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Inside Today’s Edition!

LAZARO ALEMANECB PublishingSenior Staff Writer

A commissioner’s singulardecision to address a river ac-cess problem in his district gota department head in hot waterand reinvigorated the ongoingpolitics versus policy debate onthe board.

Notwithstanding the finger-pointing and contradictorystatements of who knew whatwhen — County CoordinatorRoy Schleicher’s is one version;Road Department Superintend-ent David Harvey’s another —the end result was that at Mon-roe’s instruction, the Road De-

partment build a temporarygravel ramp at the WacissaRiver to allow boaters access tothe water.

More to the point, the mat-ter hit the fan when the FloridaDepartment of EnvironmentalProtection (FDEP) and theSuwannee River Water Manage-ment District (SRWMD) report-edly raised concerns about theunauthorized gravel road.

Harvey, in fact, was in con-tact with an FDEP representa-tive who was aware of the RoadDepartment’s intention and hadgiven tacit consent for the pro-

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UNAUTHORIZED BOAT RAMPON WACISSA CAUSES RIPPLESOFFICIAL’S ACTION CRITICIZED; DEPT. HEAD WRITTEN UP

ECB Publishing Photo by Laz Aleman, Sept. 2, 2011This temporary boat ramp and signs at theWacissa River triggered the ire of theFlorida Department of EnvironmentalProtection, which made the county undo

the project.

FRAN HUNTECB PublishingStaff Writer

Dave Bitner, 62, has worn many hats in his life-time from political work and influence, to businessto being the co-founder of JOY (Jefferson OutreachTo Youth), along with his wife, Wendy. Dave was evenbetter known for his heart, showing genuine care forpeople and love for children.

In the winter of 2009, JOY was in full swing anddonations were coming in regularly for the needychildren and families in the community. At the time,Dave said the non-profit organization had a list of 83children in the community who were in need thatChristmas. The organi-zation also adoptedtwo local homelessfamilies for the holi-days.

They had beencollecting toys, mone-tary donations, hy-giene items, pots,pans, bedding andtowels. “There isnothing more heart-breaking than whenyou ask a child whatthey want for Christ-mas and they tell youthey want hygieneitems. It just breaksmy heart,” Bitner saidtearfully.

“Also originally, we were thinking about the pos-sibility of dressing up like Santa Claus and deliver-ing the toys to the children, but one of the memberssaid Christmas is for families to share, so we decidedto give the wrapped items to the parents and let themgive them to the children,” added Dave.

Bitner said the organization originally didn’tthink they would obtain enough for the two familiesand all 83 children, but, through those in the commu-nity opening their hearts and their pocketbooks inthese hard economic times, it looked as if the group

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Dave Bitner,Co-Founder Of

JOY, Passes Away

Dave Bitner

DEBBIE SNAPPECB PublishingStaff Writer

Caitlin Rae Harrison receivedthe honor of Miss Panhandle USAon Sunday, August 21, and will nowbe going on to compete in the MissFlorida USA in July 2012 and thenon to Miss USA!

Her first beauty pageant com-petition was at the age of 15, whenshe entered the Jefferson CountyWatermelon Festival Queen Pag-eant. She says that this was her

most exciting pageant. In 2008 shewas chosen Watermelon Queen, atitle she held for three continuousyears.

Harrison has also beencrowned 2009 Miss Florida High,2010 Miss Tallahassee Teen and2010 Miss Florida Teen USA. Shehas wooed and delighted crowdswith her beauty, charm and talentsin the Florida Forest Festival,SpringTime Tallahassee, Old

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Harrison CrownedMiss Panhandle USA

Miss Panhandle USA, Caitlin Harrison, left,and Miss Panhandle Teen USA, Alex Chagnon, right.

Logan Dean Dageforde, 21, of Prattville, AL, was driving this 2005 ToyotaCorolla traveling eastbound on I-10 in the outside lane, just east of mile marker231 at 4:25 p.m., August 31, when he collided with the rear of a semi rig pullinga trailer. Dagerforde was not wearing a seatbelt and charges are pendingwhether the crash that killed Dageforde was alcohol-related.

I-10 CRASH


Jefferson Countyfirefighters responded totheir second structurefire in two days last week,which resulted in the sec-ond structure being de-stroyed due toinaccessibility to firetrucks.

Jefferson CountyFire Rescue reported thaton September 8 at 8:09a.m., firefighters re-

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FIREFIGHTERSBATTLE SECOND

STRUCTUREFIRE IN

TWO DAYS


Jefferson County Fire Rescue (JCFR) firefightersbattled a home blaze last week that resulted in $15,000damage to the home and $4,000 damage to property.

JCFR reported that on September 6 at 7:25 p.m.,the department received a call about smoke comingfrom the attic at 116 Camellia Road.

Upon the arrival of Engine 1, heavy fire wasnoted to the attic area over the porch and front of the

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Firefighters BattleHome Blaze


County officials havenow adopted a set ofrules that aim to makeappointments to volun-teer boards more formal,fair and equitable, as wellas make participants onsuch boards more ac-countable for their atten-dance and participation.

The new policy,which the JeffersonCounty Commissionadopted by resolution on

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CountyApplies

New RulesTo All ItsVolunteerBoards


It took the MonticelloCity Council exactly fourminutes on Thursdayevening, Sept. 8, to ap-prove the tentativebudget and millage rateand adjourn the first of

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CITYCOUNCIL

TAKES FIRSTSTEP TOADOPT

BUDGET &TAX RATE

ECB Publishing, Inc.won two prestigiousFlorida Press Associationawards in the 2011 BetterWeekly Newspaper Con-test.

Emerald Greene tooksecond place in the statefor Spot News Photogra-phy for her photo ofSchool SuperintendentBill Brumfield embracinga child at the scene of aschool bus crash that leftseveral students injuredand the school bus driverdeceased.

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ECB PublishingWins Two

Florida PressAwards


It took a countyresident andbusinessman 6½ hoursto get the JeffersonCounty Commission torespond to his questionconcerning thejustification for a recent

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A CITIZENWAITS 6½HOURSTO GET

1-MINUTERESPONSE

county purchase.It’s what happens

when the dictates ofprotocol are followedtoo strictly.

New to the process,Bernard Peters askedthe commission hisquestion during theearly part of the agendathat allows citizens toaddress the board andmake requests or talkabout non-agenda items.Peters’ questioninvolved a price that hehad quoted county stafffor a 6½ by 12-foottrailer and that thecounty staff had thenopted to purchase inGeorgia.

“How does thecounty justify when Igive a quote of $1,390and the county pays$2,050 for the sametrailer in Thomasville,”Peters said. “You expectme to pay taxes and fees

and then you don’t giveme any business. I wantto know why it was doneand what’s going to bedone about it.”

The catch is that therules prevent officialsfrom commenting onwhatever the issueraised or question askedduring this part of theagenda. No one toldPeters about the rule,however, and he satdown expecting aresponse.

When the responsedidn’t come, a fellowcitizen informed Petersabout the rule andrelated that the propertime to ask his questionwas toward the end ofthe agenda, whencommissioners wereallowed to respond.

Peters then satpatiently through a

meeting that lasted from9 a.m. until nearly 3:30p.m. before theappropriate time cameto reiterate hisquestion.

At which point,Commission ChairmanStephen Fulfordapologized for the longdelay and offered thatPeters’s concern was avalid one and that itwould be addressed. Henoted that, in fact, thecounty had a policy togive preference to localvendors. The questionwas whether the countyemployee who hadpurchased the trailerwas ignorant of thepolicy or had simplyignored it, Fulford said.

He then instructedCounty Coordinator RoySchleicher toinvestigate the incident

and report his findingsat the commission’snext meeting.

Peters thanked thecommission, wrylynoting that it had takenhim 6½ hours to ask athree-minute questionand get a one-minuteresponse.

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To the Editor: I felt compelled to write after see-

ing the headine photo in Wednesday,September 7, 2011's Monticello News.In my opinion, the photo showed totalinsensitivity to the family and friendsof the deceased by showing his bodycovered with a white sheet in the mid-dle of the highway. The photo of themangled lawn mower and the headlinealone would have certainly enlight-ened readers as to the outcome of theaccident. I did not know the victim,but he was someone's son, brother,

possibly father and for the family tohave seen that picture front and centeron the front page was just wrong. Itlikens the Monticello News to tabloidtype reporting. Everyone I have comein contact with who has seen the pic-ture has expressed the same concern.I pray for peace for the family of thisman and for the driver of the semi andher passenger. None of their lives willever be the same.

Jo MorrisMonticello, FL 32345

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This will be my lastcolumn asMonticello/JeffersonCounty Chamber ofC o m m e r c ePresident. Our fiscalyear starts October 1and our annual dinnerwas held on September13. New officers anddirectors were elect-ed. Look for your mem-bership renewalnotices to be sent outshortly.

This year markedthe tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Pleaseremember the victims and their families. The recentweek also marked the closing of Milady’s Shop, adowntown Monticello icon. The shop will be sorelymissed and we wish Barbara Hughes a long, happyand well-deserved retirement.

On a happier note, college football has begun, solife is worth living again; and the weather will begetting cooler. A new business also had its grandopening recently. Nan Baughman and Sherri Deanhave opened Bugsy’s Bling on North Cherry Street,across from the Rare Door restaurant. Hopefully theeconomy will improve and we can entice more newbusinesses to open. Remember that your support oflocal businesses is vital to their success. I wish youall a prosperous 2012.

In other Chamber news: the Division ofWorkers’ Compensation has announced the dates forthe Workers’ Compensation and Workplace SafetyEmployer Seminars that have been scheduledthrough the end of 2011. The free classes are avail-able for employers, business owners and those whoare responsible for assuring that the properWorkers’ Compensation Insurance and Safety in theWorkplace is a priority. Classroom sessions areavailable at several locations around the state. Allsessions are from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. For a list of classdates and locations go to the Chamber website atwww.monticellojeffersonfl.com Advanced registra-tion is required to assure availability. ContinuingEducation Units are available to individualslicensed by the DBPR, CILB or ECLB.

