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ONTICELLO NEWS

LAZARO ALEMANECB PublishingSenior Staff WriterKeeping the story alive in

the media while pressing theGovernor and Legislature to getthe Florida Department of Cor-rections (FDOC) to remove Jef-ferson Correctional Institution(JCI) from the list of 11 prisonsand work camps slated for clo-sure by midyear: That’s thestrategy that appears to be de-veloping among communityleaders and their legislative andother supporters to fight theproposed closing of JCI onApril 1. Please See PRISON Page 3

COMMUNITY RALLIESTO SAVE THE PRISONCOMMISSION HIRES LOBBYISTS TO FIGHT CLOSING

ECB Publishing Photos by Debbie Snapp, Jan. 20, 2012Citizens gather outside the Greater Fellow-

ship Missionary Baptist Church on CypressStreet on Friday preparatory to attending anemergency program on the prison closing.

FRAN HUNTECB PublishingStaff WriterA female driver was

killed on the Interstateover the weekend andFlorida Highway Patrol(FHP) is withholding thedriver’s identificationpending notification ofthe next of kin.FHP reported that at

8:19 p.m., Sunday night,January 22, the femalewas driving a 2006 Toyotatraveling westbound on I-10 in the inside lane atthe 217 mile marker. Robert Browning, 35,

of Youngstown, FL, wasdriving a 2000 Dodgepickup truck travelingeastbound on I-10 in theoutside lane. Dennis John Alexan-

der, 34, of Ashville, AL,was driving a 2005 Inter-national semi tractor andtrailer traveling east-bound a short distancebehind Browning’s vehi-cle. For unknown rea-

sons, the female traveled Please See DRIVER

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driverKilled oninterState

FRAN HUNTECB PublishingStaff WriterA man was seriously

injured following a two-car crash Saturdaymorning, January 21.Florida Highway Pa-

trol (FHP) reported thatat 7:50 a.m., Jabarren D.Moore, 26, of Tallahassee,was driving a 2012 DodgeAvenger traveling east onUS-27 in the left turnlane.Del E. Tucker, 44, of

Perry, FL was driving a1999 Ford F-250 travelingwest on US-27 in the out-side lane. In the vehicleas a passenger was Don.G. Helton, 19, also of Please See CRASH

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ManSeriouSlyinjuredin CraSh

LAZARO ALEMANECB PublishingSenior Staff WriterThree months after commissioners

approved a short-term contract for theservices of a mining expert to helpmake the county’s rock mining opera-tion more efficient and productive, thatexpert reported to the commission onthe progress of the project thus far.On Thursday morning, Jan. 5,

Randy Hatch, of Hatch Enterprises,shared with county officials a Power-

Point presentation showing the vari-ous activities undertaken at the 100-acre site near Pasture Road since hishiring. “This has been an interesting proj-

ect, and it has had its challenges,”Hatch said.He showed before and after photos

of the site, preparatory to making itready for dynamite blasting to get atthe deeper buried and hopefully betterquality materials. Please See MINING Page 3

LAZARO ALEMANECB PublishingSenior Staff WriterAn organizational restructuring plan that the

Jefferson County Commission recently approved forFire Rescue allows Chief Mark Matthews to havegreater oversight of his crews and more flexibility inthe hiring of personnel. As Matthews explained his proposal, under the

current arrangement — which he worked out withthe commission a few years back as a condition forhis return as chief and to help reduce the depart-ment’s costs — he now worked a regular shift, thesame as his people. The problem was that this arrangement made it

difficult for him to oversee the other two shifts or at-tend commission and other meetings, other than bydoing so during his off time, he said. Matthews said another of the pieces in the

arrangement to reduce cost was that one of the full-time positions had been left opened and staffed in-stead with part-time people. “This allows us to have enough part-time people

on hand so that when someone goes on vacation, wedon’t have to pay overtime,” Matthews said. He said the part-timers also provided a pool from

which he could hire full-time firefighters and EMTswhen the need arose. Not only did drawing from thispool reduce the advertising and processing and asso-ciated costs, Matthews said. But because these indi-viduals were already familiar with the operation,they could go straight to work and thus bypassed thelengthy and costly orientation period, he said.What he was proposing, Matthews said, was to

create another part-time position on the second shift,thus freeing him to do supervisory and administra-tion work. “My position would still be an hourly position

rather than a salary position,” he said. The reason Matthews previously stepped down

as chief was because the salary wasn’t compensatinghim sufficiently for the number of hours that he hadto dedicate to the job. After two other chiefs were un-able to make a go of the job for various reasons, how-ever, Matthews agreed to return, conditional on hisworking on an hourly basis.County Coordinator Roy Schleicher endorsed the

proposal, saying that the current arrangement hadproven beneficial to all concerned. “It’s to the chief ’s credit that we’ve been able to

keep the line items in his department steady andwithout increasing,” Schleicher said. “His people arealso managed in a way that’s comfortable with them.He’s been creative and innovative. This too is a betterway to provide oversight. Right now he’s the boss ofone shift and he doesn’t’ have administrative time.This will give more flexibility and more part-timepeople.”Commissioner John Nelson, whose background

is in firefighting, likewise endorsed the proposal. Hesaid the fire chief ’s responsibility was great and re-quired that he be present at the scene of fires to callPlease See FIRE RESCUE Page 3

Fire Rescue ChiefRestructures

His DepartmentIn Small Way

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Mining Expert Reports On Rock Mine’s Worth

FRAN HUNTECB PublishingStaff WriterCaptain Roger Mur-

phy advised that theMonticello Police De-partment (MPD) is cur-rently investigatingthree cases of counter-feit $100 bills that werepassed at two local busi-nesses. Two of the billswere passed at a busi-ness on North JeffersonStreet and another coun-terfeit bill was passed ata business on South Jef-ferson Street. Monday morning, Please See

COUNTERFEIT Page 3

MPD WORKING TWO CASES INCLUDING COUNTERFEIT BILLS

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At the Thursday nightBOCC meeting JCI Lieu-tenant and Captain made apassionate and concise ac-counting of the impact theprison closing will have onthe employees, their fami-lies and the community.Our entire community,local government and citi-zen groups have rallied be-hind this single issueforgetting their differencesand concentrating on re-versing the DOC decision. Icould not improve on thatspeech but here is some-thing to ponder. This situation’s firstdot was when this newsbroke catching our commu-nity and our state legisla-tors by surprise. How wasthis not known? Was thedecision made in the darkrather than the sunshine?The second dot was theclaim that the primary rea-son for the decision was tocut costs. Cutting costs is agood thing but makingdumb decisions to do it isjust dumb. The evaluationcriteria and associated datasheet shows two kinds ofcost – operating cost relatedto cost per inmate and capi-tal cost related to capital im-provements needed in thenext three years. There aresix prisons whose capitalneeds are between $2.154and $4.675 million and thereare seven prisons whosecapital needs are between$1.094 and $1.920 million.Seems the time value ofthese costs compared to thecost per inmate differences

would say that the millionsin capital cost would faroutweigh the dollar or twodifferences in per inmatecosts calculations. The third dot was thecriteria themselves. At acasual glance they seemreasonable and considereduntil you look at the scoringscale and the magical ‘Spe-cial Attributes’. It begs thequestion what came firstthe prison closing selec-tions or the process. Alter-natively was the processmade to fit the desired out-comes? Increasing the sizeof the third dot are ques-tions of apples to applescomparisons; for example,JCI has extra costs associ-ated with the psych inmatesfor medical treatment andmedications other prisonsdon’t. This makes you won-der what the real criteriawere for the decisions. Thefourth dot was informationshared by the JCI Lieu-tenant that the employeeshad initially understoodthere was choice open tothem to select their next as-signment based on whatwas available only to re-ceive a letter that said therewas no choice and assign-ments would be made byDOC. This could be inter-preted as take the job of-fered or resign. The fifth dot was a Tal-lahassee Democrat articleabout a bill that wouldallow the DOC to award pri-vatization (outsourcing)contracts without first pro-ducing a business case.

That means to me that acontract can be signed be-fore the cost-benefit analy-sis has been done. Seemsbackwards doesn’t it? Aconcern voiced on an NPRinterview was that this billis broad and could be usedby other state departmentsand functions. Increasingthe size of this dot is the as-sertion that the privatiza-tion (outsource) companieswill only commit to take the‘easier’ inmates makingany comparison with stateprisons lopsided and unfair.All this could be viewed asa strategy to spin that priva-tization (outsource) works,is good for the state andthereby its taxpayers. Fel-low taxpayers does this feelgood to you or make goodbusiness sense as it is? I’m generally not a be-liever in conspiracy theo-ries nor black helicopters.However connecting thesedots draws a picture of anarrogant government thatis testing to see if anyone isawake or willing to protest.Jefferson County is upagainst a Goliath and I onlyhope we can both reversethis poorly made decisionand shine a bright light onwhat appears to be back-room shenanigans. Ourelected officials should heara clear and unmistakablevoice about how this looksand how we feel about it.Make phone calls; sendemails and letters from thetop to the bottom.

Phil Calandra

Connect the DOC Dots

A few months ago, I received an emailfrom a good friend about quilts being madefor our veterans. It spoke of a woman,whose husband worked in Washington,D.C. and that she wanted to do somethingto stay busy so she volunteered and was as-signed to the Chaplain's office at WalterReed Medical Hospital. A Chaplain namedJohn Kallerson asked her to work on a pro-gram that he and a woman named Cather-ine Roberts created. The program wasnamed "Quilts of Valor". Chaplain Kaller-son loved the idea of giving a quilt to awounded soldier. It grew into a foundationthat distributes quilts to soldiers who haveserved in combat in any war but particu-larly the current wars. It began with Iraqand extended to Afghanistan and then ex-tended to include Vietnam, Korea, WorldWar II, etc. The woman that volunteeredwould take a cart of quilts around to thewards and told them the story of how theprogram began at Walter Reed and shewould let them choose a quilt. As you canimagine, she had many wonderful storiesand was able to meet incredible young menand women who had served our country.She said, later, as she would give them tosome of the older guys, she had differentexperiences. You can imagine how muchthe older guys who had served in Vietnam,appreciated an acknowledgement of theirservice so many years later.

As you know, Walter Reed Medical

Hospital closed in August and joined upwith the Naval Hospital at Bethesda, sothat makes her menories even morepoignant. The hospital is now called Wal-ter Reed National Military Medical Cen-ter.

This grass roots organization is quiteactive. She said some of the quilts weremade by folks that were happy to do thisfor the veterans and others were doing itout of grief, as they may have lost someonethey loved. To date the organization hasgiven away 58,910 quilts so you can imag-ine how many lives they have touched.She wanted to spread the work about thecontinued need for more quilts.

I don't quilt but I do embroider. I amwilling to make embroider squares if any-one out there is willing to get togetherwith other quilters and make quilts. Idon't pretend we could make many butevery one we do make will help a veteranthat has risked his/her life to let us con-tinue to live in this GREAT COUNTRY ofours. The freedom that our fathers,grandfathers and great grandfathers andso on fought for us to have. Without themand George Washington, we might still behaving "high tea". You can visit the web-site www.govf.org. Please, if you are will-ing, call me, Carla Wheeler, 528-6191 andlet's see if we can help thank a veteran forhis/her service.

“Ihave lived in the county for 25 years (not long by some standards) butthe school system was better when I came here than it is now. I have

been reading some of the comments in the paper by some other concernedpeople. The answer to the problem... no matter what city, county or stateyou are in, is TERM LIMITS. If there is a bad city council member or countycommissioner or school board member or senator or congressman you willeventually get rid of them with term limits. That eliminates cronyism, goodold boy syndrome and racism. In two or three terms, they are out!!!! Beingelected is a priviledge, not a career. Remember that, you elected officials.Lets band together to get term limits on the ballot for this fall. We can doit if we want.”

