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The Nu OmegaOmega Chapter of Al-pha Kappa Alpha Sorori-ty, Inc. will sponsor Mr.Esquire 2012 on Satur-day, Feb. 11, at theVan H. Priest FineArts Auditori-um on thecampus ofNorth FloridaCommunityCo l l e g eat 6 p.m.Y o u n gmen willcompete tobecome Mr. Es-quire. Over the pastmonth, they have beenmentored in etiquette,modeling and publicspeaking.

The Madison lo-cal Chapter of AlphaKappa Alpha selectedthis project to improveyoung black males by en-couraging them to stayin school and graduate.Educational success is

one of our goals. Thecontestants are AhmodPowell, Bradyle Neal,Ja’Bryan Butler, MarcusStraughter, Taronn

Johnson, DarrionRobinson and Sa-

monty McIn-tyre.

We ex-tend a specialinvitation toall per-sons inMadisonCounty tos u p p o r t

these youngmen. Adult tickets are$5 and students $3. Themoney raised will sup-port scholarships, Relayfor Life, Salvation Army,United Way and othercharities in the commu-nity.

The chairper-sons are Cora Wyche andCarolyn Ray. Emily Dick-ey is the sorority’s presi-dent.

By Kristin FinneyGreene Publishing, Inc.The Junior Auxil-

iary of Madison Countywould like to cordiallyinvite all of the fathersand daughters in Madi-son to join them for theirfourth annual Father-Daughter Dance. Thisyear’s dance will becalled Starry Night. Thedance will be on Febru-ary 11, from 6-8 p.m. The event will be

held at the MadisonWomen’s Club. Ticketsare $10 per father, and he

Please see Dance, Page 3A

Gaither Homecoming Artists Jeff and Sheri Easter will be making theirfirst-ever appearance in Madison on Friday, February 10, at Yogi Bear’s Jelly-stone Park, at 7 p.m. Also appearing with Jeff and Sheri Easter will be ChapelRoad of Pigeon Forge, Tenn.For Jeff and Sheri, gospel music is genetically programmed into their DNA.

As members of acclaimed musical families—Jeff ’s father is one of the EasterBrothers and Sheri’s mother is a member of the Lewis Family—they grew upsurrounded by the sound of people praising God through their musical gifts.In August of 1984, both were at the Albert E. Brumley Sundown to Sunup

Gospel Singing in Arkansas. Jeff, who was playing bass for the Singing Ameri-cans at the time, took the opportunity to reintroduce himself to Sheri’s mother,Polly. They had met on a previous occasion. Polly introduced Jeff to Sheri andthe two were married ten months later.They traveled and performed as part of The Lewis Family for several years.

But in 1988 they decided it was time to strike out on their own, and they haven’tlooked back since. Please see Easter, Page 3A

Construction of a new Madison Operation Cen-ter for Progress Energy Florida is complete. The Op-eration Center, located on the east side of the city ofMadison on Highway 98, replaces and upgrades anexisting facility. It provides a base for Progress En-ergy line crews and serves as a materials storagearea. Construction of the center began in October2011. The site will become fully operational laterthis month.Many local subcontractors help to build the cen-

ter. Vendors from Madison, Leon, Taylor, Gadsden,

Jefferson, Suwannee and Lowndes counties wereawarded subcontracts for work such as surveying,site preparation, electrical, flooring, fencing, con-crete, plumbing, sanitation and finishing, totalingmore than $500,000 in wages for the local economy.“The Greater Madison County Chamber of

Commerce is grateful for the continued partnershipwe have with Progress Energy,” said Cindy Payne-Vees, director, Madison County Chamber of Com-merce. “Their re-investment in our county byutilizing local contractors for this construction pro-

ject proves their commitment to rural communitiessuch as ours. We are privileged to have them as partof our county.” Planning for the project began in 2010, when

Progress Energy’s Supplier Diversity & BusinessDevelopment business unit began working with theFlorida A & M University Small Business Develop-ment Center. Pinnacle Construction Support Group(Pinnacle/CSG), a minority owned constructionmanagement firm based in Tallahassee, was awarded

Please see Progress Energy, Page 3A

By Jacob BembryGreene Publishing, Inc. A Greenville woman was slight-

ly injured in an accident on Mon-day afternoon, Feb. 6.According to a Florida High-

way Patrol report, Sandra Ebber-son, 66, was traveling west onCaptain Buie Road. For unknownreasons, she failed to stop her 2008Nissan at the intersection of Cap-tain Blue and Rocky Ford Roads.