Big Bend Hospice announces its annual JoyfulNoise event. To be held on October 7 at 6 p.m. at theFirst United Methodist Church. This is a fundraiserfor its Jefferson County clients and is the biggestevent that BBH sponsors. Tickets may be purchasedthrough BBH Representative Michele Brantley at850-997-3600, or at the BBH office on North MulberryStreet.

Local government issues for the business com-munity: Julie Conley and Hal Bennett presented apetition to have the City annex the Johnston’s MeatMarket on Highway 90 East during the MonticelloCity Council meeting on September 6. The issue willbe sent to a public workshop; Joe Miller, of RobertGeorge and Associates, presented a project overviewof the completed water reuse project providingreclaimed water to Simpson’s Nursery; an ordi-nance was approved relating to additional home-stead exemptions for low-income senior citizens;also approved was an ordinance renaming andamending Section 58-5 (Discharge of Firearm, AirGun or Slingshot) of the Code of Ordinances.

Contact Chamber Director Melanie Mays at 850-997-5552 for more information about your Chamber.

Chamber President’s News Gordon Dean

STINGERS “County Commission meetings are wearing on

those who participate. Ms. Barfield contin-ues to waste time and many words to convincefolks that she is as smart as she believes she is.She was elected to solve problems through study,hard work, and diplomacy. Maturity will possiblyallow her to see the policy of causing problems tosolve problems. Voting to fulfill campaign prom-ises made to a few does not benefit the rest ofus."

I figured it up and I haveattended 15 years of school –kindergarten through 12th gradeand two years of college, obtainingmy A.A. from North FloridaJunior College. I feel like I paidmy dues, and then joined the work-ing force of America. I’m still pay-ing my dues (and taxes, mind you).

But sometimes I ask myself,“When do I get to QUIT going toschool?”

You see, when you have chil-dren in school you never really getto quit going to school — thequizzes, the tests, the homework,and the projects. They just neverquit coming. This year I amattending the 11th grade and I ambeginning to re-live college,through Cheltsie’s first year atNFCC.

Proofing English papers, call-ing out science terms, solvingmath problems and attending classmeetings; and the school year hasonly begun. But, oh, just helpingwith the homework is NOTHINGcompared to if I had to actuallyTAKE/DO all of these tests andprojects. I try to remind myselfoften that no matter how bad, orhard, it is for me to stop what I’mdoing to help with that homework,that at least I’m not the one actual-ly HAVING to do it.

The thing that tickles me themost is “You’re not going to under-stand it. You can’t do it.” This isalways said when referring to mathhomework. Mind you that I LOVEmath and my children know that.I’ve even heard (a few years ago),“You won’t understand it. My

teacher even said you wouldn’tunderstand it.” FYI, I did.

However, I am finding it harderto remember all the math equa-tions; Algebra II and CollegeIntermediate Algebra are the twocourses “I’m” taking this year. It’sbeen 24 years since I graduatedhigh school. However, it’s been 26years since Algebra II. I’m doingwell, however, considering the cir-cumstances. The problem is I needtime to sit, read and remember.Given time, I can remember. But,the girls don’t seem to like waitingon me to figure it out. I have foundthat they prefer to just skip me andgo straight to their aunt for help.This is fine with me, for she helpsthem understand far better than Ican.

The thing I’m the best at, Iguess, is proofing English papersand/or projects. My mother was anEnglish teacher and I feel like shetaught me a thing or two throughthe years. It really bothers me tosee how many young people are notbeing “taught” correct grammar. Iunderstand grammar is primarilytaught in the elementary grades,but shouldn’t it be enforcedthroughout their high schoolyears? I truly don’t feel that it is. Ifeel that more and more teachersare putting emphasis on readingbooks, doing projects and lookingthings up on the Internet, but yetthese teenagers do not know theproper way to make a subject/verbagreement, don’t know the differ-ence between “there” and “their”or “to” and “too,” and not to end asentence with a preposition.

So, I try to read/proof most ofthe girls’ papers before they turnthem in. Cheltsie has never mindedmy help in this department; in fact,she wants me to proof her papers. Brooke, on the other hand, hasalways seemed to think she can doit without my help, thus the argu-ments begin. “I don’t need you toproof it.” “Yes, Brooke I am goingto proof it.” Then I proof it, handher back her paper with all the redmarks, and then she has to correctit and reprint it. New day – sameargument.

But this is the life of a mother.And I would not trade this life forANYTHING in the world. The lifeof a mother is second to none. Noman will ever understand that andno mother will ever argue that.

Being young is not easy. Ithink a lot of us “old” folks forgetthat. We look back and know thatit (being in school) is easier thanworking, paying bills, being indebt, and raising children. Butbefore you laugh at your child’sproblems, please take a step backand actually remember what it waslike to be that age.

I remember tests, quizzes,homework, housework, after-school work, peer pressure, pim-ples, teachers, rules, and the hor-mones. Life is not so grand at 16,when you are 16. Just rememberthat from time to time when deal-ing with your teenager.

Have you hugged your childtoday (and told them you lovedthem)?

Until then….see you aroundthe town (or schoolyard).

I’m Back In School

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would have enough for everyoneon their list.

Group board members gra-ciously gave toward the endeavor,as did those in the community,corporations and politicians, lob-byists, legislatures, people at theCapitol and others also steppedforward to assist with JOY’sworthwhile goals.

He added that with the mone-tary donations, Board membershad been purchasing the gifts forthe children and the two familiesand that the group may even haveenough funds to purchase itemsfor teenagers as well.

Through many backbreakinghours and much hard work, JOYcontinues to thrive and producejoy in children and their familiesin the community, who wouldhave otherwise had noChristmas, if not for the efforts ofDave Bitner, his wife, Wendy andJOY.

Even though Dave is gonenow, JOY will continue to run,growing in popularity and keep-ing him and his dream alivethrough the spirit of giving toothers. Wendy was unavailablefor comment.

After being diagnosed withAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis(ALS), more commonly known asLou Gehrig’s Disease in April,Dave’s courageous battle came toan close in his Monticello homeThursday morning, September 8.In a letter sent out a little morethan a week prior to his death, heannounced he would resignSeptember 23 due to his health

issues. He called for a special elec-tion that date and said his Vice-Chairman, Lenny Curry, is themost qualified to take over the job.

RPOF spokesperson BrianHughes said, “Chairman Bitnerled by example and even in theface of the health challenges hehad, he was still working every-day for this cause.”

Governor Rick Scott added,“Knowing that Chairman Bitnerfaced an uphill battle with his ill-ness did not make this morning’snews any less of a shock. DaveBitner was a big man with avibrant personality and a visionto match. Ann and I will miss himvery much and our immediatethoughts and prayers go out to hiswife Wendy.”

Attorney General Pam Bondisaid, “It is with great sadness thatI learned of Chairman Bitner’suntimely passing this morning.We will be forever grateful for hisoptimistic and forward-lookingvision. Our thoughts and prayersare with Dave’s wonderful wifeWendy and their family.”

RPOF Vice-Chairman LennyCurry said, “With sadness and aheavy heart, I must report thatFlorida has lost a great leader andpublic servant. Today, theRepublican Party of Florida’sChairman Dave Bitner lost hiscourageous battle withAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis(ALS).

“It has been the honor of alifetime to work by ChairmanBitner’s side. Not only was Dave aborn leader, he was an exemplary

man in every sense. In honor ofhis example, I am committed toensure that the Republican Partyof Florida continues its traditionof service to our beloved state.”Florida Chief Financial OfficerJeff Atwater added, “Today, welost a statesman and public ser-vant. Dave Bitner was a man ofgreat character who knew what itwas like to serve in the minorityand majority party, and was ableto lead with value and principle.His love for people over-shadowedhis need for politics. ChairmanBitner’s dedication, strength, lovefor Florida and his service-mind-ed approach to leadership will begreatly missed. My thoughts andprayers are with Wendy and theirfamily during this very difficulttime.”

Florida Federation ofRepublican Women spokespersonCindy Graves concluded, “It iswith an almost overwhelmingsadness that I tell you that theFFRW has lost a tremendousfriend today. Our belovedChairman Dave Bitner has passedaway this morning, as you mayhave already heard. It is hard tobelieve that only a week haspassed since he made hisannouncement that he would bestepping down. We can take com-fort that he is with the Lord andfinally free of the terrible painthat has crippled him these lastmany months. Dave Bitner was ahero to me. The Chairman’sunparalleled dedication to hisstate and country will foreverserve as an example to us all.”

ject’s go-ahead. But as in many organizations, itappears that the one hand didn’t know what the otherwas doing, and another part of the department protest-ed the action.

Thebottom line is that Schleicherwrote upHarveya warning letter that went into the latter’s personnelfile and that has the potential to form a step toward ter-mination. Commissioner Betsy Barfield, meanwhile,tookMonroe to task for puttingpolitical considerationsabove policy.

The politics/policy debate is one that has gainedground since Barfield came on the board and thatpromises to continue unabated, judging from past skir-mishes.

The river ramp discussion was largely part andparcel of an earlier discussion on an easement andfencing issue that related to theWacissa River and thatalso involved Monroe and the allegation that he hadacted unilaterally.

Barfield — long a Harvey critic and supporter ofthe coordinator’s role and an advocate of strict adher-ence to policy, initiated the discussion. She called it“appalling” that a fellow commissioner had made “aunilateral decision” to act “without board consent”and instructed a department head to undertake a proj-ect without the coordinator’s knowledge.

“We continue to have interference,” said Barfield,who weeks earlier introduced a non-interference reso-lution that sought to bar commissioners from dealingdirectly with department heads. That resolution failedto get the board’s support, although a non-interferencepolicy made it into the personnel policy. Go figure.