“Let’s repeal the Federal Department of Education. Let’s take thatfailed system out of the hands of the federal government (another

failed system) and give that money back to the states. The states will es-tablish a curriculum of Reading, English, Math, Science, Civics, History(American & World), and Physical Education. Teachers will be paid onmerit, like they use to be, where the better your students perform, themore pay you earn. It's called incentive pay for a reason. Parents will beresponsible for the children they give birth to until they are 18 years of ageor incarcerated. If they are incarcerated, the parents will also be incar-cerated with the children for lack of Parental Responsibility, somethingthat has been missing since Dr. Spock showed up 35 years ago. Boomers,lets show them how life was in the 50's.”

“Can someone tell me why we need another park -- we have a greatpark that is hardly used except during baseball season! And I thought

we were broke??? Ludicrous! Can someone tell me who will provide andpay for security for the hiking trails, etc. that are being planned? All myhiking/biking friends say it will not be safe to use. Brilliant! More moneywasted! We all pay taxes! Why aren’t these ideas being put out for a vote?Let the majority rule! Is this not a democracy!”

“Mainstream politics hasn’t really changed in 30 years. Same old liesand half truths, yet the public still gets screwed under the old guard.

How can you trust politicians anymore when they have bankrupted ourcountry? We dont need another election, we need another revolution.”

QUILTS FOR VALOR

I wanted to write and tell you howmuch you are missed and thought ofeveryday and let you know how thingsare going here, because I know it is nothow you wanted things to be after you leftus ~ I am very happy to report thatGrandma is still with us. You know shewill be turning 91 in a few weeks. I al-ways knew she was a strong woman, andnow I know for sure she is. She is com-pletely bedridden, is under hospice careand is required to have 24-hour care inher home. It has been rough for her sinceyou left, but she has managed to pullthrough everything that has been thrownat her; however I don’t think she is goingto outlast the latest incident Bruce andhis family, especially his children, areputting her through ~ Since your depar-ture, Bruce, which I have asked manytimes how a man like he can possibly bea product of you, because he is nothingof what you taught everyone else to be,and he could never walk in, or fill theshoes you left behind, has done nothingbut harass his mother, say hateful thingsto her and completely write her off. Andnow it seems his son is following in hisfootsteps. They have become the mostawful people that will not let Grandmalive in peace ~ They’ve done many thingsthat normal people would never do to afamily member such as change the lockson the house and refuse to give the key toanyone, torn down all but one of hersheds where she stores her furnituresince she has hospital equipment in herhome, and where her caretakers parktheir cars and now the last one will betorn down next month, they have refusedto repair the toilet in the main bathroomand the water has been turned off sinceAugust 2011, they continue to chop downor mow over the beautiful plants youplanted and she loves to look at from theliving room window where her hospitalbed sits, they have threatened severaltimes to evict her or throw her out. Theycomplain about where people walk, anddrive on the property, but yet they drivefour wheelers everywhere. They call thepolice on family members that are visit-ing her and report they are suspiciouspeople; they have not been to see her inmonths, when several of the family mem-bers only live steps away. They don’t callor write to her. When Robbie and his fam-ily come to visit the kids play outside andeveryone is riding four wheelers every-where, but NO ONE comes to visit her.And the latest, most horrible thing of allis that Robbie and Dawn, are selling thehome right out from under her, and havedemanded that she get out. Robbie madea special trip from his home in South

Carolina last week to place the signs,without one word or visit to Grandmawhile he was home. This is the samehome they gave their written consent foryou and her to live in for as long as youboth live, and they want Grandma out.Yes, you are gone, but she is not. So whatdo they expect her to do? She’s bed rid-den, and depends on others to take careof her. She is absolutely heartbroken ~ Iknow you’re crying and asking, WHY?Well everyone else would like to know thesame thing. How could someone have somuch hatred towards a bed-riddenwoman who can’t defend herself and hasdone nothing to anybody? Is it becausethey don’t like you? Well, unfortunately,you are gone, so why pick on Grandma?Is it because they don’t like Linda beingin charge of her affairs? Well, that wasn’ther choice, you and Grandma chose herand she accepted, because you were herparents. Is it because they hate Linda?Well, that’s certainly not an excuse be-cause there is always someone we don’tlike, but our lives don’t stop. And be-sides, Linda is not always with Grandma,she has other nurses taking care of herso there is plenty of ways around not see-ing someone you don’t like. I have seenGrandma cry and ask why. I have seenher watch the children outside and won-der why they never come to see her. It’struly sad and heartbreaking. Life is tooshort to live with so much hatred andenvy. Materialistic things don’t matterand people don’t last forever, once theyare gone it’s too late and there is no doover in life. We are left to live with our ac-tions ~ See Grandpa/Pepa, everyone thatever came into contact with you knowsthat you were a man of your word, and aman that would give sweat and blood tosomeone in need. You taught lots of peo-ple to be strong and work hard for whatyou want out of life, and to never forgetwhere you come from. The problem is, Ithink, you gave too much to the wrongpeople and they took you for granted anddidn’t appreciate the life lessons youtaught ~ I love you and truly miss youevery day. I wish you were still here sonone of this would have ever happened. Idon’t know how Grandma will getthrough the latest, but those that stilllove her will draw their strength fromGod and be strong for her. She has a lotof great people around her, who trulycare about her well-being, which is whyshe is still with us. I keep referring backto the phrase, “What goes around comesaround”. Everyone, one day, will reportto their MAKER and he never forgets ~ Ilove you. Keep those pastures green untilI see you one day.

DEAR GRANDPA/PEPA/BRITT SPARKS

January 23, Murphy fur-ther advised that Farm-ers and Merchants Bankhad contacted him abouta counterfeit $100 bill thatcame in with the depositof a business in Wacissa.That case has beenhanded over to the Jeffer-son County Sheriff ’s Of-fice.

MPD’s investigationrevealed the bills were ac-tually $5 bills that werechemically “washed.”The bills were thenreprinted with the infor-mation from $100 bills.Each of the bills had thesame serial numbers,which were HB16029223.

“When a pen markerwas used to test the bills,it would indicate the billswere authentic, whichthe paper is, just the in-formation has been

changed however there isa security detail in thepaper that the criminalswere not able to change,”said Captain Murphy.

“These counter-feit bills with the printed$100 bill information cor-rectly displayed Ben-jamin Franklin’s portraitin the center. The mainsecurity feature giveawayon these particular coun-terfeit bills is that whenheld to a light, a personcan see President Lin-coln’s portrait appear inthe right hand corner.”

MPD suggests thateveryone look for this andother security featureswhenever accepting any$100 bills. Up-to-date secu-rity features for U.S. cur-rency can be found on theU.S. Secret Service’s web-site for those who wish to

view them.In a separate inci-

dent, MPD is investigat-ing a case where twofemales attempted to passtwo fraudulently ob-tained IRS tax returnchecks, at local busi-nesses. “The businessesdeclined to cash thechecks, but one of thestore clerks became sus-picious and called po-

lice,” he added, “The twofemales left and the clerkkept the checks.”

Police located and in-terviewed one of the sus-pects who stated thesecond suspect purchasedthe checks in MadisonCounty. MPD is currentlyworking with MadisonSheriff ’s Investigators onfollowing up on that in-formation.

Captain Murphy alsoadvised that with thefraudulently obtainedIRS checks, MPD is beingassisted in the investiga-tion by the Secret Serviceand the US Attorney’s Of-fice.

Charges in this caseare pending.

MPD further offersthat should someone passyou currency or checks

that appear to be counter-feit, try and hold onto thesuspected counterfeit billor check, if safely possi-ble and contact the PoliceDepartment at 342-0150.“Also try and obtain asmuch information as pos-sible about the personpassing the bill or checkand any persons or vehi-cle they may be associ-ated with,” he concluded.

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the shots. Nelson said once the chief arrived on the scene

of a fire, he essentially took ownership of the prop-erty, meaning that the chief was responsible and li-able for the property, which responsibility andliability the county shared.

“We have a number of responsibilities that weentrust to the chief and he needs to be available to to-tally supervise and take control of the situation,”Nelson said.

The proposal, however, didn’t address all con-cerns, he said.

“This doesn’t address all the problems, but it goesa way,” Nelson said, adding that he would be propos-ing changes of his own down the line.

Perry.Moore attempted to make a left-hand turn onto

northbound SR-59 and turned into the path ofTucker’s vehicle.

The front of Tucker’s vehicle struck the rightside of Moore’s vehicle. After the impact, both vehi-cles came to a rest on the northwest corner of US-27and SR-59.

Moore was seriously injured and transported toTallahassee Memorial Hospital (TMH) for treatment.

Tucker received minor injuries and did not re-quire transport.

Helton received minor injuries and was trans-ported to TMH for treatment.

All involved were wearing their seatbelts andFHP did not deem the crash to be alcohol-related.

Moore was charged with violation of right ofway.

Moore’s vehicle sustained $10,0000 damage andTucker’s vehicle sustained $6,500 damage.

Assisting FHP on the scene were JeffersonCounty EMS, Fire Rescue and the Jefferson CountySheriff ’s Office.

off the inside lane and into the median. The vehiclecontinued in a westerly direction through the medianand onto the eastbound lanes of the Interstate andthe vehicle rotated counterclockwise, directly intothe path of Browning’s vehicle. The vehicle collidedinto the front of Browning’s vehicle in the eastboundlanes.

Alexander then collided into both vehicles in themiddle of both eastbound lanes.

After the point of impact the female’s vehiclecame to a rest in the median of I-10 facing in a south-easterly direction.

Browning’s vehicle came to rest in the eastboundoutside lane of the Interstate facing a northwesterlydirection.

Alexander’s vehicle came to rest in the medianjust east of the Toyota, facing in a northerly direc-tion.

The female was killed at the scene and trans-ported to the Tallahassee Memorial Hospital (TMH)morgue.

Browning received minor injuries and was trans-ported to TMH for treatment.

Alexander was uninjured and did not requiretransport.

All those involved in the crash were wearingtheir seatbelts.

Whether the female was under the influence ofalcohol is pending.

FHP advised later Monday afternoon that theyhad contacted who they thought the next of kin was,but her identity could not be verified due to the sever-ity of the injuries to the woman’s head. FHP furtheradvised that an autopsy was scheduled for Tuesdaymorning to verify the woman’s identity to be 100 per-cent sure who she was, before releasing a name.

The Toyota sustained $10,000 damage; Brown-ing’s vehicle sustained $8,500 damage; and Alexan-der’s vehicle sustained $100,000 damage.

Meanwhile, developments inthe situation continue moving rap-idly, with multiple meetings andhearings already held on the issuehere and in Tallahassee since theFDOC made its announcement theweek of Jan. 9, and with more meet-ings, hearings and media eventsplanned for the coming days andweeks.

On Monday evening, Jan. 22, forexample, a group of local businesspeople held a strategy session at theRosemary Tree Restaurant to deter-mine the best way of conveying themessage to the Governor of JCI’simportance to the community, whileothers planned for the transporta-tion of busloads of citizens to thecapitol and prepared for a presenta-tion before the Senate Criminal andCivil Justice Appropriations Sub-committee on Tuesday afternoon.

The various points that thebusiness people emphasized at thestrategy session and that localspeakers planned to make before theSenate subcommittee hearing onTuesday underscored, among otherthings: the $33 million impact thatthe prison closing would have on thelocal economy (versus the $12 mil-lion that it would save the state); thefact that the elimination of 177prison jobs represented six percentof all available jobs in JeffersonCounty; and the fact that the closurewould cause the school district anadditional $200,000 loss in per-stu-dent funding and lead to the layoffsof teachers and other personnel.

Last Thursday, Jan. 19, amidst aroom packed with JCI employeesand their supporters, the JeffersonCounty Commission in quick orderdeclared the prison closing an eco-nomic crisis, adopted a resolutioncalling on the Governor and Legisla-ture to remove JCI from the closurelist, and hired two professional lob-byists for up to $10,000 each to pressthe county’s case in the capitol.

