer;” third place, Lydia Robinson, “Being an Only Child;” and honorable mention, Kynzie Grambling, “Oceans Pollution.”

First place winners in both categories will have the chance to compete in the District Contest planned May 2 in Gilchrist County.

Fourth/Fifth Grade Division winners for the county 4-H/Tropicana Public Speaking Program were: (left to right) Kylie Crowley, honorable mention; Autumn Meacham, first place; Reese Bethea, third place; Christopher Gray, second place; and Trey Lytle, honorable mention.

Sixth Grade Division winners for the county 4-H/Tropicana Public Speaking Program were: (left to right) Marielvi Blanco, first place; Maddie Lyles, second place; Lydia Robinson, third place; and Kynzie Grambling, honorable mention.

Students ‘speak up’ and win at annual public speaking contest

New chamber chairThe Perry-Taylor County Chamber of Commerce has announced that

it’s new chairman, Glenn Frith with Studstills, has been passed the gavel by outgoing Chairman Cory Taylor with Edward Jones.

Why customer service is important for your business

Tickets on sale now for annual chamber banquet“2020...Our Vision is

Clear” will be the theme of the annual Perry-Taylor

County Chamber of Commerce banquet planned Friday, Feb. 28.

Tickets for the black tie event are currently available for $50 each or $450 for a table of 10.

“We will recognize notable individuals in the community who have served and volunteered

with the chamber as well as our ‘Chamber Member Business of the Year.’ The Perry Rotary Club will also present its ‘Hero of the Year’ award to a local first responder who works in public safety and

whose work this past year demonstrated outstanding contributions to the safety of those who live and work here in Taylor County,” Chamber Director Dawn Perez said.

The banquet will be held

at the Perry Elks Lodge, starting with a 6:15 p.m. Social followed by dinner and awards ceremony at 7 p.m.

To reserve tickets, please contact the chamber at (850) 584-5366.

Wedding Announcements

Share the news of your new

beginning with our keepsake print announcements.

A time-honored community tradition!

To place your wedding or engagement

announcement, call Perry Newspapers at

(850) 584-5513.

Hugh Rountree will share a postcard/Power Point presentation regarding the history of Carbur at the

Monday, Jan. 20, meeting of the Taylor County Historical Society, which begins at 7 p.m.

Everyone is invited to attend and bring your favorite evening snack to share. The meeting will

be held at the Historical Society Museum, located at the corner of Main Street and Washington.

Historical Society meets Monday

This weekend delivers two new films with big box office expectations in a month that rarely delivers big numbers, although “1917” brought in $37 million last week, the 10th best opening ever for the month.

Up first is “Bad Boys for Life,” the third film in the action-comedy franchise starring Will Smith (“Aladdin”) and Martin Lawrence (“Wild Hogs”) as Miami police detectives Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett. Facing changes in their lives and their careers, Mike and Marcus must work together one last time to take down a ruthless drug cartel. This movie has been in the works for so long and has come so close to being made so many times that when I first saw the trailer for “Bad Boys for Life,” I thought it was the fourth film. While Michael Bay directed the first two, this time we have Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah (“Black,” “Gangsta”) behind the camera. It’s been 25 years since the first film and

17 since the second, so hopefully there’s enough here to make a return trip worth it.

The film is rated R for strong bloody violence, language throughout, sexual references and brief drug use.

“Dolittle” stars Robert Downey Jr. (“Avengers: Endgame”) as the classic character who can speak to animals. The movie is directed and co-written by Stephen Gaghan (“Syriana,” “Gold”). The trailers make this look like it will be a big adventure movie with exotic locations and a lot

of kid-friendly humor, sporting a wide-ranging voice cast that includes Tom Holland, Emma Thompson, Rami Malek, John Cena, Kumail Nanjiani, Octavia Spencer, Craig Robinson, Ralph Fiennes and Selena Gomez. Like “Bad Boys for Life,” this feels like it could have been a tentpole film released in the middle of the summer, but instead we’re getting it in January. To me, that says the studio has little faith in its product. Hopefully, I’m wrong.

The movie is rated PG for some action, rude humor and brief language.

So, last week I had plans to see the last two 2019 films to receive wide theatrical releases: “1917” and “Just Mercy.” I even had my tickets reserved and seats picked out. And then I got the flu, which I’m just now (hopefully) recovering from as I write this five days after I was supposed to see those movies.