The Nissan continued west,crossing both travel lanes of RockyFord Road.The car entered the west shoul-

der striking an embankment, fenceand fence post with the front of thevehicle.The car came to a final rest, fac-

ing west on top of the embank-ment.The Madison County Sheriff ’s

Office assisted at the scene.

Va l e n t i n e ’ sDay is a day oflove.Tell your

sweetheart or afamily memberhow much you lovethem. For $5 each,you can insertyour love lines intothe newspaper. See the form

on page 4A to fillout your love linesand send them into P.O. Drawer 772,Madison, FL 32341or bring it in to ouroffice located at1695 South High-way 53 in Madison. Remember, $5

is an inexpensiveway to show yourloved ones you re-ally care.

Progress Energy Madison Operation CenterOpens On Time, Under Budget

Jeff And Sheri Easter To Make First-Ever

Appearance In MadisonSendYourLovesLinesIn

AKA To PresentMr. Esquire 2012

Ronnie Moore, left, is pictured with SusanneGriffin, who won this year’s Madison County Teacherof the Year Award at the Golden Apple Banquet,sponsored by the Madison County Foundation forExcellence in Education on Thursday, Feb. 2. Pleasesee the Wednesday, Feb. 15 edition of The MadisonCounty Carrier for full coverage of the event.

Susanne GriffinWins TeacherOf The Year

Greene Publishing, Inc. Photo by Lynette Norris, Feb. 2, 2012

Greene Publishing, Inc. Photo by Kristin Finney, Feb. 7, 2012

JA Hosts“StarryNight”Father-

DaughterDance

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Last week,Floridians went tothe polls to selecttheir preference forthe Republican nomi-nation to face off thisfall against PresidentObama. While Madi-son Republicans fa-vored former HouseSpeaker Newt Gingrich,the state overwhelminglyvoted to support formerMassachusetts GovernorMitt Romney for thenomination. The othertwo candidates still in therace, Rick Santorum and Ron Paul were relegatedto also-ran status.

I cast my vote for Mitt Romney. Let me explainwhy and see if it makes any sense to you.

To my way of thinking, the two most vexingproblems that our nation faces is a moribund econ-omy (2011 GDP grew at an anemic 1.7 percent) andout-of-control spending by power-drunk politicians.This has led to 12 million unemployed or under em-ployed Americans and a debt crisis that threatensto swamp our economy. As I look at the field ofpresidential candidates, I’m looking for someonewho is equipped to provide the leadership to ad-dress this twin-headed monster.

It certainly isn’t Barack Obama; he’s a majorcontributor to the problem — hardly the solution.The Washington political elites like Gingrich andSantorum haven’t had the economic and businessexperience to prove they are equipped to meet thechallenge. I would say the same about Paul andBachman although they seem to recognize theproblem more than most. While Huntsman nevercaught fire, Perry seemed to be lost in the wilder-ness of the national campaign. At one point, I hadsome hope for Herman Cain but other things got inthe way and derailed his campaign. Gary Johnsonand Tim Pawlenty are forgotten memories.

By process of elimination, I’m down to my laststraw or in this case, candidate. That would be MittRomney. What is to like and what is not?

I like the idea that he comes from a businessbackground. As the CEO of Bain Capital, Romneyspent nearly two decades managing one of our na-tions’ largest private venture capital firms. Bainlooked at both existing businesses and new ven-tures for potential to invest their capital. Thesewere businesses that required new management orbetter organization or a boost to turn their fortunesaround. Bain had an amazing track record duringRomney’s tenure of picking winners and losers.

In the late 1990s as Salt Lake City was prepar-ing to host the Winter Olympic Games, they faced aroyal mess. The Mormons selected one of theirown, Mitt Romney, to sort through the wreckageand put things right. He did an amazing job in less

than two years and thegames were a roaring suc-cess. He’s a problemsolver.

In 2002, he was elect-ed governor of liberal

Massachusetts andserved one term. Hedid a lot of thingsright in a difficult po-litical environment.Late in his singleterm, he signed intolaw a universalhealth care law forMassachusetts which

has been dubbed Romn-eycare, the model for our2011 national Oba-macare law. Romney-care is his biggeststumbling block, in myopinion, and he’s going to

have to do a better job of explaining it and his vi-sion of healthcare in order to draw distinction be-tween his and Obama’s ideas.

Many southerners are naturally suspicious ofanyone from Massachusetts. I share your mistrust.My ancestors arrived on the shores of the Bay Statein 1638 and left two generations later. This was thesame time when the good citizens of Salem wereburning witches. As best we can tell, this historicalfootnote is merely a coincidence, but you neverknow. If I were to return to Taxachusetts today, Iwould be a fish-out-of-water. As far as lingeringcharges of witchcraft are concerned, the statute oflimitations has passed – I think.