Monroe immediately owned up to the accusation.“Iwas the onewhodid it,” he said of the boat ramp.He had received innumerable calls from boaters

and others about the lack of access to the river and hehad decided to act, he said. He had considered it a safe-ty issue, given that the LaborDayweekendwas comingup, and he had sought to prevent the potential for atragedy, with boaters unloading their vessels in thesame area where children and others swam, he said.

Maybehehadn’t said anything toSchleicherbuthehad decided that something needed to be done and hehad done it and he “apologized 100 percent” but hewould “always err on the side of the people,” Monroesaid.

“I felt it was emergency and I apologize for it,”Monroe said.

It was solely his fault and no one else’s and he did-n’t want Harvey blamed in anyway, he said.

Regardless, he had violated the established policyand instructed a department head to expend countyresources on a project without board consent, Barfieldinsisted.

How much would it ultimately cost taxpayers tohave the rampput in andnow tohave it removed, as theFDEP insisted? Barker asked.

The response was that it would cost an estimated$1,200 to $1,500 each time for labor and materials, orabout $3,000.

Exactly her point, Barfield said. If commissionerswere going to continue to flaunt the rules and ignorethe coordinator, then she too was going to start playingthe game, she said. She suggested that the board simplydivide the departments into fifths and each commis-sioner could then control his or her fifth and run it aseach willed.

“I’ve been playing nice in the sandbox,” Barfieldsaid. “But if we’re not going to go through the coordi-nator, I want my fifth. If we’re going to run thesedepartments like we want, I’m going to jump in too.”

Commission Chairman Stephen Fulford didn’t saymuch, but he let it be known that hewasn’t pleased thatthe county had acted without permission and haddrawn the ire of the FDEP.

“When you start messing with the FDEP, policyand procedures should trump everything else,” he saidin no uncertain terms.

Per Harvey’s version of the event, he had commu-nicated his intentions to Schleicher and the engineer.And he had done the best he could under the circum-stances, given the pressures being exerted on him, hesaid.

“What I did was a protective measure for the envi-ronment,” Harvey said.

Schleicher affirmed that awarning letter had beenplaced in Harvey’s personnel file. His point, he said,was that notwithstanding the circumstances and pres-sures, Harvey ultimately was responsible for hisdepartment.

“It’s serious,” Schleicher said of thewarning letter.In this instance, the commissioner apologized, but

the department head took the hit, possibly signaling awarning lesson to other department heads.

The incident, if nothing else, was revealing ofunderlying organizational dynamics and tensions, asthe coordinator’s office continues its struggle to assertits authority, and commissioners battle over whetherpolitics or policies will dictate their actions.

South Days, the RoseFestival and most impor-tantly the localWatermelon FestivalParade and other associ-ated events.

She is a 2010 gradu-ate of Florida HighSchool and is now a col-lege sophomore atFlorida A&M University,studying in the Pre-Pharmacy Program.

She is the daughterof Amy and DukeHarrison of Monticelloand has no plans of mov-ing far from her rootsand her family.

sponded to a report of astructure fire at 1073Hawkins Road. Engine 1,Rescue 32 and Engine 5responded to the scene.Firefighters noted thatupon arrival at the scenethere was poor access forthe fire apparatus., caus-ing a three to five minutedelay.

Once on the propertyEngine 1 establishedcommand and found anout building that wasfully involved.

Fire crews extin-guished the fire withabout 1,500 gallon ofwater.

Per the propertyowner, Mathew Smith,the shed was a 12 x 16feet, two-story, woodframed enclosed build-ing. He stated that hewas asleep and wasawakened by a poppingsound so he got up andfound the shed burning.

Smith stated that theprevious owner hadpower to the shed butthere hasn’t been ameterin it for 15 years.

The fire started inthe electrical panel. TheState Fire Marshall’sOffice was contacted butno response was needed.

The fire was totallyextinguished and the lastunit departed the sceneat 10:15 a.m..

The shed was a totalloss with about $5,000damage and the contentsvalued at about $100 werelost also.

house. A one and one half–inch hoseline was deployed and knock down ofthe fire occurred within two to threeminutes.

Entry was made through the frontdoor. It was unknown if anyone wasinside and forcible entry was madeinto the home. No persons were foundinside and no fire was present inside ofthe home. Firefighters found onlyheavy smoke.

Further investigation found thatthe only fire was contained to the atticarea of the front porch and area overthe living room.

The ceiling in the house had notedsagging of sheet rock over the livingroom.

Furniture was removed to preventany further damage and the ceilingwas pulled to extinguish any furtherfire spread.

Investigation found the fire to becontained to the attic only and foundthe fire origin to be in the area of the

outer wall to the upper left of the frontdoor. JCFR noted that the fire appearedelectrical in nature and non-suspi-cious.

The fire had burned for some timeprior to the firebreak through into themain house attic.

The homeowner, Richard Mauran,was at home the time of the fire. Hesaid that some items in the house hadstopped working and the computer wasshut off. Smoke was then noticed andpopping in the attic could be heard.Mauran turned off themain breaker tothe house and he and his wife left thehouse and went across the street andcalled 911.

The Florida State Fire Marshall’sOffice was contacted but no responsefrom the fire marshal was required.

The Maurans were offered RedCross, but had a friend to stay with.

The home was insured.Approximately 1,500 gallons of waterwas used to extinguish the fire.

Thursdaymorning, Sept. 1, requires thatcitizens interested in serving on volun-teer boards fill out the appropriate paper-work.

The policy, as Planning AttorneyScott Shirley informed theboard, evolvedover a series of workshops, with himmaking the appropriate revisions to thedocument each time. The policy appliesto the Planning Commission, CodeEnforcement Board, Value AdjustmentBoard, Animal Control Board,Contractor Licensing Board, and theadvisory boards for affordable housing,library services, and parks and recre-ation.

Among other things, the policyrequires that vacant seats on volunteerboards be advertised; mandates thatappointees be county residents; estab-lishes the length of terms of office; pre-vents simultaneous membership on cer-tain boards; and provides for removal ofappointees who don’t attend meetingsregularly.

Shirley offered as a final proposalthat citizens serving on volunteer boardsbe exempt from having to complete theapplication form. Rather, it could be thatsuch individuals would be allowed sim-ply to submit a letter of interest statingtheir desire to be reappointed, he sug-gested.

Commissioners Danny Monroe andJohn Nelson considered the proposalreasonable, noting that planners hadtaken exception at having to submitapplications after they had served foryears.

Dick Bailar, a citizen who serves onvarious volunteer boards, disagreed.

“I don’t want to be a gadfly, but itseems to me that we’re setting a base-

line,” Bailar said. “And we’re setting aprecedent by saying that some of usdon’t have to be part of the baselinebecause we’re part of the team. Weshouldn’t take it as an offense to have tofill out the application. If it’s meaning-less, why require it in the first place?The process should be the same foreverybody.”

Commissioner Betsy Barfieldagreed.

“I think we need the basic informa-tion from our members,” she said. “Iknow our planning commissioners havebeen disappointed, but I think it’s a wayfor us to have information on file and ona cross section of the community… Ithink if we make exceptions for somepeople and not others, it’s counterpro-ductive to what we’re trying to do.”

Commission Chairman StephenFulford was in agreement, noting thatthe application didn’t ask for anythingthat he hadn’t volunteered on his cam-paign literature when running for office.

“No one has to fill out the entireapplication,” he said. “But the moreinformation they put down, the bettertheir chances if the process becomescompetitive. I don’t find the applicationonerous…It establishes a baseline and Ithink the public and everyone needs toknowwho’s serving them. ”

In the end the board rejectedShirley’s proposal, but it softened therequirement by noting that it would beflexible in allowing resumes to be substi-tuted for the application, aswell as allow-ing for applicants to determine howextensively they would complete theform. The caveat, of course, was that anincomplete form might well jeopardizean applicant’s chance of appointment.

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Monticello was alivewith the sound of music,on opening night, Friday,when “The Sound ofMusic,” was performedby the Monticello Acting&DanceCo., produced byM&M Productions,directed and choreo-graphed by MelanieMays, and the OperaHouse reverberated withglorious vocal andorchestral music.

The internationallanguage of Music in theshow evokes emotionsranging from isolation,anxiety, happiness, to allthose emotions inbetween, and thus touch-es all peoples in allplaces.

This M&M produc-tion deserves to be called“professional,” becauseof the hard work, andresulting success, oflocal residents, both onand off stage. Not onlyare a number of per-formers professionallytrained, but they sharetheir expertise with oth-ers to make this showone which should not bemissed.

With a large cast ofsingers, actors, anddancers, and an orches-tra overflowing the pit,the sheer number of per-formers makes it impos-sible to comment aboutall, nor to do justice tothe heart-warming emo-tions the productionevokes. Kudos to all for afine performance.

As the show begins,set in Salzburg, Austria,just prior to WW II, in adarkened theatre, nunscarrying lighted candles,come forth to join those

already in view, singing“Dixit Dominus” (So saidthe Lord), with voicesthat can best bedescribed as angelic, andemotionally moving insound and sense.

The nuns sing at var-ious times during theshow, and it is obviousthat not only did theyhave to learn the music,but also the pronuncia-tion of the Latin words,to make their singingflawless.

One of the postu-lants, from the NonnbergAbby is late, in joiningthe above mentionednuns, as she lingers toadmire the beautifulhills where she wasraised. She is Maria,(Bethany Sheats,) who isultimately advised by theMother Abbess (ChristiMcClure) that she shouldspend some time outsideof the Abbey to be sureshe is ready for the

monastic life.Sheats has a wide

range and melodiousvoice, and knows how touse music as a teachingtool, when she becomesthe governess of theseven children of widow-er Capt. Georg VonTrapp, played by JeffWhitty, who uses to bestadvantage the musicaltraining and experiencehe has had over theyears. He can be sternand military in disposi-

tion, but the magic ofmusic touches him allthe same.

