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Vol. 5 No. 28 50 ¢ 46¢ + 4¢ Friday, February 3, 2012Flor ida ’s Keystone County

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LAZARO ALEMANECB PublishingSenior Staff Writer

If Gov. Rick Scott has aheart, it was bound to have got-ten a tug on Wednesday, whenfour busloads of JeffersonCounty Elementary School(JES) 4th and 5th grade studentstraveled to the capitol withhand-written letters addressedto the state’s chief executive,urging him to spare their par-ents’ jobs.

The idea of JES PrincipalValarie Thompson, the outingwas intended to serve a dual

purpose: show support for thecommunity effort to spare Jef-ferson Correctional Institution(JCI) from closing and also givethe kids a chance to participatein government day at the capitoland see firsthand the Legisla-ture at work.

Thompson said the ideacame to her following the leg-islative delegation hearing inthe courthouse on Mondayevening. She said that hearing

JCI employees and their fami-lies tell about the disruptionsand hardship that the prisonclosing would cause them, shehad been inspired to have thechildren tell in their own wordswhat the prison closing wouldmean to them.

Typical of the letters, whichwere wholly unedited, werethose of Aaliyah Martin, Mag-gie Kellogg and Mark Prevatt —

Please See PRISON Page 3

Senator Charles Dean and Representative Leonard Bembry talkwith Dick Bailar prior to Monday evening’s hearing in the court-house. From left to right are Dean, Bembry and Bailar.

SUPPORTERS ENGAGED IN FULLCOURT PRESS TOSAVEPRISON

LAZARO ALEMANECB Publishing Senior Staff Writer

As everyone mustknow by now, Mitt Rom-

ney won the Florida Re-publican presidentialprimary on Tuesday,Jan. 31, statewide getting46 percent of the votes to

the 32 percent that wentto his chief rival, NewtGingrich.

Those percentagestranslated statewide into

771,842 votes cast forRomney and 531,294 castfor Gingrich, with RickSantorum receiving222,248, or 13 percent,and Ron Paul receiving116,776, or 7 percent.

That, however,wasn’t the case in Jeffer-son County, where a ma-jority of Republicanvoters chose Gingrichover Romney.

Results released bythe Jefferson CountyElections Office onWednesday morning

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JEFFERSON COUNTY REPUBLICANSFAVOR GINGRICH OVER ROMNEY

FRAN HUNTECB PublishingStaff Writer

Monday, January 30, started out like any otherday within the Jefferson County school district, ex-cept for one thing; plans were being made to an-nounce the School District Employee of the Year inthe traditional on-the-job surprise announcement.

As the employees continued their normal rou-tines, School Superintendent Bill Brumfield, Assis-tant Superintendent Dr. Kelvin Norton and SchoolBoard employees were gathering to meet at JeffersonCounty Middle High School.

As they all gathered in the head office, Brumfieldled the group to the office of Bookkeeper II StephanieRoberts, who had someone she was assisting withher.

As Roberts looked up from her desk, Brumfieldmade the announcement, “Congratulations, you are

the Employee of the Year,” he said as he handed herthe plaque.

An apparently stunned and tearful Robertsthanked Brumfield and those standing around him.As fellow employees watched from the front office, allthe while applauding the announcement.

Roberts was also presented with orange and blueballoons, one congratulatory metallic balloon all at-tached to orange and blue ribbons and a dozen whiteroses, adorned in green berries, “ting-ting” and or-ange and blue ribbons.

The applause of fellow employees continued asRoberts stepped into the main office and camerasbegan to flash. Roberts, all the while, was wearing agrin as big as that of the Cheshire cat.

Of Roberts, the nominating committee said, “Wesubmit to you that Mrs. Stephanie Roberts would bean excellent selection for this honor.

“Mrs. Roberts has worked in the JeffersonCounty school district for 26 years. She goes aboveand beyond the call of duty working extra long hoursat school and at home making sure that all reports,payroll and everything is completed and turned in ontime.

“She worked at Jefferson Elementary School as aPlease See ROBERTS Page 3

StephanieRobertsNamed SchoolEmployee OfThe Year

After being named theDistrict Employee of theYear, JCMHS Bookkeeper IIStephanie Roberts gladlydisplays the plaque, flowersand balloons she receivedduring the announcement.

LAZARO ALEMANECB PublishingSenior Staff Writer

The Monticello Police Department(MPD) is alerting Monticello downtownbusinesses and residents to be preparedfor the closing of certain streets and in-creased pedestrian and cyclists traffic onSunday, Feb. 12.

“Please be advised that the Monti-cello City Council has approved an appli-cation for the closure of severaldowntown streets on Sunday, Feb. 12,from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. for bicycle races,”reads a memo that the MPD is circulat-ing around town.

The streets that the MPD identifiesfor temporary closure are the south-bound lane of North Jefferson and WestWashington, North Olive and West Yorkstreets. The MPD advises that adjacentstreets will also be affected by the di-verted traffic.

More than 200 out-of-town bicyclistsand spectators are expected for the 3rd

annual Seminole Cycling Classic, a two-day racing event that is scheduled totake place the weekend of Feb. 11-12 inareas of Monticello and JeffersonCounty.

Sponsored by the FSU Cycling Cluband featuring races of various lengthsand endurances, the southeast collegiatecompetition is expected to draw partici-pants from around the region and possi-bly even other southeastern states.

The races will run both Saturdayand Sunday, take place on three desig-nated courses (one in the city and two inthe county), and involve different classesand categories of male and female rac-ers.

For more information about theclub or event, contact Jack Tomassetti at904-415-3833 or [email protected].

City Street Closings SetFor Coming Bike Races

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FEBRUARY 4Bethpage MissionaryBaptist Church MissionMinistry will hold aBake Sale/YardSale/Fish Fry from 8a.m. to 2 p.m. on Satur-day. For more informa-tion and directionscontact the church at850-997-0967.

FEBRUARY 4Monticello Church ofthe Nazarene will holdits monthly ClothingGiveaway from 9 to 11a.m. on Saturday at 1590North Jefferson. Thereis clothing for everyone,young/old, big/small!

FEBRUARY 4Cherry Lake First Bap-tist Church will host aBluegrass Gospel Bene-fit/Sing from 6 to 8 p.m.on Saturday, featuringCalvary Bluegrass andother local talent. Thisbenefit is to help VictorStrawder with his med-ical bills. A Love Offer-ing will be collected. Formore information con-tact Jane Moore at 850-929-9990.

FEBRUARY 4Gospel Fest in the old

JCHS auditorium Satur-day beginning at 6 p.m.Emcee Detroit Live willintroduce the evening’sfeatured guests: Min.Febe & The ChosenOnes; Bright Side GospelSingers; Mother Graham& The Gospel JoySingers; Thessalonians;New Bethel AMEChurch; Apostle & Favorand so many more. Thisevening of gospel musicis free, though donationswill be accepted. Formore information con-tact CP Miller III at 850-251-2194.

FEBRUARY 5 Central Baptist Churchwill host the singingministry of ‘New Tradi-tion’ on Sunday, begin-ning at 10:30 a.m. with aMorning Worship Serv-ice. Dinner will beserved to all in thechurch fellowship hallafter the service. Formore information con-tact Pastor Daryl Adamsat 850-251-0129 or DanMorris at 850-251-3296.

FEBRUARY 5 Greater Fellowship Mis-sionary Baptist Church

will celebrate Familyand Friends Day at 3:30p.m. on Sunday. All areinvited to glorify God onthis blessed occasion.Elder Chester Brown IIIand the Shady GrovePrimitive BaptistChurch #1 of Tallahas-see will render the serv-ice. Contact Rev. MelvinRoberts, pastor, at 850-997-4375 for more infor-mation. The church islocated at 690 CypressStreet.

FEBRUARY 8St. Phillip AME Churchwill host a FebruaryMid-Week Praise & Wor-ship Service beginningon Wednesday after thefirst Sunday in Febru-ary, with a Praise Serv-ice at 6:45 p.m. andWorship Service at 7:00p.m.

FEBRUARY 9Bible Study everyThursday at the LloydWoman’s Club at 7 p.m.Join with Elder LindaRoss for an evening ofChristian faith. Formore information con-tact her at 850-322-3424.

FEBRUARY 10

Tent of the Holy Guestsoffers prayer for the sickand a special scripturemessage every Friday at7:30 p.m. The Tent is lo-cated at 295 West PalmerMill in Monticello.

FEBRUARY 10New Hope Church willhost a Blood Drive from12 to 6 p.m. on Friday inthe Winn Dixie Plaza. Afree lunch will be servedto all donors. For moreinformation contactMary at 850-948-8232.