Instead of traveling to the theater, I spent my weekend (as well as Monday and half of Tuesday) confined to bed. Then, something else happened on Monday. The Academy Awards released their nominations, which I’ll get into much more detail about in two weeks’ time.

For the Best Animated Feature Film category, two smaller films made the list, one of which was “Klaus,” distributed by Netflix. As the streamer is apt to do, it gave the film a very limited release back in November before making it available to its subscribers.

Well, I am one of those subscribers, and as I was confined to my house, I spent a most enjoyable two hours watching “Klaus.” The heartwarming film was like a nice cup of soup for my ailing body and mind.

The animated film is from first-time director Sergio Pablos, who developed the story behind the hit “Despicable Me” franchise. He also wrote “Smallfoot.” Most recently, Pablos created his own animation studio in Spain, which is where the new film “Klaus” was born.

Telling an unorthodox origin story for Santa Claus, the story follows an overly-privileged young man named Jesper (Jason Schwartzman, “Saving Mr. Banks”). His father, head of the postal service, punishes his son by sending him to the worst post he

can -- faraway Smeerensburg in the snow-covered north. He must process a certain amount of letters within a year, or face being cut off from his family forever.

Unfortunately for Jesper, the drab city is filled with feuding citizens who know nothing but fighting and mischief and have

no need for letters. However, on the outskirts of town is a lonely woodcutter (J.K. Simmons, “21 Bridges”) with a barn full of toys. After an unexpected meeting, Jesper gets the idea to increase his count by encouraging children to write the woodcutter letters requesting toys.

What Jesper didn’t expect, however, was how a simple act of kindness can spark another, even in the most inhospitable of places.

This is simply a wonderful movie. There is some of the same dry humor found in the first “Despicable Me” movie, and much of it had me laughing (between coughs). But, where the film’s true joy lies is in its heart, and the animation does such a great job of showcasing that emotion, especially on the face of the woodcutter.

Schwartzman is great as Jesper, and so is Simmons as the woodcutter. The voice cast also includes Rashida Jones (“Parks and Recreation”), Norm McDonald (“Saturday Night Live”) and Joan Cusack (“A Series of Unfortunate Events”).

Although some elements of the story are predictable, I will say I didn’t see a lot of what happened coming. The most unexpected aspect of the film was how it would stick with me afterward. It definitely left a smile on my face.

The film is rated PG for rude humor and mild action.

‘Klaus’ is a heartwarming holiday film that you might have missed

Jan. 17-19Cirque du Soleil Ovo arrives at the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center in Tallahassee for five shows. Ovo has toured in arenas all over North America, Europe and South America since April 2016. The show has performed in the United States in the past, but is now back by popular demand. Ovo, meaning “egg” in Portuguese, is a headlong rush into a colorful ecosystem teeming with life where insects work, eat, crawl, flutter, play, fight and look for love in a non-stop riot of energy and movement. When a mysterious egg appears in their midst, the insects are awestruck and intensely curious about this iconic object that represents the enigma and cycles of their lives. It is love at first sight when a gawky, quirky insect arrives in this bustling community and a fabulous ladybug catches his eye -- and the feeling is mutual.

Showtimes are Jan. 17 at 7:30 p.m., Jan. 18 at 4 and 7:30 p.m. and Jan. 19 at 1:30 and 5 p.m. Ticket prices begin at $48.50. For more information or to purchase tickets, call (850) 583-4871 or visit www.tuckerciviccenter. com.

Jan. 18-19The Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra will celebrate Beethoven’s 250th birthday by performing his fateful 5th Symphony. Trumpeters Chris Moore and Mark Clodfelter will delight with a rendition of Bizet’s “Carmen Fantasy” along with Miranda’s Temporal Variations, Bizet’s Carmen Fantasia for Two Trumpets and, of course, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5. The concert will be performed

twice, first on Jan. 18 at 8 p.m. and then on Jan. 19 at 2:30 p.m., both in Ruby Diamond Auditorium on the Florida State University campus in Tallahassee. Ticket prices range from $31 to $58 depending on location. For more information or to purchase tickets, call (850) 224-0461 or visit www.tallahasseesymphony.org.

Jan. 25The Tallahassee Beer Festival will be held at the Pavilion at the Centre of Tallahassee from 2 to 5 p.m. The event will feature more than 60 home brewers and breweries with 200-plus different fermentations to sample. Tickets are $35 and include unlimited samples. For more information, visit tlhbeerfest.com.