The latter action in particular— representing the first time thatcounty officials have hired profes-sional lobbyists — attests to the seri-ousness that commissioners areaccording the issue.

Equally noteworthy, the deci-sion was reached without discus-sion or dissent. As CommissionChairman Hines Boyd later ob-served, “Anyone who knows thiscommission knows that getting$20,000 out of this group is some-thing really big.”

The two hired lobbyists areChris Doolin, of the Small CountiesCoalition; and Wendy Bitner, wife ofthe late Dave Bitner, chairman of

the Republican Party of Florida,and a Jefferson County resident.

The resolution that commis-sioners adopted — school officialssubsequently adopted a slightly dif-ferent version — hammered homethe points that community leadersand their supporters want the Gov-ernor and Legislature to under-stand.

Among the more salient ofthese points: Jefferson is a “fiscallyconstrained” county and a state-des-ignated Rural Area of Critical Eco-nomic Concern (RACEC), and JCIrepresents the county’s largest em-ployer and six percent of its avail-able jobs.

On a different tack, the resolu-tion questioned the lack of publicinput in the scoring system that theFDOC used to determine theprison’s closure and argued that theevaluation ignored significant JCIspecial attributes.

Specifically, the resolutionstated, the evaluation failed to takeinto consideration that JCI is “thestate’s largest ‘Psyche 3’ unit and the‘go to’ unit for prisoners on psy-chotropic drugs”, and that it is theonly state prison never to havecalled out a rapid response team, de-spite its high-risk inmates. Local of-ficials attribute the latter fact “tothe unique staff culture at JeffersonCorrectional.”

Commissioner Stephen Fulford,who with Clerk of Court KirkReams and others attended Houseand Senate subcommittees meetingson the issue and met with FDOCstaff immediately following the clos-ing announcement, said the depart-ment was defending its rankingcriteria and wasn’t likely to backdown.

Even so, he said, weaknesseswere being discovered in the FDOC’sevaluation criteria.

“What’s interesting about thecriteria is what’s not there,” Fulfordsaid. “None of the privately oper-ated prisons has been subjected tothe same review.”

He made the point that despiteJCI’s higher risk inmates, theprison’s per-inmate operational costwas only $1.50 more than the mostefficiently operated prisons, per theFDOC’s very evaluation criteria.

“That’s a critical point,” Ful-ford said. “Ours is a mercy plea be-cause the FDOC won’t back down,but it’s not an unreasonable plea.It’s a reasonable plea to ask thestate to spare JCI.”

He noted that local officialsweren’t the only ones to be sur-prised by the FDOC announcement

and the lack of transparency in theprocess.

“There are a number of legis-lators who are not happy with theway the selection process went,”Fulford said.

He offered that the commu-nity’s rapid and united response tothe crisis was having an effect.

“A lot of lawmakers now knowabout Jefferson County,” Fulfordsaid.

He offered that particularlysobering to legislators was Repre-sentative Leonard Bembry’s anal-ogy that that closing of JCI was toJefferson County the equivalent ofWalt Disney closing in Orlando.

“We’ve got a long battle to fightbut we’re making inroads,” Fulfordsaid.

On Friday afternoon at theGreater Fellowship MissionaryBaptist Church, a gathering of leg-islators, lobbyists, locally elected of-ficials, union representatives andothers vowed to fight the closing aslong as necessary and assured thatthe audience that victory would betheirs if the community kept thefaith and remained united.

“This will not be resolvedquickly,” Doolin said. “It will taketime. It may take the entire ses-sion.”

But given the “strength,courage and success of David”, thecommunity would prevail, “andwhen we win, we won’t cut off theirheads,” Doolin said.

He urged the audience to stayengaged and tell their stories tofriends, relatives and acquaintanceshere and elsewhere in the state.

“Tell them you’re not getting afair shake,” Doolin said.

Leslie Miller, a coordinator forthe Washington D.C. based Interna-tional Brotherhood of Teamsters,likewise urged the audience to stayinvolved and write letters, makecalls and tell their personal storiesof the closing however and when-ever possible. Others could talknumbers, “but until you tell yourstories, it’s nothing,” Miller said.

“We will win this battle if wefight together,” she said.

Bembry, RepresentativeMichelle Rehwinkel-Vasilinda andstaff from the offices of SenatorsCharles Dean and Bill Montford as-sured the audience of their commit-ment to fighting the closing as a toppriority.

The message was the same fromlocally elected officials, who laudedthe community unity in the face ofthe crisis and expressed hope thatthe unity would outlast the crisis.

One of the problemswith the mine operationhistorically has been thatcounty crews have beenunable to extract thedeeper buried and betterquality rock materialsthat are better suited forroad construction. It typ-ically requires dynamit-ing and moresophisticated extractionprocedures to get at thesedeeper buried materials.

Which explainsHatch’s mission: to deter-mine if the deeper buriedmaterials were of a qual-ity that economicallywarranted excavatingthem. And if so, how to doit efficiently, productivelyand profitably?

Indeed, there haslong been an ongoing dia-logue among commis-sioners as to whether themine represents an assetworth keeping or amoney pit better dis-carded. Those who arguethe latter point say it

would be cheaper to buythe needed road materialsin the marketplace.

Hatch told commis-sioners on Jan. 5 that itwas yet too early to say ifthe county could mine theroad materials cheaperthan it could buy them.But he said there was nodoubt as to the quality ofthe materials, as revealedby dynamite testing thathad unearthed some 700tones of materials.

“Your mine is a realasset,” Hatch said, addingthat although the testinghad yet to yield the finalresults, the preliminaryevaluations were that thedeeper buried materialswere of the highest qual-ity.

“The product testedat 156,” Hatch said of oneof rock types at the mine.“The Florida Departmentof Transportation’s stan-dard is 100. The materialhas a lot of quality be-cause of its hardness.

This is your entry intothe world of good rocks.You can make asphaltfrom this materialcheaper than you can buyit.”

Hatch estimated thatworking at full capacityand efficiently, countycrews should be able toextract 100,000 tons ofmaterial per acre. But forthe operation to provecost effective, it would re-quire a more consistentand effective productionof the materials, he said.

One of the problemsso far has been that theequipment kept breakingdown, slowing the pro-duction and disallowingfor a true cost analysis ofthe operation, he said.

“The crusher ismainly causing the prob-lems,” Hatch said, ex-plaining that it hadbroken down severaltimes. “And the crusheris the heart and soul ofthe operation.”

He told commission-ers also that if theywanted the mine to proveproductive and efficient,it would have to be oper-ated full time and with afull-time crew that wasspecifically dedicated toits operation.

The commission ap-proved the short-termservices agreement forHatch’s services on Oct.6, subject to County At-torney Buck Bird’s re-view and approval.

The contract is sup-posed to last about threemonths, which Hatchsaid was a reasonabletime to accomplish whathe had to do. The contractperiod, however, didn’t of-ficially begin until theblasting, which occurredonly recently.

Before the blastingcould take place, Hatchhad to prepare the site forthe dynamiting and havethe necessary equipmentset up.

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Photo SubmittedDeputy Grand Master Bob Montpellier (right) is

pictured as he installs Paul Klug as Worshipful Master

of the Monticello Hiram Lodge.

Photo SubmittedThe Monticello Hiram Lodge #5 Free and Accepted Masons installed its 2012 line of officers, on Monday,

January 9. Back row, left to right: Buddy Westbrook – Chaplin and Paul Klug - Worshipful Master. Front row,

left to right: Will Hartsfield – Jr. Deacon; Jim Billberry – Treasurer; Travis Richards – Senior Warden; Marvin

Hatcher – Junior Warden; Art Ward - Sr. Deacon; and Mike Willis, Marshall. (Not pictured: Roy Faglie – Sec-

retary; AC Tharpe - Sr. Steward; and Keith Tharpe – Jr. Steward.)

MASONIC LODGE INSTALLS NEW OFFICERS

Guest speaker to the

Wednesday, January 11

meeting of the Monticello

Kiwanis was Marty

Bishop, Jefferson County

Supervisor of Elec-

tions.  He brought the

membership up-to-date

on recent changes to the

election process and

spoke briefly about the

upcoming primaries. 

SUPERVISOR OFELECTIONS SPEAKS

TO KIWANIS

Top photo, it was a

good turnout for the King

Street Clean-up on Satur-

day morning, January 14,

2012. Pictured from left to

right are: Cetta Barnhart,

John Lilly and Monticello

Mayor Idella Scott.

Bottom photo, Jeffer-

son County 4H members

and volunteers were out

in force to help with the

King Street Clean-up on

Saturday morning, Janu-

ary 14, 2012.

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JANUARY 25-28 Quilt and Fiber Arts Ex-hibition at the JeffersonArts. The gallery is openfrom 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. onWednesdays and Satur-days, or by appointment,and is located at 575 WestWashington Street, indowntown Monticello.Call 850-997-3311 for moreinformation. There is nocharge and the gift shopwill be open.

JANUARY 26AA meetings are heldweekly at 8 p.m. on Thurs-day at the Christ Episco-pal Church annex, 425North Cherry Street. Formore information call850-997-2129 or 850-997-1955.

JANUARY 26You may qualify for assis-tance through the CapitalArea Community ActionAgency WeatherizationAssistance Program. Theprogram reduces heatingand cooling costs by im-proving the energy effi-ciency of the home.Contact Nellie Thomas at

850-997-5605 from 9 a.m. to2 p.m. on the fourthThursday for an appoint-ment in the Dills Commu-nity area, at the ElizabethMissionary BaptistChurch. Contact Pat Hallor Melissa Watson at 850-997-8231 for additional in-formation, and otherservices currently beingoffered. This is free to theclient.

JANUARY 26Altrusa meets at noon onthe second and fourthThursday of each monthfor a meal and a meetingat the Jefferson SeniorCitizen Center. For moreinformation about Al-trusa International Mon-ticello/Jefferson Countycall 850-997-2973 or 850-997-3448. District III Gov-ernor Colleen Duris willpresent the program onJanuary 26.

JANUARY 26Technology Seminar atLighthouse of the BigBend, 3071 Highland OaksTerrace, Tallahassee,specifically for individu-

als who are visually im-paired or blind. The topic:What’s in (side) a com-puter? All who join willhave a chance to demol-ish a computer. Cometake out all your com-puter frustration safely,and have the experienceof touching all the parts,finding out what they are,and how they all work to-gether. Thursday from 3to 6 p.m. RSVP to Eliza-beth Bowden at 850-942-3658 x 2114 or emailebowden@lighthousebig-bend.org

JANUARY 27Monticello Jamboree be-gins at 7 p.m. every Fri-day evening at 625 SouthWater Street, just threeblocks north of the Amer-ican Legion Otto WalkerPost 49. For questions orconcerns contact CurtisMorgan at 850-933-8136 orBobby Connell at 850-445-0049. There are door-prizes, cold soft drinksand snacks.

JANUARY 27-28The Heart Music Hour is

back again Friday andSaturday with anotherfabulous episode at theMonticello OperaHouse. They’ve yet againscheduled great talent forboth nights. Culminatingin the Saturday nightstage show with ‘Hits &Grins’ featuring SteveDean, Bill Whyte and LisaShaffer. The format is thesame; the party startsdownstairs withfood available for pur-chase, this time from a familiar localcaterer, Carrie Ann &Company. Doors open at6:00 p.m., Happy Hour 6:30to 7:30 p.m., stage show8:00 to 10:00 p.m. and theAfter Party lasts till mid-night. This episode in-cludes ‘The Currys’, the‘Sarah Mac Band’ and thelist goes on and on. Con-tact the MOH for ticketsnow at 850-997-4242 or goto monticelloopera-house.org

JANUARY 27Havana Nights 7:30 to11:30 p.m. Friday at the

Capital City CountryClub to benefit programsof Kids Incorporated ofthe Big Bend. Sponsor-ship opportunities areavailable by contactingJudie Miller at 850-414-

9800x104 orjmiller@kidsincorpo-rated.org. Enjoy anevening of live music,dancing, gaming and asilent auction; for $50 perperson.