In the role of hischildren are: CarolineMueller, RyanKoch, AlexBrookins, JonathanLitteral, Emily Mueller,Abigail Boyd, and LinaVargas.

Cast as Sr. Berthe,Mistress of Novices, isAngie Perry; Sr.Margaretta Mistress ofPostulants is Lisa

Litteral; and Sr. Sophia isRebekah Aman.

Other cast membersare: Franz, the butler,Daniel Johnson; FrauSchmidt, housekeeper,Elizabeth Sheats; RolfGruber, Caleb Goodman;Max Detweiler, DanLitteral; and ElsaShrader, Lisa Reasoner.

Also, Herr Zeller,Tom Vogelgesang;Admiral Von Schrieber,Brad Mueller; BaronessElberfeld/Nun, Pam

Mueler; Baron Elberfeld,Lloyd Thurber; and FrauZeller/Nun, MarissaBueschel.

Other nuns are:LeAnne Tychsen,Rachaell Britton,Bethany Litteral,Hannah Sheats, RebekahJohnson, and MollyWilson. Nazis areMichael Starling, andMark Koch.

Conducting theorchestra is Andrew

Ashburn, who began pri-vate conducting studywhen he was 15. He iscurrently a freshman atFSU School of Musicpursuing his B.M.Degree in ViolinPerformance.

In the orchestra are:Nicole Kessler, andDeanne Spencer (sub),Flute I; Danielle Alvarez,Flute II; Mary Abbott,Oboe; Ashlee Anderson,Clarinet I, Sheila Slik,Clarinet II; Deanne

Spencer, Bassoon; andSteve Brailsford,Trumpet. MichaelSimmons, Trumpet II;Aaron Hoffman,Percussion; JanisCourson, Piano.

In the violin sectionare: Bailey Salinaro,Concertmaster; AmandaAdams; Elise Ashburn,Violin I; and AaronVaughn, Principal; CamiYoung, Marcia Jordan,Geralyn Ashburn (sub),

Violin II. Mary Newman,Viola; Ansel Royale,Cello; and Dan Peterson,Elise Ashburn (sub),Bass.

The original “Soundof Music” opened onBroadway, Nov. 16, 1959,starringMaryMartin, asMaria, when she was 46,and Theodore Bikel. Itultimately closed June15, 1963 (despite a changeof theatres) after 1,443performances, and wasadapted as a filmmusicalin 1965 starring JulieAndrews andChristopher Plummer,which won five AcademyAwards.

This was the finalmusical written byRodgers andHammerstein, as the lat-ter died of cancer ninemonths after theBroadway premiere.

“Edelweiss” inwhich Austria’s nationalflower becomes a decla-ration of loyalty to thecountry itself, is sungnear the end of the play.Despite the belief ofsome, that “Edelweiss” isa traditional Austriansong, it was in fact writ-ten for the film, and didnot become known inAustria until after thesuccess of the film, crit-ics have noted.

Production creditsfor the local performanceinclude: Lisa Litteral,Vocal Director; JamesBrown, Vocal Coach;Abby Starling, StageManager; Dave Smith,Set Design; and DeniseTosado, Set Decorator.

Carol Bynum,Costume Design; JudiPersons, Betty Killough,Martha Hatfield, VelmaDeHart, and Helen Love,Seamstresses ToddRandall, TechnicalDirector; Mike Starling,Sr.; Mark Koch; RogerStadim; Jonathan Koch,Paul Nahoom, TomVogelgesang, GabeStarling; Dave Smith; SetCarpenters.

Abby Starling,Michael Starling, GabeStarling, Anna Bowling;Primer Crew.

Gabe Starling, AnnaBowling, AndrewTyschen, OliviaBrookins, KatherineHogg, Marta Vargas;Running Crew.

Samuel Hanks,Lighting; BrannanSalter, Apprentice; CalebVaughn, Follow Spot;Travis Spencer, MusicMasters, Sound; TammyBrookins, HouseManager; LauraBenMoore, T-shirt design;Lisa Starling, T-shirtsales; Pam Mueller,Photographer; PamSmith, Program Design;Mark Koch, Publicity.

Performances con-tinue, preceded by a deli-cious dinner prepared byCarrie Ann andCompany, 8 p.m. Sept 16,17, 23, 24, with matineesSept. 18 and 25. Call theOpera House at 997-4242for more informationabout tickets and dinnerreservations.



Playing the roles of the Von Trapp children, of the “Sound of Music” in no particular order, are: CarolineMueller, Ryan Korch, Alex Brookins, Jonathan Litteral, Emily Mueller, Abigail Boyd and Lina Vargas. BethanySheats as Maria, is in the second row with the guitar.

‘The Sound of Music’ SpectacularAt Monticello Opera House

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1948 – 2011David I. Bitner, the

chairman of the RepublicanParty of Florida and a for-mer state lawmaker, died athis home in Monticello, FLon Thursday, September 8,2011 after a month-long battlewith amyotrophic lateralsclerosis (ALS.) He was a lov-ing husband, father, grandfa-ther, great grandfather andfriend to many around thestate of Florida.

Born in Hagerstown,MD, Bitner grew up on afarm. He graduated fromNorth Hagerstown HighSchool. Even late into his life,he prided himself on keeping‘farm hours’ by reporting towork early and staying late.

Bitner relocated toSouthwest Florida andserved for many years as thegeneral manager of the PortCharlotte-based CharlotteSun-Herald. Over the courseof a decade, he transformedthe Sun-Herald into one ofthe most successful newspa-pers in Southwest Florida.

“Dave came to workwith the free weekly when wehad only four employees,”said Derek Dunn-Rankin,chairman of the SuncoastMedia Group. “He was thekey player in building it intoa significant daily newspa-per.”

In 1990, Bitner sold hisinterest in the newspaperand joined his wife Wendy, instarting Sun Specialties, aprovider of company promo-tional products and businessgifts. In 1992, he was electedby the people of District 71 toserve as State Representativein the Florida House ofRepresentatives.

As a legislator, heearned a reputation as ahardworking, common senseconservative leader commit-ted to enacting laws such astort reform, stricter penal-ties for criminals and areduction in taxes. A tirelessdefender of Republican poli-cies, Bitner is credited withaiding in the Republicanresurgence in the FloridaHouse during the 1990s andpassing policies to cut thesize of Florida’s government,lower taxes and reduce frivo-lous lawsuits. One of his keylegislative accomplishmentswas his sponsorship ofFlorida’s ‘name change’ law,ensuring the record of pris-oners incarcerated underone name and released underanother reflected their com-plete criminal record.

In Charlotte County,Bitner remained active aspresident of the CharlotteCounty Cultural Center, pres-ident of the CharlotteCounty Chamber ofCommerce and as a memberof the Charlotte Countychapter of Big Brothers &Big Sisters and the YMCA.He was also involved in localhigh school booster pro-grams.

During his first twoterms, Bitner served in theminority, but helped theRepublican Party gain themajority in the FloridaHouse during his third andfourth terms under HouseSpeaker Webster and

Thrasher, then underGovernor Jeb Bush.

Throughout his years ofservice, Bitner was honoredby several statewide organi-zations. In 1994 he was hon-ored by the FloridaHomebuilders Association as‘Legislator of the Year’ and‘Legislator of the Year’ bythe Florida EconomicDevelopment Council in 1997.He was also recognized bythe Florida Association ofPostsecondary Schools andColleges as an ‘OutstandingLegislator’ and by theUniversity of Florida for his‘Dedication, Leadership andSupport of HigherEducation.’ Other honorsinclude a ‘LegislativeLeadership Award’ from theFlorida RestaurantAssociation, a ‘Friend of theFamily Award’ by theChristian Coalition ofFlorida and the HouseRepublican Champion ofWorkers’ CompensationReform.

In 2000, Bitner wasasked by then-Governor JebBush to travel the state andcampaign for George W. Bushfor President. Throughoutthe campaign, he traveledacross Florida to knock ondoors, attend rallies andmake phone calls, playing acritical role as a liaisonbetween the Bush Campaignand the 67 RepublicanExecutive Committee mem-bers throughout Florida.

Following his tenure asa state representative, joinedby his wife Wendy, Bitnerpermanently relocated to theTallahassee area and found-ed the government-consult-ing firm of Bitner &Associates. While his love forpolitics drove him to serve asa lawmaker, baseball was hissecond passion; and while atBitner & Associates, he rep-resented Major League teamsincluding his belovedBaltimore Orioles. He iscredited with helping to keepseveral major league base-ball teams in Florida forspring training and also help-ing to lure the Tampa BayRays to his former home ofPort Charlotte for springtraining in 2008.

Since leaving the state-house, Bitner remainedactive in Republican Partypolitics as a Jefferson Countyprecinct committeeman and amember of the JeffersonCounty Republican ExecutiveCommittee. He and his wifeWendy walked door-to-doorfor many candidates acrossthe state of Florida, including

candidates for the FloridaHouse of Representatives andFlorida Senate.

In early 2011, Bitner waselected Chairman of theRepublican Party of Florida.During his tenure, ChairmanBitner traveled the stateextensively, meeting withlocal Republican clubs andhelping to unify the party. Healso worked to honorFlorida’s nearly 250,000 mili-tary veterans through the‘Greatest Generation Tour’across Florida.

Even in the face of thechallenge posed by ALS,Chairman Bitner worked tire-lessly to raise funds, meetRepublican and conservativeleaders and improve organi-zation within the party’sranks around the state.

Bitner and his wifeWendy marked 20 years ofmarriage in 2010 and residein Monticello. Both are thefounders of JeffersonOutreach for Youth, Inc (JOY)to help underprivileged chil-dren in Jefferson County. Inhis spare time, he enjoyedwoodworking, tending to theanimals on his farm and dis-cussing politics.