Before I close this column, let me say some-thing about Newt Gingrich. I first met him in 1983when he spoke to my class at the Air Command andStaff College. We were very impressed with theyoung congressman, but before long, I learned thathe had a reputation as a political “bomb thrower.”Good revolutionaries like Newt do not equate togood governance. History tells us that some of thegreat American revolutionaries like ThomasPaine, Patrick Henry and Samuel Adams disap-peared in its aftermath.

Three and a half years ago as we came to the2008 general election, I realized that Republicanshad made a fatal error. We nominated a national se-curity candidate, John McCain, who knew next tozero about economic matters. But following thefailure of Lehman Brothers on September 17th, theeconomy was the only thing that really mattered.With his background, Mitt Romney could have ex-plained the issue and addressed the problem in thefinal six weeks of the campaign, but McCain waslost. I don’t know that Romney could have beatenObama that year, but he certainly was betterequipped to oppose him considering the primary is-sue at hand.

That was then and this is now. The economy isstill the key issue although not in crisis stage likeit was in late 2008. Obama’s policies, buoyed bytired Keynesian economics, have failed miserably.Obama’s economic policies are akin to a runnerwith one foot nailed to the surface, simply run-ning in circles. Mitt Romney can explain this andshow that, with the proper free-market approach,the runner can be liberated to run a good race.He’s the best man, in my opinion, available now tolead our nation and the world out of economicquagmire.

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If Claudia Anderson,Vice President, MadisonCounty Republican Club,is paying anyone to do re-search for her, she needsto fire them. In her arti-cle that ran in the Jan. 27,2012 edition, she said,“Jane Fonda, traitorwhose actions caused thetorture and death ofmany patriots, is beinghonored by Pres. Obama.100 Years of GreatWomen?” The 100 Yearsof Great Women was aBarbara Walters specialthat aired on ABC inApril 1999.

That’s 10 years be-fore Obama becamepresident and any con-nection to him is either afigment of her overac-tive imagination or anoutright lie. Once againwe’re into the “stupidseason” where seeming-ly intelligent peoplemake the most idioticclaims. The same claimcirculated in 2009 andwas just as idiotic backthen.

K.C. Wilson388 N.W. Spaniel WayGreenville, FL 32331850-948-3263

Columnist Should FireHer Research Assistant

Of course we shouldbe concerned that studentsare not learning enough tobecome supportive citi-zens. The future of ourcommunity, state and na-tion is affected. Self inter-est brings the questions: 1)Why so little academicachievement? 2) What’s tobe done?

Academic achieve-ment begins withparents, the first and bestteachers. Failing to un-derstand or to accept thisfact puts all responsibilityon one teacher workingwith dozens of children.Some parents are not edu-cators, either by lack oftime or lack of interest.Uneducated parents can dotheir part. Discipline inclass, doing homework,and getting enough sleephelp a child get what theteachers offer.

What is to be donechallenges everyone whocares about our country’sfuture. Statistics showthat learning to read byGrade 3 is key to complet-ing high school. If we hada health epidemic here,

most of us help cure it. Wemarch for cancer, collectfor heart disease, tax our-selves for a hospital be-cause we care.

We should care aboutan epidemic of ignorance.. .care enough to commit tomaking certain each Madi-son County child reads bygrade 3. Whatever thattakes is what we shoulddo. School leaders can de-vise best use of volunteerswilling to become teachersof reading. Training forparents of poor perform-ing students is better thanparent sessions with aschool counselor. Provideit.

This is not a schoolproblem nor a schoolboard problem. It’s a com-munity problem, a countycommission problem, achurch problem, a civic or-ganization problem, an in-dividual problem for all ofus in good health withtime to spare. Countyschools’ poor academ-ic achievement is OURproblem and OUR chal-lenge.

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the contract. Through coordination with Progress Energy,

Pinnacle conducted a vendor fair in Madison in Sep-tember 2011 to recruit local subcontractors in theeconomically-challenged area in North Florida tohelp complete the project. The Madison OperationCenter building was completed on schedule and un-der the initial budget.

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Also joining Jeff & Sheri on the road is theirson, Madison, who plays electric guitar for thegroup and their daughter, Morgan, who joins themon occasion for a special solo when she’s not help-ing with the newest addition to the Easter family,Maura Grace. Greg and Charlotte Ritchie havebeen performing with Jeff & Sheri since 1994 and1996, respectively. Their son, Landon, is a regularhighlight of Jeff & Sheri’s program, offering a lit-tle comedy with help from Jeff.