The Opera HouseStage Company is in re-hearsal for the romanticcomedy ‘Nobody’s Per-fect’, coming to the Mon-ticello Opera House onFriday and Saturday,February 10, 11, 17, 18, 24and 25.

Leonard, a nerdystatistician, writes a ro-mantic novel. A feministpublishing company isinterested, but only if thebook 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,sometimes in the samemoment. Things get even

more difficult whenLeonard’s feisty daugh-ter and eccentric fatherfigure out what he’s upto.

The role of Leonard

is played by Stage Com-pany regular, Jon Taylor.“Jon is a completely nor-mal guy, but he doespretty well in a dress,”says Director Jack

Williams.Harriet is played by

Mary Moon. Audienceswill remember her asTruvy in last year’s ‘SteelMagnolias’, as well asmany other characterparts.

George King playsGus, Leonard’s father.Gus is getting on inyears, but he still likes tohave a good time, whichis why he is the only per-son in 37 years to ever bethrown out of the SunnySprings RetirementHome.

Teila Hochstedler, anewcomer to the OperaHouse stage, playsDeeDee, Leonard’sdaughter. She is loveableand mischievous. Sheand Gus are pals andthey drive Leonard crazy.

‘Nobody’s Perfect’ isdirected by Jan and JackWilliams. Judy Turner isthe stage manager andDenise Tosado is theprops master.

‘Nobody’s Perfect’will be presented in thedownstairs receptionarea of the MonticelloOpera House, in an inti-mate dinner theater set-ting. Dinner is at 7 p.m.and the show is at 8 p.m.

Ticket cost is $35,with discounts for OperaHouse members. Reser-vations will be neededfor the dinner, so contactthe Opera House at 850-997-4242 or go towww.monticelloopera-house.org

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DON'T PLAY POLITICS WITHYOUR INVESTMENT DECISIONS

While the election season heats up, you will hear more andmore promises, claims and counter-claims from the candi-dates. As a citizen, you may or may not enjoy this “politi-cal theater,” but as an investor, you might be concernedover all the talk about taxes, Social Security, Medicare andother financial topics. Will you need to adjust your savingsand investment strategies? If so, how?

Before you think about adjusting your investment strategyin anticipation of any actions coming from Washington,keep a couple of facts in mind. First, few campaign prom-ises become reality. And second, due to our system of gov-ernment, radical shifts in direction are difficult to implement— which is why so few of them occur.

Still, we may see some smaller-scale — yet not insignificant— changes in the near future. In light of this possibility,what investment decisions should you make? Here are afew suggestions:

Consider owning investments that are taxed in differentways. No one can predict what will happen with incometax rates or the tax rates that are applied to capital gainsand dividends. Consequently, it may be a good idea to seek“tax diversification” by owning investments that are taxedin different ways. For example, when you sell appreciatedstocks, you pay capital gains taxes, whereas interest pay-ments from bonds will be taxed at your individual tax rate.And it’s always a good idea to take advantage of tax-advan-taged vehicles, such as an IRA and your 401(k) or otheremployer-sponsored retirement plan.Stick with quality. It’s a good idea, when owning stocks, toinvest in quality companies with diversified businesses.These companies are usually less dependent on a particulargovernment program, and they typically have a global reach,so they may be better able to handle any changes imple-mented in Washington.Stay focused on your long-term goals. Politicians come andgo, and our political parties seem to take turns holding thereins of power. Yet your long-term goals — such as collegefor your children, a comfortable retirement and the abilityto leave a legacy to your family — don’t really change. Byrealizing that you are largely responsible for achieving yourgoals, and by following an investment strategy that’s suitablefor your individual risk tolerance and time horizon, you canmake gradual, but still meaningful, progress toward thosegoals — no matter what’s happening in Washington.Review your strategy regularly. With the possible approachof changes in tax policies and in government programs thatcan affect your retirement security, you’ll want to reviewyour investment strategy regularly to make sure it’s still ontrack toward helping you meet your objectives. As part ofthis review, you may want to seek out more “tax-smart”investment opportunities, while always looking for ways tosupply the asset growth you’ll need to enjoy the retirementlifestyle you’ve envisioned.Aside from voting for the candidates who best representyour interests, you may not have much influence over whatgoes on in Washington. But by “electing” the right movesto help meet your goals, you can have plenty of control overyour investment strategy.

This article was written by Edward Jones for use by yourlocal Edward Jones Financial Advisor.Ladies would you be

interested in signing upfor a Women’s Webinaron Friday, February 3,from 2 to 3 p.m. at theMonticello/Jef fersonCounty Chamber of Com-merce? Learn how to beatstress-caused tension,frustration and fatigue,and change forever theway you manage your ac-tive, vigorous agenda.

Some of the topics tobe covered in the webinarare: the difference be-tween psychological, situ-ational and physiologicalgauges of stress; the 3-Dapproach to turning pro-crastination into action;techniques for managingself-talk and tips for over-coming self-inducedstress and perfectionism;Five critical questions toask when you feel pres-sure building; how to putanger at bay… six tech-niques to cool down andretain your composure;how to evaluate your cur-rent lifestyle to see howvulnerable you are tonegative effects of stress;and much more.

This webinar is freefor Chamber of Com-merce members and theiremployees. You mustmake your reservation byWednesday, February 1 to850-997-5552, or the webi-nar will be canceled. Callnow!

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MAKE RESERVATIONS NOWFOR ROMANTIC COMEDY

Mary Moon and Jon Taylor play lead roles in the

upcoming romantic comedy ‘Nobody’s Perfect’;

scheduled for February 10, 11, 17, 18, 24 and 25 at the

Monticello Opera House.

Teila Hochstedler and George King rehearse their

parts in the upcoming romantic comedy ‘Nobody’s

Perfect’; scheduled for February 10, 11, 17, 18, 24 and

25 at the Monticello Opera House.

The Home InsteadSenior Care office, serv-ing seniors in Jefferson,Leon, Gadsden, andWakulla counties, plusthe Panhandle, has an-nounced the Salute toSenior Service programto honor senior volun-teers for the tireless con-tributions they make totheir local communities.

The program will in-clude a search for themost outstanding seniorvolunteer in each stateand culminate with theselection of a nationalSalute to Senior Servicewinner during OlderAmericans Month inMay.

Nominees must be 65years of age or older and

volunteer at least 15hours a month. Nomina-tions will be accepted atwww.SalutetoSeniorSer-vice.com through March15. Nomination formsalso can be requested atc ko e h l e r@home i n -steadinc.com

State Senior Herowinners will receiveplaques and their storieswill be posted on theSalutetoSeniorService.com website. In addition,$5,000 will be donated tothe national winner’snonprofit charity ofchoice.

According to re-search conducted by theHome Instead SeniorCare network, 52 percentof seniors volunteer

their time through un-paid community service.Nearly 20 percent, that’sone in five, of seniorssurveyed started volun-teering when theyreached the traditionalage of retirement, 65 orolder. Furthermore, 20percent of seniors whovolunteer say that theircommunity service is themost important thingthey do.

“Helping others de-fines life for many localretired seniors,” saidScott Harrell, owner ofthe Home Instead SeniorCare office in Tallahas-see. “And what a differ-ence we have observed inseniors’ health, attitudeand outlook among thosewho choose to stay activeas they age.”

Dr. Erwin Tan, direc-tor of the Senior Corps, anational organizationthat links more than

400,000 Americans 55 andolder to service opportu-nities, agrees. “The onething I hear constantlyfrom the seniors in ourprograms is that volun-teering gives them a pur-pose in life, they say thatit’s the reason they get upin the morning.”

“In addition, it’s agreat way for them tolearn new things,whether a skill or justsomething about anissue in which they havean interest,” Tan said.“Volunteering is just agreat way to expandtheir horizons and mak-ing them feel like they’restill a valuable part oftheir community.”

For more informa-tion about the Salute toSenior Service programor Home Instead SeniorCare, call 850-297-1897, orcontact Kristin@alber-scommunications.com

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Family andfriends are invited towitness the unveiling ofTallahassee CommunityCollege’s Cherry HallAlexander African-American History Cal-endar, on Monday,January 30, 2012, begin-ning with a reception at5:45 p.m., and the unveil-ing program at 7:00 PMin the Tallahassee Com-munity College’s Fineand Performing ArtsCenter (formerly TurnerAuditorium).

Tallahassee Commu-nity College is makingplans for the celebrationof African-AmericanHistory month in Janu-ary/February 2012. Thenational theme for the2012 celebration is“African-Americans inAmerican History & Cul-ture.” One of the activi-ties planned is theunveiling of TallahasseeCommunity College’sCherry Hall AlexanderAfrican American His-tory Calendar, whichshowcases severalAfrican-Americans whohave made significantcontributions in Leonand surrounding coun-ties. A native of Monti-cello, Florida, Mr.George W. Pittman, Sr.will be showcased in thiscalendar. The unveilingof the calendar will beJanuary 30, 2012 at Talla-hassee Community Col-lege.

George W. Pittman,

Sr. is known as a manwith a passion to helpothers. He is a native ofMonticello. He is the lastof five children born tothe late Raymond andCallie Henderson-Pittman of Jacob City(Cottondale, Florida).He was born on August1, 1926 and is proud to be85 years young and stillactively engaged withinhis community.

He is a 1945 graduateof the Jackson CountyTraining School, and hasserved his country as aCorporal in the UnitedStates Army/Air ForceCorps from 1945-1946.Pittman received a Bach-elor of Science in Agri-culture with a Minor inBiology in 1950, a Mas-ter’s Degree in Second-ary SchoolAdministration and Su-pervisory of Disciplinein 1956 from FloridaAgricultural & Mechani-cal University (FAMU).He also holds an hon-orary Doctorate Degreein Religious Educationfrom Union Baptist The-ological Seminary of Al-bany, Georgia.

Pittman has spreadhis wings finding a lovein helping young peopleby establishing a longterm teaching and ad-ministrative careerwithin various schoolsystems. He worked as ateacher in the JacksonCounty School District,taught special studies at

North Florida SuwanneeRiver Junior College, hebecame Assistant Princi-pal at Howard MiddleSchool in 1958, HeadPrincipal at HowardAcademy High School in1965, Head Principal atHoward Middle Schoolfrom 1969-1985 and HeadPrincipal at JeffersonCounty Adult Educationfrom 1985-1993.

He has receivedcountless awards for hisachievements and hasheld numerous member-

ships over the years in-cluding National Associ-ations of SecondarySchool Principals, PastPresident of FAMUAlumni AssociationChapter of JeffersonCounty, Past Member ofNAACP Chapter of Jef-ferson County, co-founder of the JeffersonCounty Voters League,the State Board ofLeagues, MonticelloChapter of American Le-gion #234, InauguralHonored Veterans ofJacob City, foundingcharter member of theSilver Leaf Lodge #521 -District 35, Free & Ac-cepted Masons, PHA, lo-cated in JacksonCounty, The Order ofKnights of Pythia, FirstBethlehem MissionaryBaptist Church Associa-tions, FAMU Chapter ofPhi Beta Sigma Frater-nity, Incorporated, Secre-tary of the JeffersonCounty Senior CitizensCommittee, AdvisoryBoard of Adult Educa-

tion of Jefferson Countyand Jefferson CountyOutreach Program forAdult Education.

Pittman has boldlyspread his wingsthroughout the commu-nity, which includesbeing the first AfricanAmerican appointed toserve on the JeffersonCounty Watermelon Fes-tival Committee. He is adevoted Christian whoaccepted Christ in July1939. He has served asChairman of theTrustee Board, Superin-tendent of SundaySchools for 25 years andcurrently serving as aDeacon at his belovedchurch, Memorial Mis-sionary Baptist Churchin Monticello.

