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trict (SRWMD) duringSeptember, with south-ern and coastal areas re-ceiving moreprecipitation than thenorthern counties.

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ased on the rec-ommendation ofthe County Coor-

dinator and Fire RescueChief, the JeffersonCounty Commission lastweek voted to keep thefire assessment at itspresent rate for purposesof negotiating with thecity and added vacantlands to the mix.

Meaning that the an-nual fire assessment willremain $101.16 for single-family residences, $57.46per unit for multifamilycomplexes and $.056 persq. foot for commercialproperties, with a mini-mum of $143.75 and amaximum of $3,327.50 forthe latter.

The kicker is that va-cant lands, currently notassessed the tax, willhenceforth pay $.07 peracre, with a possible capof $10.47 minimum and$101.16 maximum. Thelegal and other details of

the cap have yet to beworked out.

The calculationsshow that simply by as-sessing vacant lands at$.07 per acre, it wouldgenerate an additional$64,665, increasing thefire department’s annualbudget from the current$633,200 to $697,865, evenif the city didn’t partici-pate. If the city were toparticipate and assess itsresidents the same rates,it would generate an ad-ditional $152,738 annu-ally.

Fire Rescue ChiefMark Matthews couldpresent the commission’sdecision to the Monti-cello City Council as soonas Tuesday, Nov. 5, for thepurpose of initiating ne-gotiations. It’s the con-sensus of a majority ofcommissioners that Mon-ticello officials have theoption to impose the fireassessment on its citi-zens if they want the cityto continue receiving fireprotection services from

the county’s fire depart-ment, or the city canchoose to make otherarrangements.

At the commissionmeeting on Tuesdayevening, Oct. 15, Com-missioner Hines Boydpresented an alternativeproposal, which theboard ultimately re-jected. Boyd’s proposal,which he called a Com-promise Fire Fee Plan,would allow city resi-dents to continue receiv-ing county fire protectionservices in return for thecity contributing en-hanced volunteer serv-ices and paying a modestfee. Boyd suggested thefee could be as low as $15annually per propertyowner.

As Boyd explainedhis proposal, owners ofvacant lands in the cityand county would pay theassessment, given thesubstantial fire protec-tion service they receive.Boyd said it had been aneye-opener to him that 43

percent of the fire de-partment’s calls in 2011had been for brush fires.He was referring to datafrom a recent study.

Per Boyd’s calcula-tions, assessing vacantlands plus assessing cityresidents the minimumfee would generate morethan the fire tax cur-rently generated, therebyallowing for a reductionof county residents’ an-nual fire assessment.

Bottom line, Boyd’sfigured his proposalwould generate $715,273annually, and county res-idential fees could be re-duced to $95 per year.Multifamily complexeswould pay 50 percent andcommercial rates wouldremain unchanged underthe proposal.

Key to his plan, Boydsaid, was beefing up thevolunteer fire depart-ments and enhancing thetraining of volunteers byrestoring and increasingthese organizations’funding. It was his the-

ory that enhancement ofthe volunteer fire depart-ments would ultimatelyallow for a reduction ofthe paid fire department,with the volunteer firedepartments taking upthe slack.

Or more specifically,Boyd’s proposal aimed toset the stage for the firedepartment to go fromsix to five firefighters pershift in the coming fiscalyear.

The proposal drewopposition fromMatthews, Clerk of CourtKirk Reams and Commis-sion Chairman John Nel-son. It also flew in theface of testimony fromMike Long, a longtimevolunteer firefighter, fire-fighter instructor and as-sistant chief of theMonticello VolunteerFire Department.

Matthews arguedthat the current assess-ment didn’t generateenough money to allowfor the purchase of newequipment or meet the

department’s other oper-ational needs. As it was,his budget had beenstatic the last sevenyears, forcing him tomake continuous cutsand operate on a bare-bones basis.

“I can’t absorb anymore cuts,” Matthewssaid.

As for reducing paidfirefighters, he noted thathis employees were com-bined firefighters/EMTswho performed dualroles. Cut the fire depart-ment’s budget and thecounty would have toaugment the EMT budgetto make up for the differ-ence, if it wanted keepambulance services vi-able, he said.

Reams said it was nosecret that he and Boyddiffered on the assess-ment, which in his esti-mation was “ripe for alawsuit” ever since it hadgone into effect in 1989.

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he City of Monti-cello is makingheadway in its

effort to extend the waterdistribution systemnorth of town to the dogtrack and beyond alongU.S. 19.

On Thursday, Oct. 10,the Governing Board ofthe Northwest FloridaWater Management Dis-trict (NWFWMD) an-nounced that it wouldprovide Monticello withup to $90,000 for the U.S.19 waterline extensionproject as part of an in-tergovernmental agree-ment.

The funding report-edly comes from a grantprogram that theNWFWMD launched notlong ago to help local gov-ernments and utilities inthe Panhandle addresstheir local water supplychallenges and meet re-gional water supply pro-tection and managementneeds.

“The district is com-mitted to ensuring a

clean and sustainablesupply of water, which isvital to the health of ourregion’s enviro-nment, residents andeconomy,” Jon Costello,of the NWFWMD Gov-erning Board, said aboutthe decision.

It’s one of the watermanagement district’sstated core missions toensure sufficient waterfor users and the environ-ment. It is further re-ported that the district’scurrent budget includes$10 million to assist watersupply development proj-ects such as Monticello’s.

Monticello City Man-ager Steve Wingate saidthe city had made an ap-plication for the grant. Hesaid the money would beused for the surveying,designing and permittingof the project, whichwork the engineeringfirm of Preble-Rish Inc.will undertake.

Wingate said it wouldcost about $900,000 for theactual construction ofthe expanded system, anamount that he is pursu-ing through the

NWFWMD, as well as theLegislature.

Wingate saidNWFWMD’s interest inthe project stems from itsdesire to improve thedrinking water qualityand fire protection of res-idents and businessesnorth of town that arecurrently depending onsmall, private water sys-tems, some of which havecompliance issues.

The expansion ofwater distribution sys-tem to the north has beena goal of city officials formore than 10 years, goingback to a feasibility studythat city officials author-ized in 2002 or so.

Last year, the Legisla-ture allocated $500,000 forthe extension of the sys-tem, only to have the Gov-ernor veto the funding atthe last minute.

Wingate vowed at thetime that he would con-tinue pursuing the fund-ing through theLegislature, as well as theRestore Act money com-ing out of the 2010 Gulfoil spill and any othersource he could think of.


he JeffersonCounty Commis-sion last week

extended the contract ofCounty Coordinator Par-rish Barwick for anothertwo years, beginningJuly 1, 2014.

The contract makestwo changes to the exist-ing contract, which thecommission approvedlast June, when Barwickfirst came to work here.One change is that thecommission agrees to in-crease the coordinator’sannual salary of $68,900by five percent on July 1,2014, and by three per-cent on July 1, 2015.

The other is that thecommission agrees to

change the retirementbenefits from regular tosenior class, as amendedby the Legislature dur-ing the 2013 session. Thebenefits are to be paid forretirement use at Bar-wick’s discretion.

Otherwise, the con-tract remains essentiallyunchanged, inclusive ofthe provisions for cost of

living increases, grouphealth insurance bene-fits, and travel mileagefor use of his personalcar in the performanceof county-related duties.

C omm i s s i o n e r sBenny Bishop and JohnNelson negotiated thecontract with Barwick.

Barwick replacedRoy Schleicher, the for-mer coordinator, who re-tired last June 30. Beforeaccepting the coordina-tor position here, Bar-wick served as countymanager in Brantley,GA. Prior to that he wasthe county manager inhis native WakullaCounty.

ECB Publishing Photo By Debbie Snapp, October 9, 2013. Recognizing October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month are, from left to

right: Cynthia Monroe-Harris, Taylor County Refuge House; Cherie Rowell, MadisonCounty Refuge House; Debra McGrew, Refuge House Region 3 Program Directorand Supervisor; and Jefferson County Refuge House Outreach Counselor NanBaughman. Please see full story on page 5.

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AMBER HOUSTONECB PublishingStaff Writer

find that I’mturning intomy Pastor.

People are jokinglywary of having conver-sations with him (espe-cially on Saturday), forfear they’ll be includedin the sermon on Sun-day. Because I am in-spired to write fromexperience, many ofmy Brew Ha Ha’s arebased on things thathave happened duringthe week, or conversa-tions that I have had.

This week, I wastalking to a dear friendof mine (I hope he ex-cuses that I am writingfrom our conversation)about religion, specifi-cally the church. Wesettled on why peopledon’t go to church.

It is sickening formany believers anddisenchanting to non-believers to see somany “perfect” peoplefile in on Sunday. Per-fect hair, perfectmakeup, perfectchurch clothes, and ontheir best and mostperfect behavior.They’ll hug you inchurch, but thenthey’ll talk behindyour back on Monday.

Eventually, westarted outlining whatchurch is, and what itisn’t.

Church is NOT asocial gathering. Wecan have friends inchurch, make friendsin church, and love thepeople we attendchurch with. But thatisn’t what church isabout. We aren’t thereto gossip, and the“Praises, Joys, andConcerns” section ofthe service isn’t asource of the latestnews on local families.

Church IS a spiri-tual gathering.Matthew 18:20 reads,“Where two or threeare gathered in Myname, there I am also.”When we gather forchurch, we gather topraise God, to bringour worries to the footof the cross and leavethem there. We gatherto ask God to be amongus.

Church is NOT forjudging others. Even ifGeorge came in hisswim trunks again, iflittle Susie’s dress istoo short by anyone’s

standards, or if theSmith children are themost ill disciplinedchildren in the wholecommunity, churchisn’t the place for judg-ing others. When anentire community wasbent on stoning anadulteress to death,Jesus said, “Let he whois without sin cast thefirst stone.” And thenHe, the faultless Son ofGod who alone couldhave stoned her toldher to rise and go forthforgiven and withoutsin. For the youngergeneration, a spokenverse video gone viralby Jefferson Bethkesays, “just because youcall some people blind/ doesn’t automaticallygive you vision.”

Church IS for judg-ing ourselves. Atchurch, we come faceto face with God. Indoing so, we see howshort we have fallen ofHis glory, and howcompletely helplessand inadequate we arewithout Him. We seehow stained we arecompared to His per-fection, and we comeface to face with thesins and faults thathave stained us. And ifwe’re doing churchright, we lay those atthe foot of the crossand leave them therewith our worries.

Church is NOTabout our experience.Sometimes it feels likethe sermon doesn’tapply to us. It isn’twhat we’re facing. Andthe music wasn’t ourfavorite songs. And thescripture reading was-n’t what we were look-ing for. If that’s thecase, we’re missing ourmark. Perhaps the mes-sage was exactly whatsomeone else needed.And perhaps the ser-mon has informationthat will apply to us ata later date. Churchisn’t time to experienceus.