Jeff & Sheri have been nominated for numer-ous Dove Awards and won three. They’ve also re-ceived a Grammy nomination, and Sheri has beennamed the Singing News Favorite Alto ten timesand the Singing News Female Vocalist four times.Jeff & Sheri’s wall of awards also include threeSociety for the Preservation of Bluegrass MusicAssociation Awards, two International CountryGospel Music Association, nine Voice Awards forFemale Artist, five Voice Awards for Song/Singleof the Year, two Voice Awards for Christian Coun-try Group, four SGM Fan Fair/USGN awards, fiveSGN Scoops Diamond Awards, four Hearts AflameAwards, and three Cash Box awards. They havealso participated in the Gaither HomecomingVideo Series since 1993, which has sold over 15million units.

Apart from their frequent appearances on theGaither Homecoming tour and videos, Jeff &Sheri have a fairly heavy touring schedule of theirown. “When we perform, we want people to leave alittle different than when they came in,” Sheri ex-plains. “We want them to have a great time smil-ing, laughing, crying and healing. We want themto know God loves them and that He is in control.”

Jeff & Sheri Easter’s latest release, Life isGreat And Gettin’ Better, embraces the sentimentby which this energetic southern gospel couplelives. Their new project is a viable, precision pro-duced recording that musically gratifies even themost demanding enthusiast’s tastes — while stay-ing true to the bluegrass/progressivecountry/bluesy style that has become distinctlytheir own.

The concert will be held inside the auditoriumat Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park. For more informa-tion, please call (850) 464-0114.

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The parents of Jason Rinehart would like toannounce the wedding of their son to MichelleRichards. Michelle is the daughter of Scott andTammy Allen of Charleston, West Virginia. Sheis a 2006 graduate of West Virginia UniversityTech., with a degree in dental hygiene. He is a2000 graduate of Lake City Community Collegewith a degree in Forestry. The wedding will takeplace on April 14, 2012 in Jacksonville, Floridawith a reception following the ceremony. Afterhoneymooning in St. Lucia, the couple plans to

reside in Orange Park, Florida.

Toby Finney, joinshis mom (SherryFinney), dad (DougFinney) and sister,(Kristin Finney) at adrive-in theater innorth Georgia.

Toby

By Jacob BembryGreene Publishing, Inc.

Damascus BaptistChurch will host a coun-tywide Black Historyprogram on Saturday,Feb. 25, at 1 p.m. at thechurch, located at thecorner of MLK Driveand Smith Streets.

The speaker for theevent will be DavidDukes, a community ac-tivist and children andhuman rights advocateand author, who isknown as Madison’s ownMLK.

The topic of theevent will be “Yesterday,Today, Tomorrow andAm I My Brother’s Keep-

er?For more informa-

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Drew “Pete” Tal-madge Merritt, Sr.passed away in Ocalaon Feb. 2, 2012.

He was born in Leeon Aug. 22, 1932 andwas a retired lineman,who worked all over theUnited States.

His hobbies includ-ed winning at cards,restoring old tractorsand fishing. Drew alsoloved watching west-erns and listening tobluegrass music.

He is survived byhis children, DeborahMerritt Long, RobertMerritt, Vicky Gomar,Janie Laird, DerrickBickford and DrusillaMorgan; his siblings,Roy Merritt, EvelynSapp, Hazel Latner,Gene Merritt, BarbaraDurden and BettyReames; 28 grandchil-dren; and 29 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded indeath by his parents,Ben Brevan and JanieMerritt; and siblings,Ben Merritt, Helen Lee,Lois Southall, JuneKinsey and BonnieLyon; and a son, DrewMerritt, Jr.

Services will beheld at Beggs FuneralHome in Madison onWednesday, February 8,2012 at 2 p.m. Therewill be a viewing heldprior to the service,starting at noon forfamily and 1 p.m. forfriends. Graveside ser-vice to follow at Mace-donia Cemetery,Madison.

ObituariesDrew“Pete”

TalmadgeMerritt,

Sr.

Iva Juanita Stephens, 86, passed away at homeon February 3, 2012 after a long illness. She moved toCallahan after her beloved husband of 47 years,Charlie, passed away.

