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J.C. Cosson, left, was the winner of this year’s spelling bee at Bonifay Elementary School on Dec. 20 with Rayna Littlefi eld placing as runner-up. Cosson will move on to compete in the Regional Spelling Bee in February. Above, this year’s competitors were Breianna Broglin and Brooklyn Carnley from Wendy McGowan’s class; Layla Hodges and Elaina Durko from Melissa Hudson’s class; Gabi Steverson and Trenton Pilcher from Heather Rich’s class; Pranav Patel and J.C. Cosson from Tyler Hicks’ class; Rayna Littlefi eld and Dakota Thomas from Stephanie Brown’s class; and Blane Birge and Trey Chancey from Anna Beth Rackley’s class.

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INDEXOpinion ................................A4Society .................................A6Obituaries ............................A7Faith ....................................A8Classifi eds ..........................A11

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after escape, car chaseFrom Staff Reports

POPLAR SPRINGS — The Holmes County Sheriff ’s Office reported the ar-rest of Zachary Maize Andrews, 25, of Bonifay

after a high speed chase on Jan. 5.

Ac-cording to the re-port, the Jackson County

Sheriff ’s Office initiated a traffic stop on a white Ford Mustang near Graceville on the eve-ning of Jan. 5, and the driver refused to stop, attempting to elude the deputy for several miles, eventually entering Hol-mes County in the Pop-lar Springs community.

After the vehicle be-came disabled on North Holmes Creek Road, the driver, Andrews, fled on foot, but was captured by the Jackson County Deputy after a short foot pursuit, according to the report.

Deputies then locat-ed methamphetamine in Andrews’ vehicle, and Andrews was placed in the rear of a Holmes County patrol car, ac-cording to the report.

Moments later, depu-ties discovered that An-drews had escaped from the rear of the patrol car, and deputies from Holm-es and Jackson County, along with the Graceville Police Department and the Florida Department of Corrections, spent the next several hours

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VERNON — Local singer and songwriter Dwayne Langston is returning to the stage at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 10, at Gilley’s Family Opry in Vernon.

“My love of music start-ed at age 6, singing old folk songs with his family around the river house fi re-place,” Langston said. “As an Air Force brat, me and my two brothers learned to play the guitar in Germany. In England, we started a trio and were soon winning talent contests on base.”

When he returned to the United States, he began performing with numerous bands throughout Florida, Georgia and Alabama.

“Making an album of original music has always been a dream of mine, and with the release of this al-bum (Someplace I’d Rather Be), that dream becomes a reality,” Langston said.

Langston is from DeFu-niak Springs and said he was inspired to become a singer by Johnny Cash.

“The fi rst song I really learned to play was ‘A Boy Named Sue’ by Johnny Cash when I was about 10 or 11 years old,” he said. “When we were in England, I was able to see Johnny Cash in person at the Royal Hall in London. He has been the biggest infl uence in my life.”

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BONIFAY — In what seemed like a blink of the eye, 2013 came to cel-ebratory close as residents rang in 2014 last Wednesday.

Although 2013 seems short now, for Holmes County, the year was far from uneventful. Though there were many events to choose from, this year’s events were narrowed down to the Top 10 news stories of 2013.

1: BLUE DEVILS COME HOME STATE CHAMPIONS

Holmes County wasn’t the most heralded Class A team in the state entering the postseason, but the

Blue Devils fi nished as the best.Holmes County charged out ear-

ly and surged past West Gadsden 59-40 to win the boys basketball cham-pionship at The Lakeland Center on Feb. 27. The Blue Devils fi nished 20-8 and defeated the fi rst-, second- and third-ranked teams in their last three games during an historic march. West Gadsden, ranked third, had an eight-game winning streak snapped and ended the season 25-9.

“All the credit goes to the boys. They played hard in the fi nals and especially hard against West Gads-den,” Holmes County coach Poe White said. “Once they got down here, they just played like there was no tomorrow. They put everything on the court, and win or loss, I still

would have been proud of them be-cause of their effort.

“We told them that until we all come together and do that, we’ll struggle. We knew we had a team that could complete with anybody we stepped on the court with.”

The Blue Devils stated their streak Jan. 25 against Marianna, but they made a statement by win-ning the District 2-1A championship over favored Chipley on Feb. 8. The Tigers had defeated the Blue Dev-ils by seven points two weeks ear-lier, but Chris Walker and Holmes County ran past Chipley 50-46 in the rematch to secure home-court advantage.