Church IS about ex-periencing God. It is atime to praise God in away that you cannot onyour own. Singingalong to the radio isnever quite like raisingyour voice with a con-gregation, whether youknow the song well ornot. Listening to a ser-mon online is never thesame as when the pas-tor can look us in theeyes. And walking with

Christ alone is never assuccessful as having acongregation to helpkeep us accountable toGod.

Church is NOT aclub for the upright. Ifwe are teaching ourkids to look good andbe on their best behav-ior at church, we’rewrong. Church isn’twhere good, perfectpeople gather.

Church IS a hospi-tal for the sick. Let’s goback to that spokenverse, because I could-n’t say it better. Bethkesays, “If grace is water/ then the churchshould be an ocean /It’s not a museum forgood people / it’s a hos-pital for the broken. / Idon’t have to hide myfailure / don’t have tohide my sin / becauseit doesn’t depend on me/ it depends on Him.”

Church is NOT justfor Sundays. We’re notjust Christians on Sun-day. Some of us wor-ship God on Sundaysand football on Satur-day nights. Some of ussay “amen” when thepreacher tells us thatJesus wants us to helpthe poor, and then turna blind eye on thehomeless man on theway to work. But thatisn’t living our Faith.

Church IS for everysingle day. Church isfor laying down ourburdens once a week.It’s for devoting a cou-ple hours to giving Godour undivided atten-tion—compared towhat He has given tous, a couple solid hoursa week are such a smallsacrifice. Church is forlistening to the sermonfor advice on how tolive. Church is forbeing filled up withGod’s grace and love,so we can pour it outover other peoplethroughout the week.

By the next Sunday,we should be emptyvessels, ready to befilled up again. By theend of the week, weshould be burdenedwith the cares of fam-ily and strangers thatwe have heard andprayed about withthem. Church is forbeing encouraged topractice radical hospi-tality and uncommongrace. Church is a timeto reorient ourselvesand point our com-passes towards Him.

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STINGERSWhy aren't all members of "the Administration"

and Congressional staff being furloughed withoutpay?? Want to find out something scary? Find outthe "salaries" and value of "benefits" of all em-ployees, appointees and members of the Admin-istration, and of Congress. The country iscertainly growing more toward a division ofclasses. The "upper class" members are the"high level" government individuals. Also, maybethe first lady and first children should not be tak-ing trips and vacations at taxpayer expense.

Breaking News: The Washington Red Skinshave dropped the word 'Washington' from theirname because it's embarrassing!

‘Brew’ Ha Ha:Conversations for Coffee

Amber HoustonStaff Writer

PLEASE NOTE

Jobseekers will now find Mobile Services

in the Winn-Dixie parking lot at 1245 South

Jefferson Street in Monticello, 1st through 4th

Wednesdays. Previously, the unit has parked

across from the First Baptist Church in down-

town Monticello. Workforce thanks the First

Baptist Church for allowing them to use their

space for the past five years.

What Church Is and Isn’tGood Government Is Good For Everyoneear Editor,In AmberHouston’s Oct.

18 Column she writes,“A government willnever seek to help able-bodied people withoutseeking to own them.”Really?

So who is “TheGovernment” after all?

In the preamble tothe Constitution, oneof the purposes putforth is th “promotethe general welfare”—a noble ambition,surely, at least asscribed upon parch-ment. What ourfounders had in mindwas that our govern-ment would be us.

Now of course thishas often not been thecase as plutocrats andcorporations have con-spired to hijack the

government machin-ery to further fattentheir own cattle. Never-theless, our electedleaders have occasion-ally managed to dothings that actuallyhelp regular folks.

When the Medicareprogram was proposedin the 1960’s, conserva-tive Republicans, theChamber of Com-merce, and corporatearistocrats decried thisas socialism and theend of “America” as weknew it. It became lawanyway.

Now Medicare iswidely seen as a greatpopular success. It hasinsured that everyonecan enjoy their goldenyears unencumberedby fears of bankruptcyor suffering from med-ical conditions they

could otherwise not af-ford treatment for. Thisis government at itsbest.

Ms. Houston asks,“Why would the gov-ernment give health-care to everybody…?”The answer is that welive in a prosperouscountry, we can affordit, and it’s the rightthing to do.

I’m not a theolo-gian, but I understandthere was a fellownamed Jesus whotaught and lived alongthese lines, correct meif I’m wrong.

We’re all in this lifetogether. We need totake care of one an-other. It’s simply theright thing to do.

Respectfully,

Tom Hess

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Thanks To All For A Successful Fall Festivalear Editor,The PTO atAucilla Chris-

tian Academy wouldlike to thank all of thepeople who helped sup-port our Fall Festival. Itwas a huge success.

We would like tothank Sheriff Hobbsand his deputy, who pa-trolled the front circleof the school, so The

Hughey Express couldmove around safely;Matt Stafford and Coca-Cola, for donating thedrinks; and all the par-ents, who donated allthe money for thetheme baskets, but es-pecially their time. Wecould not do this with-out everyone coming to-gether and supportingour school.

This is PTO'slargest fundraiser. Abig thanks to all theteachers and staff whogo out of their way tohelp us during all thesebusy days of preparingfor this big event. Youguys are the BEST!

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county can file a law-suit,” Reams said. “It’s afairness issue. And it’stime the county takes ahard stance with thecity. If the countydoesn’t take a hard ap-proach, it can jeopardizethe whole fire depart-ment.”

Nelson, whose back-ground is in firefightingand fire protection, alsodisagreed with Boyd.Jefferson County wasgoing to grow, and ifanything, it would re-quire greater profes-sional firefightersservices in future, Nel-son said. Volunteer firedepartments simply

weren’t capable of pro-viding the level of fireprotection service thatwas needed, he said.

As owner of severalproperties in the cityand county, Nelson saidhe had no problem withpaying the city or the va-cant lands’ assessment.

Long did a presenta-tion focusing on thestrenuous requirementsfor qualification as a vol-unteer firefighter, basedon his experiences witha group of volunteers hehas been instructing inpreparation for the qual-ifying examinations. Henoted that of the 15 whohad originally startedthe class, eight were stillsticking it out.

The reason for theattrition, Long said, wasthe strenuous nature ofthe 216 hours of re-quired training, whichincluded oral, physicaland written tests, as wellas having to demon-strate proficiency in var-ious firefighting skillsand also the commit-ment that it represented.

More to the point --when pressed on theissue -- Long said that itrequired unusually ded-icated and committed in-dividual to be volunteerfirefighters, qualitiesthat weren’t commonlyfound in the general pop-ulation.

“It’s a special breedof person to be a volun-teer,” Long said, count-ing himself among theselect few who were will-ing to give up personaland familial plans, timeand comforts for thesake of responding tocalls 24-7.

The bottom line wasthat volunteers could as-

sist and supplement pro-fessional firefighters,but they couldn’t replacethem, Long said.

“Volunteers canhelp, but the paid fire de-partment is the first at-tack team,” Long said.

Even under the bestof circumstances, volun-teers served at theirpleasure and under-standably had to allowfor their obligations tojobs, families and otherresponsibilities, he said.

At least one citizenexpressed frustrationwith the seemingly cava-lier and willy-nilly man-ner that the commissionwas going about decid-ing to assess vacantlands, absent researchor much consideration.How would propertyowners with thousandsof acres of vacant landbe assessed the tax? PhilCalandra asked, amongother questions.

“I don’t get the feel-ing that you’ve thoughtthis out,” he said.“There seems to be a de-cision paralysis here. Ifthe city is receiving aservice from the county,send the city a bill. Butdon’t dance around andcome up with nickel-and-dime solutions.”

Matthews had thelast word, after theboard voted 4-1 to makethe assessment $.07 peracre on vacant land. Henoted that despite thevote, the rate wasn’tcarved in stone. It couldalways be amended be-fore the tax notices wentout at the end of theyear, Matthews said. Inthe meantime, the ratecould be used to initiatenegotiations with thecity, he said.

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Woman Slaps Sleeping Man With Fish

In Nykoping, Swe-den, police are investi-gating allegations froma 60-something-year-oldman who stated awoman woke him from anap by slapping himacross the face with amackerel. The man saidthe woman, also in her60’s, stole $310 from himand took food from hisrefrigerator. A thirdparty told the police thetwo knew each otherand were thought tosometimes live together.Police are investigatingthe incident.

Colorful JacketsHelp Chicken Cross RoadIn London, England,

a company that createsproducts for pet chick-ens is selling reflectivebibs to help chickensand roosters safely crossroads. The “High VisChicken Jackets” comein bright pink and yel-low and are designed tokeep the pet fowl frombeing hit by cars whilecrossing roads at night.Company director Jo-hannes Paul said, “Ifyou imagine you are in abuilt-up area and yourchicken gets under thefence, they don’t care ifthere is a road there.They just go straightacross it.” The companyalso stated the jacketscan serve to keep thehens warm after molt-ing to “protect theirmodesty.”

33-Foot Statue FlipsBird At Czech President

In Prague, Czech Re-public, a local artist cre-ated a 33-foot highsculpture of a hand flip-ping the bird at PragueCastle to express his dis-approval of Czech Pres-ident, Milos Zeman.David Cerny installed apurple hand sculpturewith an oversized mid-dle finger on a barge inthe Vltava River. Cernyworked on the presiden-tial campaign forZeman’s rival, KarlSchwarzenberg, and isknown for dislikingZeman. A spokesmanfor the president said hecouldn’t comment onthe statue as he is cur-rently out of the coun-try and has not yet seenthe piece.

Woman Says Man“Repeatedly Walks

Into Knife”In Dania Beach,

Florida, a woman wasaccused of stabbing herboyfriend when his dogate her marijuana.Shadae Scott told policeher boyfriend, KevinWiggins, repeatedlywalked into her knife,when addressing Wig-gins’ small cuts on hisface and head alongwith a large gash acrosshis hand. Scott was ar-rested on a domestic bat-tery charge and jailed.

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Halloween Coloring Contest Entry FormDeadline for entries is Thursday, October 31.

Only one entry is allowed per child.

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levels, river flows andother sources.

Overall, September’srainfall averaged 3.91inches, or about 70 per-cent of the long-term av-erage of 5.54 inches.

Meanwhile, the aver-age rainfall for the 12months ending Sept. 30was 1.4 inches lower thanthe long-term average of54.61 inches, and the rain-fall average for the threemonths ending Sept. 30was 3.5 inches higherthan the long-term aver-age of 20.75.

“The three-monthrainfall ranged from adeficit of nearly nineinches in the upperSuwannee basin to al-most 20 inches in parts ofDixie and Levy counties,”the report states.

Jefferson County re-ceived 2.13 inches, com-pared with the Septemberaverage of 5.31 inches.The county received 50.80inches of rainfall duringthe last 12 months, or 84percent of the annualnormal.