She is survived by her only child, Penny Rau,and her husband, Bobby Rau; three grandchildren,Jimmy (Denise) Hall, Scott Hall and Christopher(Wanda) Rau; six great-grandchildren, Micha, Anne,Chloe, Aubriel, Nick and Micaela; two sisters, EdithTownsend and Velma McRae; two brothers, AlecCampbell and Edward Campbell; many nieces andnephews; good friends; and a wonderful church fam-ily at Faith Baptist Church in Jacksonville whereshe attended faithfully as long as she was able. Allloved her and will miss her, but are assured she isnow with the Lord.

Beggs Funeral Home, Madison, will arrange thefuneral and burial. Services will be at HickoryGrove Methodist Church on February 11, 2012 at 11a.m. Interment will follow at the family cemetery,Campbell-Harmony Cemetery.

Memorials in her name may be directed toNortheast Florida Community Hospice.

Iva JuanitaStephens

In my heart your memorylingers, always tender, fond and true. There’s not a day,

dear OJ, that we do not think of you.

His memory is as dear today,as in the hour he passed away.He had a nature you could nothelp loving, and a heart thatwes purer than gold, and tothose who knew him andloved him, his memory will never grow cold.

Nadine, Wilburt, Vida,Arna, Stephanie, and Caleb

Orenthea James (O.J.) Akins

December 8, 1978 -February 5, 2004

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After 21 years as a nutrition assis-tant at the Madison Senior Center,Lonnie Roberson is retiring for good.Before she came to the Madison SeniorCenter, she had previously retired af-ter nearly 20 years with the hospital,where she worked in housekeeping.

After more than four decades offulltime work, she decided, “It wastime to rest. I’ve been working solong.”

However, even at 81 years of age, itwas not a decision made lightly. After21 years of cooking meals at the Cen-ter, she came to regard the seniors andstaff as family.

“Yes, I’m going to miss the Centerreal bad,” she said.

She was the first one who startedcooking for the Center when it openedin 1990. Since then, she has madecountless meals for as many as 70 or 80people a day. In addition to lunch forthe seniors who came to the MadisonCenter, she also made meals that weretransported to senior facilities inGreenville and Lee.

Born and raised in neighboringJefferson County, she learned her loveof cooking from her mother, andbrought that love to the Center, wherethe seniors who gather there for lunchhave enjoyed many a hot and savorymeal prepared by her. Some of her fa-vorite dishes to make were collard

greens, peas, and sweet potatoes. The Center staff members orga-

nized an ice-cream cake lunch whereeveryone gathered to say goodbye andwish her well in her retirement. Sev-eral people brought gifts, and MadisonSenior Center Director Rosa Richard-son presented her with a plaque inhonor of her many years of service.But when asked if she would like tosay a few words, Roberson shook herhead. “I don’t want to cry,” she said.

Roberson moved to Madison whenshe married, and raised six children.She has numerous grandchildren,ranging in age from three months to 38years, but isn’t quite sure how manythere are. “My goodness, I couldn’tcount them all,” she said. She has 12great-grandchildren.

Her family now lives mostlyaround Madison and Jefferson Coun-ties. A few live in Albany Ga., andsome live in South Florida.

She isn’t quite sure what she’d liketo do now that she has retired, but shedoes love to sew, another skill learnedfrom her mother. She has made sever-al quilts over the years, and might dosome more of that. Maybe plant a lit-tle garden. Definitely spend more timewith her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

But one thing there is no doubtabout: “I’m going to come back up here(to the Center) and visit every chance Iget,” she said.


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Lonnie Roberson Retires From Madison Senior Center

Greene Publishing, Inc. Photo By Lynette Norris, January 27, 2012

Madison Senior Center Director Rosa Richardson presents a plaque in ap-preciation for Lonnie Roberson’s 21 years of work as a Nutrition Assistant.

By Lynette NorrisGreene Publishing, Inc,

Loud cheers and squeals of delight went up from the assembled children in thecafeteria as Lee Elementary Principal Robin Hill delivered her “Really Big An-nouncement:” that Nestle Waters was donating $17,000 to the school for new play-ground equipment. Onstage with Hill were Madison County School SuperintendentLou Miller and several representatives from the Nestle Waters North AmericaMadison Bottling Plant.

Rob Fisher, Nestle Waters Plant Manager, then spoke, telling the excited chil-dren how happy he was to be sharing such exciting news with them, and addition-ally, when playground equipment arrived, Nestle employees would come to theschool to help set it up.

The donation went right along with Nestle’s product, Fisher told the children;bottled water was a healthy drink and the new playground equipment would pro-mote healthy exercise while the children were having fun.