He is a family man;was the loving husbandof 54 years to the lateJulia Pittman and fatherto the late Reverend Gre-gory W. Pittman (Reda),George W. Pittman, Jr.,and Kimberly D.Pittman-Moore (Bernel-

ric). He is also thegrandfather of twelve(Shemeka, Sherita,Shenice, Candice,Rochelle, Christopher,Trevoris, George III, Ra-mone, Geoandre, Asiaand Andre) and greatgrandfather of ten. Healso thinks of the manyyoung people that he hashelped to educate andmentor throughout alifetime of servicewithin the communityas his children as well.

Pittman stated, “Mypassion is to educate, in-spire and to stay in-volved in the community,church and politicalworld and to reach outand touch someone”.Mr. Pittman was nomi-nated by the HowardAcademy Class of 1971,and they stated that “Hehas always had a passionfor empowering the Jef-ferson County commu-nity and believes thatself-sufficiency is a criti-cal means for achievingit.”

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Photo SubmittedTallahassee Community College is making plans

for the celebration of African-American Historymonth in January/February 2012. The national themefor the 2012 celebration is “African-Americans inAmerican History & Culture”.  One of the activitiesplanned is the unveiling of Tallahassee CommunityCollege’s Cherry Hall Alexander African AmericanHistory Calendar, which showcases several African-Americans who have made significant contributionsin Leon and surrounding counties. A native of Mon-ticello, Florida, Mr. George W. Pittman, Sr. will beshowcased in this calendar. The unveiling of the cal-endar will be January 30, 2012 at Tallahassee Com-munity College. George Pittman (left) is seen withone of his former students, Spencer Conner (right).

George W. Pittman ShowcasedIn African-American’s In

American History Calendar

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Travis J. Scott, 30, ofJefferson County, was ar-rested January 10 andcharged with burglary ofa structure; burglary of aconveyance; grand theft;and violation of probationon the charge of fleeing orattempting to elude lawenforcement officers. Atotal bond of $32,000 wasset and he remained in theCounty Jail January 24.

Delores Scurry, 48, ofJefferson County, was ar-rested January 11 andcharged with writ of at-tachment for nonpaymentof child support. Bondwas set at $600 and shebonded out of jail the fol-lowing day.

Marion DevonThompson, 25, of Monti-cello, was arrested Janu-ary 12 and charged withviolation of probation onthe charge of possessionof cocaine. Bond waswithheld and he remainedat the County Jail Janu-ary 24.

Cacayia Williams, 22,of Tallahassee, was ar-

rested January 12 andcharged with violation ofprobation on the chargeof shooting or throwing adeadly missile. She wasreleased on her own re-cognizance the same day.

Michael EugeanPeter, 46, of Florence, AL,was arrested January 12and charged with drivingwhile license suspendedor revoked. Bond was setat $500 and he bonded outof jail the same day.

Joshua Douglas Stan-ley, 27, of Tallahassee, wassentenced in court Janu-ary 13 to serve 15 days inthe County Jail on thecharges of driving whilelicense suspended; posses-sion of cannabis; and pos-session of drugparaphernalia.

Zachary Scott Chris-tian, 36, of JeffersonCounty, was arrested Jan-uary 13 and charged withdriving while license sus-pended or revoked. Bondwas set at $500 and hebonded out of jail thesame day.

Tara Faye Thompson,34, of Tallahassee, was ar-rested January 14 on an

outstanding Leon Countywarrant charging herwith failure to appear onthe charge of trespass inan occupied structure;failure to appear on thecharge of battery; failureto appear on the charge ofpossession of drug para-phernalia; and violationof probation on thecharge of aggravated bat-tery with a deadlyweapon. She was turnedover to Leon County au-thorities January 17 toface charges there.

Blake Kenneth Jones,34, of Perry, FL, was ar-rested January 14 andcharged with drivingunder the influence, thirdoffense; failure to submitto a DUI test, second of-fense; and violation ofdriver license restriction.Bond was set at $5,000 andhe bonded out of jail thefollowing day.

Michael Burrell Kin-sey, 21, of JeffersonCounty, was arrested Jan-uary 14 and charged withpossession of cannabisless than 20 grams andpossession of parapherna-lia. A total bond of $1,000

was set and he bonded outof jail the following day.

Christopher ScottHall, 47, of JeffersonCounty, was arrested Jan-uary 14 and charged withdriving under the influ-ence. Bond was set at $500and he bonded out of jailthe same day.

Thomas VincentStruhar, 60, of Hollywood,FL, was arrested January15 and charged with disor-derly conduct and tres-pass after warning. Hewas released on his ownrecognizance the sameday.

Justin H. Brooks, 26,of Davie, FL, was sen-tenced in court January16 to serve 30 days in theCounty Jail on thecharges of possession ofmarijuana with intent tosell and possession ofdrug paraphernalia.

John Carlos Alen, 51,of Culter Bay, FL, was ar-rested January 16 andcharged with drivingunder the influence. Bondwas set at $1,500 and hebonded out of jail the fol-lowing day.

James Eugene Hill,

38, of Tallahassee, was ar-rested January 17 andcharged with dealing instolen property and bur-glary of a conveyance.Bond was withheld and heremained at the CountyJail January 24.

Brennan CurrierNelms, 19, of Palm Har-bor, FL, was arrested Jan-uary 19 and charged withpossession of a controlledsubstance; possession ofdrug paraphernalia; andpossession of cannabisless than 20 grams. Bondwas withheld and he re-mained at the County JailJanuary 24.

Kevin Lamar Green,49, of Marianna, FL, wasarrested January 19 andcharged with possessionof methamphetamine;possession of cannabisless than 20 grams; andpossession of parapherna-lia. A total bond of $6,500was set and he bonded outof jail the following day.

William Harris, Jr.,44, of Jefferson County,was sentenced in courtJanuary 20 to serve eightdays in the County Jail onthe charge of petit theft.

JEFFERSON COUNTY CRIME BEATALL INFORMATION IS PRINTED AS TAKEN FROM THE JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE.

ALL SUSPECTS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY IN A COURT OF LAW

Are you a grownup butstill only seven years oldbecause your birthdayonly comes around everyfour years? Will you haveto wait until you can al-most draw Social Securityto celebrate your Sweet 16party? We want to hearabout it.

This newspaper is in-terested in doing stories onleap year babies. Is yourbirthday on February 29?If it is, then give us a call at(850) 997-3568. We are look-ing forward to those leapyear youngsters from 0 to25 (0-100).

We would like to fea-ture your story in a specialLeap Year section in ourFeb. 29 issue of MonticelloNews.

We Are Looking ForLeap Year

Babies

BY LLOYD MONROE

When Jesus saw her, hecalled her forward… Luke13:12

As we move forward(“Adelante!” in Spanish)into 2012, we rememberthat Christ calls us tokeep moving in the Way;sometimes figuratively,sometimes literally. Wenever “arrive,” at leastnot on this side.

Melanie and I re-turned to Panajachel Jan-uary 24. We greatlyenjoyed our holiday fur-lough time stateside. Itwas wonderful to reunitewith our children, ex-tended family andfriends. So many folksencouraged us withsmiles, prayers, food andgenerous and faithful do-nations to Porch.

FORWARD WITHNEW HOUSES

Marta is a widow inthe indigenous village ofChipop; her husband diedfrom alcoholism. Theirmud/cornstalk house wasdestroyed by HurricaneStan. She and her fourchildren have lived in ashelter with feed sack andmud/stick walls since2005. They have no elec-tricity, no bathroom orouthouse, no sink, no run-ning water. They all sleepon two hard board beds.

Marta washes clothesin the river and earns$2.50 a day. Her 17 year-old son earns somemoney as field hand; hehas only a fourth-gradeeducation.

Team Good Samari-tan UMC (Tallahassee FL,Jan. 28-Feb. 4) will blessthis family with a good

new house. Teams likethis continue to demon-strate selfless giving andservice in villages whichhave rarely, if ever, seensuch.

FORWARD WITH CASA TAT LOY

Late last year, Porchbegan a relationship withthis new humble drug/al-cohol rehabilitation cen-

ter across the lake in SanLucas Toliman. Over 25men lived, worked and re-ceived professional, faith-based counseling inCasa’s cramped, some-what dreary facility. Thecenter’s leader, Tadeo(himself a recovering ad-dict), has secured a much-needed larger (but stillmodest) facility nearby.

Alcoholism is part ofthe problem with so manyfamilies we work with.Porch has placed threemen from Panajachel inthis facility (at a dis-counted monthly cost of$100 each) and is donating

$250 monthly for food forthe group.

Please let us know ifyou’d like to get involvedin funding this effort. Wewelcome your questionsor support!

ADELANTE WITHCLEFT PALATE CHILDREN

For years Porch hassecured milk, special bot-tles, medicine and sur-gery for cleft palate babieswho are brought to us.We work against igno-rance, shame and fear

which sometimes re-sulted in these childrenbeing hidden away towither away.

We are proud that lit-tle Bartolito recently re-ceived his third and finalcorrective surgery! Afaithful donor in thestates funds $50 monthlyfor his milk. We havenew babies who needsuch sponsors; let usknow if you’d like to help!

www.porchdesalomon.org,lloyd@porchdesalomon.org

or Rex 850.933.0344

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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH325 West Washington Street

Monticello • 997-2349Dr. 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

-Nursery for all services-

OLIVE BAPTIST CHURCH7369 Boston Hwy. Monticello

850-997-1596

Bro. Art Beal, Interim Pastor

Sunday Bible Study...........................10:00 AMSunday Worship.................................11:00 AMSunday Evening.................................. 6:00 PMWednesdayBible & Prayer Meeting....................... 7:00 PM

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

850-997-1066, 850-345-8623revcharlesgsmith@aol.com

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 PM

Tuesday Prayer Meeting and Bible Study..............................7:00 PM

MT. PLEASANT MINISTRIESOF CAPPS, FL.REFUGE IN AUCILLA

MT. ZION AME CHURCH

ST. MARGARET CATHOLIC CHURCH

1565 East Washington Street Monticello • 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 PM1st & 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

ELIZABETH BAPTIST CHURCH

4124 Bassett Dairy Rd • Monticello • 997-8444Email: ebcmonticello@centurylink.net

Dr Dean Spivey, Pastor

Student 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 PMWednesdayChildren/Student Ministry...........3:00 PMBible Study/Prayer Meeting...........6:00 PMRA’s, GA’s, Mission Friends & Youth 6:00 PM

CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

CHURCH OF THE NAZARENEUS 19 N 1590 N. Jefferson Street (US 19)

997-3906Debra@monticellonaz@gmail.com

Rev. Timothy HildrethSunday School..................................9:45 AMMorning Worship..........................10:45 AMWednesday EveningSupper...................................................5:30 PMSmall Group Breakout.....................6:30 PMBible Study & Prayer Meeting............6:30 PMSaturdaySpanish Church Services....................7:30 PM

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

Pastor George L. SmithSundaySunday 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 PMWednesdayFamily Supper..............................5:45 PM Worship........................................7:00 PMJoyful Sounds Children’s Choir...7:00 PM5th quarter Youth.........................7:00 PM

1st & 3rd MondayMighty Monday-Ladies Bible Study...6:30 PM2nd Thursday

Lloyd Silver Saints......................11:00 AM3rd ThursdayW.W. Diners(Widows/Widowers outing)...5:30 PM3rd Saturday

Brotherhood.................................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 PMWednesdayFellowship 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 Sundays

Sunday School (every Sunday)....9:30 AM

Sunday Worship.........................11:00 AMChildren's Worship.....................11:00 AM

Wednesday

Fellowship Meal..........................6:30 PM

Prayer Meeting/Bible Study.......7:00 PM

WACISSA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

14492 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 PMWednesdayPrayer Meeting............................6:30 PMYouth Group.................................6:00 PMChoir Practice...............................7:30 PM

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 Study Classes for Students

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCHOF LLOYD

CHURCHPORCH DE SALOMON -- ADELANTE!