Going into the playoffs, fourth-

2013 IN REVIEW

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Holmes County defeated West Gadsden 59-40 in Lakeland to win the Class 1A state boys basketball championship and the fi rst title in school history.

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ranked Holmes County had momentum and confidence buoyed by a win over Malo-ne, which defeated West Gadsden in the regular sea-son. Walker gave the Blue Devils plenty more of both.

The 6-foot-9 senior scored 17 points and had seven rebounds in the first half, which ended with Hol-mes County holding a slim 25-24 lead. He matched the Panthers’ Charis Fitzger-ald with 11 points in the first quarter in helping Holmes County to an 18-13 advantage.

Walker went to the bench with a second foul two minutes into the sec-

ond quarter after a basket that expanded the lead to 22-15. He was out for more than three minutes, but West Gadsden was unable to move any closer than three, 23-20, before Walker returned with 2:17 remain-ing in the second quarter.

Back-to-back baskets by Charis Fitzgerald and Patrick Gilyard off Holmes county turnovers pushed the Panthers in front 24-23. Walker made two free throws to cap the first-half scoring.

Two Jacky Miles free throws finished an 8-0 run to open the first quarter and put Holmes County

ahead 32-24.West Gadsden stopped

the run momentarily with a Teron Fitzgerald free throw. Dalton Keen energized the crowd and his team with a turnaround 3-pointer to stake the Blue Devils to a 35-25 edge at the 1:53 mark.

Teron Fitzgerald’s bas-ket with 47 seconds on the clock was West Gadsden’s first score of the third quar-ter and pulled the Panthers to within 38-27.

The outcome was in Holmes County’s control by then, and Walker scored his last 13 points in the fourth quarter to help the Blue Devils win their first state title.

“Chris has been unbe-lievable,” White said. “When he makes up his mind, he can be a dominating force. And when he does that, his teammates get on his back, and they play twice as hard as he does. However hard he plays, that’s how hard they play.”

Walker joined the Uni-versity of Florida Gators as a freshman in December.

2: Court upholds death penalty for CalhounThe Florida Supreme

Court affirmed Johnny Mack Sketo Calhoun’s con-viction and death sentence on Oct. 30. State Attorney Glenn Hess and Assistant Attorney Brandon Young tried the case together last year. Calhoun, 35, of 1072 Newton Road, Boni-fay, kidnapped Mia Chay Brown on the night of Dec. 17, 2010, and set the car on fire, burning her alive. The Supreme Court found there was sufficient evidence to support a finding of felony murder and kidnapping.

3: flooding Closes sChools, roads

A weekend’s worth of rain shut down schools and closed roads and bridges in Washington and Holmes counties early in February.

The Red Cross in coor-dination with Washington County Emergency Man-agement opened a shelter for those seeking refuge from the rising waters.

By Feb. 25, almost 30 roads were closed or deemed barely passable by Washington County of-ficials, and Washington County declared no school for Feb. 26.

Holmes County School District sent children home early Feb. 25 and canceled classes for Feb. 26.

4: ‘dukes of hazzard’ star highlights festival

Classic cars, including the General Lee from “The Dukes of Hazzard,” blue-grass music and black-eyed peas combined to equal loads of fun this weekend when it all came together for the fifth annual Down Home Street Festival in Bonifay. The festival fea-tured Sonny Shroyer, who played Deputy Enos in the TV series “The Dukes of Hazzard.” Shroyer, who lives in Valdosta, Ga., was accompanied by his wife, Paula, and engaged the crowd all weekend, as he joined WMBB Chief Fore-caster Jerry Tabatt for the “Black-Eyed Pea Contest” and a cake auction and even sang to a group of grandmothers.

5: dixon proposes loCation of new sChools

During the Holmes County Board of County Commission’s June 25 meeting, Superintendent of Holmes County Schools Eddie Dixon announced that the intended location for the new Bonifay Middle and Elementary School is the Holmes County Fair Grounds.

“The fair grounds be-hind the Holmes County High School is the ideal lo-cation because we can then have all the schools in one location,” Dixon said. “The old high school, which is the middle school now, was built in the early ’50s, while the elementary school was built in 1969. The middle school had clay pipes, which are now completely gone, and that’s just one of the many reasons we need new schools.”