Principal Hill then added, to the accompaniment of more excited cheers, thatthe equipment had been ordered and would arrive soon. As she described each kindof equipment, more and louder cheers erupted: “Something to climb on…some-thing to spin on…and something to slide across. Then you have to do your part. Doyour work so you can go to P.E. class and recess and enjoy all the new playgroundequipment.”

“Nestle Waters is proud to support our local schools, which help the children ofmany of our plant employees to learn and succeed in the classroom,” Fisher said ina prepared statement. “We thank the teachers and staff of Lee Elementary Schoolfor providing our children with a foundation of success.”

“Our students are very important to us and part of their development is healthyand safe daily exercise,” said Hill. “With this donation from Nestle Waters, we will

be able to provide our students with activity on playground equipment customizedjust for them.”

At the end of the brief program, a lot of happy, excited children filed out of thecafeteria and headed home for the day.

Nestle Waters Presents Check to Lee Elementary School

Greene Publishing, Inc. Photo by Lynette Norris, January 26, 2012

Nestle Waters presents Lee Elementary School with the $17,000 check for theplayground equipment. Left to right are Lee Elementary Principal Robin Hill andNestle Waters representatives John Collins, Scott Sweat, Cody Douglas and MikeVullo.

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----Legals----NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING: The District Board of Trustees of North Flori-da Community College will hold its regular monthly meeting Tuesday, February21, 2012 at 5:30 p.m. in the NFCC Board Room, NFCC, 325 NW Turner DavisDr., Madison, FL. A copy of the agenda may be obtained by writing: NFCC, Of-fice of the President, 325 NW Turner Davis Dr., Madison, FL 32340. For disabil-ity-related accommodations, contact the NFCC Office of College Advancement,850-973-1653. NFCC is an equal access/equal opportunity employer.

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NOTICE OF HEARING BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MADISON COUNTY ON AN APPLICATION FORAN EXTRAORDINARY HARDSHIP EXCEPTION TO THE COUNTY’SMORATORIUM ON INTERNET CAFÉ AND SIMILAR BUSINESSES

NOTICE IS GIVEN that the Board of County Commissioners ofMadison County, Florida, shall hold a public hearing to consider an applicationfor a hardship exception to Madison County Ordinance No. 2011-200. This or-dinance imposed a moratorium on new Internet Café and similar business in theunincorporated area of the County, but allows the Board of County Commission-ers to authorize an exception to the moratorium when it finds that the moratori-um would impose an extraordinary hardship on an applicant.

APPLICANT: Jeffrey and Debra KnoxPLACE FOR WHICHTHE EXCEPTIONIS REQUESTED: Cherry Lake General Store

8037 N. SR 53Madison, Florida 32340

DATE OF HEARING: February 15, 2012TIME OF HEARING: 5:00 p.m.PLACE OF HEARING: The Board of County Commissioners

Meeting RoomRoom No. 107Madison County Courthouse Annex229 S.W. Pinckney StreetMadison, Florida 32340

All interested parties may appear at the above hearing and be heardwith respect to the application. The application and the above ordinance may beinspected by the public during regular business hours at the office of the Clerk ofthe Circuit Court of Madison County, Florida, in the Madison County Court-house, Madison, Florida.

If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodationin order to participate in such meeting, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to theprovision of certain assistance. Please contact Tim Sanders, Clerk of Court, atPost Office Box 237, Madison, Florida 32341, telephone:(850) 973-1500, at least3 working days prior to the meeting date; if you are hearing or voice impaired,call 711.

If a person decides to appeal any decision made by the Board withrespect to any matter considered at such meeting he or she will need a record ofthe proceedings, and that, for such purpose, he or she may need to ensure that averbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimonyand evidence upon which the appeal is to be based.

DATED on February 3, 2012.BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERSOF MADISON COUNTY, FLORIDABy: /s/ Tim Sanders

Tim Sanders, Clerk

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT, IN THE THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR MADISON COUNTY, FLORIDA

IN RE: ESTATE OF CASE NO.: 2011-113-CPDIMPLE LENORA HUFF-DRIGGERS,

Deceased.___________________________________/

NOTICE TO CREDITORSThe administration of the estate of DIMPLE LENORA HUFF-DRIGGERS,

deceased, Case Number 2011-113-CP pending in the Circuit Court for MadisonCounty, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 125 SW Range Avenue,Madison, Florida 32340. The name and address of the personal representative andthe personal representative's attorney are set forth below.

All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demandsagainst the decedent’s estate, including unmatured, contingent or unliquidatedclaims, on whom a copy of this notice is served must file their claims with thiscourt WITHIN THE LATER OF THREE MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THEFIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR THIRTY DAYS AFTER THEDATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM.