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The 92nd Academy Awards will air three weeks earlier than usual on Sunday, Feb. 9, and because of that, I couldn’t wait until the end of January as usual to compile my Top 10 list. My plan was to see all my possible favorites by now, but due to a nasty case of the flu, there are a couple that I have missed so far, including “1917” and “Weathering With You.” Still, I have already seen 98 films that were released in 2019, which is a new record for me. By the time the Oscars air, that number should be over 100.

After a down year for movies in 2018, this past year really picked up, making it really hard to narrow my list down to just 10. Several very worthy films just missed the list, including, in no particular order: “Uncut Gems,” “Motherless Brooklyn,” “Harriet,” “Little Women” and “The Farewell.”

This week, we’ll start with honorable mention through sixth place, and then finish the list next week.

Honorable Mention: “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”

As usual, I don’t give Honorable Mention to my 11th favorite film. Instead,

it is reserved for the biggest surprise of the year. And, there was no bigger surprise for me in 2019 than “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.” In my review, I admitted that it was not a perfect movie, or even a great movie,

but it was one that I went to the theater truly expecting to dislike. Instead, despite its numerous flaws, I found myself quite entertained by it. Although it’s definitely not the conclusion the Skywalker Saga deserved, it is probably the best we could have expected considering the uneven nature of the previous two installments. Director J.J. Abrams’ last “Star Wars” movie, “The Force Awakens” ended up as my Honorable Mention for 2015, so perhaps it’s fitting that his next one does as well..

The film is still in theaters.

10. “How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World”

If you’ve followed my reviews over the years, you know there’s few things I love

more than when the third installment in a trilogy brings everything to a beautiful conclusion. That is exactly what we got in 2019 with “How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World.” When the first film debuted in 2010, it

was a revelation, a complete departure for what was then DreamWorks Animation. Writers and directors Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders took a very loose adaptation of the books by Cressida Cowell and turned it into a mature adventure that mixed fun comedy and actual consequence. DeBlois returned in 2014 with “How to Train Your Dragon 2,” building on the foundation set by the first film. “The Hidden World” takes the story to its next logical step, as well as its poignant conclusion, once again delivering some of the most beautiful animation I have ever seen. Finding satisfying third chapters in a film trilogy is extremely difficult. “The Hidden World” is absolutely one of them.

The film is available on home video and online rental.

9. “Rocketman”Rock biopics are almost becoming

an annual tradition, but in 2019, we got something quite different with “ R o c k e t m a n , ” telling (at least part of) the fantastical story of Elton John, one of the most successful musicians ever. Directed by Dexter Fletcher (“Eddie the Eagle”) and written

by Lee Hall (“Billy Elliot”), the movie turns Elton John’s story into an actual musical, which is the smartest decision the filmmakers could have made. This not only allows Taron Egerton (“Kingsman: The Secret Service”)

to showcase his singing ability as Elton John, but it also allows the story to play a bit fast and loose with the exact timing of events and songs, using the best lyrics in the best moments to get the audience inside Elton’s mind at the time. And, to be sure, that’s not always a place you want to be. “Rocketman” is not a terribly happy movie for much of its run, framed around his darkest moments and ending just as he gets his life back on track. I’ve often said biopics need a focus, and this film definitely has that. Just be prepared, because the focus it chooses is rife with struggle, but the overall film is all the stronger for it.

The film is available on home video and online rental.

8. “The Peanut Butter Falcon”Of all the movies I saw in 2019, I’m

not sure any left me with a bigger smile than “The Peanut Butter Falcon,” which follows Zak (newcomer Zack Gottsagen), a young man with Down syndrome obsessed with professional wrestling. Running away from home, he meets Tyler (Shia LaBeouf, “Transformers”), a struggling fisherman who reluctantly allows Zak to join him on the run. The resulting film is beautiful and one that should leave anyone seeing it with a smile once the credits roll. Thanks to a wonderfully-written script and two phenomenal performances, the friendship between Zak and Tyler feels totally organic and impeccably paced despite the film’s lean 93-minute runtime. If you didn’t get a chance to see this one last year, I recommend you give it a try in 2020, because we all deserve a smile once in a while.

The film is available on home video and online rental.