He is survived by his lov-ing wife Wendy M. Bitner ofMonticello; a daughterJennifer Blackburn of NorthPort, FL; three sisters DebbiePoff of Sarasota, FL, DarleneMuse of Winter Haven, FLand Dawn Lewis ofHagerstown, MD; a brotherDon Bitner of Tallahassee;mother-in-law SandieChecchia of Port Charlotteand father-in-law Damian(Lisa) Wojdula of Englewood,FL; brother-in-law StevenWojdula of Venice, FL; grand-children Kelly Plueger, DylanHixson, Amanda Blackburnand Bob Blackburn; and agreat grandson PhoenixPlueger.

A ‘Celebration of Life’memorial service for Davewill be held at 3 p.m. onThursday, September 15, 2011at WC Dover Farm: 534 DoverRoad, Havana, FL 32333.Memorial services will alsobe held at a later date in PortCharlotte.

In lieu of flowers thefamily suggests contributionsto J.O.Y.: P.O. Box 206, Lloyd,FL 32337. Friends may visitonline at www.robersonfh.com to sign the memo-ry book and extend condo-lences to the family. BeggsFuneral Home in Monticelloand Roberson Funeral Home& Crematory in PortCharlotte are handling thearrangements for the family.


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ness showed to usduring this difficult

time. We are eternallygrateful to you all.The Plummer Family(Clifford and Joyce)

OUR HEART SAYSTHANK YOU

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we feelThe kindness thatyou showed wasdisplayed so real

May the Lord foreverkeep you under theshadow of His wing

So when you call on Hisname your heart will

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SEPTEMBER 14 - 30Jefferson Arts will feature the SwampBuddha Sumi-e exhibit throughSeptember 28. The gallery is open from 10a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesdays andSaturdays, or by appointment located at575 West Washington Street, in downtownMonticello. Call 850-997-3311 for moreinformation. There is no charge and thegift shop will be open.

SEPTEMBER 15Jefferson County Lions Club meets at 1p.m. on the first Tuesday and at 5 p.m. onthe third Thursday of each month at theRare Door Restaurant, in the meetingroom on North Cherry Street. For moreinformation contact Lion Debbie at 850-997-0901, leave a message.

SEPTEMBER 15The CHP Savvy Senior monthly outreachprogram, sponsored by Capital HealthPlan, will begin at 12:15 p.m. on Thursdayat the Jefferson County Bailar PublicLibrary. This free monthly program is onein a series of lunch and learn programsfor older adults who want to learn moreabout creating and maintaining healthy,happy, and active lifestyles. The programwill be presented by Mary Goble, MSN RNand hosted by Anna Johnson Riedel.Bring a bag lunch; drinks will be provid-ed. For more information about this pro-gram and to make reservations call 850-523-7333.

SEPTEMBER 15You may qualify for assistance throughthe Capital Area Community ActionAgency Weatherization AssistanceProgram. The program reduces heatingand cooling costs by improving the energyefficiency of the home. Contact Rev.George Smith at 850-997-6114 for anappointment from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on thethird Thursday at First Baptist Church ofLloyd. Homes in Jefferson County areneeded for weatherization. Or, contact PatHall or Melissa Watson at 850-997-8231 foradditional information, and other servic-es currently being offered. This is free tothe client.

SEPTEMBER 15AA meetings are held weekly at 8 p.m. onThursdays at the Christ Episcopal Churchannex, 425 North Cherry Street. For moreinformation call 850-997-2129 or 850-997-1955.

SEPTEMBER 16 - 25The Sound of Music at the Opera Housewill run Friday and Saturday eveningsand Sunday afternoons through themonth. Pre-show dinner or lunch is avail-able for all performances by advancereservation. Show only tickets are alsoavailable. For ticket sales or informationvisit www.Monticello OperaHouse.org orcall 850-997-4242. The Monticello Acting &Dance Co., under the direction of M&MProductions presents this musical.

SEPTEMBER 17Dog Wash from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdayat Wag the Dog, benefiting the JeffersonCounty Humane Society. To volunteer,contact Carolyn Kempton at 850-556-3900.A $5 donation is suggested.

SEPTEMBER 17Road CRU Car Club meets at 5 p.m. everythird Saturday on North Cherry Street infront of the Rare Door restaurant. Thereis a 50/50 drawing and lots of door prizes.Everyone is welcome to join the activitiesand see some awesome cars. Contact RayFoskey at 850-997-0607 for more informa-tion.

SEPTEMBER 17NFCC Green Industries Institute inMonticello will hold a ‘Seed Starting’short course, Organic Gardening 101, onSaturday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Classes areopen for registration at www.nfcc.edu/green-industries [email protected] or850-973-1702.

SEPTEMBER 17Dixie Community Center, in historicalDixie, GA, is open on the first and thirdSaturday nights for an evening of musicanddancingwith live, localbands.Free linedance classes begin at 5:30 p.m.with the funto follow at 7 p.m. For more informationcontact Kenneth Price at 1-229-263-7231.

SEPTEMBER 17Tunnels and Light, the Pipe Ceremony,the Telling and the Sacred Circle withMiesha Larkins from 10 a.m. to 1p.m. onSaturday at One Heart Earth Center. Theday will begin with the Talking StickSharing; arrive by 9:30 to register and toget settled in. A Pot Luck lunch will beserved. One Heart Earth Center is locatedat 450 West Madison Street and is a 501 c 3non-profit and tax-deductible. Go to [email protected] orcontact Sallie Worley at 850-997-7373 forreservations and for more information.


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Randy Pople was the guest speaker at the Wednes-day, September 7meeting of theMonticello Kiwanis. Heis president of Capital City Trust Company in Tallahas-see, FL. He spoke to the membership about our nation’sfinancial balance sheet, specifically with regard tospending and the national debt.

His experience includes management roles in thetrust divisions of Wachovia Bank & Trust in WinstonSalem, NC and First Tennessee Bank in Memphis, TN,as well as trust consulting while a partner with CannonFinancial Institute.

Pople is the past president of the trust division ofthe Florida Bankers Association and the Tallahassee Re-gional Estate Planning Council. He is also past chair-man of the Leon County Investment OversightCommittee and a board member of Elder Care Servicesand the Tallahassee Community College Foundation,and he sits on the Foundation for Indigent Guardian-ship.

In the past, he has served on the board for Big BendCares, the Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science,and the Red Cross. He is currently an instructor at theFlorida Bankers Association Trust School, and a regu-lar speaker at Trust Banking Seminars and conferences.

As professional asset managers for more than 50years, Capital City Trust Company has earned the re-spect and confidence of its clients. Through disciplinedinvestment management and service offerings, CapitalCity Trust Company provides clients with peace ofmind, asset protection and effective estate planning.With a solid, personalized approach to developing andmanaging personal and corporate wealth, Capital CityTrust Company is a proven leader in the financial serv-ices industry.

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According toMervMattair, or-ganizer of the Men ofR.O.Y.A.L.T.Y. program, it is aknown fact that the role of a re-sponsible father is vital to theproper health of his children.Therefore, we can no longer over-look or take for granted the need toeducate every willing father orsoon-to-be father. The chances arebetter for a child to have a healthystartwhen the father is involved ina positive and productive way.

Recently, five local fathers ded-icated their time to completing a12-session 24/7Dad curriculum, in-structed byMarvin ‘Merv’Mattair,and sponsored by the MadisonCountyHealthDepartment, theKi-wanis and the Arbours Apart-ments complex managers.

Men are invited to join in fu-ture Fatherhood Huddles, so thatyou can become more knowledge-able in the area of being amore ef-fective father. If you are interested,don’t hesitate to contactMattair at850-673-1003. Go towww.kingsqueens.org for informa-tion about the programs offered.You can do this!

Alfonso Frazier successfullycompleted the recent 24/7 Dad Pro-gram and offers his take on the ex-perience: “The 24/7 Dad Programhas been a blessing to me in my en-deavor to become a better father. Notonly did I gain valuable knowledgeon becoming a better father, but onbecoming a better husband, workerandways to servemy community. Afew of the topics we touched on in-cluded: Family History (why I dowhat I do,) What It Means To Be AMan, The Father’s Role, Getting In-volved, Communication With TheMom and somuchmore. To be hon-est, before being introduced to the

Father Hood Huddles and the 24/7Dad Program I thought I knew allthere was to being a father; bigmis-take! As men we have to let go ofpride and have a teachable Spirit(Godly.) The 24/7DadProgramhasbeen a life-changing experience formy co-workers and for me. I chal-lenge all fathers, new dads and sea-soned dads to get involved in theseFatherhood Huddles and become apart of this life-changing experi-

ence. And, with the help of God, wecan transform our communities.”

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The lineup has been set for the Gospel MusicSpectacular, which will take place on Saturday,September 24, at Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park inMadison, FL. The concert will begin at 7 p.m.

The lineup for this event will feature the clas-sic quartet, Dixie Echoes. Celebrating over 50years of gospel music, the group continues to havesuccess performing the music the old fashionway, just four voices, two mics and a piano.

One of the youngest groups to take the stagewill be LifeSong. This group will perform songs

from their latest project, as well as gospel classics.The group is comprised of Ethan Brooks, singingbaritone; Bryant Thigpen, taking lead; andJessica Ratliff, singing alto.

Back by popular demand this year is HeavenSound who are making their way back to the plat-form. They will performwith a three-piece band…a crowd favorite. The group is made up of SnoopyStanley, Trish and Trampus McCoy, TraciePritchett, Cindy Musgrove and Janet Carter.

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Tri County Ministries will host amusical concert beginning at 6 p.m. onSaturday, October 8 in the JeffersonCounty High School auditorium, onSouth Water Street. Guests will beApostle J.L. Cash and Prophetess JaniceLewis from Tampa, FL. Musical groupswill include ‘Praise’ along with otherlocal groups and choirs.