All other creditors of the decedent and persons having claims or demandsagainst the decedent’s estate, including unmatured, contingent or unliquidatedclaims, must file their claim with this court WITHIN THREE MONTHS AFTERTHE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE.

ALL CLAIMS NOT SO FILED WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. The date of first publication of this Notice to Creditors is February 8, 2012.

Attorney for the Personal Representative: Personal Representative:/s/ Monica Taibl /s/ DORIS HARRISMonica Taibl DORIS HARRISFL BAR 035058 406 NE Daylily AvenueP.O. Box 836 Madison, Florida 32340 125 NE Range AvenueMadison, FL 32340(850) 973-1477

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By Lynette NorrisGreene Publishing, Inc.

Nursing “homes” like Lake Park are not what peo-ple used to imagine whenever they thought of suchplaces.

Today, a far more accurate term for such a facilityis nursing “center.” Although these facilities do havelong-term, and in some cases, permanent residents(usually elderly and/or disabled), they also treat pa-tients who need short-term, intensive therapy, whetherphysical, occupational or speech, at a skilled nursing fa-cility in order to regain the strength, mobility and func-tionality they once had, or at least enough of what theyonce had in order to be self-sufficient again.

Three of Lake Park Nursing Center’s staff visitedthe Kiwanis Club Jan. 26 to talk about the kind ofskilled therapy and health care services Lake ParkNursing Center has to offer.

Karen Kocan came to Madison to be near her moth-er, Dolly Ballard, who retired to Madison from SouthFlorida. Kocan has worked as the Admissions/Market-ing Director for Lake Park for the last seven and a halfyears. Ashley Sevor has worked as Lake Park’s Direc-tor of Social Services for the last ten years. Bart Alford,who has been a speech therapist for 16 years, has beenworking with patients at Lake Park since 2002.

Finally, there is Parker the therapy dog who spends

his days at Lake Park. Orig-inally, he spent the nightthere as well, sleeping in acrate, but he had troublewith separation anxietywhen left alone; he nowgoes home with a differentstaff member eachevening.

Parker had beenstarved and abused beforehe was rescued, ending upat the animal shelter; hewas then adopted by LakePark staffers and trained tobe a “therapy dog” for thepatients and residents.

He has also turned outto be a highly intelligent an-imal who has free roam ofthe facility, because he has been successfully trained asto where he can and cannot go. He knows he is not al-lowed in the dining hall except during Bingo games,and he knows the difference between Bingo sessionsand meal times. He also knows he is not allowed in pa-tients’ rooms unless accompanied by a staff member.

In speaking to a Kiwanis member shortly after thepresentation, Kocan described how Parker had becomemuch more to many residents than just a therapy ani-mal; he has also become a substitute for dearly lovedpets who had to be left at home, or even given up, situa-tions Kocan described as “heartbreaking.” Parkerbrings such patients comfort and fills a void in theirlives.

“It’s amazing, the joy that an animal can bring,”said Kocan, which is why Parker is such an importantpart of the therapeutic environment of Lake Park.

Bart Alford’s speech therapy practice includes pa-tients ranging in age from infants to geriatric; current-ly his oldest patient is 103. One of the best parts of hisjob, he says, is seeing people, who had once been his pa-tients, on the street or in the grocery store; these arepeople who were once impaired, who have either madegreat strides or are fully back to normal functionality.He has also been in practice long enough to see childrenhe had once worked with in kindergarten now graduat-ing from high school.

Any number of injuries or ailments can leavesomeone speech impaired, including strokes, Parkin-son’s disease, traumatic brain injury, or even complica-tions after surgery; one of the most commonspeech-affecting risks of surgery are blood clots form-ing and then breaking loose, causing strokes.

In all cases, but especially in the case of strokes, theearlier intervention and therapy begins, the better.

Another ailment that can affect speech is difficultyin swallowing. This is a fairly common ailment amongAlford’s caseload, and it has to be treated intensely andaggressively; otherwise patients with swallowing diffi-

culties run the risk of aspirating food particles intotheir lungs and developing pneumonia as a result.

Alzheimer’s can also cause speech difficulty. In cas-es like these, the patient not only has trouble speaking,but also has trouble remembering common everydaythings and profound events in their own lives; one ofthe things that seemed to help were the “memorybooks” many families had made for patients; Alfordnoted that the more pictures these books contained ofthe patients all through their lives, the more effectivethey were. In particular, these books were effective inhelping patients get through the “sundowning” peri-ods, those afternoons and evenings when Alzheimer’sand other dementias are often at their worst.