FEBRUARY 12Sunday of Silence willbe held from 8 a.m. to 3p.m. every second Sun-day of each month atOne Heart Earth Center.It’s a non-denomina-tional time of stillnessand reflection. A vege-tarian lunch is offered atnoon; served and eatenin silence. Gentle HathaYoga will begin at 10a.m. with instructor JoyMoore. Mats are pro-vided. OHEC is locatedat 450 West MadisonStreet in downtownMonticello and is a non-profit 501c3 public char-ity. Donations

appreciated and are taxdeductible. For more in-formation contact SallieWorley at [email protected] or 850-997-7373.

FEBRUARY 15EaglesWings, a ministryof outreach, serves thecommunity on the firstand third Wednesday ofeach month from 9 a.m.to 12 p.m. The foodpantry is located at theFirst PresbyterianChurch on East Dog-wood Street. Volunteersare always welcome tohand out food items andto donate non-perishablefood items. Call andleave a message forJoAnne Arnold at 850-997-2252 or go to [email protected] or www.firstpresby-terianmonticeool.org

FEBRUARY 24, 25

Second Harvest FoodProgram, together withthe churches of NewBethel AME, ElizabethMB, Hickory Hill MB,Mt. Pleasant AME andPhiladelphia MB, willprovide food to anyoneneeding assistance in-cluding the needy, in-fants and the elderly.This is done monthlywith distribution from 9to 10 a.m. usually on thefourth Saturday at theNew Bethel AMEChurch located at 6496Ashville Highway. Vol-unteers are also wel-come to come on Fridayevening at 6:30 p.m. tohelp bag the food pack-ages. Contact NellieRandall at 850-997-5605or 850-997-6929 to volun-teer or for more infor-mation about thisprogram.

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Letters To The Editor

Viewpoints & Opinions

Somewhere alongthe line politicians de-cided that privatizationwas better than a gov-ernment run facility orenterprise. I do not seethe logic. Theoreticallyspeaking, if you run anenterprise under twomodels, one privatizedand one governmental,the only difference willbe the profit. The gov-

ernment model will becheaper. But if you cutthe quality of the food,reduce rehab programs,pay smaller salaries, etc.,then the private run en-terprise becomescheaper. But is it better?The answer is the eye ofthe beholder.

If, for example, theprivate entity con-tributes to your cam-paign fund the privateentity become the goosethat laid the golden egg.The politicians can findall sorts of reasons whyprivate entities would bebetter. If you want torun an entity, a prisonfor example, as cheaplyas possible with reducedrehab programs, lowerquality food, minimu-mize recreation pro-grams, eliminatereligious programs,lower pay and benefitsfor employees, etc., thenthe private prison is theway to go. If, on the

other hand, your objec-tive is treat prisoners ashumanely as possiblewhile still maintaining areasonable level of pun-ishment and rehabilita-tion for the prisoners sothat they might betterfunction upon return tosociety you might wantto go with the govern-mental model.

This comparisondoes not consider that inprivatizing prisons theState government willkeep the more dangerousand hardened criminals,the ones requiring themost attention and in-crease costs and the pri-vate prisons will beallowed to cherry pickfrom among the bestprisoners. Does thissound like a sweetheartdeal? It does to me.

Amber McClellanAmbermc@

centurylink.net

Tupelo’s Bakery & Café` will be open from 9 a.m.to 3 p.m. on Saturday, February 11 for the SeminoleCycling Classic and downtown festivities. So, plan todrop in for sweet cakes, soup, sandwiches, salads orsome other yummy treat. For more informationabout the Classic, go to www.floridastatecycling.com/seminole-cycling-classic

Vendors at The Courtyard Flea Market on SouthJefferson congratulate January Raffle Winner Mag-ali Mora. She received a $50 gift certificate to WinnDixie. Shoppers and browsers can register now forthe February vendor drawing for a new prize fromanother local merchant. This is in conjunction withthe ‘Buy Local, Shop Local, Eat Local’ program tohelp support local business. The Courtyard now has14 vendors and is open every weekend from Fridaythrough Sunday. Saturdays are now ‘guest vendorday,’ with extra vendors setting up in the green spaceat The Courtyard. Stop by and register for the draw-ings. Visit and see what all the local, homegrown ven-dors have to offer.

A tip from the Internet: If you are driving atnight and eggs are thrown at your windshield, do notstop to check your car. Do not operate thewipers and do not spray any water on your wind-shield because eggs mixed with water become milkyand block your vision up to 92.5 percent. Stopping onthe roadside could cause you to become a victim of acrime. This is a new technique used by gangs, so beaware of your surroundings. These are desperatetimes and these are unsavory individuals who willtake desperate measures to get what they want. Thisis just one of the new tactics being used by unsavoryindividuals. Please be safe.

To maximize your success, don’t think about hir-ing a financial planner or investment advisor, or in-vesting your DROP rollover, Deferred Compensation,IRA, 401(k) or 403(b) until you attend the informa-tional presentation of John H. Curry scheduled forThursday, February 9. Why? … because you needproven reliable advice to maximize your financial re-sources. The real secret to financial success in tougheconomic times is to identify what you have, analyzewhat is working or not working and implement thechanges needed to move you forward toward your fi-nancial goals. You must make your resources workfor you every step of the way. This is more importantnow than ever. Discover the strategies being used byhundreds of Curry’s clients. His presentation will re-veal unconventional cost-effective methods that areproven to work. Indeed they often are the opposite ofconventional wisdom. You may be near retirement orretired. Either way, you’ll be shown step-by-step whatactions you can take to help prepare for a secure re-tirement. Refreshments and registration begin at 5:30p.m. and the 90-minute presentation begins at 6:00p.m. at the North Florida Financial Building (South-wood) in Tallahassee. Register now by calling 850-562-3000 or go to www.johnhcurry.com/mn

St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge will host a‘Wildlife Heritage & Outdoors Festival from 11 a.m.to 4 p.m. on Saturday, February 4. Enjoy outside ac-tivities from past and present. This will be a greatevent for people of all ages. The ‘Youth Turkey Call-ing Contest’ will be held at 1 p.m. and there will bewild animal exhibits… leave your pets at home. Formore information call 850-925-6121.

Florida Wilderness Tours of the KeystoneCounty and Search for the Wacissa Volcano Tours arescheduled for February 11, 12, 18, 19, 25 and 26. Formore information contact keystonetours.com or 850-519-5543 or [email protected]

PRIVATIZATION?

CHURCH NEWS NOTES

February Mid-Week Praise &Worship Service will begin onWednesday after the first Sunday,on February 8, at St. PhillipAfrican Methodist EpiscopalChurch. The Praise Service willbe held at 6:45 p.m. and the Wor-ship Service at 7:00 p.m.

The gifted voices of the St.Phillip AME Church Mass Choirwill perform for the event, includ-ing the processional and reces-sional with the pulpit guests. Alsoperforming will be the talented

voices of Sis. Lori Graham, Sis.Shakayla Wiggins, Sis. NikitaWiggins, Sis. Kim Ingram and theSt. Phillip AME Church PraiseDancers will present a memorableliturgical dance.

Come celebrate the spirit ofdiversity and leadership duringthis African American HistoryMonth with special guests… theJCMHS football team, the coach-ing staff, parents, faculty andfriends boosters, the JCS leader-ship team, alumni and commu-

nity supporters… all who haveplayed an inspiring and engagingrole in the achievement of theJCMHS football team success asthis year’s FHSAA District StateChampions.

Associate Minister Rev. Dr. Vi-vian Hall Royster, Ph.D. will alsobe guest messenger for this spe-cial event as well as Rev. JW Tis-dale, church pastor.

For more information and di-rections, contact the church at 850-997-4226.

Praise And Worship At St. Phillip AME

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three students whose parentswork at JCI. The three wroteabout seeing their parentsstressed out and crying be-cause of the likely loss of theirjobs, and they asked the gover-nor to put himself in theirplaces and consider how hewould feel as a kid if he wassuddenly uprooted and forcedto say goodbye to friends andloved ones and move to a newplace.

At the same time that thekids were boarding the busesfor Tallahassee, many othersfrom the community — includ-ing JCI employees, elected offi-cials and community leaders— were also headed for thecapitol to attend an importantHouse appropriations commit-tee hearing on the prisons clos-ing.

Indeed, if the effort to saveJCI from closing isn’t success-ful, it won’t be because of alack of trying.

On Monday evening, be-fore an overflowing crowd atthe courthouse, Representa-tives Michelle RehwinkelVasilinda and Leonard Bem-bry and Senators Charles Deanand Bill Montford urged thecommunity to stay engagedand continue the onslaught ofcalls and emails to the gover-nor’s office and the Legisla-ture. No matter if the latterwere expressing frustrationthat the emails and calls wereof a form, the pressure washaving an effect, Vasilindasaid.