For more information contactApostle Marvin Graham at 850-212-7669.


First Baptist Church of Lloyd held its officialkick-off of the new fall youth program onWednesday, September 7.

Youth Pastor Kevin Harvin has totally revampedthe program at FBC Lloyd, and created a programthat will promote spiritual growth for young peoplewhile providing opportunities for youth to put theirfaith into action. ‘The Potter’s Wheel’ for youth ingrades 6 to 12 will emphasize molding and shapingyoung people for service in God’s Kingdom. PastorHarvin, assisted by Casey Gunnels, will lead theWednesday night program. The program will con-sist of praise and worship music, sound Bible teach-ing and recreational games that build teamwork andpromote fellowship.

Pastor Harvin and Gunnels will rotate variousduties each month to give studentsa variety of looks inministry. In additionto the regularWednesday nightprogram, that startat 6:45 p.m., studentscan share a meal together during the Wednesdaynight supper hour, or compete against each otherusing the youth Wii game system in the youth roombefore services begin.

By rotating music, teaching and recreationalresponsibilities and providing opportunities for fel-lowship and game competition, Pastor Harvin hopesto keep things exciting and interesting at FBC Lloyd.

The FBC Lloyd’s Sunday Night youth program,which begins at 5:30 p.m., will give students hands-on opportunities to develop their gifts and skill forministry. CSI Youth (Christians SeekingInvolvement) will give students the opportunity towork with puppets, create puppet props, developmusic skills and show off their acting skills throughdrama. This program will be divided into three 30-minute segments called ‘Roof Monkeys’ (puppets,)‘Shouts of Praise’ (music) and ‘Behind the Mask’(drama.) The goal of CSI Youth is to help students benot only hearers of God’s Word but doers as theyminister to the community and share the gospelthrough a variety of different means.

With over 20 years of ministry experiencePastor Harvin still seeks new and innovative ideasfor ministry. A part of this innovative approach wasto start a mentor program for students who felt acall to ministry. This mentor program opened thedoor for Gunnels to work alongside Pastor Harvinand learn how to do youth ministry. Together theybring a new dimension to youth ministry; withPastor Harvin providing the wisdom and experiencewhile Gunnels brings the enthusiasm and excite-ment of youth.

For more information about the FBC LloydYouth Ministry contact the church office at 850-997-5309.


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Dr. Rick Kelley, Pastor

Sunday School.............................9:45 AMSunday Morning Worship.........11:00 AMSunday Evening Worship...........6:00 PMWednesday Bible Study..............6:30 PMChildren’s Church - Ages 4-6....11:30 AM

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OLIVE BAPTIST CHURCH7369 Boston Hwy.850-997-1596

Bro. Art Beal, Interim Pastor

Sunday Bible Study...........................10:00 AMSundayWorship.................................11:00 AMSunday Evening.................................. 6:00 PM

WednesdayBible & PrayerMeeting....................... 7:00 PM

9472 South Jefferson Highway, CappsU.S.19 @Highway 27

850-997-1066, [email protected]

Pastor /Teacher Charles G. Smith, Sr.

Sunday School...........................9:45 AMSunday Morning Worship..........11:00 AM2nd Sunday Youth........................11:00 AM4th Sunday Service........................8:00 PMTuesday Prayer Meetingand Bible Study..............................7:00 PM

Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Inc63 Tinnell Road

Monticello, FL. 32344850-997-0399

District Elder Tony Lane, PastorServices:Sunday

Bible School................................................................9:45 AMMorning Worship.....................................................11:00 AM

1st Sunday Holy Communion ServiceMonday

Wings of Prayer.........................................................5:00 PMWednesday

Noonday Prayer.......................................................12:00 PM(Mid-Week Church Fasting Day)

1st WednesdayPraise and Worship....................................................7:30 PMPrayer.........................................................................7:00 PMBible Class...................................................................7:30 PM

1st, 4th, 5th SaturdayPrayer.........................................................................9:00 AM

EverydayMorning Universal Prayer.......................................6:00 AM

MT. PLEASANT MINISTRIESOF CAPPS, FL.

REFUGE IN AUCILLA

ST. MARGARETCATHOLIC CHURCH1565 East Washington StreetMonticello • 973-2428

(One mile east of the Court House on US 90)Fr. Viet Tan Huynh

Sunday Mass...............................11:00 AMWed. followed by Novena............7:00 PM

1st & 3rd SaturdaySpanish Mass................................7:00 PM

425 North Cherry Street • Monticello • 997-4116www.ChristChurchMonticello.com

Rev. Buzz YarboroughCommunicating the Good News of Jesus Christ since 1840Sunday 9:00 AM............Adult and Children Sunday School

10:00 AM ................................Holy EucharistNursery provided for children under 5

ELIZABETHBAPTIST CHURCH

4124 Bassett Dairy Rd • Monticello • 997-8444Email: [email protected]

Dr Dean Spivey, PastorStudent Pastor, Don Self

Sunday Worship Service..............8:30 AMSunday: Bible Study.....................9:45 AMWorship Service..........................11:00 AMChoir Practice...............................6:00 PMWorship Service...........................7:00 PM

WednesdayChildren/Student Ministry...........3:30 PMSenior Adult Choir Practice...........7:00 PMRA’s, GA’s, Mission Friends & Youth.6:00 PMBible Study/Prayer Meeting...........6:00 PM

CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

CHURCH OF THE NAZARENEUS 19N 1590N. Jefferson Street

997-39061285Magnolia Ave.

Debra@[email protected]. TimothyHildreth

Sunday School..................................9:45 AMMorningWorship..........................10:45 AM

Wednesday EveningSupper...................................................5:30 PMSmall Group Breakout.....................6:30 PMBible Study & PrayerMeeting............6:30 PM

SaturdaySpanish Church Services....................7:30 PM

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCHOF LLOYD

124 St. Louis Street • Lloyd • 997-5309www.fbclloyd.com

Pastor George L. SmithSunday

Sunday School..............................9:15 AMPraise & Worship.......................10:30 AMAWANA (ages 3yr-6th grade).....5:00 PMImpact 4Jesus (Grades 6th-College)5:30 PMPraise & Worship.........................6:00 PMAdult Choir...................................7:00 PM

WednesdayFamily Supper..............................5:45 PMWorship........................................7:00 PMJoyful Sounds Children’s Choir...7:00 PM5th quarter Youth.........................7:00 PM

1st & 3rd MondayMighty Monday-Ladies Bible Study...6:30 PM

2nd ThursdayLloyd Silver Saints......................11:00 AM

3rd ThursdayW.W.Diners(Widows/Widowers outing)...5:30PM

3rd SaturdayBrotherhood.................................8:00 AM

CENTRAL BAPTISTCHURCH

625 Tindell Road • Aucilla • 997-2081P.O. Box 163 • Monticello

Pastor Daryl Adams 850-251-0129

Sunday School..............................9:45 AMSunday Worship Service............11:00 AMChoir Practice..............................5:00 PMWorship Service..........................6:00 PM

WednesdayFellowship Meal..........................6:30 PMPrayer Meeting/Bible Study........7:00 PM

MEMORIAL M.B. CHURCH780 Second Street • Monticello • 997-4947

Moderator J.B. Duval, Pastor

Worship Services 2nd and 4th SundaysSunday School (every Sunday)....9:30 AMSunday Worship.........................11:00 AMChildren's Worship.....................11:00 AM

WednesdayFellowship Meal..........................6:30 PMPrayer Meeting/Bible Study.......7:00 PM

325 W. Walnut Street • MonticelloPastor Wayne Cook 997-5545

Sunday Praise & Worship...........8:30 AMSunday School.............................9:30 AMTraditional Worship...................11:00 AMYouth Group................................5:30 PM

STARTING SEPTEMBER 7, 2011WEDNESDAY NIGHT ACTIVITIES

Bible Study.............................................4:15Musical Academy..................................5:00Prayer Group..........................................5:15Fellowship Meal....................................6:00Chancel Choir Practice..........................6:30

FIRST UNITEDMETHODIST CHURCH

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METHODIST CHURCH14492 Waukeenah Hwy/ P.O. Box 411Wacissa • 997-2179 or 997-1769

Pastor James Gamble

Sunday School.............................9:45 AMSunday Morning.........................10:55 AMSunday Bible Study.....................6:30 PM

WednesdayPrayer Meeting............................6:30 PMYouth Group.................................6:00 PMChoir Practice...............................7:30 PM

VIVIAN MILESEverydaywe live is a special gift

fromaboveAnother day on the pathway,more to help and love

Jesus says, “I am theway, thetruth and the life”

There is no substitute it causesstrife

Read theBible everydayMeditating on thewordwill payIt is time to pause and thinkwherewe are goingRead theBible,for in it is knowing

For us ourGod has a planLet us not depart just hold

His handOur lifetime is short we knowLive it forGod,make it so

Weare boundwith the love ofJesus

Our joy is as a river flowingaround us

Children are as jewels on displayKeep themshining, for it will pay

As the day fadesaway as in a race

Feast richly at the table ofGraceOur own life’s design i

s sure to failFor it ismore like a fairy tale.

Daily Truth

CAPITAL HEIGHTSBAPTIST CHURCH

7150 Apalachee Pkwy • Tallahasseewww.chbaptistchurch.org

Pastor Derrick Burrus 850-345-0425Youth Pastor Ron Thrash 850-459-6490

Sunday School...........................10:00 AMSunday Worship.........................11:00 AMChildren’s Chapel........................11:00 AMSunday Evening...........................6:00 PMWednesday Evening....................7:00 PM

Prayer Meeting and Bible StudyClasses for Students

Rev. James L. SnyderFamily OfGod Fellowship

As I was listening tothe president give hisspeech on the country’seconomy last week I wassimultaneously tryingto balance my check-book. Math was nevermy strong suit. In fact,when it comes to math, Ido not wear a suit at all.I would wear my birth-day suit but it is toowrinkled and believeme, spandex is stretch-ing it too much.