However, several other conditions can mimicAlzheimer’s symptoms of confusion and mental foggi-ness. Urinary tract infections, pernicious anemia, anddehydration are only a few. Some pain medications canalso be culprit. If a patient manifests symptoms ofmental confusion, especially if the onset is sudden, heor she should be checked for these other conditions thatare not only reversible, but are dangerous if left un-treated.

Alzheimer’s onset is almost always gradual and sub-tle. The first skills lost are the higher order thinking skills,such as the ability to keep track of checking accounts andother finances. Another early sign of Alzheimer’s is get-ting lost while driving in neighborhoods that are wellknown and very familiar to the driver.

When it comes to physical therapy, perhaps thekind most people are familiar with is that which takesplace after hip, knee or shoulder replacement surgery.Sometimes, once the patient is released from the hospi-tal and sufficiently recovered, the therapy can be doneon an out-patient basis.

In addition to giving long-term residents a comfort-able, healthy environment that sees to both their physi-cal and emotional wellbeing, it provides the short-termrehab patients the intense, highly skilled nursing careand therapy they need to regain their independence.

“Our goal is for people to go home,” said Alford. The goal for all patients, he added, whether they are

permanent residents or shorter-term rehabilitationcases, is to get them to the highest and the safest level offunctionality they can reach, for the best quality of lifethey can have, no matter what their age.

By Kristin FinneyGreene Publishing, Inc.

Several Madison resi-dents are participating inthe second annual Hos-pice Half & Dewey Dash.There are three differentoptions for runners toparticipate: the One MileFun Run, the Dewey Dash5K and the Hospice Half,which is 13 miles. Bothroutes will begin at Dash-er Church of Christ andGeorgia Christian Schoolin Dasher, Ga. off of Hwy41. Water stations will beset up every two miles.There will be music andannouncing at the finishline.

Dee Hall, one of theMadison residents partic-ipating in the One MileFun Run, stated, “I’vebeen running with mydogs to get in shape forthe one-miler. After doingthis run, I plan on tryinga 5K.”

Carmen Vasquez, aMadison resident com-peting in the Dewey Dash5K, explained her train-ing regimen, “We trainfour days a week. We runall four days and two daysa week we do some kindof workout, like aero-bics.”

The run will be heldon February 18. The costto enter is $40 for the Hos-pice Half, $17 for theDewey Dash 5K and $15for the One Mile FunRun. To register to jointhe run, visit www.ac-tive.com and search Hos-pice Half & Dewey Dash.Registration for the racecloses on Saturday, Feb-ruary 18, at 11:59 p.m.


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Empowering Our Community. Improving Health.

February 166pm – 8pmPearlman Cancer Center Participating Physicians:

Fernando Alvarado, DDS; C. Heather Hardy, DMD;

Mili Hunt, DDS; Kristopher Lay, MD; Charles L. Stewart, DMD; Shane Wood, DMD;

J. Barclay Woodward, DMD; Samuel E. Worthington, IV, DMD

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*To register, visit sgmc.org and click on “Classes & Events”

or call 229.333.1074

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By Lynette NorrisGreene Publishing, Inc.

The 55 Plus Club is holding its regular monthlyluncheon Wednesday, Feb. 8 at noon at the UnitedMethodist Cooperative Ministries Center at the cor-ner of Colin Kelley Highway and NE Dill Ave., aboutfive miles north of town.

The First United Methodist Church of Madisonwill be serving the lunch this time and the Club isexcited about having Pam Wilson, Executive Direc-tor of the Big Bend Hospice Foundation, on hand togive the presentation. She will be talking about theservices Big Bend Hospice offers as well as the re-cent change Hospice has made.

Clerk of Circuit Court Tim Sanders, who is alsoon the Board of Directors for Big Bend Hospice, willbe on hand to introduce Wilson.

The 55 Plus Club meets the second Wednesday ofevery month at noon at the UMCM building and isfree and open to any one in Madison County 55 orolder. There are no fees or dues or registration. Justcome on out and enjoy good food and hear fascinat-ing guest speakers addressing topics of interest toMadison’s seniors.

For more information on the 55 Plus Club or anyof the other outreach ministries of the UnitedMethodist Cooperative Ministries, contact DeborahBrown at (850) 929-4938.

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Greene Publishing, Inc. Photo by Lynette Norris, January 26, 2012

(Left to right) Ashley Sevor, holding Parker’s leash, Parker the therapy dog,Karen Kocan and Bart Alford speak to Kiwanis about the Lake Park Nursing Cen-ter of Madison.

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