7. “Doctor Sleep”Directed by film legend Stanley Kubrick

and based on the novel by Stephen King, 1980’s “The Shining” is a horror film classic. In 2019, we got “Doctor Sleep,” based on King’s 2013 sequel and directed by Mike Flanagan (“Oculus,” “Gerald’s Game”), who also wrote the screenplay. Managing to serve both masters (the new book and the original film), Flanagan delivers a very engaging movie that is easily one of the best adaptations of a King novel I’ve seen. I have to give Flanagan credit for stripping away most of the tropes of modern-day horror films -- jump scares and an over-reliance on gore -- and letting the story and the performances deliver the dread and horror that King provides in his stories. “The Shining” is an absolutely classic, and “Doctor Sleep” is a worthy sequel.

The film is available on home video and online rental.

6. “Apollo 11”The wonderful documentary, “Apollo

11,” from director Todd Douglas Miller, did something no other film did last year, and I think I can safely say no film has ever done. It brought me to tears with its opening shot, showing the Saturn V rocket being moved toward the launchpad in beautiful 70mm footage never before shown to the public. There is no modern narration. Aside from a few excerpts from contemporary news broadcasts, all of the dialog you hear is either NASA’s own explanatory broadcasts for those watching the launch, or radio communications between ground control and the spacecraft. You simply get to watch everything from launch to moon landing to return in beautifully-restored footage. It was the perfect way to celebrate the event’s 50th anniversary.

The film is available on home video and online rental.

TOP 10MOVIES OF2019

(PART ONE)

Entertainment A-8 Perry News-Herald January 17-18, 2020

By PAT MCGRIFFonemorecast@gtcom.net

Trout continue to please anglers fishing out on the open Gulf where water temps have hovered around 62-63 degrees, as evidenced by Mark Casteel of Sylvester, Ga. who fished with a buddy Tuesday and limited out before 10 a.m. using live shrimp under Back Bay Thunders.

Other reports indicated

anglers have been limiting out in the afternoons fishing with shrimp and plugs surrounding the high tides.

Expect great fishing this weekend if these current warmer-than-normal days continue to warm the water up.

Captain Mike McNamara and I are having our 2nd Annual South Ga. Saltwater Fishing Seminar Series on

March 7 at the Best Western on 133 Liberty Street in Thomasville, Ga.

Cost is $50.00 per person and that includes four hours of instruction, lunch, captain’s bags and door prizes. The seminar will begin at 10 a.m. and continue until 2 p.m. Contact Capt. Mike 850-510-7919 to register early because seating is limited.

Sports A-9 Perry News-Herald January 17-18, 2020

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Trout continue to please anglers

Belt testPerry Shotokan Karate Dojo held a Karate Belt Test on Tuesday, Jan.

7. Shown above are: front row (l to r), Connor Pike (9-1 Kyu yellow-stripe), Malia Nitsche (8-1 Kyu orange-stripe), Ayden Simpson (8-1 Kyu orange-stripe) and Emma Akins (8-1 Kyu orange-stripe) with Trey Regar and Jimmy Bowden.

In a high-scoring affair, the Taylor County High School (TCHS) boys basketball team fell to Wakulla County 97-93 this past Tuesday to drop to 5-7 on the regular season and 2-3 against

district opponents.The Bulldogs’ five

victories this season have come against Dixie County (60-17), Lafayette County (84-47), North Florida Christian (61-59), Bronson

(56-50) and Trenton (62-52).

Serving the Bulldogs losses this season have been: Hamilton County twice (76-63 and 70-65), Wakulla County twice (80-70 and 97-93), Trenton (81-74), Madison County (80-53) and Jefferson County (93-67).

TCHS is slated to make the short trip to Mayo to face off against Lafayette County tonight (Friday) starting at 7:30 p.m.

The Bulldogs defeated Lafayette earlier in the season 84-47 which accounts for one of their conference victories.

Taylor County will have four games next week, beginning Tuesday as they will host Suwannee County beginning at 7:30 p.m.

Next Thursday, the Bulldogs will travel to Cross City to face Dixie County starting at 7:30 p.m.

TCHS demolished Dixie County in their season opener 60-17.

The Bulldogs will host the first-place team in the conference next Friday, as Jefferson County will come to town for a 7:30 p.m. tip-off.

Jefferson County defeated Taylor County last week 93-67.