“They are listening to thenumbers of what’s comingacross,” she said. “Continueyour email onslaught and con-tinue your calls.”

In their recap of their ear-lier meeting with the Gover-nor’s chief of staff and otherkey staff to get JCI removedfrom the closure list, the fourlegislators said they had ar-gued firmly and passionatelyon behalf of the county andmade the case that the issuewas greater than simply clos-ing a prison, it was essentiallydooming an entire community.

“You better start preparinga recovery plan,” Montfordsaid he told the governor’sstaff. “Because this will beworst than a hurricane; thiswill be an economic tsunami. Idon’t believe the state can af-ford the savings that they’re

projecting.” Bembry said the four had

tried to point out the humancost of the decision. He said hetook the JCI closure as some-what of a personal affront,given that Jefferson Countywas a Rural Area of CriticalEconomic Concern (RACEC).

Having been one of thelawmakers to vote in supportof putting the economic devel-opment effort in the Governoroffice, Bembry said he found itdisingenuous that the same of-fice would now target JCI forclosing, knowing the county’sRACEC status. He urged thecommunity to remain unitedand involved and ask that asmany people as possible at-tended the coming House ap-propriations hearings, wherehe said four amendmentswould be introduced to takeJCI off the closure list.

“We need to stay unitedand show that we have resolveand that we won’t accept any-thing less than success,” Bem-bry said.

Vasilinda said the four ofthem had been passionate, as-sertive and professional intheir plea to the governor’sstaff. She said the group hadbasically underscored twopoints: one was that JeffersonCounty deserved mercy as anoutlier county, insofar as thestate’s selection criteria forprison closures; and the secondwas that the decision was

“penny wise and pound fool-ish”.

She said she had person-ally invited the governor tovisit Jefferson County andhear the people’s stories, butthe latter had declined the invi-tation.

“But continue the emailonslaught and letter writing sothat even if this effort doesn’twork, you will know that youdid everything you could,”Vasilinda said.

Breaking from tradition,the legislators immediatelyopened the hearing to publiccomment, rather than hearingfrom the elected officials first.

The list of speakers,mostly JCI employees or theirrelatives, included PaulaPierce, Jerry Loggins, LatonahMartin, Patricia Butler Hayes,Steve Mann and Sam Ruther-ford.

Pierce, whose husbandworks at JCI, said she didn’tunderstand why the governordidn’t come and face the peoplewhose lives he was affecting.His decision was taking awaysix percent of her householdincome, she said. Was she sup-posed to get rid of one of herthree children in the interestof downsizing? No, what itmeant was that her familywould have to eat less and goout less, she said.

“It affects me a lot,” Piercesaid of the JCI closing.

Borrowing from the Tigers

football team’s slogan, Logginscalled JCI an “uncommonplace”, meaning that it wasspecial and different fromother incarceration institu-tions. He talked of the familybond that existed among theworkers, a theme echoed byothers of the JCI employees.

He said that many JCI em-ployees had dedicated 20 and 30years to the job. He himselfhad only made lieutenant re-cently, after years of service.And now they were beingtossed out without any guaran-tee of another jobs, he said.Even those with jobs offers, thejobs were far away and entailedthem starting at the bottom ofrung again, he said.

“It’s a crying shame thatJefferson County people haveto go through this,” Loggins.“We have a lot of officers whoare single parents. Who willtake care of their children ifthey go to another prison?”

Martin offered that shewas one of the parents thatLoggins mentioned. As the sin-gle mother of three daughters,she was the family’s sole bread-winner, she said. She had cho-sen to get a job and not go onwelfare because she had prideand dignity and wanted toteach her daughters thosesame values, she said. But nowshe went to bed every nightwondering if she would soonbe one of those people who did-n’t have a job or health insur-ance, she said.

She wasn’t asking for ahandout, Martin said. She wasasking for the opportunity to

work. She asked the legislatorsto keep her face in mind whenthey continued to fight for thesparing of JCI.

“I refuse to believe thatthere’s nothing that can bedone,” she said.

Hayes questioned why thestate was continuing to buildmore prison beds elsewhere,when it was shutting JCI be-cause of a supposed decline inthe prison population. Shequestioned also how JCI em-ployees were supposed to pickup and move to new locationsor commute long distances toother prison jobs, given thecosts involved.

“Most of us are making$20,000 to $30,000 a year,” shesaid. “We’re not in the ivorytower of a central office mak-ing $100,000.”

Rutherford said he didn’tsee how a private companycould operate a prison more in-expensively than JCI, given thebudget cutting that the facilityhad experienced. He said staffcurrently cut bars of soap intoeight pieces to save costs, theinmates had to fashion under-wear out of old sheets, and thestaff grew vegetables to sup-plement the inmates’ diets. Notto mention that prison’s aver-age vehicle had about 300,000miles, he said.

“There’s no way a privatecompany can run a prison for 7percent less than we are doingit,” Rutherford said. “We have700 inmates on drugs. Thosemedical expenses are going tofollow them wherever theygo.”

Three JES students whose parents work at JCI and whohoped to deliver their letters to the governor were, from left toright, Maggie Kellogg, Mark Prevatt, and Aaliyah Martin. Withthem is JES Principal Valarie Thompson, whose it was to havethe students write the letters.

ECB Publishing Inc., Photos by Laz Aleman, Feb. 1, 2011JES 4th and 5th graders board school buses early Wednesday

morning for their daytrip to Tallahassee.

showed that Gingrich received440 votes here, or 41.50 percentof the votes cast, to Romney’s322 votes, or 30.37 percent.

Meanwhile, Rick Santorumreceived 216 votes here, or 20.37percent, to come in third place,and Ron Paul received 75 votes,or 7.08 percent.

Jefferson County has 9,261registered voters, 6,243 of whomare Democrats, 2,193 Republi-cans and 825 identified as ‘oth-ers’.

If Jefferson County Repub-lican voters were not in stepwith the majority of their fellowRepublicans across the state infavoring Gingrich, they were instep with most neighboringcounties and others of thesmaller, rural counties acrossthe state in their choice.

The statewide tabulationsshow that 33 of Florida’s 67counties favored Gingrich overRomney, including Franklin,Gadsden, Madison, Taylor andWakulla in the Big Bend area.

Florida being a winnertakes all state, Romney’s victoryassured him the state’s 50 dele-gate votes for the August nomi-nating convention in Tampa. Itrequires 1,144 delegate votes towin the GOP nomination. Rom-ney now has 87 delegate votes toGingrich’s 26. Santorum has 14and Paul has four.

It’s estimated that Romneyspent $15 million in support ofhis campaign to secure theFlorida victory.

The contest next heads toNevada, Colorado and otherwestern sates.

Para Pro for Kindergartenthrough fourth grades andMedia Assistant. She receivedher Child Development Associ-ate and worked for several yearsin Pre-K and became the LeadTeacher of her Pre-Kinder-garten class.

“Upon the request of Dr.Norton, she accepted the posi-tion of Data Entry Clerk andworked as Guidance Reception-ist/Secretary at JCHS. She laterbecame JCHS Secretary II, thenBookkeeper II of JeffersonCounty High School and HowardMiddle School. She became thebookkeeper of Jefferson CountyMiddle High School and works inthat capacity currently,” theyadded.“ She always has a warm andfriendly smile to let you know

that you are welcome and will doall that she can to help you get towhere you want to go and get theinformation that you need. Sheis very proficient and meticu-lous in her position. She alwayshas time to stop and help accom-modate students, parents,coworkers and anyone that seekshelp, regardless of what she isdoing. She has a very pleasingpersonality and works in any ca-pacity needed.

“She is a member of the We-launee Missionary BaptistChurch, where she is the presi-dent of the Deaconess Ministry,the coordinator of the HealthMinistry, sings in the choir andalso works on the Kitchen Com-mittee. She is very active in herchurch and in her community,”they concluded.

ECB Publishing photos by Fran Hunt, January 31, 2012Caught at work behind her desk Monday morning, JCMHS

Bookkeeper II Stephanie Roberts, left, was surprised by Super-intendent Bill Brumfield, right, among many others, to the an-nouncement, “Congratulation, you are the District Employee ofthe Year.”

most draw Social Security tocelebrate your Sweet 16party? We want to hear aboutit.

This newspaper is inter-ested in doing stories on leapyear babies. Is your birthdayon Feb. 29? If it is, then give usa call at (850) 997-3568. We arelooking forward to those leapyear youngsters from 0 to 25(0-100).

We would like to featureyour story in a special LeapYear section in our Feb. 29issue of Monticello News.

KRISTIN FINNEYA Special From Greene Publishing, Inc.