Madison County,meanwhile, received 1.80inches, compared withthe September average of

4.62 inches. MadisonCounty received 54.55inches during the last 12months, or 97 percent ofthe annual normal.

Most river levelsdropped steadily duringthe month, a consequenceof drier conditions afterthe unusually wet sum-mer.

Lake levels also fell inSeptember, and ground-water levels overall re-mained above normal,although 52 percent ofthe monitored upperFloridan aquifer levelsdropped.

The NationalWeather Service ClimatePrediction Center’s three-month outlook showsequal chances of above orbelow normal precipita-tion through December.

The SRWMD contin-ues its Phase I WaterShortage Advisory, urg-ing the voluntary reduc-tion of unnecessary usesof water.

The SRWMD encom-passes all or parts of 15counties in north-centralFlorida, including Madi-son County and the east-ern portion of JeffersonCounty.

Myth: Members of Congress Do Not Pay Social Security Taxes

Reality: Prior to 1984, neither federal civil serviceworkers nor Members of Congress paid taxes to SocialSecurity, nor were they eligible for Social Securitybenefits.

Members of Congress and other federal employ-ees were instead covered by a separate pension plancalled the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS).However, the 1983 amendments to the Social SecurityAct (P.L. 98-21) required federal employees first hiredafter 1983 to participate in Social Security.

These amendments also required all Members ofCongress to participate in Social Security as of Janu-ary 1, 1984, regardless of when they first entered Con-gress. Thus, since then, all Members of Congresshave paid, and continue to pay, Social Security taxes.

Did You Know?

DEBBIE SNAPPECB PublishingStaff Writer

r. Wesley Scolesshared the con-tinuing success

of ‘A Doctor’s Heart’with the Monticello Ro-tarians recently.

This humanitarianproject, in its sixth yearof operation, hasadopted 72 villages inBrazil and today half ofthose villages operatewith clean water.

On this year’s an-nual visit, Dr. Scoles andhis team of volunteerstreated 1420 people, deliv-ered 500 pounds of cloth-ing, and handed out 200pounds of flip-flops. Flip-flops are the best shoesbecause of the damp cli-mate along the five South

American Rivers wherethe villagers live.

A new 60-foot boathas been purchased totransport the visitingdoctors and staff. Cur-rently, two missionaryfamilies live within eachvillage to help teach andsupport the local vil-lagers. The Bible storypresented this year wasabout Adam and Eve,and the local childrenparticipated by dressingup as animals.

The most recentfundraising effort, ‘Horsd’oeuvres for the Brainand Soul,’ was held againat the Monticello OperaHouse and raised$37,000.

To find out moreabout ‘A Doctor’s Heart’simply go to www.adoc-torsheart.com.

Rotary’s motto is‘Service Above Self,’ ifyou are interested inlearning more about theMonticello Rotary; con-tact President AngelaGray at [email protected].


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t a recent Fri-day afternoonMonticello Ro-

tary meeting DistrictGovernor Ted Kirchharrwas in attendance togive ‘Paul Harris Fellow-ship’ awards to Rotari-ans Wes Scoles, JohnGebhard, and Tom Con-ley.

These Rotarians are

to be congratulated, asthe Paul Harris Awardrepresents the highestlevel of achievementand charity within Ro-tary International.

DG Kirchharrshared the vision for the2013-2014 year, highlight-ing the new theme ‘En-gage Rotary, ChangeLives.’ Focus areas forthis year are the familyof Rotary, membership,and the Rotary Founda-

tion. Rotary is committed

to eliminating Polioworldwide and its statis-tics are impressive: in1988 near to 350,000cases of polio were re-ported; in 2013 only 181cases have been re-ported.

If you are interestedin learning more aboutRotary contact Presi-dent Angela Gray at an-gelagray@ yahoo.com.

Rotary District Governor Ted Kirchharr recently recognized Rotarians Wes

Scoles, John Gebhard, and Tom Conley as Paul Harris Fellows. Pictured from left

to right are: Monticello Rotary President Angela Gray, Mark Thomasson, Scoles,

Gebhard, Conley, and DG Kirchharr.

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Monticello Rotary invited Rotarian Dr. Wes

Scoles to share about ‘A Doctor’s Heart’; the organi-

zation closest to his heart. Pictured from left to right

are: his son Zane Grey Scoles, Dr. Scoles, and Rotary

President Angela Gray.

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Owner/Operator PatInmon hosted the Jef-ferson County RefugeHouse October Domes-tic Violence AwarenessBrunch once again thisyear. “I love doing it,”she says. “It’s my pleas-ure to do this becauseit’s for a great cause.”

The annual eventwas held on a recentWednesday morning,and was attended by 60+concerned citizens. Jef-ferson County RefugeHouse Outreach Coun-selor Nan Baughmanpresented a brief pro-

gram, with a simple skitpresentation, explain-ing how to talk withsomeone in possibletrouble.

She introduced allthose in attendance andwelcomed all to speakfrom their hearts aboutdomestic violence andhow to make it stop. Sheasked that we all re-member those who did-n’t make it throughtheir terrible ordeal.

For more informa-tion about domestic/sexual violence contactJefferson Refuge HouseOutreach CounselorNan Baughman, by call-ing 850-342-3518 or emailto nbaughman@ refuge-house.com.

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ECB Publishing Photo By Debbie Snapp, October 9, 2013.Offering words to live by during the Jefferson County Refuge House October Domestic Violence

Awareness Brunch from left to right are: City Councilman John Jones, standing in for Mayor Idella

Scott; Edna Henry, Jefferson County School District; Monticello Police Chief Fred Mosley; Jefferson

County Sheriff David Hobbs; and Jefferson County Refuge House Outreach Counselor Nan Baughman.

ECB Publishing Photo By Debbie Snapp, October 9, 2013.Jefferson County Refuge House Outreach

Counselor Nan Baughman and District Legislative

Assistant Ben Murphy, with Representative Halsey

Beshears office, during the October Domestic Vio-

lence Awareness brunch.

ECB Publishing Photo By Debbie Snapp, October 9, 2013.Pat Inmon hosted the Refuge House Domestic

Violence Awareness Brunch again this year. Pic-

tured left and right are: Inmon and Kim Stephens,

State Court Administrator with Judge Karen

Geivers office.

ECB Publishing Photo By Debbie Snapp, October 9, 2013.In attendance to the Jefferson County Refuge

House October Brunch, pictured from left to right

are: Outreach Counselor Nan Baughman, Rev.

Dick Bailar, and Library Director Kitty Brooks.

ECB Publishing Photo By Debbie Snapp, October 9, 2013.Attending the Jefferson County Refuge House

October Brunch are Megan Picht, with the United

Way of the Big Bend, and county resident Paul

Michael.

eo J. Jones Jr.(Pie) 56 wasborn May 10,

1957 to the late LeoJones Sr. and ElizabethAnderson Jones ofMonticello. He de-parted his life on Octo-ber 19, 2013.

Pie confessedChrist on July 18, 1971under the late Rev.John Barker and joinedGreater St. JohnChurch of Monticello,FL. He attended thePublic Schools of Jef-ferson County.

He leaves to cher-ish precious memoriesand love: the mother ofhis children DelorisScurry of Monticello,FL; three loving andcaring daughters:Annie K. Jones of Mon-ticello, FL, Elizabeth(Rev. Marcus ) Hines ofTallahassee, FL andRosetta Scurry of Mon-ticello, FL ; three sons:Leo J. Jones III of Tal-lahassee, FL, ClarenceJones and Cleve Jonesof Monticello, FL andseven grandchildren;one sister Carrie ( An-tonio) Soria of Monti-cello, FL and onebrother William(Martha) Jones ofMonticello, FL; oneuncle: Lacey Jones of

Tallahassee, FL, fiveaunts: Annie MaeJones, Rainey Jones,Dennie Anderson all ofMonticello, FL andAlice Jones of Talla-hassee, FL; one specialaunt, Daisy Johnson ofMiami, FL.; a specialniece: Annie Jones ofMonticello, FL; alongwith numerousnephews, nieces, otherrelatives and sorrow-ing friends.

Hagan & BradwellFuneral Service, 175 N.Railroad St, Monticello,Fl (850) 997-1300 is incharge of the service.Viewing will be held onFriday, October 25, 20131PM to 8PM at Hagan &Bradwell Funeral Serv-ice. Funeral servicewill be held at noon Sat-urday, October 26, 2013at Memorial M.B.Church, Rev. Willie E.Hagan, officiating.

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his year’s FallFestival at Au-cilla Christian

Academy is rememberedas the best yet by coordi-nator Holli Slaughter.

“The money we madethis year at the Fall Festi-val is the best since I havebeen over it, which hasbeen the past five years,”she added.

There were manygames attractions, andgoodies available duringthe event, and many win-ners of fantastic prizes.

Shona Whiddon’sfourth grade class wonthe Best Decorated Boothwith their game, Skee-Ball. They will receive apizza party.

Roslyn Bass’ K-4 classsold the most theme bas-ket tickets, 695, for theirtheme basket, Apple iPodand other Apple products.They will also receive apizza party.

Donna Lee wonRoslyn Bass’ K-4 classApple iPod and otherApple products themedbasket, valued at $310.

Elicia Goodson wonDebbie Stephens K-5 class“Pamper Me,” theme bas-ket, with many items tohelp you relax, valued at$230.

Jill Walker wonTonya Roberts’ first gradeclass, “Hunting,” themebasket, valued at $250.

Mary Heath won Deb-bie Love’s second gradeclass, Halloween items tohelp decorate your home,theme basket, valued at$273.

Kim Caney won CarolAman’s third grade class,“Gift Card,” theme bas-ket, valued at $250.

Brandon Slaughterwon Shona Whiddon’sfourth grade class, “ACASpirit,” theme basketwith many blue and golditems, valued at $230.

Chris Hamm wonWanda Hughey’s fifth

grade class, “Duck Dy-nasty” theme basket, val-ued at $215.

Lillie Schwier wonJennifer Falk’s fifth gradeclass, “Rainy Day,” themebasket, full of games andactivities, valued at $215.

Nicole Walker wonthe seventh and eightgrade classes “VeraBradley Basket,” valuedat $695.

In the senior raffle,Steve Odiorne won firstplace with a half-dayguided quail hunt for fourhunters at the SouthernWoods Plantation inSylvester, GA. Refresh-ments and lunch will beprovided. The prize is val-ued at $1,500.

Johnny Stevens wonsecond place with theBenelli Super Nova 12-gauge shotgun, 2 3/4" upto 3 1/2" with choice ofReal Tree APG Camo.The prize is valued at$670.

Donnie Bailey wonthird place with the Yeti

cooler-YT 45, with 9.4-gal-lon capacity, which holdsup to 26 cans. This prize isvalued at $330.