6: rolling family 2013 farm family of the year

The Rolling family was named the 2013 Farm Fam-ily of the Year at this year’s Holmes County Farm-City Banquet on Nov. 21 at the Holmes County Agricultur-al Center.

“Jeremy’s love for farm-ing began when he was 4 years old riding in the cab of his grandfather’s tractor,” said Shep Eubanks, Holm-es County IFAS Extension

director. “His grandfather farmed in the Noma com-munity, located in Holmes County, and distilled in him a work ethic at a young age. Jeremy moved away from Holmes County and attend-ed school at Laurel Hill, where he took ag and was active in the FFA.”

He said Rolling then moved back to Holmes County after high school and met his wife, Teresa, and they then settled in the Prosperity community and began a family.

“The Rollings started out truck farming and small plot farming, and in 2008, Jeremy started row crop farming and has expanded to 400 acres in Holmes and Walton counties,” Eubanks said. “Their operation in-cludes peanuts, cotton, oats, watermelons, and hay. Jer-emy’s wife, Teresa, assists in the operation by pulling peanut wagons and operat-ing the module builder for cotton.”

7: Bonifay honors 22 years of serviCe

Friends, family and co-workers gathered together, filling the Bonifay City Hall to celebrate Frances Cline’s 22 years of service to the city of Bonifay with a retirement celebration on July 19.

“She has worked dili-gently for the city for over 22 years,” Mayor Lawrence Cloud said. “She has been a tremendous asset and a dedicated friend. We are honored to have had her with us for so long, and she will be sorely missed when she is gone.”

With tears in her eyes, Cline thanked all of her friends, family and cowork-ers for a warm reception.

“I’ve never been one for speeches, but you must know that these have been the best years of my life,” Cline said. “I’m grateful for all the love and support that was given to me through-out the years. I’ll miss this place, and most of all I will miss all of you; I promise to visit on a regular basis.”

8: etta m. white hudson rememBered

On a rather beautifully clear and sunny day after a long week of bleak weather friends, family and city of-ficials gathered at Eastside Park as the park was re-named Etta M. White Hud-

son Memorial Park in mem-ory of the late Etta M. White Hudson during a rededica-tion ceremony July 16.

“Thank you all for com-ing to celebrate the life of Mrs. Etta Hudson,” Mayor Lawrence Cloud said. “Mrs. Hudson accomplished many things in her life; she was a dedicated wife, moth-er, friend and nurse.”

He said she had earned her master’s degree in nurs-ing and “lovingly served the community in this area for many years.”

“Most of all, Mrs. Etta was totally committed in her faith as a Christian and a woman of strong, moral character. It is my honor and privilege to dedicate this park in memory of Mrs. Etta Hudson.”

9: Bonifay home to elvis fan CluB president

At the tender age of 13 Isabella Scott, a resident of Bonifay and a student at Bonifay Middle School, has been officially recognized by Elvis Presley Enterprises Inc. as the youngest Elvis Presley Fan Club president in history.

Scott said she knew she was hooked on Elvis ever since she was 5 years old, and as she grew, her love of the King grew stronger.

“After making a Face-book page dedicated to the King, I felt I needed some-thing more,” Scott said. “So I decided that a Fan Club would be the perfect thing to keep his legacy alive and going strong. It’s something I can interact with and there’s so many opportuni-ties that you can offer to the members.”

10: Bonifay unveils new welCome sign

After many years of ef-fort, the members of the Bonifay Kiwanis Com-munity Service Commit-tee, Brenda Blitch, David Lauen Sr., Christopher Lauen, Roger Brooks and Lawrence Cloud with wife, Jennifer Cloud, proudly introduced the new “Wel-come to Bonifay” sign on State Road 79.

With financial efforts from the Bonifay Kiwanis Club, the Holmes County Development Commission and the city of Bonifay, the Bonifay Kiwanis Communi-ty Service Committee was able to finance the sign.

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LEFT: The Rolling Family was named the 2013 Farm Family of the Year. CENTER: Friends, family and coworkers gathered together, filling Bonifay City Hall to celebrate Frances Cline’s 22 years of service to the city of Bonifay with a retirement celebration. RIGHT: At age 13, Isabella Scott, a resident of Bonifay and a student at Bonifay Middle School, was officially recognized by Elvis Presley Enterprises Inc. as the youngest Elvis Presley Fan Club president in history.