Oddly enough, mycheckbook balance isnever the same as thebalance on the state-ment from the bank. Mybank’s haughty assump-tion is that they areright and I am wrong.

The thing thatgripes me is, as muchmoney as I am payingmy bank through all ofthe miscellaneous fees, Ishould not have to bal-ance my checkbook.That should be a servicegladly rendered by myfinancial institution.

The last time I wasin my bank, I coyly sug-gested this to the tellerand she looked at me,laughed as though I wastelling her a joke andthen handed me a lol-lipop. Believe me, bal-ancing my checkbook isno joking matter.

As I was workingover my checkbook, Iwas groaning, moaningand sighing ratherdeeply. Enough so, thatit disturbed my residen-tial companion. Finally,she said to me in thatsarcastic tone of voicereserved just for me,“What’s got you so dis-turbed tonight?”

At first, I did notwant to tell her. After all,it is my responsibility tobalance the checkbook.We have a wonderfulgive-and-take relation-ship. My responsibilityis to deposit money intothe checkbook while herresponsibility is to makesure the checks fly out ofour checkbook as quick-ly and smoothly as pos-sible. Then, somebody at

our financial institutioncame up with the bril-liant idea of the checkcard. Now the moneyflies out faster than itever did before.

Our money fliesfaster than the speed ofsound, but occasionallymy groans do catch upand tonight was onesuch night.

I looked at my wife,swallowed several timesand then blurted out, “Ithink we’re broke.”

After I said that, Idid feel a little bitrelieved. However, it didnot last long.

“What do you mean‘we’re broke?’”

The way she empha-sized the word “we’re”caused me a little bit ofuneasiness.

“I mean,” I tried toexplain; “we have runout of money.”

“Why should thatget you all riled up,” shesaid with a little bit ofchipper in her voice.Just a little more than Iwas comfortable withunder our present cir-cumstances. “The presi-dent’s on televisionright now telling us thatthe country’s broke. So Iguess that means wereall in the same boat.”

Both of us werequiet as we listened tothe president continuehis speech on the econo-my. Actually, I was a weebit more concernedabout the economicalcondition of my check-book then the country’seconomy.

I’m broke simplybecause I have morebills than I have money.The country is brokebecause it spends moneyon things other thanbills. And, when the gov-ernment runs out ofmoney all it has to do isto print more money.The thing that reallyaggravatesme is that if Iwould treat my check-book like the govern-ment treats its check-book the governmentwould have me arrestedand thrown in jail forthe rest of my life.Which, upon further

thought, may be a planout of my desperate eco-nomic disposition. Forin jail, the governmentwould pay all my bills.In jail, I would not havea grocery bill. All of mymedical needs would betaken care of by good oleUncle Sam. I certainlywould not have to savemoney for a rainy day.

Further considera-tion brought me to theconclusion that I maynot like some of the peo-ple in prison. After all,there may be formerpoliticians who arelocked up for some scan-dalous activity theywere caught at. Whowants to spend theirtime with that crowd?

Just as I was sinkingdeeper into the slough ofdespondency, my wife,as usual, came tomy res-cue. If I gave her a nick-el for every bright ideashe has come up with inour married life I wouldbe broke. Which, by theway, may be why I ambroke now.

Her amazing solu-tion was simply this…“We’re not broke, we’rejust financially chal-lenged.”

Why do I never comeup with all of these bril-liant ideas? Being brokeis one thing but beingfinancially challenged issomething altogetherdifferent. I do not want

to be broke. Now, thanksto my wife, I am nolonger broke I am sim-ply financially chal-lenged.

That sounds somuch better. I worriedmy heart sick thinking Iwas broke when in reali-ty I was merely finan-cially challenged. I won-der if I could somehowget this message to ourdear president. If I canget him a message Iwould simply say this,“Mr. President, ourcountry is not broke asyou are insinuating. Weare simply financiallychallenged.”

Everybody has hisor her own solution toproblems; especially ifit is a political problem.I like how the Bible putsit. “There is a way whichseemeth right unto aman, but the end there-of are the ways of death”(Proverbs 14:12 KJV)

Someone said it likethis, “a rose by anyother name is still arose.”

Rev. James L. Snyderlives with his wife,Martha, in SilverSprings Shores. He maybe contacted for commentat 352-687-4240 or emailto [email protected] church websiteis www.whatafellowship.com

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INDIAN SPRINGSBAPTIST CHURCH

5593 Veterans Memorial Drive (Hwy 59)Tallahassee • 850-893-5296

www.indianspringsbaptistchurch.comRev. Greg Roberts

Sunday School.............................9:45 AMSunday Worship.........................11:00 AMChildren's Worship.....................11:00 AM

WednesdayFellowship Meal...........................7:00 PMPrayer Meeting.............................7:45 PM

TRANSFORMING LIFE CHURCHASSEMBLY OF GOD

1206 Springfield Road • Lloyd • 997-TLC7 (8527)Pastors TimandBeverlyBuchholtz

www.TransformingLifeChurch.com

Sunday................................................ 10:30 AMSundayMorning Praise andWorship

Children’s ChurchInfants & Toddler Nursery

Wednesday............................................7:00 PMPraise &Worship

Adult & Teen Bible StudyYoung Explorers (K-5th Grade)

GREATER FELLOWSHIPBAPTIST CHURCH

690 Cypress Street Monticello 850-997-4375“Standing FirmOn TheWordOf God”

Dr.MelvinRoberts, Pastor

Sunday Church School....................10:00 A.M.Sunday Praise &Worship..................11:15 A.M.2nd Sunday Youth Praise &Worship

4th Sunday Individual OutreachMinistry & Fellowship3rd SundayHoly Communion

Wednesday EveningsPrayerMeeting....................................6:30 P.M.Bible Study...........................................7:00 P.M. 1599 Springhollow Road • Monticello • 850-212-7669

Pastor Marvin Graham

Sunday Worship...................................10:30 AMSunday Worship 1 & 3..............2:00 PM-4:00 PMEvery 2nd & 4th Sunday........................6:00 PMTuesday Bible Study..............................7:00 PMAA Tuesday.............................................8:00 PMWednesday Bible Study.............................7:00 PMWed. Young People Bible Study.............7:00 PMWed. Counseling.....................5:30 PM-8:30 PMThurs. Jail Ministry...............7:00 PM-9:00 PM

WAUKEENAH UNITED METHODIST81 Methodist Church Rd • Waukeenah • 997-2171

www.waukeenah-umc.orgPastor Donald Thompson, Jr.

Sunday School.............................9:45 AMSunday Worship.........................11:00 AMYouth Group.................................7:00 PM

WednesdayChoir Practice..............................7:00 PMYouth Group.................................7:00 PM

Family Fellowship2nd Thursday of each month

Thrift Store open every Saturday,8:00 AM-12:00 PM

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH290 East Dogwood Street • Monticello • 850-997-2252

Rev. Sharon Schuler, PastorSunday School..............................................9:45 AMSunday Worship(except last Sunday of month)..11:00 AMSonShine Worship(last Sunday of month).........9:00 AMAdult Bible Study-Wednesday..................6:30-7:30

PMMen’s Breakfast.................8:00 a.m. on 2nd Saturday

ST. RILLA MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH13 Barrington Road • Monticello • 850-997-8747

Rev. James Mack, PastorSunday School..................(Every Sunday)...9:45 AMMorning Worship...........(1st & 3rd Sundays)11:00

AMBible Study/Prayer Meeting- ......................................(Thursday before 1st & 3rd sunday)............. 7:30 PM.

HARVEST CHRISTIAN CENTER

4543 Waukeenah Hwy • Monticello -850-264-0802

Pastor Stephen Lenzo

Sunday School............................................9:45 AMSunday Worship........................................11:00 AM

Nursery ProvidedTues Bible Study............................................6:30PM

[email protected]

SARDIS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

RESTORED GLORYCHRISTIAN CENTER

1287 South Jefferson Street • 997-RGCC (7422)www.restoredglory.org

Pastor Eddie and Elder Veronica Yon

Sunday Church Service.............10:00 AMThursday Church Service............7:00 PM

Monday/TuesdayWomen’s Fellowship/ Fitness- 6:30 PM-7:30 PM

Monday & FridayTuesday Night Tae Bo...............6:30 PM-7:30 PMWednesday with Pastor........10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Saturday For Realville for teens- 6:00 PM - 8:00 PMMen’s Ministry every 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month

CODY PENTECOSTALHOLINESS CHURCH

3862 Tram Rd. • Monticello • 997-6774Pastors Donnie and Nancy Thomas

Sunday School..........................10:00 AMSunday Morning Worship.........11:00 AMSunday Evening Worship...........6:00 PMWednesday Worship...................7:00 PM

NEW HOPE MINISTRIESCHURCH OF GOD

415 E Palmer Mill Rd • Monticello • 997-1119newhope415@yahoo

Pastors Ray and Angel Hill

Sunday School...........................10:00 AMSunday Worship.........................11:00 AMSunday Prayer.............................6:00 PMWed. Family Training Hour........7:00 PM

ST. PHILLIP AME CHURCHHwy 27 South • (1 mile south of Hwy 59)

Monticello • 997-4226Rev. J. W. Tisdale

Sunday Morning..........................9:30 AMSunday Worship.........................11:00 AM

WednesdayPrayer & Bible..............................7:00 PM

LAMONT BAPTIST CHURCH850-997-6870-----P. O. Box 188

US27 Lamont, FL 32336www.lamontbaptistchurch.orgMark Holley, Pastor

Sunday School................................10:00amSunday Morning Worship...............11:00amSunday Evening Worship.................6:00pmBible Study and Choir Practice.........6:00pm(each Wed. night)JOY Club (just older youth 50+).......6:00pm(3rd Monday of each month)

CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH285 Magnolia St • Monticello • 997-2165

www.cbcflorida.orgDr. David E. Walker, Pastor

Sunday School..............................9:45 AMSunday Morning.........................11:00 AMSunday Evening...........................6:30 PMWednesday Evening....................7:00 PMWed. TRAC Club for teens...........7:00 PM

CHURCH

The PulpitI’M NOT BROKE, I’M JUST

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SEPTEMBER 16Tent of theHoly Guests offers prayer for the sick and a spe-cial scripture message every Friday at 7:30 p.m. Scripturetopics will be discussed. The Tent is located at 295 WestPalmerMill, in downtownMonticello.