On behalf of the ACAPTO, Holli Slaughter said,“The PTO at AucillaChristian Academy wouldlike to thank all of thepeople who helped sup-port our Fall Festival. Itwas a huge success. We

would like to thank Sher-iff Hobbs and his deputy,who patrolled the frontcircle of the school, soThe Hughey Expresscould move around safely;Matt Stafford and Coca-Cola, for donating thedrinks; and all the par-ents, who donated all themoney for the theme bas-kets, but especially their

time. We could not do thiswithout everyone comingtogether and supportingour school. This is PTO'slargest fundraiser. A bigthanks to all the teachersand staff who go out oftheir way to help us dur-ing all these busy days ofpreparing for this bigevent. You guys are theBEST!”


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Athletes from Au-cilla Christian Acad-emy were named to thelist of Big Bend Lead-ers last week in foot-ball.

Brandon Holm wasnumber four in rush-ing, with 60 carries for627 yards, an averageof 10.5 yards per carry.

Timmy Burruswas at number six inrushing, with 59 car-ries for 563 yards, anaverage of 9.5 yardsper carry.

In receiving, Bur-rus was number three,with 27 pass receptions

for 489 yards, an aver-age of 18.1 yards per re-ception.

In passing, AustinBishop was numberone with 81 pass com-pletions out of 159 at-tempts, for 1,420 yards.

On the defensiveside of the field, ColeSchwab was at numberone in tackles, with 72solo tackles, no assists,and no quarterbacksacks.

Nick Roberts wasnumber four, with 50solo tackles, no assists,and no quarterbacksacks.

Burrus was num-ber two in pass inter-ceptions, with three.

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Colby Roberts was guest speaker to theWednesday, September 4 meeting of the MonticelloKiwanis. He is the head football coach at the Au-cilla Christian Academy. He spoke to the groupabout the upcoming football season and his goalsfor the team.

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ACA Cross Country Competes At Panhandle Championships


The Aucilla Chris-tian Academy cross-country teamscompeted in the Pan-handle ChampionshipsOctober 5, and theyoung athletes per-formed very well.

Apparently the jun-ior varsity runners’times were not countedas a place finish, butthey still ran to keep inshape.

The boys finished11th out of 28 teams,and the girls finishedeighth out of 17 teams.

Running for theboys, Braden Mattinglypassed two runners tofinish 13th, with a timeof 17:11.

Gatlin Nennstielfinished 22nd with atime of 17:35.

Carson Nennstielwas passed by 12 run-ners, to finish 86, with atime of 19:22, and set-ting a personal record.

Taylor Nugent waspassed by five runners,to finish 130th, with atime of 20:46.

Nick Arceneauxwas passed by 18 run-ners, to finish 156th,with a time of 21:37.

Brandon Mattinglywas passed by two run-ners, to finish 162nd,with a time of 21:50.

Chaz Hamilton

passed five runners, tofinish 163rd, with atime of 21:51, and set-ting a personal record.

Traynor Barker fin-ished with a time of22:45.

Dawson Bishop waspassed by 12 runners tofinish 185th, with atime of 22:57.

Zack Arce-neaux wasp a s s e dby 70r u n -ners ,t ofinish237th,w i t ha timeo f28:10.

D i l y nS t o w e r spassed 12 run-ners, to finish 201st,with a time of 23:57.

Jake Freeland fin-ished with a time of24:09.

Nathan Green fin-ished with a time of25:36.

Jason Hamilton fin-ished with a time of33:40.

Running for thegirls, Taylor Copelandwas passed by one run-ner, to finish 63rd, witha time of 23:34.

Sarah Tharpepassed four runners, tofinish 69th, with a timeof 23:50.

Camryn Grantpassed one runner, tofinish 73rd, with a timeof 24:07.

Whitney Stevenswas passed by threerunners, to finish 75th,with a time of 24:15.

Abby Reams waspassed by four runners,to finish 84th, with a

time of 25:28.G r a c e

B e s h e a r sw a spa s s edby 12r u n -ners,t of i n -i s h95th,

with atime of

26:21.Marley Re-

strepo was passed bytwo runners, to finish104, with a time of26:50, and setting a per-sonal record.

Jessica Giddens fin-ished with a time of26:52.

Hanna Searcy waspassed by three run-ners, to finish 106th,with a time of 26:54.

Brittany Hughesfinished with a time of28:16.

Cali Burkett fin-ished 128th, with a timeof 28:30.

Kaitlin Lane fin-ished with a time of

28:42.Dena Bishop was

passed by two runners,to finish 131st, with atime of 28:51.

Chloe Reams fin-ished with a time of30:05.

Sarah James fin-ished with a time of31:31.

Samantha Peelerfinished with a time of31:51.

Julianna Lindseyfinished with a time of32:54.

Katie James fin-ished with a time of34:48.

Sarah Riley fin-ished with a time of40:45.


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Other risks forbreast cancer that wecannot change includeage, the inherited genemutations already men-tioned, height, and familyhistory. The lifetime riskfor women getting breastcancer is 1 in 8 or about 12percent. That means thatfor every eight women inthe United States who liveto age 85, there will be onewoman diagnosed withbreast cancer during herlifetime.

So what can you do? Maintain a healthyweight, add exercise to

your daily routine, limitalcohol intake, limitmenopausal hormoneuse, and new mothers canreduce their risk bybreast feeding their in-fants.

Know your risk bytalking to your family tolearn about your familyhistory, and talk to yourprimary care provider tolearn about your per-sonal risk. You can getscreened for breast can-cer by talking with yourprimary care provider todetermine when youshould have a mammo-

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family history that putsthem at increased riskfor gene mutations of theBRCA1 or BRCA2 genemay need genetic coun-seling and testing.

The United StatesPreventive Services TaskForce recommends thatwomen 50 to 74 years oldhave a mammogramevery other year and todiscuss this with theirprimary care provider todetermine what is thebest plan for each indi-vidual.

Finally, many womenhave been used to doingself-breast exams, but re-search has found that itis better just to knowyour own breasts. It’s agood idea for anyone whohas changes in theirbreasts to get an evalua-tion as soon as possible.We encourage you to reg-ularly visit your doctor tolearn more about breastcancer and breast health.

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few years ago,there was a con-cern that cell

phones were causingbrain cancer amongavid cell phone userswho spent hours withtheir phones parkednext to their ears. Ahandful of people devel-oped brain tumors rightabove their ears, wheretheir cell phones wouldhave been pressedagainst their skulls.

A similar scenariohas evolved concerningbreast cancer in a fewvery young patients,teenagers or earlytwenty -somethings,with no family historyor genetic predisposi-tion to the disease thatanyone knows of. Thatin itself is unusual, butthe young women all

share something else incommon as well: a habit,popular amongteenaged girls andyoung women, of carry-ing their cell phonestucked into their bras.This habit has becomeso widespread that someclothing companies areoffering sports braswith a handy pocketadded just for this pur-pose.

One such youngwoman is TiffanyFrantz of Pennsylvania,who, as a teenager, car-ried her cell phonearound in her bra foryears, pressed againstbare skin. At age 21, shewas diagnosed withbreast cancer in theexact spot where herphone had rested for somany years, and as a re-sult, underwent a mas-tectomy.

Out in California,breast cancer surgeonDr. John West feels thatsomething is going on,that there is some kindof connection betweenso many women keepingcell phones in their brasand the young femalepatients developingbreast cancer, but therejust isn’t enough re-search and data on thesubject to make the dotsconnect for certain. In astory in the WashingtonTimes, he states, “I can’tsay for certain that they(cell phones) are caus-ing cancer, but I can ab-solutely say withpassion, that until weget more information,stop, stop, stop (carryingcell phones in bras)!”

Young teenagedbreast tissue that is stilldeveloping is particu-larly vulnerable to the

mutative changes thatcan be caused by radia-tion, but the question is,is the radiation from cellphones significantenough to have such aneffect?

West’s colleague,breast cancer surgeonDr. Lisa Bailey, also ex-presses concerns withwomen carrying cellsphones directly againsttheir bodies, especiallyin the area of the breast,adding that men whocarry cell phones intheir shirt pockets maybe at risk as well.

The problem withsaying that there is adefinite risk or connec-tion, is that cell phonetechnology hasn’t beenaround long enough forthe kinds of exhaustive,years-long studies withappropriate follow-upslike the ones that havebeen done for decadeson the connection be-tween tobacco and lungcancer, for example.

That appears to bethe sticking point fordoctors who feel some-thing might be going on– there’s just no hard,scientific evidence col-lected over years andyears, as with other can-cer studies. Most can-cers take a long time todevelop, from the firstmutated cell to thetumor that finally mani-fests itself, and studiesthat look for causativefactors have to take a lotof variables into ac-count. Tons of minutiaeabout daily, hourly, andweekly cell phone use isonly one of those vari-ables that would need to

be collected andrecorded and correlated.Information about mi-crowave radiation emis-sions from various cellphone models need to bemeasured and consid-ered. Specific absorp-tion rates of humantissue, from hundreds ofthousands, maybe mil-lions of patients, willneed to be measured andconsidered. Other ge-netic factors that couldinfluence cancer devel-opment will have to beaccounted for.

So far, the few stud-ies that have been done,have not been specificenough with the datacollected – often, for ex-ample, the questionsasked about cell phoneuse were far too vagueand general. Or thestudies themselves werepoorly designed, or weresimply added onto otherstudies.

Mostly, though therejust hasn’t been enoughtime to collect and studyenough data, since cellphone technology is stillrelatively new. Thatlack of data is a frustra-tion for some doctorswho see breast cancer inteenagers and 21-year-olds, with no family his-tory of such cancer. Puttogether with the newtrend of teenagers car-rying around cellphones in their bras, atroubling coincidenceseems to emerge, butwith no scientific proof,a caveat that the cellphone industry points toas well when denyingany link between cellphones and breast can-

cer, there is only an un-usual set of circum-stances and anecdotalinformation. No smok-ing gun emerges.

Still, however, untilthere is enough infor-mation to either supportor disprove the theory,many breast cancer doc-tors believe that a fewprecautionary stepscouldn’t hurt. Most ofthem involve changingsimple habits and carry-ing the cell phone awayfrom the body – in apurse, for example – andusing headsets or thespeaker-phone optionwhen in use, i.e., when itis receiving a mi-crowave signal from thecell phone tower. Eventhe operator’s manualfor most cell phone mod-els advise keeping thephone at least 5/8 of ainch away from anybody part. If the phonesmust be carried in apocket, turn them off.

Tiffany Frantz hav-ing undergone breast re-construction andchemotherapy, isspreading the wordamong women to makethe bra a “no-phonezone.”