Car shows and soul food and gospel, oh my! OnFriday, February 17, and Saturday February 18,HottCoffey Records and the On The Rise TV Showwill be bringing a festival of epic proportions toMadison County. The festival is being held at theMadison County Recreation Center, located at 320 SWArnold St. in Madison.

There will be live performances by Tank onPaint, Ceeje the Kid, Essence Green, Rashonda Den-son and many more. There will be acake auction andcar show during the festival. There will also be livecelebrity entertainment, gospel shows and officialparties. There will also be plenty of soul food foreveryone to enjoy.

Not only are Madison residents invited to thefestival, those in the surrounding counties are aswell. There will be a chance that those who attend

could end up on TV thanks to FMN Live Productions. “Our main focus is trying to get the community

together as a whole to come out and have a good time.We are inviting everyone in all of the surroundingareas to join us. We might even have some peoplecoming from Jacksonville and Miami area. Themain purpose of this is trying to help support therecreation center by trying to remove some of thefinancial burdens that they have. Also, we are try-ing to have fun. I have invited some prominentmembers of society to try to expand the effort,”said Clifford Brown, who is helping put togetherthe event.

You can visit the website atyoutube.com/Ddj5starstunna ormyspace.com/DJPrinceof Jville . You can also callDiddy Coffee for registration information and ven-dor info. The number is 904-576-2568. You can alsocall Clifford Brown at 904-654-1428.

INAUGURAL NORTHEAST SOUL FOOD FESTIVAL

Girl Scouts of theUSA (GSUSA) announcethe launch of ToGetH-erThere, the largest, bold-est advocacy andfundraising cause dedi-cated to girls’ leadershipin the nation’s history. Themultiyear effort will seekto create balanced leader-ship, the equal representa-tion of women inleadership positions in allsectors and levels of soci-ety, within one generation.

A comprehensive new

research study, ToGetH-erThere: Girls’ Insights onLeadership, commis-sioned by GSUSA in part-nership with GfK Roper,reveals that while girls aregenerally optimistic abouttheir futures, they still seeglass ceilings in today’s so-ciety that will get in theway of achieving theirleadership potential. Thestudy, based on a tele-phone survey of 1,000 girlsages eight to 17, found forexample that close to threein five girls think that awoman can rise up in acompany but will onlyrarely be put in a seniorleadership role. Addition-ally, more than one-thirdof girls say they wouldn’tfeel comfortable trying tobe a leader and almost 40percent are not surethey’re cut out to be aleader.

Girl Scouts haslaunched a $1 billion phil-anthropic campaign forgirls to fuel this effort andto fund opportunities thatenable girls to lead. Ninetypercent of funds raisedwill go directly to servicesand programs for girlsacross the nation and in 94countries globally to helpfill critical talent gaps infinance, science, technol-ogy, environmental, andglobal leadership arenas.

The ToGetHerTherecause formally begins thework of breaking downthe barriers that are keep-ing girls from reachingtheir potential as leaders.The cause will seek to mo-tivate all adult membersof society, whether as indi-viduals, corporations, gov-ernments or likemindedorganizations, to do theirpart to support girls. Fur-ther, the cause will placethis issue front and centeron the national agenda.Adults who want to sup-port the cause can visitToGetHerThere.org fortools on how to be a partof this important move-ment.

A crucial reason forgirls’ distorted outlook onleadership may havesomething to do with theirperception of environ-ments as unsupportive of

women leaders. The To-GetHerThere study notedthat 81 percent of girls be-lieve the workplace coulddo a better job of meetingthe needs for female em-ployees and the majorityof girls believe family re-sponsibilities weighwomen down more thanmen as they attempt to ad-vance in their careers.

On Tuesday, January31, in New York City, GirlScouts kicked off ToGetH-erThere with a panel dis-cussion at theTimesCenter featuring fe-male leaders across anumber of industries in-cluding finance, media,nonprofit and sports. Atthis time, Girl Scouts willfurther share the findingsof ToGetHerThere: Girls’Insights on Leadership.

Following the paneldiscussion at the Times-Center in New York City,on Wednesday, February 1,Girl Scouts hosted anevent on Capitol Hill inthe Cannon Caucus Room,focusing on the ToGetH-erThere cause as an advo-cacy program for girls.Girl Scouts will be askingCongressional leaders tojoin them in supporting ef-forts to foster leadershipin all girls, both nationallyand in their respectiveconstituencies.

Founded in 1912, GirlScouts of the USA is thepreeminent leadership de-velopment organizationfor girls, with 3.2 milliongirl and adult membersworldwide. Girl Scouts isthe leading authority ongirls’ healthy develop-ment, and builds girls ofcourage, confidence, andcharacter, who make theworld a better place. Theorganization serves girlsfrom every corner of theUnited States and its terri-tories. Girl Scouts of theUSA also serves Americangirls and their classmatesattending American or in-ternational schools over-seas in 90 countries. Formore information on howto join, volunteer or recon-nect with, or donate toGirl Scouts, call 800-GSUSA-4-U or visitwww.girlscouts.org


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Area Girl Scouts planto make this cookie sea-son their best yet! Eachscout has set a goal… toknock on 100 doors dur-ing pre-order sales, in cel-ebration of ‘100 Years OfGirl Scouting!’ The moredoors knocked on, themore cookies sold!

The scouts will alsobe taking photos withtheir customers and car-

rying handmade signs show-ing how many cookiesthey’ve sold to date. So, keepwatch and buy Girl Scoutcookies this year from yourfavorite Girl Scout!The selection of cookies

this season includes: ThinMints, Samoas, Tagalongs,Do-Si-Dos, Trefoils, Dulce DeLeche, Thank U BerryMunch and SavannahSmiles.

Girl Scout Cookie Sales Have Begun

Monticello Garden Club members made a generous donation to Jefferson County Sher-iff David Hobbs for the Florida Sheriffs Youth Fund. The FSY Ranch is a 501c3 non-profitresidential child and family services organization founded by The Florida Sheriffs Associ-ation in 1957. Its mission is to prevent juvenile delinquency and develop strong, lawful, re-silient and productive citizens who will make a positive contribution to their communitiesfor years to come. Pictured from left to right are: Debbie Bailey, Magnolia Circle member;Anne Mara, MGC president and Founders Circle member; Isabelle de Sercey, Camellia Circlemember; and Sheriff David Hobbs.

Girl Scouts Launch ToGetHerThere

The Heartland Payment Systems isthe nation’s fifth largest paymentsprocessor and a FORTUNE 1000 com-pany publicly traded on theNYSE. Heartland has selected Tallahas-see as the singular market to launch itsupcoming merchant education campaignand recruitment initiative, virtually en-suring a boost to the local economy.

Heartland representative MoriahMurphy, a local resident and well-knownentrepreneur and business advisor,would be available to speak with you andoffer further insight into this initiative.She has worked with the Florida Restau-rant and Lodging Association, foundedthe Florida Association of Beauty Pro-fessionals, co-owned a small craft beercompany and worked as a consultant fora leading insurance carrier.

Helping business owners increasetheir bottom lines is one of Heartland’sinitiatives. Whether they realize it or not,many business owners are falling victimto paying hidden and inflatedcredit/debit card processing fees. Pro-cessing is generally among one of a mer-chant’s highest expenses but theprocessing ecosystem is inherently com-plex, making monthly statements andtrue costs difficult to decipher.

As a vocal merchant advocate andfounder of the Merchant Bill of Rights(www.MerchantBillofRights.org), Heart-land has made it its mission to educatebusiness owners about payment process-ing and how they can reduce their out-of-pocket costs.

This is particularly timely in light ofthe recently implemented DurbinAmendment that lowered debit card‘swipe’ fees in an effort to reduce card ac-ceptance costs for merchants. Heartlandhas pledged to pass 100 percent of all feereductions on to its merchants, while

many other processors are not creditingmerchants at all with the savings. On av-erage, Heartland anticipates this willcost business owners at least $1,000 peryear, not including the cost of other‘junk’ fees. Exposing these profit drain-ers will help local merchants signifi-cantly improve their bottom lines andhelp encourage the infusion of addi-tional capital into the local economy.

Murphy can speak to these points inmore detail and provide actionable tipsto help local business owners protecttheir profits and boost their bottom lines.

As Heartland ramps up its merchanteducation campaign locally, it plans tohire a team of qualified sales profession-als to serve as trusted payment process-ing and business consultants formerchants throughout the area. Namedin the ‘SellingPower Magazine’ as the‘Best Companies to Sell For’ from 2009-2012, Heartland is looking to leverage thearea’s highly educated workforce andfurther increase the positive growth inemployment rates that the area has re-cently been experiencing.