Top, Casa Tata Loy

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far right).

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Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Inc63 Tinnell Road Monticello, FL. 32344

850-997-0399District Elder Tony Lane, Pastor

Services:SundayBible School................................................................9:45 AMMorning Worship.....................................................11:00 AM

1st Sunday Holy Communion ServiceMondayWings of Prayer.........................................................5:00 PMWednesdayNoonday Prayer.......................................................12:00 PM

(Mid-Week Church Fasting Day)1st WednesdayPraise and Worship....................................................7:30 PMPrayer.........................................................................7:00 PMBible Class...................................................................7:30 PM1st, 4th, 5th SaturdayPrayer.........................................................................9:00 AMEverydayMorning Universal Prayer.......................................6:00 AM

2009 Barrington RoadLloyd, FL

Pastor Rev. Dr Edward Scott II

Sunday School Every Sunday.......................10:00 AMWorship Service 2nd and 4th Sunday.........11:00 AMBible Study 4th Sunday................................ 11:00 AMYouth Day 3rd Sunday................................11:00 A.M.

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5593 veterans Memorial drive (Hwy 59)Tallahassee • 850-893-5296

www.indianspringsbaptistchurch.com

Rev. 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

1206 Springfield Road • Lloyd • 997-TLc7 (8527)Pastors Tim and Beverly Buchholtz

www.TransformingLifechurch.com

Sunday................................................ 10:30 AMSunday Morning Praise and Worship

children’s churchinfants & Toddler Nursery

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

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

GREATER FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH

690 cypress Street � Monticello � 850-997-4375“Standing Firm On The Word Of God”

Dr. Melvin Roberts, PastorSunday church School....................10:00 A.M.Sunday Praise & Worship..................11:15 A.M.2nd Sunday Youth Praise & Worship

4th Sunday individual Outreach Ministry & Fellowship3rd Sunday Holy communionWednesday Evenings

Prayer Meeting....................................6:30 P.M.Bible Study...........................................7:00 P.M.

1599 Springhollow Road • Monticello • 850-212-7669

Pastor Marvin Graham

Sunday Worship...................................10:30 AM

Sunday Worship 1st & 3rd......2:00 PM-4:00 PM

Sunday -- Every 2nd & 4th....................6:00 PM

Tuesday Bible Study..............................7:00 PM

AA on Tuesday........................................8:00 PM

Wednesday Bible Study.............................7:00 PM

Wed. Young People Bible Study.............7:00 PM

Wed. counseling.....................5:30 PM-8:30 PM

Thurs. 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 PMWednesdaychoir Practice..............................7:00 PMYouth Group.................................7:00 PMFamily Fellowship 2nd 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

Interim PastorsSunday School..............................................9:45 AMSunday Worship(except last Sunday of month)..11:00 AMSonShine Worship(last Sunday of month).........9:00 AM

Adult Bible Study-Wednesday..................6:30-7:30 PMMen’s Breakfast.........2nd Saturday 8:00 a.m.

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

www.sardis.his-body.comemail=lenzos@his-body.com

SARDIS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH RESTORED GLORY CHRISTIAN CENTER

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

Pastor Eddie and Elder Veronica Yon

Sunday church Service.............10:00 AM Thursday church Service............7:00 PM

Wednesday with Pastor........10:00 AM - 2:00 PMSaturday For Realville for Teens- 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Men’s Ministry every 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month.4th Saturday Morning Glory for women.............8:00 AM

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 MINISTRIES CHURCH 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

LAMONT BAPTIST CHURCHP. O. Box 188 • 850-997-6870

121 River Rd • US 27 Lamont, FL 32336www.lamontbaptistchurch.org

Mark Holley, PastorSunday School................................10:00amSunday Morning Worship...............11:00amSunday Evening Worship.................6:00pm

Wed. Bible Study and choir Practice...6:00pm

(3rd Monday of each month)JOY club (just older youth 50+).......6:00pm

CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH285 Magnolia St • Monticello • 997-2165

www.cbcflorida.org

Dr. David E. Walker, Pastor

Sunday School..............................9:45 AM

Sunday Morning Worship...........11:00 AM

Sunday Evening...........................6:30 PM

Wednesday Evening....................7:00 PM

Wed. TRAc club for teens...........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

WEdNESdAY NiGHT AcTiviTiESBible Study.............................................4:15 Musical Academy..................................5:00 Prayer Group..........................................5:15 Fellowship Meal....................................6:00 chancel choir Practice..........................6:30

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

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 AMTuesday nights basic english classes

w/Gloria Norton at 7:00Wednesday Prayer & Bible Study...................7:00 PM

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

Rev. James Mack, PastorSunday School..................(Every Sunday)...9:45 AM

Morning Worship...........(1st & 3rd Sundays)11:00 AMBible Study/Prayer Meeting- ......................................(Thursday before 1st & 3rd sunday)............. 7:30 PM.

INDIAN SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH

TRANSFORMING LIFE CHURCH ASSEMBLY OF GOD

CHURCHCHURCH NEWS NOTES

Forbidden fruit creates many jams

Gospel Fest at the old Jefferson County HighSchool, in the auditorium, on Saturday, February 4beginning at 6 p.m.; doors open at 5 p.m.

This second annual event, hosted by Detroit Live,will feature Min. Febe & The Chosen Ones; BrightSide Gospel Singers; Mother Graham & The GospelJoy Singers; Thessalonians; New Bethel AMEChurch; Apostle & Favor and so many more.

This evening of gospel music is free, though do-nations will be accepted. For more information con-tact CP Miller III at 850-251-2194.

The Mission Ministry of Memorial MissionaryBaptist Church will hold a Fish Fry on Friday, Janu-ary 27 in the church fellowship hall, beginning at 11a.m. until the fish is gone.

The meal will be your choice of mullet or brimwith cole slaw and baked beans for a donation of$7.00; sandwiches will cost a donation of $5.50.

The church is located at the corner of MLK andSecond streets. For more information contact Rev.Joretha Sloan at 850-997-2705.

Central BaptistChurch invites the com-munity to attend thesinging ministry of‘New Tradition’ on Sun-day, February 5 begin-ning at 10:30 a.m. with aMorning Worship Serv-ice.

‘New Tradition’ wasformed in 1990 and hasbeen bringing God’smessage of salvation astheir ministry eversince. Their ministry ofmusic will be a blessingto you. Current membersof the gospel group in-clude Dan Taylor, JennyTaylor, Deran Harde-man, all of Nashville,Georgia and Stacey

Joiner of Sparks, Geor-gia.

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JANUARY 25-29Union #2 JeffersonCounty Ministers/Dea-cons/Home Mission Soci-eties will convene withFriendship MissionaryBaptist Church (DriftonHighway) at 7:30 p.m. onWednesday for UnionBible Study. The Unionwill continue at 11 a.m. onSaturday with the UnionLeadership Conference.Union Worship Serviceswill begin at 9:45 a.m.with Sunday School. Allmember churches and in-terested friends are in-vited to attend. For moreinformation, contactUnion Reporter MaryBlake at 850-241-6822.

JANUARY 26Bible Study every Thurs-day at the Lloyd Woman’sClub at 7 p.m. Join withElder Linda Ross for anevening of Christianfaith. For more informa-tion contact her at 850-322-3424.

JANUARY 27‘Sunday Drive’, ‘TheNehrkorns’ and‘LifeSong’ in a gospelmusic concert Fridayevening at Yogi Bear’sJellystone Park in Madi-son. Admission is free forthis WinterFest, but a loveoffering will be receivedduring the concert. Formore information, call850-464-0114 or visit

www.lifesong gospel.comJANUARY 27

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.

JANUARY 27, 28Second Harvest Food Pro-gram, together with thechurches of New BethelAME, Elizabeth MB,Hickory Hill MB, Mt.Pleasant AME andPhiladelphia MB, willprovide food to anyoneneeding assistance in-cluding the needy, infantsand the elderly. This isdone monthly with distri-bution from 9 to 10 a.m.usually on the fourth Sat-urday at the New BethelAME Church located at6496 Ashville Highway.Volunteers are also wel-come to come on Fridayevening at 6:30 p.m. tohelp bag the food pack-ages. Contact Nellie Ran-dall at 850-997-5605 or850-997-6929 to volunteeror for more informationabout this program.

FEBRUARY 1, 15EaglesWings, a ministryof outreach, serves thecommunity on the firstand third Wednesday ofeach month from 9 a.m. to12 p.m. The food pantry islocated at the First Pres-

byterian Church on EastDogwood Street. Volun-teers are always welcometo hand out food itemsand to donate non-perish-able food items. Call andleave a message forJoAnne Arnold at 850-997-2252 or go to eaglew-ingsmonticello@yahoo.com or www.firstpresbyteri-anmonticeool.org

FEBRUARY 4Cherry Lake First BaptistChurch will host a Blue-grass Gospel Benefit/Singon Saturday, from 6 to 8p.m., featuring CalvaryBluegrass and other localtalent. This benefit is tohelp Victor Strawder withhis medical bills. A LoveOffering will be collected.For more informationcontact Jane Moore at 850-929-9990.

FEBRUARY 5 Greater Fellowship Mis-sionary Baptist Churchwill celebrate Family andFriends Day at 3:30 p.m.on Sunday. All are invitedto glorify God on thisblessed occasion. ElderChester Brown III and theShady Grove PrimitiveBaptist Church #1 of Tal-lahassee will render theservice. Contact Rev.Melvin Roberts, pastor, at850-997-4375 for more in-formation. The church islocated at 690 CypressStreet.

FEBRUARY 8St. Phillip AME Churchwill host a February Mid-Week Praise & WorshipService beginningWednesday after the firstSunday in February, witha Praise Service at 6:45p.m. and Worship Serviceat &:00 p.m.

FEBRUARY 10New Hope Church willhost a Blood Drive from 12to 6 p.m. on Friday in theWinn Dixie Plaza. A freelunch will be served to alldonors. For more informa-tion contact Mary at 850-948-8232.

FEBRUARY 12Sunday of Silence will beheld from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.every second Sunday ofeach month at One HeartEarth Center. It’s a non-de-nominational time of still-ness and reflection. Avegetarian lunch is offeredat noon; served and eatenin silence. Gentle HathaYoga will begin at 10 a.m.with instructor JoyMoore. Mats are provided.OHEC is located at 450West Madison Street indowntown Monticello andis a non-profit 501c3 publiccharity. Donations appre-ciated and are tax de-ductible. For moreinformation contact SallieWorley at oneheartearth-center@embarqmail.comor 850-997-7373.

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FRAN HUNTECB PublishingStaff WriterAnother alumni has

come full circle and re-turned to Aucilla Chris-tian Academy. 2005

graduate Amanda Sapphas joined the staff atACA as the new art andyearbook teacher. Shealso coaches the middleschool girls basketballteam.She attended the

University of NorthFlorida, where sheearned her BA in Eng-lish. Sapp then went onto teach one year of mid-dle school and one yearof second grade.“I became interested

in teaching because Ilove kids and I love theopportunity it gives meto impact their lives in apositive way,” said Sapp.“God has truly given mea heart for middle schoolchildren. I connect bestwith them and feel theyare the most moldable.“What I look forward

to most this year is get-ting to know the studentsand having former teach-

ers as my coworkers,”she added. “I find mybiggest challenge to bebeing creative, it doesn’tcome naturally for me.”She considers her

strong points to be herorganization and herability to encourage thestudents.“My biggest frustra-

tion is when I know a stu-dent has a hard home lifeand there is nothing Ican do to change it,” saidSapp. “My main objective

this year is to grow as aneducator and to serveGod in the workplace,”she said. “I wish to be re-membered by my stu-dents as a teacher whocared deeply for her stu-dents and always repre-sented Christ in heractions. I am excited tobe back at Aucilla. Iknow God has lead mehere and He has excitingplans in store.” Sapp was born in

Tallahassee but has livedin Monticello most ofher life. “I went to collegein Jacksonville for fouryears and lived in LakeCity for one year,” sheadded.Her hobbies include

playing tennis, readingand going to the movies.