The jury is still outon any possible link be-tween cell phones andcancer, and it will prob-ably be out for severalmore years, but theredoesn’t seem to be anyneed to discard cellphones altogether. Tak-ing a few precautionarysteps is simple enoughto do, and until more isknown about the sub-ject, why take a chance?

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hat is theUnited Way ofthe Big Bend

and why is JeffersonCounty involved? TheUnited Way is a volun-teer-led, nonprofit or-ganization located in ageographic communitythat seeks and ad-dresses the root causesof key issues, is ac-countable for steward-ship of resources, andis accountable forshort-term and long-term results.

The United Wayglobal network pro-vides the foundationfor increased commu-nity impact in all com-munities. It consists ofinterdependent capa-bilities distributed atthe global, regional, na-tional and local levels,strengthened by cen-ters of excellence.

Jefferson Countyhas set a goal this yearto raise $40,000 for itsagencies in need. So,plan to attend thescheduled upcomingfundraising events anddonate what you can,then donate more!Everyone benefits from

the United Way. The county kick-off

event will be held at 6p.m. on October 30 atthe First UnitedMethodist Church.This Wednesdayevening fundraisingmeal will be filled withmusic, music, musicand delicious chickenfrom Johnston’s MeatMarker with sides fromCarrie Ann & Co. andhomemade desserts!Make plans to attendthis event and supporta great cause for Jeffer-son County.

Agencies supportedthrough the UnitedWay of the Big Bend,telephone numbers,and the types of serv-ices offered include:

• 2-1-1 Big Bend(211) 24-hour crisis, sui-cide and HIV/AIDShotline;

• Ability 1st (575-9621,) assistance to per-sons with disabilities;

• Alzheimer’s Proj-ect (386-2778,) full rangeof resource services in-cluding counseling, re-ferral and supportgroups;

• American RedCross, Capital AreaChapter (878-6080,) dis-aster, health, safety,

emergency, volunteer,youth, military serv-ices;

• America’s SecondHarvest of the BigBend (562-3033,) pro-vides surplus food tothe needy through non-profit agencies;

• Big Bend Cares(656-2437,) provides ed-ucation and compre-hensive support topeople infected with oraffected by HIV/AIDS;

• Big Bend Hospice(878-5310,) patient/fam-ily hospice care and be-reavement;

• Boy Scouts ofAmerica, SuwanneeRiver Area Council(576-4146,) youth leader-ship development andprevention programs;

• Capital Area Com-munity Action Agency(653-8057,) primary ad-vocacy and supportagency to help low-in-come residents withcrisis needs, and theskills and resources forfinancial independ-ence;

• Early LearningCoalition of the BigBend (385-0551,) pro-vides early learningand school readinessprograms for children;

• Elder Care Serv-

ices (951-5554,) compre-hensive programs forsenior citizens in need;

• Fellowship ofChristian Athletes (383-1144,) serves middleand high school stu-dents and aims to teachhonesty, respect for au-thority, racial harmony,selflessness, sexual re-sponsibility, and sub-stance abuseprevention;

• Girl Scout Councilof the Florida Panhan-dle (386-2131,) camps,inner city programsand other programs toencourage healthylifestyles;

• Healthy StartCoalition (948-2741,)support services andresources for parentsand children;

• Jefferson SeniorCitizens Center (342-0242,) comprehensiveprogram for senior cit-izens in need;

• Kids Incorporatedof the Big Bend (414-9800,) family-orientedearly childhood serv-ices;

• Legal Services ofNorth Florida (385-5007,) legal assistanceand counsel for low-in-come persons;

• Office of the Pub-

lic Guardian (487-4609,)provides guardianshipservices to vulnerableor incapacitated adultswho have no resourcesto obtain a guardian tosafeguard their civilrights;

• Refuge House (681-2111,) assistance forvictims of domesticand sexual violence, in-cluding safe shelterand 24-hour crisis hot-line; •Sickle Cell Foundation(222-2355,) to increasethe knowledge and un-derstanding of sicklecell disease; • WeCare Network (942-5215,) provides timelyaccess to specialty med-ical care for low-in-come people.

The funds are allo-cated through the Com-munity InvestmentProcess. The JeffersonCounty Community In-vestment Team in-cludes MarianneArbulu, Nan Baugh-man, Ray Hughes,Andie and Dean Jerger,and Katrina Walton.

The team’s agencyreview process in-cludes several compo-nents that take time tocomplete properly. Jef-ferson agencies or new

applicants submit anapplication to remainor become a UWBBagency for Jefferson.This application iscomprised of a descrip-tion of their programsoffered to clients, num-bers of clients servedin that county, how thelives of their localclients change for thebetter because of theirprograms, budget in-formation on theagency, and a list oftheir board of direc-tors. The team alsostudies their budgetsand hears testimonialsfrom clients and/oragency volunteers.Upon completion, theydetermine which agen-cies and how much willbe funded for that par-ticular year.

The 2013 JeffersonCounty United WayCommittee includesNan Baughman, Co-Chair; Dean Jerger, Co-Chair; Andie Jerger,Katrina FitzSimmons,Ray Hughes, KirkReams, and JuniorTuten.

Need help and don’tknow who to call? Dial211 today and get theanswers you’re lookingfor!

Give. Advocate. Volunteer. Live United In Jefferson County!

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onticello Ro-tary is growingin membership.

At a past meeting themembership welcomedguest Jim Snyder, whorecently moved to Jef-ferson County. He workswith Public Policy Asso-

ciates Inc., a lobbyingfirm specializing in fireprotection, education,tourism, and insurance.After attending themeeting, at the invita-tion of Rotarian DavidHobbs, Snyder decidedto join Rotary, becausehe wanted to become in-volved in communityservice.

Also joining Rotaryis Sean Gray. He is a life-long resident of Jeffer-son County, owner/manager of Big BendPest Control, and athird generation familybusiness. He has partic-ipated in Rotary com-munity service eventsas a volunteer and de-cided to become an ac-

tive member. The Rotary mem-

bership welcomes thesenew members, and oth-ers who are willing toput ‘Service AboveSelf ’. If you are inter-ested in learning moreabout Rotary contactPresident Angela Grayat [email protected].

Rotary Welcomes New Members

Pictured from left to right are: Monticello Rotarian David Hobbs with new member Jim Snyder, andRotarian Bobby Plaines with new member Sean Gray and Rotary President Angela Gray.

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AMBER HOUSTONECB PublishingStaff Writer

his week,across Amer-ica, schools

are celebrating RedRibbon Week. Butwhy?

Red Ribbon Weekwas started in the mid-1980s, following thetragic death of UnitedStates Drug Enforce-ment Agency (DEA)Special Agent EnriqueCamarena. He wasborn in Mexico andraised in California.He served in the Ma-rine Corps, andworked as a firefighter

and police officer be-fore he took the jobwith the DEA. He didfour years of under-cover work in Mexico,investigating a majordrug cartel.

He uncovered amulti-million dollaroperation that in-cluded corrupt mem-bers of the Mexicanmilitary and govern-ment. Shortly there-after, he waskidnapped by corruptMexican governmentofficials, and broughtto the leader of the car-tel he had workedagainst under whosehand he was tortured

to death for two days.Camarena’s death

not only outraged hishome state of Califor-nia, but it showed theAmerican public thedark side of drug traf-ficking and the horri-ble actions that cartelleaders would go to inorder to remain in

power.Camarena’s home-

town of Calexico, Cali-fornia started withsimple public supportof the family. Itquickly organized intoworking for what Ca-marena did—trying tomake the world drug-free.

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n today’s econ-omy, money is ahuge concern forparents who

would like to help theirchild(ren) obtain an educa-tion beyond high school.

The Veterans of For-eign Wars (VFW) andLadies Auxiliary providesthe opportunity for stu-dents to earn a scholarshipthrough their essay/audioscholarship programs.

The Voice of Democ-racy (VOD) contest hasbeen the VFW’s premierescholarship contest since1947. It is endorsed by theNational Association ofSecondary Principals(NASP), which approvesthis contest for its Na-tional AdvisoryList of Contests.

The contestis open to stu-dents in grades 9-12, who areenrolled in pub-lic, private,parochial, charteror home school. ThisVFW sponsored youththe opportunity to expresstheir views on democracywith the prospect of win-ning a scholarship.

The competitor simplywrites then records theiroriginal (of their ownwords) essay on a standardcassette or CD. The audioshould be three to five min-utes long. After recording,be sure to play back youraudio to verify that the con-version process was suc-cessful. No music, singing,poetry or sound effects areallowed. The essay itself,must not identify you –place identity on a folder oran envelope being submit-ted.

The VOD topic themeis “Why I’m OptimisticAbout Our Nation’s Fu-ture.” The contest consistsof four levels of winningconsideration. The firstlevel is the local (Post 251).The Post first place winneradvances to the Districtlevel; the District first placewinner advances to theState level; finally, the Statefirst place winner advancesto the National level.

The prizes are; firstplace receives a $30,000scholarship; second placewins a $16,000 scholarship;third place wins a $10,000scholarship; fourth placewins a $7,000 scholarship;fifth place wins a $5,000

scholarship; and otherscholarships range from$4,000 to $1,000.

The Patriot’s Pen(PAT’s PEN) is an essaycompetition that gives stu-dents in grade 6-8 the op-portunity to write an essayexpressing their view ondemocracy with theprospect of winning USsavings bonds.

The first place Na-tional winner will beawarded a $10,000 savingsbond, plus an all-expensepaid trip to Washington DCfor the winner and a parentor guardian.

The top 46 Nationalwinners will receive atleast a $1,000 savings bond.

The secondthrough 15th placewinners will re-ceive $8,000through $15,000.

The essayshould be a min-imum of 300words, neatlytyped, where allwords count. The

theme is, “What Patriot-ism Means To Me.” Thecontest consists of thesame four levels as theVOPD. At the Local level,all participants receive cer-tificates, and someaward/amenity.

Both scholarship pro-grams give VFW/Auxiliarymembers the chance to letthe community know thatwe care about our youngpeople.

“I firmly believe thatwe have bright, patriotic,eligible young students inJefferson County that arecapable of getting a portionof the 2.5 million in schol-arships and incentives.That’s why we are urgingschools, churches, clubs,organizations, especiallyparents, to team up with usin getting our youth in-volved, stated LAVFWPresident and Co-Chair-man, Mary Madison. “Weare available to assist/men-tor any student who de-sires assistance, in fact, weencourage students to con-tact us,” she added.

For information andapplications contact Madi-son at (850) 997-4504 or 2190-7090, or VFW PostCommander Ned Hill, Jr. at(850)339-5524.

Also, rules for the twoscholarship contests can befound at www.vfw.org/com-munity/voiceofdemocracy.

VFW Readies For VOD/PAT’sPEN Contests

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October 25Nazarene Church Fam-ily Skate Night is heldfrom 6 to 8 p.m. on thelast Friday evening ofevery month. Lightsnacks and soft drinksavailable. For more in-formation, contact Rev.Clay Stephens, pastor, at850-528-5451.