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PANAMA CITY — U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland joined area residents and about 2.1 million people across the country that re-ceived health care benefits last week.

And like some who joined the fed-eral program, South-erland said he expe-rienced problems.

“Our co-payments went up, and our premiums went up,” said Southerland, R-Panama City. “I feel very strongly that you receive greater value for something when you receive greater choice.”

As mandated by fed-eral law under the Afford-able Care Act, often called Obamacare, members of Congress, along with the uninsured and people who wanted to switch to different plans, had to register at the federal exchange website by Dec. 24 to receive benefits Jan. 1. Congress members had to choose from “gold” plans only, Southerland said. To buy a plan comparable to the family plan he had pre-viously, he’ll have to pay an extra $580 a month.

Southerland, a vocal critic of the law since he first campaigned for the Congressional seat, again slammed the Obama admin-istration for requiring “the rest of America” to enroll at the marketplace to receive health care services. Presi-dential appointees, mem-bers of the executive branch and federal employees were not mandated to enroll.

“I believe if you’re going to create a law that’s going to change and create havoc

on the majority of America, I believe that there should not be any ruling class that that law does not apply to.”

Another concern is the safety of private information

on the online ex-change, which has produced months of “glitches” that have resulted in errone-ous enrollment.

“They’ll tell us how many people registered, but reg-istering does not guarantee you have

coverage,” he said.He was referring to er-

roneous signups called “orphans” and “ghosts” by insurers. An Associated Press report last week de-scribed “orphans” as sign-ups that are recorded in the government’s record but do not appear in insurer systems. “Ghosts” are cus-tomers insurers have re-cord of but don’t appear in the government’s computer systems.

Either way, a person who has enrolled could be turned away for not having proof of health insurance.

The last days of Decem-ber saw almost doubled en-rollment at the online feder-al marketplace, healthcare.gov, according to a Health-care.gov news release. More than 975,000 people enrolled in December alone.

“I’m terribly concerned of the stories we’re going to hear in the coming days, in the coming weeks of people that went in and believe they have health coverage,” he said, “and if they go into an emergency room, only to find out that they were mistaken.”

At the doctorWith more people signed

up for health insurance under the federal system, it seemed medical offices would’ve been bustling last week with crowds of sick people taking advantage of much-needed benefits. But that wasn’t the case.

“At the moment, it’s too soon to analyze it,” said Sa-roj Wadhera, office coordi-nator at Forest Park Medi-cal Clinic on 23rd Street. “It should at least be within the next one week that we see some movement.”

About 38,000 area resi-dents are estimated to be eligible to enroll and

receive federal subsidies through the federal mar-ketplace, according to Bay Medical Center Sacred Heart Health System. The hospital will host its second Obamacare seminar at 6

p.m. today at the hospital’s auditorium, at the corner of Sixth Street and Bonita Avenue.

Wadhera is optimistic about the health care law and anticipates an influx of

newly insured clients.“I feel that there’s go-

ing to be a lot of movement because the people who weren’t insured are going to be looking for providers, and internal medicine is the first place they’ll have to start,” she said.

Jean Fernandez, man-ager at Women’s Imag-ing Center on 23rd Street, said her clients are major-ity Medicare recipients; therefore, a surge in newly insured clientele wasn’t ex-pected. However, she said, in “two or three months, it may be different.”

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CHIPLEY — Washington County sheriff ’s deputies are seeking three suspects in connection with a robbery in Vernon.

At about 8:48 p.m. Dec. 30, the Washington County Sheriff ’s Office received a call in reference to an armed robbery at the Vernon Ex-press Store.

Three suspects entered the store parking lot in a dark-colored four-door car. Two women exited the ve-hicle and proceeded to the store. A third, unidentified suspect remained in the ve-hicle as the getaway driver, according to police.

Both females were ob-served wearing black pants,

black gloves and black hood-ies. After entering the store, one of the suspects pointed a revolver-type handgun at the store clerk. The wom-en took an undetermined amount of cash from the store, then left the store and entered the waiting vehicle.

The vehicle left heading south on State Road 79, ac-cording to police.

Crime Stoppers is offer-ing up to a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for this armed robbery.

If you have any informa-tion on the identity of these suspects, contact WCSO. You can make an anony-mous report to WCSO by calling 638-TIPS (8477) or by emailing [email protected].