Taylor County will wrap the week up with their fourth game, which will be on the road in Madison County beginning at 7:30 p.m. next Saturday.

Madison beat Taylor in their first matchup 80-53.

The Taylor County High School (TCHS) Lady Bulldogs soccer team improved its record to 7-7-1 after shutting out Franklin County 8-0 this past Wednesday in Perry.

The match against Franklin County also served as “Senior Night” for the Lady Bulldogs, as the seniors accounted for seven of Taylor County’s eight goals.

Seniors scoring for Taylor County included: Ayana Fitchett, Tailor Gillyard and Kaitlin Jones, while both Megan Murphy and Ceven Kidd scored twice.

Punching in the eighth goal for the Lady Bulldogs was Trista Knowles, while Jones and Kidd recorded two assists each.

Gillyard had a slow night in goal against Franklin County and easily recorded the fifth shutout of her senior season.

Through 15 games this year, TCHS is 7-7-1 while outscoring opponents 52-25.

Taylor County has defeated the following teams: Lafayette County twice (5-0 and 6-0), Godby twice (5-0 and 8-1), Hamilton County (8-0), Newberry (7-3) and Godby (8-0).

Serving the Lady Bulldogs losses this season has been: Columbia County twice (2-1 and 4-0), Wakulla County twice (3-0 and 4-2), Marianna (1-0), North Bay Haven Academy (3-1) and Florida High (3-0).

Taylor’s lone draw this season was against Marianna last week (1-1) after the Lady Bulldogs lost to the same team earlier in the season 1-0.

The Lady Bulldogs final game of the regular season was slated for last night (Thursday) against Hamilton County, but results were not available as of press time.

Taylor County defeated Hamilton County right before the Christmas break 8-0.

The quarterfinals of the

district tournament will begin Jan. 30 as North Bay Haven Academy will host the tournament in Panama City.

Lady Bulldogs shut out Franklin on Senior Night

The Taylor County Lady Bulldogs’ soccer team celebrated Senior Night Wednesday. Shown above are: (from l to r) Coach Alan Hall, Kaitlin Jones, Katie Smith, Ceven Kidd, Assistant Coach Kevin Kidd, Megan Murphy, Chaniecia Britt, Tailor Gillyard, Ayana Fitchett and Assistant Coach Stuart Ely.

Lady Bulldog Ceven Kidd battles for the ball against two Franklin County defenders. She scored twice during the game. (Photos by Amy Sadler)

Next game set for Tuesday

Bulldogs fall in high-scoring game to Wakulla Co., 97-93

TCHS Bulldog Chase Rowell leaps to defend the rim during recent action. The team is currently 5-7 on the regular season and 2-3 against district opponents. Taylor County will have four games next week, beginning Tuesday as they will host Suwannee County beginning at 7:30 p.m.

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TAYLOR COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Job Vacancy Announcement. The job description and our 2-step application process can be found on our website at www.taylorcountygov.com or in the lobby of the County Annex. Applicants must apply through Career Source. Taylor County is an EEO employer. Engineer -- full-time. HEOI - part time solid waste. Roll-off Site Attendant - call-in. Concession Stand Lead - seasonal. Road Maintenance Technician – full-time. Firefighter Inspector - on-call.

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FICTITIOUS NAME NOTICENotice is hereby given that THE DOMESTIC MARINE INC., owner, desiring to engage in business under the fictitious name of BSPC TECHNOLOGIES AND TANDEM BOOK WRITING PRODUCTIONS located at 1060 WOODCOCK ROAD, ORLANDO, FL 32803 intends to register the said name in TAYLOR County with the Division of Corporations, Florida Department of State, pursuant to section 865.09 of the Florida Statutes.

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Editor’s Note: It is the policy of this newspaper to run the names of all those arrested and booked at the Taylor County Jail. All those listed below have been charged with a crime, but are considered innocent until proven guilty.

Nov. 26: Cal Anthony

Lockett, 39, Perry, Fla., FTA, Dep. Wimberley, TCSO.

Nov. 27:Dante Rashad

White, 27, Mayo, Fla., two counts of VOP, no bond, Dep. Hamilton, TCSO.

AnthonyMangina, 29,

Milton, Fla., resisting arrest with violence, $10,000 bond, Lt. Gunter, TCSO.

Bryan Joseph Perkins, 35, Perry, Fla., DWLS (third of subsequent offense), $10,000 bond, Dep. Cruse, TCSO.