October 26Dr. Martin Luther KingJr. Center will hold aFish Fry/Car Washfundraiser on Saturdayin the Monticello Newsparking lot from 8:30a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Din-ner/Drink $8, Sand-wich/Drink $6,Wash/Wax Car $5,Wash/Wax Truck, $10,Wash/Wax SUV $20.All donations will sup-port the MLKJR Cen-ter.

October 27New Bethel AMEChurch members, Pas-tor Jimmie F. Dickey,and the Pastor’s AidBoard will visit resi-dents at the Brynwood

H&R Center at 1:30 p.m.on Sunday.

October 27Elizabeth MissionaryBaptist Church in theDills Community willhold its ‘Men’s andWomen’s Day’ at 3 p.m.on Sunday with Minis-ter Bernice Keaton ofthe Celebration NewLife Tabernacle in Tal-lahassee as guestspeaker. The commu-nity is invited to sharethe blessings. Rev.Willie D. Webster, pas-tor.

October 27Mt. Zion AME Churchon Barrington Roadwill celebrate its 33rdHomecoming on thefourth Sunday begin-ning with SundaySchool at 9:30 a.m. andMorning Worship Serv-ice at 11:00 a.m. The dy-namic speaker will beRev. Maize Woodson ofMonticello; and the St.Phillip AME ChurchChoir will render themusic. Help make thisprogram a success by

coming together in thename of the Lord. Rev.Dr. Edward Scott II, pas-tor.

October 27Memorial MissionaryBaptist Church SeniorChoir will celebrate its53rd Choir Anniversaryat 3 p.m. on the fourthSunday. Pastor Tony O.Graham and the Anti-och Baptist Churchfamily of Perry will beguests for this serviceThe choir invites every-one to come and enjoyan evening of praiseand worship. Modera-tor Rev. JB Duval, pas-tor.

October 27Memorial MissionaryBaptist Church SeniorChoir will celebrate its53rd Choir Anniversaryat 3 p.m. on the fourthSunday. Pastor Tony O.Graham and the Anti-och Baptist Churchfamily of Perry will beguests for this service.The choir invites every-one to come and enjoyan evening of praiseand worship. Modera-tor Rev. JB Duval, pas-tor.

October 30 Wacissa UnitedMethodist Church, of-fers classes eachWednesday, teachingthe importance ofprayer and study, toages five to 15, from 3:35to 5:45 p.m. through No-vember 6. Also, joinwith the church familyfor supper at 6:00 p.m.;prayer meeting foradults at 6:30 p.m.;youth group for all agesat 6:30 p.m.; and adultchoir practice at 7:00p.m. For more informa-tion contact KathyWalker at 850-997-3019or WUMC phone at 850-997-2179.

October 31Olive Baptist Churchwill hold its first‘Trunk-or-Treat’ eventon Thursday from 6:30to 8:30 p.m. at 155 Coop-ers Pond Road, in Mon-ticello. Cars will bedecorated in the spiritof Halloween. Candyand goodies galore willbe handed out to thechildren from thetrunks and backs of thedecorated vehicles.This event focuses on asafe family environ-ment for the costumedkids. See you there!


aterria DeniseCrumity, 21, ofMon t i c e l l o ,

was arrested October 9and charged with viola-tion of probation on thecharge of possession ofa controlled substance(cocaine), grand theftof a firearm, and bat-tery. Bond was withheldand she remained at theCounty Jail October 22.

Terry Agoo, 52, ofValdosta, GA, was sen-tenced in court October14 to serve one year inthe Jefferson CountyJail on the charges ofrefusal to submit to theDUI test, and drivingwhile license sus-pended or revoked. Heremained in the CountyJail October 22.

Keshira MoneAlexander, 20, of Monti-

cello, was arrested Oc-tober 16 and chargedwith harassing phonecalls. Bond was set at$2,500 and she bondedout of jail the same day.

Marvin Moore, 45,of Jefferson County,was arrested October 16and charged with writof attachment for non-payment of child sup-port. Bond was set at$$800 and he bonded outof jail the following day.

Andreas Green, 36,of Cairo, GA, was ar-rested October 16 andcharged with writ of at-tachment for nonpay-ment of child support.Bond was set at $800and he bonded out ofjail the same day.

Fredrick Allen, 47,of Tampa, FL, was ar-rested October 16 andcharged with writ of at-tachment for nonpay-ment of child support.

Bond was set at $800and he bonded out ofjail the same day.

Kashira Harris, 24,of Monticello, was ar-rested October 17 andcharged with making afalse report to law en-forcement. Bond wasset at $1,000 and shebonded out of jail thesame day.

Curtis Oliver, 43, ofJefferson County, wasarrested October 18 andcharged with trespasson property. Bond wasset at $1,000 and hebonded out of jail thefollowing day.

Shagan Horese Har-rison, 34, of Lakeland,FL, was arrested Octo-ber 19 and charged withdrug equipment posses-sion, and driving whilelicense suspended. Atotal bond of $1,000 wasset and he bonded outof jail the same day.


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he JeffersonCounty SmallBusiness De-

velopment Program isnow up and running. Achange in personnel oc-curred so the programhas been on hold overrecent weeks. MarciaElder, of CPI Consult-ing, will be the new con-sultant and contactperson. Elder is movingforward to promotesmall business and localjobs as part of thisCounty-sponsored serv-ice.

The new programdirector started herwork on October 16 afterher contract was ap-proved by the JeffersonCounty Commission.She has met with theformer director (Dr. Dal-

las Garrett) as part ofthe transition process.The new contract callsfor part-time support at20 hours a week and arange of responsibili-ties.

Elder has created aWebsite to assist thoseinterested in the pro-gram to find out moreabout available services.The site will also beused to provide updatesand support resourcesto program clients. TheWebsite page can be ac-cessed at: www.Jeffer-sonMeansBusiness.com

Since there has beena gap of service in theprogram an online sur-vey is also on the Web-site to find out thecurrent status andneeds of program

clients. New clients canfill out the survey aswell, as the County isworking to continuegrowing interest and in-volvement with the pro-gram.

The survey is alsobeing used to collectemail addresses for aprogram database sothat clients and otherscan be timely contactedabout important pro-gram information.

These and other op-erational details arebeing dealt with thisweek and next; Elderwill begin seeing clientsnext week. The officecan be reached at [email protected] or byphone or Voice Mail at997-2185.

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Rotary Gets Update On Florida Dairy IndustryJohn L. Miller, former

director of Food Safety,presented an update on theFlorida Dairy Industry tothe Monticello Rotary re-cently. The Bureau of DairyIndustry insures that dairyproducts purchased byFlorida consumers arewholesome, correctly la-beled, and produced insanitary conditions by con-ducting inspections andpermits. The dairy industryis regulated on the produc-tion, transporting, process-ing, distribution, andlabeling of milk and milkproducts. How many pro-ducers in Florida youask?... 138 dairy farms, 20milk processing plants, 12cheese plants, 72 frozendessert manufacturers, and14 single service milk con-tainer manufacturers justto name a few. Fresh safemilk and milk products areavailable to Floridians be-cause of the consistenttesting of samples againstquality standards. Rotary’smotto is ‘Service AboveSelf.’ If you are interested inlearning more about Rotarycontact President AngelaGray atangelagray@yahoo. com.

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“Save TheH u m a n s ”blood drive

was hosted by Jeffer-son County employeesfor OneBlood Inc. lastweek, and the blooddrive was deemed verysuccessful.

Assistant CountyCoordinator Nick Flyntsaid that his goal forthe five-hour period ofdonating, was 20 units,and the drive did raise20 units of blood.

The donors in-cluded regular donors,and first-timers as well.Each of the donors wasgiven a Save The Hu-mans t-shirt.

Flynt explained thedonating process,which he says can takeanywhere from 20-25minutes, from begin-ning to end.

The process beginswith answering med-ically based questions.They determine if youare prone to such dis-eases as HIV or herpes,and ask if you are aller-gic to any drugs. Theycheck your hemoglobinto determine if you arewell enough to giveblood without injuringyourself, and theycheck your iron. If youdo not know your bloodtype they will type you,give you a card, andyou can email to findout what your bloodtype is. During the do-nation, they supply thedonor with drinks andsnacks. “They take realgood care of you,” saidFlynt.

He added that theyare going to be settingthe blood drives forabout every eightweeks, getting a regu-lar rotation. The next

rotation is expected tobe after the first of theyear.

“OneBlood tookover for the SoutheastBlood Bank,” saidFlynt. “They offergreat incentives fortheir donors, such asgift cards, and theyworked with OutbackSteakhouse so whendonors give, I think it’stwice within 20 weeks,they get a steak dinner.They are great for in-centives and they takereal good care of you.”

According to theOneBlood website, “OnJanuary 27, 2012 threeof Florida’s independ-ent, not-for-profit bloodcenters, CommunityBlood Centers ofFlorida, Inc. (CBCF),Florida’s Blood Cen-ters, Inc. (FBC) andFlorida Blood Services,Inc. (FBS) came to-gether in a merger ofequals and OneBlood,Inc. was established.

“More than a yearof collaboration andextensive planningamong the three organ-izations led to the cre-ation of OneBlood—an

innovative, forward-thinking blood centerthat we envision lead-ing the industry in pro-viding safe, availableand affordable blood toour hospital partnersand their patients.

“As a communityasset, the OneBloodname is a constant re-minder of the collec-tive power we share tosave another person’slife.

“The service areaof OneBlood includesthe Tampa Bay area,South and SoutheastFlorida, the Orlando-metro area and sur-rounding CentralFlorida counties, partsof Southwest Florida,Pensacola and Talla-hassee and some partsof Southern Georgiaand Alabama.

“OneBlood cur-rently serves morethan 200 hospitals andhealth care facilities.”Hospitals they serve inthe area include Talla-hassee Memorial,Madison County Me-morial, Health SouthRehabilitation Centerin Tallahassee, and

Archibold Memorial inThomasville.

Here are some in-teresting facts aboutblood and donationsfrom the American RedCross website:

* Every two sec-onds someone in theU.S. needs blood.

* More than 41,000blood donations areneeded every day.

* A total of 30 mil-lion blood componentsare transfused eachyear in the U.S.

* The blood typemost often requestedby hospitals is Type O.

*The blood used inan emergency is al-ready on the shelves be-fore the event occurs.

* Sickle cell diseaseaffects more than70,000 people in the U.S.About 1,000 babies areborn with the diseaseeach year. Sickle cellpatients can requirefrequent blood transfu-sions throughout theirlives.

* More than 1.6 mil-lion people were diag-nosed with cancer lastyear. Many of themwill need blood, some-times daily, duringtheir chemotherapytreatment.