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LANGSTON from page A1Langston has an album

available called “Some-place I’d Rather Be,” which includes eight of his most known songs — “Can’t Stay Away from Your Love,” “Leaving on Your Mind,” “Someplace I’d Rather Be,” “Nothing Left Between Us,” “She’s Got That Look in Her Eyes,” “I Could Get Used to This” and “Tomor-row’s Monday.”

“‘Someplace I’d Rather Be’ is a compilation of orig-inal country ballads com-bined with a heavy dose of honky tonk country,”

Langston said. “It contains songs that can make you think of yesterday and then bring you back home with a foot-stomping country rocker.”

Gilley’s Family Opry is one of his favorite spots to visit as well as perform, he said.

“It is a nice little club,” Langston said. “They are very professional, and they treat me well. I love their band, and it’s visited by the most talented steel guitar player I’ve ever seen, Jim-my Powell.”

If the Florida Legislature reconsiders accepting federal dollars to expand Medicaid coverage in the state, lawmakers would be wise to look to Oregon for the answer:

A resounding “no.”Last year, Gov. Rick

Scott endorsed expanding medical insurance for the poor and disabled under a provision of the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) whereby Washington promised to pay 100 percent of the costs for new Medicaid recipients for the fi rst three years before gradually reducing that coverage to 90 percent of the costs annually.

However, the issue died in the Legislature when the House and Senate failed to agree on how to expand coverage for the needy and whether to accept federal money to pay for it. Speaker Will Weatherford was adamantly opposed to the federal solution. Florida is one of 25 states that have refused to participate in the Medicaid expansion.

Democrats have vowed to revive the matter during this year’s regular session, although Scott, facing a tough re-election battle, has gone wishy-washy on it. Meanwhile, in the wake of the tumultuous rollout of Obamacare, Senate President Don Gaetz now says Weatherford “was right not to order the health care mystery

meat from the federal cafeteria.”

Indeed, the Obama administration’s repeated backtracking on the ACA’s implementation, such as delaying mandates and other rules in the face of public complaints, bolsters fears that it might not live up to its funding promises on Medicaid expansion if the political waters turn choppy. That would leave states picking up a larger share of the check when most already are busting their budgets on the program.

Uncertainty over future costs only grew last week when results of a major study in Oregon, published in the journal Science, indicated that contrary to widespread belief, when people receive health insurance they use hospital emergency rooms more, not less, than the uninsured.

The New York Times reported, “The pattern was so strong that it held true across most demographic groups, times of day and types of visits, including those for conditions that were treatable in primary care settings.”

That undercuts a major rationale for Obamacare, which is to insure people so they don’t rely on costly ER visits. In 2009, for example, Health and Human Services

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Linda Hayes Cook retired as the Clerk of Court of Washington County on Dec. 31, 2013, a decision she made only one month earlier, and one brought about on what she attributed to “medical issues.”

This lady came to work in the Clerk’s Offi ce in the mid 1980s as Deputy Clerk to the elected clerk, Travis W. Pitts. She remained in the position through the tenure of elected clerk, Earnestine Mainer Miller, who retired in 1996.

Linda announced her intention to seek the job when Earnestine revealed her plans to retire at the end of her term. The new clerk won the election handily in a contested race in the fall of 1996, beginning her fi rst term in January 1997. She has won all ensuing elections since.

Before the last contested campaign, this lady was diagnosed with lung cancer and underwent treatments. She responded well and was able to work full time with little diffi culty.

During 2013, the demon cancer raised its ugly head once again. The necessary treatments caused Linda to reduce her work schedule far beyond what her determination and commitment to what the job required and ultimately the decision came to retire.

At her retirement reception in the County Commission room of the Courthouse Annex on Dec. 20, she directed an informal, but impressive ceremony in which she bravely explained her medical maladies. She warmly thanked her staff of deputy clerks, whom she described as her “Ladies,” who have faithfully stood by her in this diffi cult time.

Upon asking for comments from others, glowing accolades were delivered by County Commissioner Charles Brock, who spoke of her loyalty to the job during some trying times and thanked her

warmly for her many years of service to Washington County.

James W. “Bill” Lee, who is married to Linda’s niece, Mike Hayes Lee, expressed the family’s love and appreciation to Linda and congratulated her on reaching retirement.