To help build awareness aroundthese initiatives, Heartland has investedhundreds of thousands of dollars to sup-port a six-week advertising and market-ing blitz that launched on February 1.This includes print advertisements, tran-sit, television and radio advertisements,billboards, digital marketing, socialmedia and more. This will not only helpHeartland spread the merchant cam-paign and recruitment messages, butalso provides a significant capital invest-ment to support your local economy.

If you are interested in speakingwith Murphy or any of Heartland’s mer-chants in the area go to [email protected] or call 610-455-2752or 301-785-4306.

HEARTLAND PAYMENT SYSTEMSHELPS BUSINESS OWNERS

FSYR Receives Donation From MGC

ECB Publishing Photo By Debbie Snapp, January 19, 2012.

FEBRUARY 3Ashville Area VolunteerFire Department meets6:30 p.m. on the first Fri-day of each month at thefire station. ContactJohn Staffieri at 850-997-6807 for more details.

FEBRUARY 4 ‘Let’s Make Valentines’workshop at Winn Dixiefor area children, whiletheir parents shop, from12 to 4 p.m. on Saturday.Everything needed willbe supplied.

FEBRUARY 4‘Train the Trainer To-bacco Prevention Educa-tion’ at St. Phillip AMEChurch from 9 a.m. to 1p.m. on Saturday. Com-munity and churchhealth ministers are in-vited to attend. Partici-pants to this trainingevent are encouraged totake the word of tobaccoprevention back to theirchurches, groups, organ-izations and the like.Breakfast will be servedfrom 8:00 to 9:45 a.m. andlunch will be served at12:30 p.m. For more in-formation and direc-tions, contact GloriaCox, Community HealthEducator for tobaccoprevention educationand cessation at 850-879-4425.

FEBRUARY 4Celebration of AfricanAmerican Art Exhibi-tion at the JeffersonArts. An opening recep-tion with complimen-tary appetizers andbeverages will be heldfrom 2 to 4 p.m. on Satur-day in the gallery. Con-tributing artists of thesevarious mediums in-

clude: Austin Brown,Penny Hackett, A.R. Har-vey, Zaid Haynes, Akin-lana Lowman andEluster Richardson. Thegallery is open from 10a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednes-days and Saturdays, orby appointment, and islocated at 575 West Wash-ington Street, in down-town Monticello. Call850-997-3311 for more in-formation. There is nocharge and the gift shopwill be open. This exhibi-tion will run throughFebruary.

FEBRUARY 4Lions Club memberswill hold a yard salefrom 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. onSaturday in the Monti-cello News parking lot.To make a donation or torent a space ($10 dona-tion) contact Lion Janeat 850-997-3392 or justcome by on Saturday andsetup or drop off.

FEBRUARY 4Covenant Hospice is ac-tively seeking sponsorsfor its signaturefundraiser, ‘A ChocolateAffair’. The third annualevent will take placefrom 6 to 9 p.m. on Satur-day at the UniversityCenter Club, located inFSU’s Doak CampbellStadium. For more infor-mation, contact LydiaClaire Brooks at [email protected] or call850-701-0137.

FEBRUARY 4 ‘A Timeless Dance WithMy Father’ tickets arenow available for the sec-ond annual Father/Daughter Dance spon-sored by the Chi Upsilon

Omega Chapter of AlphaKappa Alpha Sorority.The dance will be heldon Saturday, at the Talla-hassee Community Col-lege WorkforceDevelopment BanquetHall, 444 AppleyardDrive from 5 to 9p.m. Call 850-566-3872 orgo to [email protected] topurchase tickets.

FEBRUARY 4, 18Dixie Community Cen-ter in historical Dixie,GA is open on the firstand third Saturdaynights for an evening ofmusic and dancing withlive local bands. Freeline dance classes beginat 5:30 p.m. with the funto follow at 7 p.m. Formore information con-tact Kenneth Price at 1-229-263-7231.

FEBRUARY 5VFW Post 251 meets 5p.m. on the first Sundayof each month at theLearning Center on Mar-vin Street for a meeting.Contact CommanderNed Hill at 850-339-5524for more information.

FEBRUARY 6VFW Ladies AuxiliaryPost 251 meets 6:30 p.m.on the first Monday ofeach month at MemorialMB Church. ContactPresident Mary Madisonat 850-210-7090 for moreinformation.

FEBRUARY 6Sons Of The AmericanLegion (SAL) meetingsare held at 6:30 p.m. onthe first Monday of eachmonth in the OttoWalker Post 49 on SouthWater Street in Monti-cello. For more informa-tion contact District IIICommander BuddyWestbrook at 850-997-2973.

FEBRUARY 6MainStreet of Monti-cello, Florida BoardMeeting is held at 5 p.m.on the first Monday ofevery month at theCherry Street Commonson South Cherry Street.Contact Margie Stern at850-445-1390 for more in-formation. For more in-formation about thethird Monday MainStreet Speaker Series

contact Anne Holt at 850-997-5110 or [email protected] Come to hearabout updates and proj-ects that MainStreet hasbeen working on.

FEBRUARY 6Al-Anon meetings areheld at 8 p.m. every Mon-day at the AnglicanChurch, 124 Jefferson Av-enue in Thomasville, GA.For information go towww.al-anon.alateen.org

FEBRUARY 6AA women’s meetingsare held on Mondays at6:45 p.m.; AA meetingsfollow at 8 p.m., at theChrist Episcopal ChurchAnnex, 425 North CherryStreet. For more informa-tion, call 850-997-2129 or850-997-1955.

FEBRUARY 7Monticello Woman’sClub meets on the firstTuesday of every monthat noon at the clubhouseon East Pearl Street forlunch and a meeting.Contact Club PresidentEthel Strickland at 850-997-3382 for more infor-mation.

FEBRUARY 7

Monticello/JeffersonCounty Chamber ofCommerce GeneralMembership Meeting isheld at noon on the firstTuesday of each month.The meeting includeslunch and a program.For more informationvisit the Chamber Web-site at monticellojeffer-sonfl.com or call850-997-5552.

FEBRUARY 7AA classes are heldevery Tuesday at 8 p.m.for those seeking help.The classes are held atthe Harvest ChristianCenter, 1599 Springhol-low Road. Contact Mar-vin Graham, pastor, at850-212-7669 for more in-formation.

FEBRUARY 7, 16Jefferson County LionsClub meets at 1 p.m. onthe first Tuesday and at 5p.m. on the third Thurs-day of each month at theMonticello Pizza Kitchenon East Dogwood Street.For more informationcontact Lion Debbie at850-997-0901, leave a mes-sage.

On Thursday, Febru-ary 9, Altrusa of Monti-cello will present aspecial preview of theOpera House Stage Com-pany’s romantic comedy‘Nobody’s Perfect’. Theevening will begin withcomplimentary horsd’oeuvres and refresh-ments at 6 p.m. at theMonticello Opera House.The show will be pre-sented in the downstairsreception area at 7 p.m.

The play’s charactersare Leonard, a nerdy stat-istician, who writes a ro-mantic novel. A feministpublishing company isinterested, but only if the

book was written by awoman. His solution is toput on a dress and be-come his own Aunt Lula-belle. The deceptionseems to work, untilLeonard falls in love withthe editor, Harriet. Thenhe has to be Leonard, thepotential boyfriend, andLulabelle, the aunt, some-times in the same mo-ment. Things get evenmore difficult whenLeonard’s feisty daughterand eccentric father fig-ure out what he’s up to.

Ticket cost is $20 perperson and may be pur-chased from any Altrusamember or by contacting

Jan Williams at 850-728-1867. There will also be a‘One Dollar’ raffle for thefabulous Fabio to betaken home with some-one.

Altrusa of Monti-cello is a civic organiza-tion focusing on literacyand education. Proceedsfrom fund raising eventssupport annual scholar-ships, the JeffersonCounty Bailar Public Li-brary, Jefferson SeniorCitizens Center, localfood pantries and the 4HClub. Members have alsoparticipated in numerousvolunteer activities in-cluding reading pro-

grams at the Jefferson El-ementary School andadult literacy classes atthe Library.

New members are al-ways welcome to thenoon luncheon meetingson the second and fourthThursday of each monthat the Jefferson SeniorCitizens Center. For moreinformation contact Di-anne Westbrook at 850-997-2973.

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All new high backseats and even more renovations on the way!

Willie Lee Brinson was born on September 13,1955 to MC and Alberta Brinson. God called him toeternal rest on Thursday, January 26, 2012 at CapitalRegional Medical Center in Tallahassee, FL. He wasan employee with the Jefferson County Road Depart-ment.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Satur-day, February 4, 2012 at the Junious Hill M.B. Churchin Monticello, FL. Rev. Ben Ransom Jr. will officiate.Interment will follow at the Old Union Cemetery inMonticello.