* A single car acci-dent victim can requireas many as 100 pints ofblood.

* The number ofblood donations col-lected in the U.S. in ayear: 15.7 million

* The number ofblood donors in the U.S.in a year: 9.2 million

* Although an esti-mated 38 percent of theU.S. population is eligi-ble to donate, less than10 percent actually doeach year.

* Blood cannot bemanufactured – it canonly come from gener-

ous donors.* If you began do-

nating blood at age 17and donated every 56days until you reached76, you would have do-nated 48 gallons ofblood, potentially help-ing save more than1,000 lives.

There are eightblood types, O, A, B andAB and these fourtypes have either a pos-itive or negative Rh fac-tor, making eight totaltypes. Someone with anegative Rh factor can

only receive Rh nega-tive blood, and some-one with a positive Rhfactor can only receivea positive Rh factorblood. O is known asthe universal donor. Itcan be donated to some-one with O, A, B or ABblood. A blood can onlygo to those with A orAB blood. B blood canonly go to someonewith B or AB blood.And AB blood can onlygo to someone with ABblood.

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ECB Publishing photos by Fran Hunt, October 14, 2013OneBlood blood mobile supervisor Crystal

Barker prepares regular donor Kim Chancey for the

donation process.

ECB Publishing photos by Fran Hunt, October 14, 2013First time blood donor Antoine Watson,

watches OneBlood blood mobile supervisor Crys-

tal Barker insert the needle for the donation.

ECB Publishing photos by Fran Hunt, October 14, 2013Donating blood doesn’t seem to bother donor

Damon Gilbert, even as OneBlood blood mobile su-

pervisor Crystal Barker inserts the needle.


ross LandingsHealth & Reha-bilitation Cen-

ter held its annual FallFestival on Saturday,October 12. Entertain-ment through the morn-ing hours included theHoly Ghost Revival Cen-ter and Rick Knowlesand friends. The CrossLandings Dietary staffgrilled up hotdogs andhamburgers for the fes-tival-goers and theCross Landings Depart-ment Heads were outand about to directguests to their differentlocations of interest.

Local residents andvendors showcasedtheir products for sale

and visited with friendsand neighbors through-out the day. Local agen-cies were also on handwith information tablesand doorprize give-aways; they includedthe American RedCross, with FEMA in-formation; the Monti-cello Fire Department,with its Smoke Houseexhibition; AmedisysHome Health Care; BigBend Hospice, CapitalHome Health, Home In-stead Senior Care,Covenant Hospice, S.Essentials & More, andthe Jefferson CountyFire Rescue.

Donors to thisyear’s event includedA.J. Smith, SheriffDavid Hobbs, JudgeBobby Plaines, Clerk of

Courts Kirk Reams,Property Appraiser An-gela Gray, Supervisor ofElections MartyBishop, County Com-missioner BetsyBarfield, Clifford Plum-mer, Skeet Joyner, Till-man’s Funeral Homeand Al Hall, CalvaryBaptist Church,Sorensen Tire Centerand Jeff Sorensen,School Board MemberSandra Saunders, Rev.Walter Thompson, andMichael Allen.

Thanks from SocialServices Director MaeKyler and the CrossLandings H&RC Staffto all who made this13th annual garage sale,trade fair, health fair,face painting, fun andgames event a success.

Beautiful Day For Cross Landings Fall Festival

ECB Publishing Photo By Debbie Snapp, October 12, 2013. One of the big winners in the Big Bend Hospice Cakewalk was Ireshia

Denson, center right; others included Deron Virgil and Sandra Stubbins.

Caller for the Cross Landings Fall Festival event was Gloria Miller, center left.

ECB Publishing Photo By Debbie Snapp, October 12, 2013. Local Merchant Patricia McIntyre had a few of her ‘S. Essentials & More’

store items and accessories and more set up and for sale at the Cross Land-

ings Fall Festival on Saturday. Her shop is located at 150 West Washington

Street, 850-445-7556.

ECB Publishing Photo By Debbie Snapp, October 12, 2013.Working a Jefferson County Lions Club membership table during the

Cross Landings Fall Festival is Lion Jane Hand, with potential member

Dorothy Hudson.

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he JoyfulNoise Dinner,Concert, and

Silent Auction held inSeptember was onceagain well attended andperfect! The event issponsored by Big BendHospice and hosted by

the Jefferson County Ad-visory Council of BigBend Hospice and theFirst United MethodistChurch for the benefit ofthe local community.Michele Brantley coor-dinated the event, emceewas Denise Vogelge-sang, and Rev. AndyCreel welcomed every-one and offered the invo-

cation. Music was the

evening’s entertainmentbeginning with SarahSchrader-Nahoom onthe harp and the PurvisBrothers & Friends play-ing and singing with theattendees throughoutthe evening.

The silent auctiondonations were plenti-

ful, with lots of differentitems to bid on. Thecommunity businessesand individuals werevery generous this year,and for a great cause. Alive auction was heldlater in the evening witha handmade quilt do-nated by Maureen Meersand the Crazy Quilters, a10-layer chocolate cake

baked by Mary Beth Fin-layson, and an exquisiteoriental rug donated byJane and Bill French.

Last year the Jeffer-son County SpecialNeeds Fund provided al-most $2,500 in support topatients and familiesfacing severe financialhardships. Proceedsfrom this fund went to

pay for cremation serv-ices, medications, med-ical equipment, repairs,heating, food, and somuch more.

Big Bend Hospice islocated at 205 North Mul-berry Street in Monti-cello. For moreinformation call 850-997-2827 or www.bigbend-hospice.org.

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ECB Publishing Photos By Debbie Snapp, September 27, 2013.Joyful Noise Dinner, Concert, and Silent Auction servers and kitchen help included from left to right:

Jenise Moore, Earlene Knight, Jack Bulloch, Tom Braswell, Susan Hastings, Barbara Moody, Nan Baugh-

man, Barbara Culbreath, David Hobbs, Tom Vogelgesang, Barbara Sheats, Fred Mosley, Marty Bishop,

Angela Gray, and Nancy Whitty.

ECB Publishing Photos By Debbie Snapp, September 27, 2013.Joyful Noise Dinner, Concert, and Silent Auc-

tion Coordinator Michele Brantley, right, with

Amanda Edwards, left.

Madison Discusses The Beginning Of The POW/MIA FlagFRAN HUNTECB PublishingStaff Writer

ational Pris-oner ofWar/Missing

In Action (POW/MIA)Recognition Day wasSeptember 20, 2013, andhas since passed us by.

However, the Ameri-can Legion Post 131 ofGreenville, both Ameri-can Legion Posts (49 and234) of Monticello, andthe Veterans of ForeignWars Post 251 of Monti-cello, as well as theWomen’s Auxiliaries ofall those units, are all co-operating to bring aboutthis years Veteran’s DayParade, November 11, at11 a.m., in front of Capi-tal City Bank, and theparade Grand Marshal isto be an empty chair rep-resenting thePOW/MIA’s. VFW Post 251 LadiesAuxiliary President

Mary Madison thought itto be the most oppor-tunistic time to discussthe beginning of thePOW/MIA flag.

“For the past fewyears, we see thePOW/MIA flag flown atveteran’s buildings, stateand national buildings,along with or beside,“Old Glory,” the Ameri-can flag, which has beenin existence since the

1700’s,” said Madison. “The POW/MIA flag

got it’s humble begin-ning less than 50 yearsago by a then, 78-year oldresident of Orange Park,who was a member ofthe National League ofAmerican Prisoners andMissing in SoutheastAsia, Mrs. Mary Hoff.

“Mrs. Hoff often toldof how she still remem-bered what it was like tolearn that her husband’splane had been shotdown on the other sideof the world, and that hepossibly ejected from theplane, and was missing,”she continued.

“She told of what itwas like to be awakenedby a noise at night andswore it was her hus-band coming throughthe door, but most of all,she knew what it was

like to spend decadeskeeping pressure on mil-itary leaders, fighting forinformation, and hopingthat one day, some way,he would actually comehome.

“Mrs. Hoff told thatthe one thing she did notknow was what it waslike – to hear that herhusband’s remains hadbeen found and identi-fied. After many years ofstruggles, she found thepassion to find a way tokeep the memories ofher husband and allother dedicated individ-uals alive.

“She told of how shehad seen a picture of aPOW dressed in dreary,dismal black and whitepajamas, and that waswhen she decided to dosomething,” Madisonadded.

“In 1971, she learnedof a New York flag man-ufacturer, contacted theexecutive, and per-suaded him to help withthe POW/MIA flag. He inturn, contacted agraphic designer tocome up with a design.Mrs. Hoff told the de-signer she needed a starkblack and white flag. Thedesigner sketched on ablack flag, bearing in thecenter, in black andwhite, the emblem of theLeague, which is a whitedisc bearing a black sil-houette of the bust of aman, a watch tower witha guard holding a rifle,and a strand of barbedwire above. The disc waswith the letters POW,and a white five-pointedstar with MIA. Below thedisc and black and whitewreath above the motto –‘YOU ARE NOT FOR-GOTTEN,’ Madison ex-plained.

“The first POW/MIAflag was a banner, butwas reduced to variousflag sizes to make it eas-ier for distribution, andaccommodate more vet-erans and the public. Fol-lowing the League’sapproval for distributionsome groups and indi-viduals have altered theoriginal flag. Suchchanges are insignifi-cant, the importance liesin the continued visibil-ity of the symbol, a con-stant reminder of theplight of America’sPOW/MIA.

“On March 9, 1989, aPOW/MIA flag flew overthe Whitehouse after the1988 National POW/MIARecognition Day; was in-stalled in the UnitedStates Capital Rotundaas the result of legisla-tion passed overwhelm-ingly during the 100thsession of Congress. ThePOW/MIA flag is theonly flag displayed in theCapitol’s Rotunda.

“Before Mrs. Hoffsuffered Parkinson’s Dis-ease, she made it knownthat the flag was nevercopyrighted, even goingfrom banners to flags,

bumper stickers, shirts,and so on; that the de-signer nor she never gotrich, which was never anissue and certainly nottheir goal. She onlyhoped it would serve it’spurpose, and that is tokeep people remember-ing,” said Madison.

“Although Mrs.Hoff ’s had Parkinson’sand it affected her abilityto recall many detailsfrom long ago, she saidsome things would staywith her until her death.When she heard thenews that MIA veteranScott Speicher’s remainshad been identified, itsparked waves of emo-tions, and the flag andthe events that led up toit, brought back vividmemories – she had notforgotten!”