SEPTEMBER 18Casa Bianca Missionary Baptist Church Usher Ministrywill celebrate its annual anniversary on Sunday at 3p.m. The speaker for this occasion is Rev. TimbreDenmark,accompanied by the Beth Page Missionary Baptist Churchfamily. Everyone is invited to come out and lift the name ofJesus.

SEPTEMBER 18Friendship Missionary Baptist Church on the ThompsonValley Road will host its Anniversary Program at 4 p.m. onSunday. Speaker for this annual celebration will be Dr.MelvinRobertswithGreaterFellowshipMBC.ContactTinaRoberts at 850-997-2622 formore information and directions.

SEPTEMBER 23, 24USDA Commodities Food Program and Second HarvestFood Bank have joined with New Bethel AME, ElizabethMB, Hickory Hill MB, Mt. Pleasant AME and PhiladelphiaMB churches to provide food to anyone needing assistanceincluding the needy, infants and the elderly. This is donemonthly with distribution from 8 to 9 a.m. usually on thefourth Saturday at the New Bethel AME Church located at6496AshvilleHighway.Volunteersarealsowelcome tocomeon Friday evening at 6 p.m. to help bag the food packages.Contact Nellie Randall at 850-997-5605 or 850-997-6929 to vol-unteer or formore information about the program.

SEPTEMBER 24Covenant Hospice will sponsor Camp Monarch, a one-daycamp, for bereaved childrenonSaturday, at theBeauTurnerYouth Conservation Center inMonticello. The camp is opento any child ages five to 15 that has experienced the loss of aloved one. Activities will include nature and wildlife explo-ration, fishing, arts and crafts andmore. Lunch, snacks andtransportationwill be provided.Check-inbegins at 9:30 a.m.;activities begin at 10:00 a.m.; the day concludes at 3:30 p.m.;and pre-registration is required. Contact BereavementSpecialist Bobbie Massey at [email protected] or 850-575-4998 if you haveany questions.

CHURCHCALENDAR


In their first race of the season the Aucilla Chris-tian Academy boys and girls cross country teams per-formed very well with the Lady Warriors finishingin fifth place and one of the girls setting a personalrecord and the boys finishing in seventh place withthree of them setting personal records.

Running for the Lady Warriors, Megan Giddensfinished in fifth place, being passed by one runnerand finishing with a time of 21:02, setting a personalrecord.

Taylor Copeland finished in sixth place, passedone runner and finished with a time of 21:03.

Sarah Tharpe finished 33rd, was passed by tworunners and finished with a time of 24:38.

Camryn Grant finished 43rd with a time of 26:11.Stephanie English finished 85th, passed five run-

ners and finished with a time of 30:20.Sarah Hall finished 90th, passing three runners

and finished with a time of 30:45.Sarah James finished 62nd, she was passed by

two runners and finished with a time of 30:55.Caroline Yaun finished 63rd, she was passed by

two runners and finished with a time of 31:06.Skylar Dickey finished 67th, was passed by one

runner and finished with a time of 31:59.SummerlynMarsh finished 101st, she passed nine

runners and finished with a time of 33:49.Sarah Riley finished 108th, she passed seven run-

ners and finished with a time of 36:02.Braden Mattingly finished in fifth place, was

passed by two runners and finished with a time of18:55.

Gatlin Nennstiel finished 39th, was passed by fourrunners and finished with a time of 19:49.

Donnie Kinsey finished 51st, he was passed by onerunner and finished with a time of 20:46.

Carson Nennstiel finished in 58th place, hepassed five runners and finishedwith a time of 21:27.

Timothy Finlayson finished 60th, he was passedby two runners and finished with a time of 21:36.

Brandon Slaughter finished 97th, was passed bytwo runners and finished with a time of 24:02.

Sam Hogg finished 104th, passed 11 runners andfinished with a time of 25:04, to set a personal record.

Dilyn Stowers finished 48th, passed two runnersand finished with a time of 25:23, setting a personalrecord.

Chaz Hamilton finished 49th, passed five runnersand finished with a time of 25:45.

Sammy Ritter finished 50th, passed 11 runnersand finished with a time of 25:48.

Cannon Randle finished 56th, passed six runnersand finished with a time of 26:08.

Stewart Dalzell finished 65th, passed four runnersand finished with a time of 26:57.

JT Ham finished 72nd, was passed by two runnersand finished with a time of 27:30.

Traynor Barker finished 75th, was passed by tworunners and finished with a time of 27:46.

Both teams compete again Saturday in the Lin-coln Invitational at Tom Brown Park at 10 a.m.


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TheAucillaChristianAcademy varsity War-riors winning streakcame to an end last weekwhen they faced offagainstOakHall andAu-cilla was dropped for a42-12 defeat to now stand2-1 on the season.

Coach Colby Robertsnamed the co-offensiveplayers of the week asJared Jackson, who had

100 reception yards andone touchdown; andTrent Roberts who had150 passing yards and twotouchdowns.

The defensive playerof the week was TylerJackson, who had twopass deflections and didnot allow a completedpass all night.

On the offensive sideof the field, Tyler Jack-son had 15 yards receiv-ing.

AustinBentleyhad 35receiving yards and onetouchdown.

Brad Holm had 30yards rushing.

Phillip Watts had 35rushing yards.

Jared Turner had 10yards rushing.

On the defensive sideof the field, Jared Turnerhad 12 tackles.

Gus Symernios had10 tackles.

Trent Roberts hadtwo quarterback sacksand four tackles.

TheWarriors face offFriday against St. John’sCountry Day, Friday, 7p.m., away.


The Aucilla Chris-tian Academy juniorvarsity Warriors foot-ball team faced offagainst Valwood, Thurs-day, September 8 and Au-

cilla walloped their op-ponent for a 27-6 victoryto now stand 2-0 on theseason. Thus far, ACAhas played two gamesand won both, withinthose two games theWarriors collected awhopping 53 points and

only allowed the oppo-nents to score six pointsaltogether.

Aucilla lost the tossand kicked to Valwoodbut quickly took overwith Nick Roberts re-turning an interceptionfor a 28-yard touchdown.

Timmy Burrus thenran in the two-point con-version.

The Warriorskicked again and againtook over when TimmyBurrus returned an in-terception 98 yards for atouchdown.

Austin Bishopkicked for the pointafter, bringing the scoreto 15-0.

Roberts led the de-fense with 10 tackles.

Burrus had seventackles and forced onefumble.

Bishop made seventackles including onequarterback sack.

Bryce Sandersonmade six tackles.

Jake Edwards hadfour tackles and recov-ered one fumble.

Erick Hutsell and P-cole Harrell each made

four tackles.Valwood found the

end zone in the secondquarter for six points.

Aucilla’s offensemoved the ball on theground well and only at-tempted six passes allnight. Three of thosepasses connected.

Hunter Handley hadone reception for 15yards.

Ricky Fin-layson caught twopasses for a total of38 yards.

Burrus had 95 yardstotal offense and scoredone offensive touch-down.

Roberts had 14yards rushing and oneoffensive touchdown.

“We are looking for-ward to facing Brook-wood in ThomasvilleThursday, September 15at 6 p.m., there. Theseboys are very coachableand work very well as ateam. They made neces-sary adjustments thisweek and I am veryproud of the way theyplayed,” said Coach Der-rick Burrus.


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Tyler Jackson, #6, is pictured right after catching the ball and turning to rundown the field, for the ACA Warriors.


The JeffersonCounty Middle HighSchool varsity Tigersfaced off against Madi-son County on the grid-iron last week and aftercommanding the firsthalf, the Tigers fell to a42-7 defeat to now stand1-1 on the season.

The first half of thegame was strictly defen-sive plays as both teamswould continually stopthe opposing offense.

Then, late in the sec-ond quarter, LadarianSmiley intercepted aCowboy pass meant forthe goal on about the ten-yard line and returned todown field for the Tigerslone touchdown, tocrowds erupting in thestands and on their feet,

cheering on theirbeloved Tigers. Jeffersoncinched the extra pointto put the score at 7-0 athalftime.

Levi Cobb also had apass interception duringthe first half.

The Madison Countymarching band per-formed for the halftimeshow and play got backunder way in the thirdquarter.

The Tigers defensecouldn’t hold on and re-peated holding callsagainst Jefferson sawthe Cowboys recover afumble and run it backfor a touchdown andthen they snagged theirsecond pass interceptionto make a first down,which led to Madison’ssecond touchdown of thegame.

Head Coach Jeremy

Brown said the repeatedpenalties is what sealedthe fate of Jefferson.

“Offensively wecould only get about 135yards altogether, approx-imately 60 yards in rush-ing and about 70 yards inpassing,” said Brown.“We just couldn’t catch abreak, we’re going tohave to start cutting ourown breaks,” he added.

On the defensiveside of the field, JacobPugh had nine tacklesand one quarterbacksack.

Smiley was namedas the defensive player ofthe week and Gene Noelwas named as the offen-sive player of the week.

The Tigers squareoff against Godby High,Friday at 7:30 p.m. atChiles High School.

Cowboys Drop Tigers 42-7

Quarterback Lenorris Footman prepares for a pass against the Cowboys.


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