Nov. 28:Savannah E. Sheffield,

27, Perry, Fla., battery on LEO/firefighter/EMT, resisting arrest with violence, two counts of property damage criminal mischief, $7,500 bond, Sgt. Melvin, TCSO.

Berry Flowers, 63, Perry, Fla., assault on person 65 YOA or older, $1,000 bond, Ptl. Murphy, PPD.

Jeffery Lance Roberson, 24, Perry, Fla., FTA (felony warrant), no

bond, Dep. Cruse, TCSO.

Nov. 29:Brenda Brown

McLain, 58, Perry, Fla., DUI, $5,000 bond, Ptl. Phelps, PPD.

Dec. 1:Mark Daniel

Eddings, 46, Perry, Fla., DUI, $5,000 bond, Ptl. Smith, PPD.

Danecia J. Williams, 31, Perry, Fla., FTA (felony warrant), Dep. Hamilton, TCSO.

Kelly Francis Russell, 27, Florida, VOP, no bond, Sgt. O’Connor, TCSO.

Dec. 2:Susan Annette

Ward, 24, Perry, DUI, drug equip. poss./use, deliver/distribute meth., $15,000 bond, $15,000 bond, Trp. Smyrnios, FHP.

Caleb Wayne Markey, 27, Perry, VOP, no bond, Dep. Thigpen, TCSO.

Jeffrey Aaron Touchton, 27, Perry, two counts of theft, Dep. Jones, TCSO.

Dec. 3:Willie Watts,

41, Coconut Creek, Fla., VOP, no bond, Dep. Wimberley, TCSO.

Ian Christopher Cannon, 41, Perry, disorderly intoxication (cause disturbance in a public place), no bond, Dep. Wimberley, TCSO.

Dec. 4:Traci Shiver

Jones, 42, Perry, VOP, no bond, Sgt. O’Connor, TCSO.

Michael Glenn Willetts, 35, Perry, contempt of court, Dep. Whiddon, TCSO.

Ethan Brian Austin Edwards, 24, Perry, two counts of VOP, theft, no bond, Dep. Whiddon, TCSO.

Deryl Lomax, 40, Perry, Fla., cruelty towards child (aggravated abuse), $5,000 bond, Dep. Whiddon, TCSO.

Dec. 6:Craig Michael

Russell, 46, Perry, Fla., battery (second or subsequent offense), $8,000 bond, Dep. Thigpen, TCSO.

TommieMerchant , 34 ,

Raiford, Fla., smuggle contraband into prison (written record of communication to inmate), $200,000

bond, Sgt. Davis, TCSO.

Nathan Rand Jones, 20, Perry, o u t - o f - c o u n t y warrant, $30,000 bond, Inv. Vinson, TCSO.

Dec. 8:Marsha Mashell

Summerlin, 56, Perry, battery, $6,000 bond, Dep. Dorman, TCSO.

Dec. 9:Kiya Keasia

Britt, 20, Perry, poss. of cntrl. without prescript., poss. of drug para., $7,000 bond, Dep. Fenton, TCSO.

Ri’carick Jerrod Smith, 28, Largo, Fla., FTA, Dep. Whiddon, TCSO.

Dec. 10:Albert Lee Ross,

39, Tampa, Fla., FTA, no bond, Dep. Quigley, TCSO.

Vincent Zemore Allen, 58, Perry, Fla., violate drives license restrictions, resist LEO (obstruct without violence), $12,000 bond, Ptl. Smith, PPD.

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Lockett

White

Mangina

Perkins

Sheffield

Flowers

Roberson

McLain

Eddings

Williams

Russell

Ward

Markey

Touchton

Watts

Cannon

Jones

Willetts

Edwards

Lomax

Russell

Merchant

Jones

Summerlin

Britt

Smith

Ross

Allen

New location for tax aide services

AARP Tax-Aide services will be offered at a new location this year, the Taylor County Extension Office (located at Forest Capital Hall, 203 Forest Dr.).

The free tax services will be available to area residents on Mondays beginning Feb. 3, continuing through April 13.

Tax preparation will be offered on Saturdays starting Feb. 29, continuing through April 4.

No services will be offered Easter weekend (April 11). The filing deadline for taxes is April 14.

Tax-Aide was previously provided at the Taylor County Public Library.