Funeral Service Entrusted To: Hagan & BradwellFuneral Service, 175 North Railroad Street, Monti-cello, FL. 32344, 850-997-1300, [email protected] A public viewing will be held from 1to 7 p.m. on Friday, February, 3, 2012 at Hagan & Brad-well Funeral Service.

WILLIE LEE BRINSON

Perhaps you sent a lovely card or sat quietly in a chair.Perhaps you sent a floral piece if so we saw it there.

Perhaps you spoke the kindest words as any friend could say. Perhaps you were not there at all just thought of us that day.

Whatever you did to console our hearts we thank you so much whatever the part.

The family of our Dear Mother, Grandmother, Great-Grandmother, Sister, Cousinand Friend, The Late Willie Mae Houston-Murray, finds healing in God’s tender

love and embrace in knowing others remembered and cared.

Thank you for keeping us in your thoughts and prayers.The Family of the Late

Willie Mae Odom Houston-Murray

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

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Many times the olderpeople in different com-munities throughout thecountry will reminisceabout the days gone by andwhat life was like back inthe “good ol’ days.”County resident DorisBishop, 80, recently remi-nisced about her earlierdays of living in Monti-cello.

“I have lived in thearea for most of my life,”she said. “I’ve been in thesame house in Aucilla forthe past 55 years. I was acountry girl and life wasso simple.

“I was born in Madi-son County, just over thecounty line,” she said. “Dr.MW McCloud lived in Au-cilla and had an office inGreenville. There was onlyone car in the communityand it belonged to Dr. Mc-Cloud. The day I was born,my dad had to go out andwave him down so hecould come over to thehouse and deliver me.”She added that the familymoved to Aucilla when shewas in the tenth grade.

“When we moved toAucilla, there was one tele-phone, a payphone at thegas station. We had adepot, a post office and two

grocery stores. It was abooming little commu-nity,” she recalled.

“Aucilla (now, ACA)was a public school andHeedly (her late husband)graduated in the last sen-ior class as a public schoolas the Salutatorian, in1948,” she said. “Aucillawas cut down to an eighthgrade School and we thenhad to go to Jefferson,which then, was calledMonticello High School.”She added that Marty (herson) was the lasteighth grade classconducted at Au-cilla before it waschanged to ACA.

“I graduatedfrom MonticelloHigh School in1950, just one yearbefore theychanged the nameto JeffersonCounty HighSchool,” sheadded.

“We wouldwalk a mile and ahalf down High-way 90 to catch theschool bus,” she re-called. “During thewinter, there wasice and frost alongside the road. Wewore hand-me-down or re-soled shoes, so the soleswere thin, so by the timewe got to the bus stop, thebottom of our socks werewet. While we were wait-ing for the bus, we wouldbuild a small fire to warmour hands and feet byuntil the bus got there. Itwasn’t like it is today,where the bus stopped atevery door. It was wartimeback then and everything,including gas was ra-tioned. We were very pa-triotic back then anddidn’t mind doing ourpart. It was little for us todo for our fighting menwho were putting theirlives on the line for ourfreedom, to walk in the iceand snow.” She added that

back then, the wintermonths were a lot colderthan they are now. “It isn’teven cold these days dur-ing the winter, not like itused to be,” she said.

“My mother and fa-ther divorced when I wasnine or ten years old,”said Bishop. “We went tolive with my grandpar-ents. My grandma mostlybrought us up.

“A woman’s work wasso hard back then,” shesaid. “My grandma would

get up really early, beforeanyone else and she wouldbegin cooking chicken,fish, eggs, grits and bis-cuits and have it readywhen everyone else got up.The chickens were plenti-ful in the yard and all wehad to do was walk downto the Aucilla River andcatch all the fish wewanted. We lived about amile from the bridge andthey called the commu-nity Riverside.

“I really don’t remem-ber my grandfather work-ing hard. I remember himgathering with a bunch ofthe other old men andthey would talk. When Iwould ask him what theytalked about he would tellme they talked about theweather or the crops. Ithink they were reallytalking about all the hardwork the old women weredoing. While they weretalking, grandma wascooking, cleaning, work-ing in the garden, doingthe wash; she was alwaysbusy.

“Back then we didn’thave to worry about get-ting enough exercise.After school we wouldrace to the bank (the foodstorage area) for some ofgrandma’s cold biscuits.We were always fightingover them.

“Then we would haveto sweep the yard,” she re-called. “The yard was alldirt and sand; not oneblade of grass. We had twobrooms; a yard broommade from tying togetherdog fennel bushes and ahouse broom made frombrown broom straw gath-ered from the woods,” sheadded. “I don’t think weever had a bought broom.

“The sears cataloguewas about the only maga-zine there was,” she re-called. ‘It came twice ayear and when the newone came, the old one wasused out back forCharmin. Before wemoved it out back, wewould get my grandma’ssewing scissors and cutout paper dolls to playwith.

“In those days we did-

n’t have to worry aboutthings like Victoria’s Se-crets,” she added.“Grandma had an oldSinger sewing machineand she would take thebleached flour bags andmake our underwear.

“The main attractionfor entertainment was thepicture show in the the-ater. I was in the tenthgrade and worked therepart time. Where theNews office is now, therewas a Firestone store andbus station,” Bishop re-called.

“When they did theWatermelon Festival pag-eant, they would build abig stage in the middle ofthe street. In those days,you didn’t have to haveany talent, just an eveningdress. Mr. Hauch told mehe wanted to sponsor meas a Watermelon Queencontestant. I didn’t wantto but he talked me into it.We had to walk back andforth and back and forthacross that stage andsmile, smile, smile. Ismiled until I got sick ofsmiling,” she said. “It gotdown to just two of us.Betty Jean Pope (Demott)won and I was the runnerup. That was about thethird year they had theWatermelon Festival.

“For entertainmentas teens we would walkabout two miles to thepeanut boiling or thechicken purlieu, we al-ways pronounced it ‘par-low.’ Someone would haverounded up a chickenfrom somebody’s chickencoop. We had a big washpot and threw thatchicken and some rice inthere. Nothing smelledbetter than that chickenand rice cooking. All weneeded was a pickle to gowith it,” Bishop said. “Wewould play games likehide and seek.

“We had one battery-powered radio and it wasnot turned on until Satur-day night when grandmawould listen to the GrandOld Opry with MinniePearl and Uncle DaveMacon. That was her en-tertainment. You wouldthink we were watchingthe Macy’s Parade with usjust staring at that blankradio,” Bishop said.

“We had a deep welland had to draw the waterin buckets. The well wasin the front of the houseand grandma did the laun-dry in the back of thehouse. The kids had tocarry that water for laun-dry all the way around thehouse,” she recalled. “Wehad three wash tubs thatwe did the laundry in andthen we would hang themon the line,” Bishop said.“We used Octagon soapand it smelled really loud,not good but loud, like lye.We had some really coldwinters and there weretimes that when we werehanging the clothes on theline in the winter, theclothes would freeze solidbefore we hung them,” sheconcluded.

It’s no wonder whypeople like to sit and re-member the “Good Ol’Days!”

If you would like to sitand reminisce about the“Good Ol’ Days” withFran, call 997-3568 oremail [email protected] for an appoint-ment.


Jefferson County LivingRemembering “The Good Ol’ Days”

One Heart Earth Center will host its 4th annual‘Share the Love Day’ at 10 a.m. on Saturday, February 11.This is a delightful day of sharing what makes youhappy.

On this special day wear everything that you love...your favorite dress, shirt, jeans, skirt, shoes, jewelry,scarves, hats, socks, coats, shawls, underwear, night-clothes… anything that makes you feel really happy.

Wear them all at the same time! They don’t have tomatch! It’s your love for them that matters! Freedom andfun are the passwords here!

Bring items that you love… crystals, books, photo-graphs, music, memories, poems, art work, paintbrushes, hammers, gardening tools, aprons, cookingutensils, musical instruments, dance, yoga postures,stuffed animals… whatever makes you happy.

Bring your favorite dish to share for the potluckmeal.

Each person will have the opportunity to share withthe group about these special items and how they en-hance their lives, where the items were found and spe-cial memories they evoke. It will be a time of laughter,poignant memories and bonding.

Participants will realize how important surround-ing ourselves with love is. “When love is shared and ex-pressed, it grows.”

As you are considering what to wear and bring, beaware of the feeling of love that comes as you decide onyour favorites.

Invite your friends to be a part of the day, too.Human friends that is, bring pictures of four leggedfriends. It will be a day to always remember!

To see photographs of previous ‘Share the LoveDays’, go to www.oneheartearthcenter.org look under‘programs.’