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being an instructor takesup quite a bit of timeoutside of the classroomand leaves very littletime for art making. Ihave been struggling tofind time for my own cre-ative outlet and I knowthat other art teachershave had the same expe-rience. I proposed thisexhibit with two goals inmind: I wanted to showstudents what their in-structors do and Iwanted to motivate thelocal art faculty, includ-ing myself, to get backinto the studio.”Local art instructors

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Jefferson CountyBridget Akers is

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Telling someone thatthey “throw like a girl”used to be an insult, butthat shouldn’t be the caseanymore. Taryn Copelandis proud to “throw like agirl,” and it is those throw-ing skills that landed her aspot as a pitcher on thesoftball team at St. John’sRiver State College.

Copeland is a 2011honor graduate of AucillaChristian Academy. Whileat ACA, she played on thesoftball and basketballteams every year. She wasalso on the cheerleadingsquad each year. She was a

member of the Beta Clubfor four years, and wastheir secretary during hersenior year. She ran cross-country her senior yearand was dual enrolled atNorth Florida CommunityCollege each semesterstarting her 10th gradesummer.

Playing softball in col-lege wasn’t part ofCopeland’s plans until shewas in 11th grade. “Sincerecruiting starts soyoung now and I waspretty late in my decision,I figured if I wanted toplay at the next level, I bet-ter get serious. The sum-mer before my 11th gradeyear is when I got intotravel ball, started going tomore pitching lessons, andconditioning and keepingin shape in the off-season.I got into a recruiting web-site and started gettingemails from coaches. Theemails I was getting werefrom colleges in states likeMichigan, Virginia Ten-nessee and Washington,but I definitely didn’t wantto leave Florida. One day Igot an email from the re-cruiting/pitching coachhere at SJRSC. I had neverheard of the school beforebut I called him back andhe asked me to come workout with the team. Mymom drove me over toPalatka in the fall of myjunior year. I threw for thecoach and he offered me afull-scholarship that day. Imet the team and touredthe school and I knew Iwanted to go there. Thecoach took me and showedme some apartments righton the St. Johns River andthat is what sold my dadand me. I verbally commit-ted right then. The twocoaches I committed underleft and we got a newcoach, Katie Brosky. She’sa great coach and pitchedat UNF so that definitelybenefits us pitchers. Wehave three assistantcoaches who do a great jobwith the program as well.”

When asked to de-scribe her family,Copeland said, “My familyis definitely my biggestsupport group, and Iwouldn’t trade them for

the world. I’m where I amtoday all because of them.I have a pretty normal fam-ily: Mom, DebbieCopeland, Dad, ScottCopeland, sister, Casey(28), brother, Tres (16), andsister, Taylor (13). I alsohave such supportivegrandparents who I love somuch and would do any-thing for me. My mom is ahuge inspiration to me,she has always helped methrough every problemI've had and she has al-ways encouraged me tofollow my dreams and notlet anything else get in theway. My dad is a huge partof my success in softball,ever since I was 8 years

old, me and my dad wouldbe in the yard playing ballnon-stop. He has alwayssupported me and wantedme to do what made mehappy. My parents neverpushed me into softball,which is why I love it somuch. We were never re-ally a big softball family.We didn’t travel to differ-ent states playing ballevery single weekend andI am very grateful for thatbecause the decision tostart playing travel ball,which led into me playingcollege ball, was my deci-sion, not a decision I wasforced into. I couldn’thave asked for a betterbrother and sister, theyare everything to me andthey are a great supportgroup as well. I know for afact that both my brotherand sister will follow mypath into college athleticsand will be very success-ful.”

When it comes to col-lege softball, there is nooff-season. The girls condi-tion and workout five daysa week during the sum-mer. They do get to gohome during the summer,but they each get sheetsthat they must log theirworkouts in everyday. When they get back toschool in the fall, theystart major conditioning.Copeland describingmajor conditioning as,“This is where the coachestell who has and hasn’tworked out in the summer.During fall conditioningwe usually condition fivedays a week for about anhour and a half. Fall prac-tice starts about threeweeks after school starts.We practice 5-6 days aweek for around threehours and condition afterpractice.” Then fall gamesbegin. The team plays anaverage of 25 games in thefall. After fall games areover the girls conditionhard until Christmasbreak. They then get threeweeks off for the holi-days. “During both falland spring we have toworkout an hour a day inthe weight room aroundour class schedule, we getmax out sheets and have to

get stronger and be able tolift more weight everymonth,” said Copeland.

The workouts andconditioning that the girlsmust do is not simply run-ning or lifting weights.There are few people whocould handle the intenseworkouts that the girlsmust do. “We do a lot ofrunning and weight train-ing for conditioning, butmostly running. Ourcoach mixes it up from dayto day but it is always re-ally tough and she pushesus very hard. An exampleof a normal day of condi-tioning would be: a timedcampus run (two miles),sprints on the tenniscourts, suicides, fitnessstations (agilities and corework), and just differentworkouts every day. Wehave about 30 differentthings we can do for condi-tioning and it’s differentevery day so you neverknow what to expect. As apitcher, we have to be inthe best shape becausewere constantly doingsomething, so AmandaSmith (sophomorePitcher) and I, run a cam-pus run on our own every-day at practice. I also do alot of conditioning on myown; I run in the morningsor after practice and some-times do extra workoutswith some of my team-mates after practice.”

The SJRSC softballseason starts January 28with the JUCO kickoffclassic tournament inClearwater. The team willplay up to 65 games untilthe beginning of May.When asked what she wasmost looking forward to,Copeland said, “There area lot of things I look for-ward to this season: travel-ing around the state,hanging out with myfriends on the team, work-ing hard, playing hard,beating a lot of teams, andhopefully winning a statechampionship!”

According toCopeland, the most diffi-cult aspect of playing col-lege softball is timemanagement. “As a stu-dent athlete I am on cam-pus from 8 in the morningto about 6-8 at night. Be-tween morning workouts,classes, study hall, physi-cal therapy, homework andof course practice, I haveabsolutely no free time,but I love it! I’m alwaysbusy and I always havesomething to do. It getsstressful at times, but Iknow it will all be worth itone day, and I wont regretplaying softball in col-lege,” she said.

When asked what oneof the biggest challengesof playing college softball,Copeland said, “College isa whole different worldthan high school, in

classes/homework andsoftball. I'm used to collegeclasses and homework,and they really aren’t anissue for me because ofdual enrolling, but it doesget tough sometimes tak-ing 15 or 16 hours and play-ing softball. In high schoolour practices were a wholedifferent atmosphere. Iloved my high school teamand coach, and I still wishI could go back and playmy senior year all overagain. College practicesare twice as long, we run

20 times as much and weare expected to practicewith 10 times the intensityas we practiced in highschool, but it has made mewant to work harder andbecome a better pitcher. Incollege ball, everyone wasthe MVP of their highschool team, so it takes alittle while to get used topeople being better thanyou, but in the end itmakes you better as anathlete.”

Copeland’s academicplan is to complete her As-

sociate in Arts at St.Johns. She will have herAA plus some of her pre-requisites completed afterthis semester. Next yearshe will just be focusingon her prerequisiteclasses. After next year'sseason she hopes to trans-fer to Florida State Univer-sity, University of Floridaor University of SouthFlorida to finish up herprerequisites, and thenapply to either Medicalschool or Pharmacyschool.

SPORTSPLAYER SPOTLIGHT: TARYN COPELAND

Taryn Copeland (right) is seen with her sister Taylor(left). Taryn is an ACA graduate who is now pitching forSt. John’s River State College.

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LEGALS

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR

JEFFERSON COUNTY, FLORIDA

PROBATE DIVISION

IN RE: ESTATE OF

File Number: 11-92-CP

ELIZABETH ANN BORUM,

Deceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The administration of the estate of ELIZABETH ANN

BORUM, deceased, whose date of death was November 22,

2011, is pending in the Circuit Court for Jefferson County,

Florida, Probate Division under probate file 11-92-CP the ad-

dress of which is 1 Courthouse Circle, Monticello, Florida

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 18, 2012

Rebecca Ashburn

275 Dahl Drive

Monticello, Florida 32344

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NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the Board of County Commissioners

for Jefferson County, Florida will meet in a workshop session

with the Jefferson County Economic Development Council on

Monday, February 13, 2012, at 9AM. The meeting will be held

in the Courthouse Annex located at 435 West Walnut Street,

Monticello, Florida. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss

economic development initiatives for Jefferson County. The

meeting is open to the public.

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NOTICE OF HEARING

The Jefferson County Legislative Delegation will be holding a

public hearing in Monticello, Florida, on Monday, January 30,

2012 at 7:30 PM. The hearing will be held at the Jefferson

County Courthouse located at 1 Courthouse Circle, Monticello,

FL 32344. All residents and elected officials are invited to attend.

This hearing will allow the citizens the opportunity to meet their

legislators, discuss concerns, ask questions and offer comments.

Reply to: 208 Senate Office Building

404 South Monroe Street

Tallahassee, FL 32399-1100

(850) 487-5004

Email: kemp.berta@flsenate.gov

Senate’s Website: www.flsenate.gov

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NOTICE UNDER FICTITIOUS NAME LAW Pursuant to

Section 865.09, Florida Statutes

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, desiring

to engage in business under the fictitious name of "THE

PAINTED PONY" located in the county of Jefferson in the

City of Monticello, Florida Zip 32344 intends to register the

said name with the Division of Corporations of the

Florida Department of State, Tallahassee, Florida.

Dated this 19th day of January, 2012.

Signed Sherry M. McCord

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 2ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

IN AND FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY, FLORIDA

CASE NO. 33-2011-CA-000189

ROSE ACCEPTANCE, INC.

Plaintiff(s), Division No.

vs. Section.

FRANCES ALDAY A/K/A FRANCES

ELLEN ALDAY F/K/A FRANCIS ELLEN HODGES; et. al.,

Defendant(s)

NOTICE OF ACTION FORECLOSURE

PROCEEDINGS-PROPERTY

TO: FRANCES ALDAY A/K/A FRANCES ELLEN ALDAY

F/K/A FRANCIS ELLEN HODGES ADDRESS UN-

KNOWN BUT WHOSE LAST KNOWN ADDRESS IS: 420

E 2ND WAY, GREENVILLE, FL 32331 UNKNOWN

SPOUSE OF FRANCES ALDAY A/K/A FRANCES ELLEN

ALDAY F/K/A FRANCIS ELLEN HODGES ADDRESS

UNKNOWN BUT WHOSE LAST KNOWN ADDRESS IS:

420 E 2ND WAY, GREENVILLE, FL 32331

Residence unknown and if living, including any unknown spouse

of the Defendant, if remarried and if said Defendant is dead,

his/her respective unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, assignees,

creditors, lienors, and trustees, and all other persons claiming by,

through, under or against the named Defendant; and the afore-

mentioned named Defendant and such of the aforementioned un-

known Defendant and such of the unknown named Defendant

as may be infants, incompetents or otherwise not sui juris.

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that an action to foreclose a

mortgage on the following described property, to-wit:

LOT 4, BLOCK A, ASHVILLE HIGHLANDS UNIT II SUB-

DIVISION, A SUBDIVISION AS PER THE PLAT THEREOF

FILED AT PLAT BOOK B, PAGE 43, OF THE PUBLIC

RECORDS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, FLORIDA.

more commonly known as 420 E. 2ND WAY, GREENVILLE,

FL32331

This action has been filed against you, and you are required

to serve a copy of your written defense, if any, to it on Plaintiff's

attorney, GILBERT GARCIA GROUP, P.A., whose address is

2005 Pan Am Circle, Suite 110, Tampa, Florida 33607, on or

before 30 days after date of first publication and file the original

with the Clerk of the Circuit Court either before service on Plain-

tiff's attorney or immediately thereafter; otherwise a default will

be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court on the 19th day

of December, 2011.