Madison then pro-vided some interestingstatistics informationabout America’sPOW/MIA’s. America’sstill unaccounted forfrom the Vietnam War;Vietnam, 1,555; Laos, 445;Cambodia, 75; Territo-rial Waters (China),eight. Theses totals areas of June 30, 1998. Thenumbers from all otherUS Wars; RevolutionaryWar, POW’s, 18, MIA’s,1,426; War of 1812,POW’s, 20,000, MIA’s, 695;Mexican War, POW’s, 46,MIA’s, 238; Indian War,many, very few survived;Civil War, Union,POW/MIA’s, 194, 743,Civil War, Confederacy,POW/MIA’s, 214,865;Spanish/American War,POW’s, eight, MIA’s, 72;World War I,POW/MIA’s, 7,470; WorldWar II, POW’s, 124,079,MIA’s, 30,314; Cold WarEra, POW’s, unknown,MIA’s, 343; Korean War,POW’s, 7,140, MIA’s,8,177; USS Pueblo,POW’s, 82;, MIA, one;Persian Gulf War,POW/MIA’s, 52; and So-malia, POW/MIA’s, two.(The information wascompliments of the WANational POW/MIACommittee, Co-Chair-man, Bob Necci.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT,IN AND FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY, FLORIDA

CASE NO. 13-201-CADEREK A. WALKER and ELIZABETH W. WALKER,

Plaintiffs,vs.

JAMES CONRAD DAVIS and THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR BEN-EFICIARIES OF J.G. GAMBLE, if alive, and if dead, their unknownspouses, heirs, devisees, grantees, judgment creditors, and all other partiesclaiming by, through, under, or against defendants, and all unknown naturalpersons if alive, and if dead or not known to be dead or alive, their severaland respective unknown spouses, heirs, devisees, grantees, and judgmentcreditors, or other parties claiming by, through, or under those unknownnatural persons, and the several and respective unknown assigns, successorsin interest, trustees, or any other person claiming by, through, under, oragainst any corporation or other legal entity named as a defendant, and allclaimants, persons or parties, natural or corporate, or whose exact legal sta-tus is unknown, claiming under any of the above named or described de-fendants or parties or claiming to have any right, title, or interest in theproperty,

Defendants.___________________________________/

AMENDED NOTICE OF ACTION

TO: THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR BENEFICIARIES OF J.G.GAMBLE, if alive, and if dead, their unknown spouses, heirs, devisees,grantees, judgment creditors, and all other parties claiming by, through,under, or against defendants; and all unknown natural persons if alive, andif dead or not known to be dead or alive, their several and respective un-known spouses, heirs, devisees, grantees, and judgment creditors, or otherparties claiming by, through, or under those unknown natural persons; andthe several and respective unknown assigns, successors in interest, trustees,or any other person claiming by, through, under, or against any corporationor other legal entity named as a defendant; and all claimants, persons orparties, natural or corporate, or whose exact legal status is unknown, claim-ing under any of the above named or described defendants or parties orclaiming to have any right, title, or interest in the property

YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action to quiet title to the follow-ing real property in Jefferson County, Florida:The North 55 acres of the West Half of the Southwest Quarter, Section 22,Township 1 North, Range 4 East, Jefferson County, Florida.

has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your writ-ten defenses, if any, to it on Russell D. Gautier, the Plaintiff’s attorney,whose address is Post Office Box 4128, Tallahassee, Florida 32315-4128,on or before November 29, 2013, and file the original with the Clerk of thisCourt either before service on the Plaintiff’s attorney or immediately there-after; otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief demandedin the Complaint or Petition.Dated this 22nd day of October, 2013.

Kirk ReamsAs Clerk of the CourtSherry SearsDeputy Clerk

10/25, 11/1,8,15/2013

NOTICE

The following units have been seized for non-payment and will be sold atpublic auction under the authority of the Self-Storage Act section 83:805,Florida Statues, on November 9, 2013, 10:00am, at Monticello Mini Stor-

age located at the Corner of York and Railroad Streets, Monticello, FL.

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ight youngw h o o p i n gcranes began

their aircraft-led mi-gration on October 2,2013 from the WhiteRiver Marsh StateWildlife Area in GreenLake County, Wiscon-sin. This is the 13thgroup of birds to takepart in a project led bythe Whooping CraneEastern Partnership(WCEP), an interna-tional coalition of pub-lic and private groupsthat is reintroducingthis highly imperiledspecies in easternNorth America, part ofits historic range. WCEP partner Op-

eration Migration willuse two ultralight air-craft to lead the juve-nile cranes throughWisconsin, Illinois,Kentucky, Tennessee,Alabama, and Georgiato reach the birds’ win-tering habitat at St.Marks NationalWildlife Refuge (NWR)along Florida's GulfCoast. “Despite the fact

that we have done thisbefore, each year welearn something newabout these wonderfulbirds,” said Joe Duff,CEO of Operation Mi-gration and leader ofthe ultralight team.“This year's flock

seems more attentive,and we hope to makebetter progress. Ourtarget is to arrive inFlorida before Christ-mas.”In addition to the

eight cranes being ledsouth by ultralights, bi-ologists from WCEPpartner, InternationalCrane Foundation, arecurrently rearing ninewhooping crane chicksat Horicon NWR inDodge County, Wis. Thebirds will be releasedlater this fall in thecompany of oldercranes from whom theyoung birds will learnthe migration routesouth. This is the ninthyear WCEP has usedthis Direct Autumn Re-

lease (DAR) method. Whooping cranes

that take part in the ul-tralight and DAR rein-troductions are hatchedat the U.S. GeologicalSurvey’s PatuxentWildlife Research Cen-ter in Laurel, Md., andat the InternationalCrane Foundation inBaraboo, Wis. Chicksare raised under astrict isolation proto-col, and to ensure thebirds remain wild, han-dlers adhere to a no-talking rule and wearcostumes designed tomask the human form.The seventeen air-

craft-led and DARchicks are joining onewild-hatched chick inthe 2013 cohort. The

wild-raised chick willfollow its parents onmigration. In additionto the eightenn juvenilecranes, 101 whoopingcranes are currently inthe eastern migratorypopulation. The public is in-

vited to follow the air-craft-guided Whoopingcranes on OperationMigration’s liveCraneCam, whichbroadcasts daily duringflights and while thecranes are at eachstopover location alongthe route to Florida.Visit: http://www.us-t r e am . t v /m i g r a t -ingcranes to watch thevideo stream orhttp://operationmigra-tion.org/InTheField for

daily website postings.Whooping cranes

were on the verge of ex-tinction in the 1940s.Today, there are onlyabout 600 birds in exis-tence, approximately445 of them in the wild.Aside from the WCEPbirds, the only othermigratory populationof whooping cranesnests at Wood BuffaloNational Park in north-ern Alberta, Canadaand winters at AransasNWR on the Texas GulfCoast. A non-migratoryflock of approximately20 birds lives year-round in the centralFlorida Kissimmee re-gion, and an additional17 non-migratorycranes live in southernLouisiana.WCEP asks anyone

who encounters awhooping crane in thewild to please give themthe respect and dis-tance they need. Do notapproach birds on footwithin 200 yards; re-main in your vehicle;do not approach in a ve-hicle any closer than100 yards. Also, pleaseremain concealed anddo not speak loudlyenough that the birdscan hear you. Finally,do not trespass on pri-vate property in an at-tempt to view orphotograph whooping

cranes.Whooping Crane

Eastern Partnershipfounding members arethe International CraneFoundation, OperationMigration, Inc., Wis-consin Department ofNatural Resources, U.S.Fish and Wildlife Serv-ice, the U.S. GeologicalSurvey’s PatuxentWildlife Research Cen-ter and NationalWildlife Health Center,the National Fish andWildlife Foundation,the Natural ResourcesFoundation of Wiscon-sin, and the Interna-tional Whooping CraneRecovery Team. Many other flyway

states, provinces, pri-vate individuals andconservation groupshave joined forces withand support WCEP bydonating resources,funding and personnel.More than 60 percent ofthe project’s budgetcomes from privatesources in the form ofgrants, public dona-tions and corporatesponsors.To report whooping

crane sightings, visitthe WCEP whoopingcrane observation web-page at:http://www.fws.gov/mid w e s t / w h o o p -ingcrane/sightings/sightingform.cfm.


Farm & Outdoors

The Week of October 25, 2013 through November 1, 2013Major Feed Times are marked by an asterisk (*)

Saturday, October 2612:40 AM*6:55 AM1:10 PM*7:20 PM

Sunday, October 27

1:30 AM*7:30 AM1:45 PM*7:55 PM

Tuesday, October 29

2:55 AM*8:55 PM3:10 PM*9:30 PM

Wednesday,October 30

3:40 AM*9:40 AM3:50 PM

*10:00 PM

Thursday,October 31

4:20 AM*10:20 AM

4:30 PM*10:45 PM

Friday,November 1

5:00 AM*11:10 AM

5:20 PM*11:30 PM

Friday,October 25*6:10 AM12:15 PM*6:30 PM

Monday, October 28

2:10 AM*8:20 AM2:25 PM*8:40 PM

The Jefferson JournalFish & Game Feeding Chart

How to use: the major and minor feeding times for each day arelisted below. The major feeding times are the best for the sportsmanand last about 2 hours, the minor feeding times can also have good

success, but last only about 1 hour.

Endangered Whooping Cranes Depart On Aircraft-Guided Flight To FloridaE

he NorthwestFlorida WaterManagement

District GoverningBoard today approved anagreement with the Cityof Monticello to provideup to $90,000 in Districtgrant funding for the U.S.Highway 19 Water LineExtension Project.When completed,

this project will extendthe City’s water distribu-tion system approxi-mately two miles northof Monticello along U.S.Highway 19, supplyingsafe drinking water andimproving fire protectionto unincorporated com-munities to the north ofMonticello.“The Northwest

Florida Water Manage-ment District is commit-ted to ensuring a cleanand sustainable supplyof water, which is vital tothe health of our region’senvironment, residentsand economy,” said JonCostello, GoverningBoard Member repre-senting the St. MarksRiver Basin. “The Gov-erning Board looks for-ward to continuing towork with local govern-ments and utilitiesthroughout the region toprotect our environment

and help our communi-ties grow and thrivethrough important watersupply projects like thisone.”The extension to the

City’s community waterdistribution system willimprove drinking waterquality, system reliabilityand fire protection, al-lowing area residentsand businesses to aban-don less dependablesmall, private water sys-tems. Under the proposedagreement, the Districtwill provide funding tohelp the city accomplishsurveying, engineeringdesign and permittingfor the project.One of the District’s

core mission functions isto provide sufficientwater for users and theenvironment. The Dis-trict’s Fiscal Year 2013-2014 budget includes $10million to provide assis-tance for water supply de-velopment projects.Recently, the Districtlaunched a grant pro-gram to help local gov-ernments and utilitiesacross the panhandle ad-dress important localwater supply challengesand meet regional watersupply protection andmanagement needs.

NWFWMD Approves Funding For Water SupplyProject In Monticello

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