To make your reservations now call 850-997-7373 orgo to [email protected] OHEC islocated at 450 West Madison Street and is a 501 c 3 non-profit and tax-deductible.

SHARE THE LOVE DAY


The schedule has been released for theAucilla Christian Academy varsity baseballteam. The roster will be forthcoming.

Action begins when the Warriors hit thediamond against Florida High, 4 p.m., Febru-

ary 9, at Rickards; Rickards, 7 p.m., February10, away; Mayo, 5 p.m., February 14, away;FAMU, 4 p.m., February 15, home; Maclay, 4p.m., February 17, away; Hamilton County, 5p.m., February 20, away; Wewahitchka, 4 p.m.,February 21, home; and John Paul II, 6 p.m.,February 24, away.

March sees the Warriors squaring offagainst Leon JV, 4:30 p.m., March 1,away; Bell, 1 p.m., March 2, home;Brookwood, 4 p.m., March 6, home;FAMU, 5 p.m., March 8, away;Lanier County, 5:30 p.m., March 15,away; Mayo, 4 p.m., March 16, home;Munroe, 6 p.m., March 20, away; We-wahitchka, 6 p.m., March 29, away;

and John Paul II, 4 p.m., March 30, home.In April Aucilla faces off against

Franklin County, April 3, away; Maclay, 4 p.m.,April 5, home; Hamilton County, 4 p.m., April9, home; Lanier County, 4 p.m., April 12, home;Munroe, 4 p.m., April 13, home; FranklinCounty, 4 p.m., April 17, home; Florida High,6:30 p.m., April 19, away; and wrapping up theregular season, Madison County, 7 p.m., April20, away.

The Baseball Districts will be held at 1p.m. and 4 p.m., April 24, home; and the Base-ball Championship will be held 4 p.m., April26, home.

Drew Sherrod is coaching the Warriorsthis year.


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The Aucilla Christian Academyjunior varsity Warriors trouncedTallavana January 30 for a 61-27 vic-tory to now stand 9-5 on the season.

As a team the young Warriorsnetted 20 of 47 attempts from the field,bucketed three of 11 attempts fromthe three-point zone and targeted 12of 19 attempts from the free-throwline for 61 points. They collected 14assists, 21 offensive and 29 defensiverebounds for a total of 50 rebounds,with 11 block/steals and 25 turnovers.

Individually, Brandon Holm net-ted four of eight attempts from thefield, hit one of one attempt from thethree-point zone and netted one oftwo attempts from the free-throw linefor 12 points. He had three assists, twodefensive rebounds, threeblock/steals and four turnovers.

Casey Demott bucketed five ofseven attempts from the field andsunk two of two attempts from thefree-throw line for 12 points. He had

two assists, four offensive and eightdefensive rebounds for a total of 12 re-bounds and a double-double, with twoblock/steals and four turnovers.

Carson Nennstiel bucketed twoof four attempts from the field,missed one attempt from the three-point zone and hit one of two at-tempts from the free-throw line forfive points. He had three assists, threeoffensive and three defensive re-bounds for a total of six rebounds,with two block/steals and twoturnovers.

Ricky Finlayson netted one ofthree attempts from the field, missedtwo attempts from the three-pointzone and hit one of one attempt fromthe free-throw line for three points.He had four assists, one block/stealand six turnovers.

Bryce Sanderson netted two ofthree attempts from the field, missedtwo attempts from the three-pointzone and bucketed two of two at-tempts from the free-throw line foreight points. He had three offensiveand three defensive rebounds for a

total of six rebounds, with oneblock/steal and one turnover.

Tyler Zimmerly netted two oftwo attempts from the field for fourpoints. He had two defensive re-bounds, one block/steal; and oneturnover.

DJ Wilkinson hit one of six at-tempts from the field, bucketed two offive attempts from the three-pointzone and hit one of two attempts fromthe free-throw line for nine points. Hehad three offensive and one defensiverebound for a total of four reboundsand two turnovers.

Gatlin Nennstiel missed four at-tempts from the field and netted fourof eight attempts from the free-throwline for four points. He had two as-sists, three offensive and three defen-sive rebounds for a total of sixrebounds, with four turnovers.

Sam Hogg targeted three of 10 at-tempts from the field for six points,He had five offensive and seven defen-sive rebounds for a total of 12 re-bounds, with one block/steal and oneturnover.

JV Warriors Trounce Tallavana


The Aucilla Christian Academy varsity Warriorswere inched by Tallavana January 30 for a 59-53 lossand to now stand 10-9 on the season.

As a team, the Warriors bucketed 11 of 46 at-tempts from the field, hit six of 20 attempts from thethree-point zone and sunk 13 of 22 attempts from thefree-throw line for 53 points. They collected eight as-sists, 16 offensive and 17 defensive rebounds for a totalof 33 rebounds, with 10 block/steals and 15 turnovers.

Individually, Tyler Jackson hit one of four at-tempts from the field and missed four attempts fromthe three-point zone for two points. He had four assists,one offensive rebound, four block/steals and fiveturnovers.

Jared Jackson netted one of eight attempts fromthe field and hit one of two attempts from the free-throw line for three points. He had three offensive andtwo defensive rebounds for a total of five rebounds,with one block/steal and three turnovers.

Hans Sorensen missed one attempt from the fieldand had one offensive rebound.

Cody Ledford missed two attempts from the field,had three offensive rebounds and one turnover.

Jay Finlayson netted two of 10 attempts from thefield, targeted five of 11 attempts from the three-pointzone and sunk six of eight attempts from the free-throw line for 25 points. He had two assists, four defen-sive rebounds, one block/steal and one turnover.

Corey Burrus bucketed three of 11 attempts fromthe field, hit one of three attempts from the three-pointzone and netted three of seven attempts from the free-throw line for 12 points. He had two assists, three of-fensive and two defensive rebounds for a total of fiverebounds, with one block/steal and three turnovers.

Josh Funderburke bucketed four of 10 attemptsfrom the field, missed one attempt from the three-pointzone and hit three of five attempts from the free-throwline for 11 points. He had five offensive and six defen-sive rebounds for a total of 11 rebounds and a double-double, with one block/steal and two turnovers.

Tallavana Inches Warriors


The schedule has been re-leased for the Aucilla Chris-tian Academy varsity LadyWarriors softball team. Theroster will be forthcoming.

Action begins around thediamond against St. Francis, 4p.m., February 6, away;Rickards, 6 p.m., February 10,away; North Florida Christian,4 p.m., February 13, home;Maclay, 4 p.m., February 14,home; FAMU, 5 p.m., February17, away; Mayo, 7 p.m., Febru-ary 20, away; John Paul II, timeto be announced, February 24,away; and Branford, 4:30 p.m.,February 28, away.

March sees the Lady War-riors taking to the diamondagainst St. Francis, 4 p.m.,March 1, home; Rickards, 4p.m., March 5, home; Maclay,3:30 p.m., March 6, away; andJohn Paul II, 4 p.m., March 30,home.

Aucilla faces off againstNorth Florida Christian, 4p.m., April 3, away; Mayo, 4p.m., April 5, home; and wrap-ping up the regular season,Hamilton County, 5 p.m., April12, away.

The Softball Districts willbe held at 4 p.m. and 6 p.m.,April 17 at Munroe; and theSoftball Championship will beheld 6 p.m., April 19 at Munroe.

Coaching the Lady War-riors this year is Becky Lauth.

LADY WARRIORS SOFTBALL SCHEDULE

The schedule ahs been released forthe Aucilla Christian Academy juniorvarsity Warriors baseball team. Theroster will be forth coming.

Action begins around the diamondwhen the JV’s face off against Maclay, 4p.m., February 14; home; ThomasvilleChristian, 4:30 p.m., February 17, home;North Florida Christian, 11 a.m., Febru-

ary 18, away; Mayo, 4 p.m., February 20,away; Florida High, 4:30 p.m., February23, home; Wakulla middle, 4 p.m., Febru-ary 24, home; Thomasville Christian,4:30 p.m., March 1, away; and wrappingup the season, Wakulla middle, 4 p.m.,March 2, away.

Coaching the JV Warriors this yearis Sean Carson.

ACA JV Baseball Schedule Released

The schedule hasbeen released for the Au-cilla Christian Academyjunior varsity Lady War-riors softball team. Theroster will be forthcom-ing.

Action beginsaround the diamondagainst Florida Highmiddle, 6 p.m., February7, away; Madison Cen-

tral, 4:30 p.m., February9, home; Rickards, 4 p.m.,February 10, away;North Florida Christianmiddle, 4 p.m., February13, home; Maclay, 4 p.m.,February 14, home;Munroe, 4 p.m., Febru-ary 17, away; Mayo, 5p.m., February 20, away;Hamilton County, 4 p.m.,February 21, home;

Florida High middle, 4:30p.m., February 3, home;North Florida Christianmiddle, 4 p.m., February28, away; Madison Cen-tral, 5 p.m., March 5,away; and wrapping upthe season, Munroe, 4p.m., March 9, home.