Kirk Reams

JEFFERSON County, Florida

"In accordance with the Americans With Disabilities Act, per-

sons in need of a special accommodation to participate in this

proceeding shall, within seven (7) days prior to any proceeding,

contact the Administrative Office of the Court, JEFFERSON

County, INTERSECTION US HIGHWAYS 19 AND 90, MON-

TICELLO FL 32344- , County Phone: 850-342-0218 ext. 228

TDD 1-800-955-8771 or 1-800-955-8770 via Florida Relay

Service".1/25,2/1/12,c.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SECOND JUDICIAL

CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY, FLORIDA

DENNIS WITTENBERG;

Plaintiff, CASE NO.: 10-262-CA

CIRCUIT CIVIL

v.

CHRISTINA CARR; WILLIE J. CARR, a married

man; and UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF CHRISTINA

CARR;

Defendant(s).

CLERK’S NOTICE OF SALE

NOTICE IS GIVEN that, in accordance with the Plaintiff’s

Final Judgment of Foreclosure entered on January 10, 2012 in

the above-styled cause, I will sell to the highest and best bidder

for cash on the North Steps of the Jefferson County Courthouse,

1 Courthouse Circle, Monticello, FL 32344, at 11:00 A.M. on

February 9, 2012, the following described property:

See Exhibit “A” annexed hereto and incorporated herein

by this reference.

ANY PERSON CLAIMING AN INTERST IN THE SUR-

PLUS FROM THE SALE, IF ANY, OTHER THAN THE

PROPERTY OWNER AS OF THE DATE OF THE LIS PEN-

DENS MUST FILE A CLAIM WITHIN 60 DAYS AFTER THE

SALE.

Dated: January 11, 2012

KIRK REAMS

Clerk of Court

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing

Notice Sale has been furnished by United States Mail on January

11, 2012, to each of the following:

Sonya K. Daws, Esq.

215 S. Monroe St., Suite 510

Tallahassee, FL 32301

Willie J. Carr

16 Villa Nova

Lamont, FL 32336 Sherry Sears

Deputy Clerk

EXHIBIT “A”

Commence at the Southwest corner of Lot 1 of Villa-Nova Sub-

division, as per map or plat thereof recorded in Plat Book "B",

Page 7 of the Public Records of Jefferson County, Florida, said

point being on the North boundary of County Paved Old St. Au-

gustine Road and run South 89 degrees 40 minutes 20 seconds

West along the North boundary of County Paved Old St. Augus-

tine Road a distance of 140.00 feet to the Point of Beginning,

thence continue South 89 degrees 40 minutes 20 seconds West

along said North boundary a distance of 100.00 feet to a point,

thence run North 00 degrees 20 minutes 07 seconds West 176.96

feet to a point, thence run North 89 degrees 44 minutes 20 sec-

onds East 100.00 feet to a point, thence South 00 degrees 20 min-

utes 07 seconds East 176.84 feet to the Point of

Beginning.TOGETHER WITH that certain 1997 PIONEER

MOBILE HOME bearing Serial NO. PH1504GA11203, Florida

Title NO. 73254235.1/18,25/12, c.

1/11,18,25,2/1/12,c. 1/11,18,25,2/1/12,c.

1/11,18,25,2/1/12,c.

1/11,18,25,2/1/12,c.

1/11,18,25,2/1/12,c.

1/11,18,25,2/1/12,c.

Attorney for Personal Representative

T. Buckingham Bird, Esq.

P.O. Box 247

Monticello, Florida 32345

1(850) 997-3503

Christine Carr

493 N. Barber Hill Road

Lamont, FL 32336

MEETING NOTICE

The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Trustees of Tri-

County Electric Cooperative scheduled for Monday, February

13, 2012 has been rescheduled for Tuesday, February 7, 2012,

7:00 p.m., in the board room at the cooperative’s headquarters

office building located at 2862 West US 90, Madison, Florida.

1/20, 25/2012, c.

NOTICE OF MONTICELLO CITY COUNCIL MEETING

The Monticello City Council will conduct its next regular

monthly meeting on February 7, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. The meeting

will take place at City Hall, 245 S. Mulberry Street, Monticello.

Persons with disabilities who need an accommodation to partic-

ipate in the meeting should contact City Clerk Emily Anderson

at 342-0292 or at eanderson@mymonticello.net.

1/25/12, c.

NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF

RESOLUTION # 2012-011912-01

Notice is hereby given pursuant to Chapter 336.10, Florida

Statutes, that the Board of County Commissioners, Jefferson

County, Florida did on the 19th day of January, 2012, adopt a

resolution vacating and abandoning a portion of a roadway in

Jefferson County, Florida, to wit:

That portion of a County maintained dirt road known as “Sledge

Lane” located entirely within the parcel of land owned by GAR-

GANELLA FARM, LLC, lying in Section 11 and 12, Township

2 North, Range 4 East, as more particularly described in the

Trustee’s Deed recorded in Book: 668, Page 606 of the Official

Records of Jefferson County, Florida, which is the dead end por-

tion of such road approximately 400 feet in length.

1/25/2012, c.

Notice of Public Meeting

Engineering firm Preble-Rish will be hosting a meeting open to

public input on the master park planning at the headwaters of the

Wacissa River. The meeting will be held at the Wacissa

Methodist Church Fellowship Hall in Wacissa on Saturday, Jan-

uary 28 at 10 AM1/20,25/2012, c.

By: Sherry Sears

Deputy Clerk

By: Sherry Sears

Deputy Clerk

FRAN HUNTECB PublishingStaff Writer

The Aucilla Christian Academy var-sity Warriors were slapped by John PaulJanuary 13 for a 56-40 loss to now stand 8-7 on the season.

As a team, the Warriors bucketed 10of 34 attempts from the field, netted fourof 10 attempts from the tree-point lineand sunk eight of 20 attempts from thefree-throw line for 40 points. They col-lected eight assists, 10 offensive and 18 de-fensive rebounds for a total of 28rebounds, with seven block/steals and 18turnovers.

Individually, Tyler Jackson nettedtwo of five attempts from the field andmissed one attempt from the three-pointzone for four points. He had two assists,two defensive rebounds, one block/stealand eight turnovers.

Jared Jackson missed two attemptsfrom the field and hit five of seven at-tempts from the free-throw line for fivepoints. He had one offensive rebound andone turnover.

Bradley Holm hit one of two at-tempts from the field for two points andhe had one defensive rebound.

Hans Sorensen targeted three of fiveattempts from the field and missed one at-tempt from the free-throw line for sixpoints. He had two assists, one offensiverebound and fur defensive rebounds for atotal of five rebounds, with one

block/steal and two turnovers.Cody Ledford missed one attempt

from the field and had one offensive re-bound.

Jay Finlayson netted one of six at-tempts from the field, targeted four ofnine attempts from the three-point zoneand missed three attempts from the free-throw line for 14 points. He had three as-sists, one offensive and seven defensiverebounds for a total of eight rebounds,two block/steals and three turnovers.

Corey Burrus bucketed two of fourattempts from the field and netted threeof four attempts from the free-throw linefor seven points. He had one offensive re-bound and one block/steal.

Josh Fundertburke hit one of nine at-tempts from the field and missed five at-tempts from the free-throw line for twopoints. He had one assist, four offensiveand five defensive rebounds for a total ofnine rebounds, with two block/steals.

The Warriors hit the hardwoodagainst; Munroe, January 20 at 7:30 p.m.,away; Tallavana Christian, January 30 at6:30 p.m., home; Branford, January 31 at6:30 p.m., away; and wrapping up the reg-ular season, Liberty County, February 2at 7:30 p.m., home.

The Warriors will be hosting the Dis-trict Tournament, beginning with theDistrict Quarter Finals, January 6 at 7p.m.; the District Semifinals, February 7at 5 and 7 p.m.; and the District Champi-onship, February 10 at 7 p.m.

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The Aucilla Christian Academy middleschool girls basketball team took victories inthe past three games to now stand 8-4 on theseason.

Aucilla faced off against Highland De-cember 12 and the Lady Warriors scalpedtheir opponent for a 25-6 win.

Taylor Copeland scored two points.Emma Witmer netted for three points.Kelly Horne scored two points.Gaige Winchester targeted for eight

points.Sarah Tharpe netted two points.Ramsey Sullivan scored four pints.Brittany Hughes had two points.

Jenny Jackson netted two points.The JV Lady Warriors hit the hard-

wood against Brookwood January 3 andAucilla came out on top of a 25-17 score-board.

Copeland targeted for seven points.Witmer bucketed for six points.Winchester netted for six points.Horne scored two points.Hughes had two points.Sullivan netted for two points.Aucilla squared off against Holy Com-

forter January 10 and the JV Lady Warriorsbounced their opponent for a 17-10 victory.

Copeland scored five points.Witmer netted for four points.Winchester bucketed for six points.Tharpe scored two points.

MS Lady Warriors Take Past Three

FRAN HUNTECB PublishingStaff Writer

The Aucilla ChristianAcademy junior varsityWarriors were downed byMaclay January 12 to suffera 35-21 defeat and now stand5-4 on the season.

As a team, the youngWarriors sunk four of 19 at-tempts from the field, net-ted four of 20 attempts fromthe three-point zone and hitone of four attempts fromthe free-throw line for 21points. They had four as-sists, seven offensive and 16defensive rebounds for atotal of 23 rebounds, withone block/steal and 26turnovers.

Individually, BrandonHolm missed two attemptsfrom the field and missedtwo attempts from the freethrow line. He had one of-fensive and two defensive

rebounds for a total of threerebounds, with twoturnovers.

Casey Demott hit oneof six attempts from thefield, missed one attemptfrom the three-point zoneand sunk one of two at-tempts from the free-throwline for three points. He hadone assist, one offensiveand three defensive re-bounds for a total of four re-bounds, with one turnover.

Carson Nennstiel tar-geted two of three attemptsfrom the field, for fourpoints. He had one assist,one offensive and two defen-sive rebounds for a total ofthree rebounds, with sixturnovers.

Ricky Finlaysonmissed one attempt fromthe field and netted four of10 attempts from the three-point zone for 12 points. Hehad one assist, two defen-

sive rebounds, oneblock/steal and fourturnovers.

Braden Mattingly hitone of two attempts fromthe field and missed threeattempts from the three-point zone for two points.He had four offensive andfive defensive rebounds fora total of nine rebounds,with five turnovers.

Timmy Burrus missedfive attempts from the field.He had one assist, two de-fensive rebounds and eightturnovers.

The young Warriorsfaced off against John PaulII. January 19; and hit thecurt against Munroe, 5 p.m.,January 20, away; Talla-vana Christian, 5 p.m., Jan-uary 30, home; Branford, 5p.m., January 31, away; andwrapping up the season,Liberty County, 6 p.m., Feb-ruary 2, home.

Maclay Downs ACA JV’s

AUCILLA SLAPPEDBY JOHN PAUL

Kiwanis Recognize JCMHS Tigers

The Monticello Kiwanis invited Coach Jeremy Brown and the Jefferson CountyMiddle High School Tigers football team to their Wednesday, January 11 meeting sothey could be recognized for their recent State Championship. Coach Brown spokehighly of the team as he introduced them to the group. Above, JCMHS Coach JeremyBrown and the Tiger Football Team received a special invitation from the MonticelloKiwanis to attend their January 11 meeting and be recognized as State Champs. JCMHSTigers visit with the Monticello Kiwanis over lunch on Wednesday, January 11.