Coaching the youngLady Warriors this yearis Danny Deason.

JV Lady Warriors Softball Schedule

VARSITY WARRIORS BASEBALL SCHEDULE


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IN THE CIRCuIT COuRT, SECOND

JuDICIAL CIRCuIT, IN AND FOR

JEFFERSON COuNTY, FLORIDA

PRObATE DIVISION

IN RE: ESTATE OF

NELLIE MAE MITCHELL,

Deceased. Case No. 09-82-PR

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The administration of the estate of Nellie Mae Mitchell, de-

ceased, whose date of death was December 11, 2008, is pending

in the Circuit Court for Jefferson County, Florida, Probate Divi-

sion under probate file no. 09-82-PR, the address of which is Jef-

ferson County Courthouse, 1 Courthouse Circle, Monticello, FL

32344. The names and addresses of the personal representative

and the personal representative's attorney are set forth below.

All creditors of the decedent and other persons having

claims or demands against decedent's estate on whom a copy of

this notice is required to be served must file their claims with

this court WITHIN THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE

TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR

30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF

THIS NOTICE ON THEM.

All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having

claims or demands against decedent's estate must file their claims

with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF

THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE.

ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERI-

ODS SET FORTH IN SECTION 733.702 OF THE FLORIDA

PROBATE CODE WILL BE FOREVER BARRED.

NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET

FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR

MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT'S DATE OF DEATH IS

BARRED.

The date of the first publication of this notice is January 27, 2012.

R. Bruce Warren

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announces its participation in the U.S. Department of Agricul-

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meals and snacks to enrolled, eligible children. Meals will be

available at no separate charge to all participants enrolled at the

center listed above, regardless of race, color, national origin, sex,

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LEGAL NOTICE

The Jefferson County Planning Commission will hold its

regular monthly meeting on February 9, 2012 at 7:00 pm. The

meeting will consist of general business.

The meetings will be held in the Courthouse Annex located

at 435 West Walnut Street in Monticello, FL. The meeting may

be continued as necessary.

Information concerning the meeting is available at the Jef-

ferson County Planning Department, 445 W. Palmer Mill Road,

Monticello, FL. 32344, Telephone 850-342-0223. From the

Florida “Government in the Sunshine Manual”, page 36, para-

graph c: Each board, commission, or agency of this state or of

any political subdivision thereof shall include in the notice of

any meeting or hearing, if notice of meeting or hearing is re-

quired, of such board, commission, or agency, conspicuously on

such notice, the advice that, if a person decides to appeal any de-

cision made by the board, agency, or commission with respect

to any matter considered at such meeting or hearing, he or she

will need a record of the proceedings, and that, for such purpose,

he or she may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the pro-

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The Florida Fish andWildlife ConservationCommission (FWC) willmeet Feb. 7-9 in Havana todiscuss several fish-and-wildlife issues, startingwith an afternoon work-shop Tuesday, Feb. 7, onmarine fisheries stock as-sessments. The Commis-sion will not be takingaction on specific regula-tory issues that day.

The Feb. 7 workshopstarts at 1 p.m.; regularsessions Feb. 8-9 start at8:30 a.m. at the FloridaPublic Safety Institute PatThomas Law EnforcementAcademy, 215 AcademyDr., Havana. All meetingsare open to the public.

The stock assessmentworkshop will provide theCommissioners an oppor-tunity to discuss andshare ideas about stateand federal marine fish-eries stock assessmentprocesses.

On Wednesday, Feb. 8,Commissioners are ex-pected to take final actionon king mackerel andGulf of Mexico gaggrouper management ef-forts. They will also lookat three marine fisheriesand two boating draftrules.

Federal fishery man-agement groups are work-ing on a gag grouperrebuilding plan in the

Gulf of Mexico. New Gulfof Mexico gag grouperfederal management ef-forts include setting therecreational season toJuly 1 through Oct. 31 anddecreasing the commer-cial minimum size limitfrom 24 inches to 22inches. Commissionerswill decide whether toadopt similar changes instate waters at the meet-ing.

Commissioners willalso take action on a pro-posed amendment thatwould allow commercialharvesters taking kingmackerel in southwestFlorida to land them inCollier County when wa-ters off the county areclosed to harvest.

A change in oystermanagement proposes aseven-day commercialoyster harvest week inApalachicola Bay. If theCommission approvesthis, the change could beadopted without addi-tional public hearings.

Another proposedmodification would allowTampa Bay commercialshrimp permit holders totransfer their permits toother commercial har-vesters.

A third marine fish-eries change, this one onroundscale spearfish, pro-poses amending state bill-fish management effortsto coincide with recentfederal managementchanges. Proposed

changes include removingroundscale spearfish froma list of prohibited bill-fish, adding it to the mini-mum size limit for whitemarlin and adding round-scale spearfish to thestate’s billfish possessionlimit.

Division of MarineFisheries Managementstaff will also present re-ports on federal fisherymanagement actions andwill review federal fisherymanagement tools such ascatch shares.

Regarding boating is-sues, FWC staff will pres-ent proposed amendmentsto enhance safety. Theamendments would createslow-speed, minimum-wake zones in specificareas of Monroe and Volu-sia counties.

On Thursday, Feb. 9,the Commission will rec-ognize FWC Officer of theYear Duane North, whoworks in Volusia County.North will also be hon-ored by Shikar-Safari atthe meeting.

After that, Commis-sioners will discuss theFWC’s plan to manage andconserve Florida blackbears for future genera-tions, now that the state’sbear population has in-creased from as few as 300in the 1970s to an esti-mated 3,000 today. Thedraft Florida Black BearManagement Plan was re-leased on Nov. 10, 2011,and is available online at

MyFWC.com/Bear. Mem-bers of the public andstakeholder organizationshave contributed morethan 2,500 comments andsuggestions on how to im-prove the draft bear man-agement plan.

No final action on thedraft, or proposed bearconservation measures,will be taken at this meet-ing. However, staff willseek approval to advertisea proposed draft rule thatwould prohibit the take ofblack bears unless author-ized by Commission per-mit and direct staff toprovide technical assis-tance to landowners andregulatory agencies inorder to minimize oravoid negative impacts tobears. A separate pro-posed amendment wouldremove the black bearfrom the list of state-des-ignated ThreatenedSpecies.

Anyone requiringspecial accommodationsto participate in the meet-ing should advise the FWCat least five days prior tothe Feb. 7 meeting by con-tacting the FWC's Officeof Human Resources at850-488-6411. If you arehearing- or speech-im-paired, contact the FWCusing the Florida RelayService at 800-955-8771(TDD) or 800-955-8770(voice).

To see the full agenda,go to MyFWC.com/Com-mission.

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Friday,February 10

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Here's an ideal way to getinto the mood for spring plant-ing: Join the Arbor Day Founda-tion and receive 10 free trees toplant when the weather turnswarm.

Every person from Floridawho joins the Arbor Day Founda-tion in February 2012 will receive10 free Eastern redbud trees.

Redbuds will add beauty tolandscapes across Florida foryears to come," said JohnRosenow, chief executive andfounder of the Arbor Day Foun-dation. "They will also add to theproud heritage of Florida's 160

Tree City USA communities.For more than 30 years, Tree

City USA has supported commu-nity forestry across Florida, andplanting these lovely redbudswill add to this important tree-planting tradition."

The 10 free Eastern redbudtrees are part of the nonprofitFoundation's Trees for Americacampaign.

The trees will be shippedpostpaid at the right time forplanting, between March 1 andMay 31, with enclosed plantinginstructions. The 6 to 12-inchtrees are guaranteed to grow, or

they will be replaced free ofcharge.

Arbor Day Foundation mem-bers also receive a subscriptionto the Foundation's colorful bi-monthly publication, Arbor Day,and The Tree Book, which con-tains information about treeplanting and care.

To become a member of theFoundation and receive the freetrees, send a $10 contribution toTEN FREE EASTERN REDBUDTREES, Arbor Day Foundation,100 Arbor Avenue, Nebraska City,NE 68410, by February 29, 2012, orvisit arborday.org/February.

JOIN THE ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION IN FEBRUARYAND RECEIVE 10 FREE REDBUD TREES

Spring Planting is Near:

Cory Brooks caught this two and a half pound

Speckled Perch at Lake Miccosukee in front of Reaves

Fish Camp, using a bold minnow for bait.

GONEFISHING

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