As the program progressed, others spoke including your writer, Deputy Clerk Lora Bell, County Judge Colby Peel, County Administrator David Corbin and was fi nalized with glowing comments from fellow Jackson County Clerk of the Court, Dale Rabon Guthrie, whose tenure of service in Jackson County parallels that of Linda in Washington County.

The retiring clerk then thanked everyone for coming and called upon her brother, Harvey Hayes, to deliver the prayer of thanksgiving for the event and for the food.

She then instructed her brother, Frances Hayes and wife, Juanita, to lead the line to the table fi lled with refreshments as she invited all to partake.

Linda Hayes Cook was born June 19, 1941, in Washington County to Oscar Hayes and Thelma Brock Hayes. In addition to the two brothers names above, she has one sister, Pat Hayes Kirkland and a deceased brother, Marcus. She married Walter T. (Sonny) Cook, Jr. and their

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Candidate Linda Hayes Cook in an early brochure as candidate Linda Hayes Cook.

Linda Cook retires from Clerk of Court offi ce

While discussing watching the Rose Bowl Parade on the big screen TV (which we don’t have), the subject came up of attending movies at the drive-in. Friend Paula Waters remembered going as a child both in Michigan and in Orlando, where its drive-in had a children’s playground featuring a kiddie-sized train. At dusk when the movie started, the playground closed, and the kids had to go sit in the car with their parents.

When we were growing up we had no drive-in movie theater here. However, we did have a theater where the HRS is now located. That’s where people of my generation went on a Saturday night date. It is also where town kids went for the Saturday matinee. They could spend an afternoon watching the serial, a cartoon, a newsreel and the feature movie for 10 cents. What a bargain. Who could ask for a cheaper babysitter? Most kids in those days had chores, though, so they had to get them done in the morning before they could spend the afternoon at the “show.”

Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Brannon (Joyce) moved to Bonifay from Hartford, Ala., in 1948 to operate the Bonifay Theater where for 25 cents a moviegoer could get a

soft drink, a bag of popcorn and a candy bar. In 1982, her father, Al Saunders, built Al’s Drive in two miles west of Bonifay, and the Dewey Brannon family, which included

son Lee and daughter Brenda, operated the drive-in. Youngest son Mitchell was too young to help run the business. Mr. Brannon and Lee took turns running the projector, while Mrs. Brannon and Brenda took care of the concession stand and other responsibilities. They developed a reputation for the best hot dogs and chili dogs and some people came out to the concession stands just to get a hot dog. Either Mr. or Mrs. Brannon would make the chili, which went on the dogs.

Later when they enlarged the concession stand to include a screened in place for people to sit down and eat, they built an apartment, and the Ira Jordan family lived there and helped run the establishment. Mrs. Brannon’s brother, Al Saunders Jr., also worked with them for a time at the drive in.

Daughter Brenda had helped her dad set out the pine trees that would provide a screen from the road and the movie screen. She cried when she learned that

the movies would only be seen at night, and she would not be allowed to go. She later learned that she would see all of the drive in movies that she cared to see.

Mrs. Brannon couldn’t remember what the admission to the show was, but it was by individual, not by the car. Some people would hide in the trunk until the admission price was taken; then they would crawl out and sit in the car after it was parked.

For a short time, Bonifay also had a drive-in theater on Highway 79 north of town owned by Sam Messer. Since it was near Mt. Olive Church, I talked to Carolyn Phillips Cooley to see what she remembered about it. She said that her dad would not allow them to go, but on Sunday nights from their classroom at church they’d try their hardest to see what was playing on the screen. She referred me to Paul Steverson, who grew up nearby and married Judy McDanniel, whose family lived across the highway from Sam’s drive-in.

Paul said he was about 12 or 13 while that establishment was in operation. He would spend the nights with his grandmother, Mrs. Della Steverson, who lived across the swamp from the theater. He’d sneak out and find a log he could cross and go over and stand near a speaker and watch the movie. Judy

said her parents didn’t allow her to go.

Later in high school, Paul got to be a school crossing guard and wear a white belt and suspenders as he helped school kids get across Highway 79 (Waukesha Street) safely. He got to know Mr. Dewey Brannon then as he rewarded the school crossing guards by allowing them to attend a movie once a week free. He would then walk the three or four miles to his home up Highway 79. He said that he could take a wagon road short cut through the woods, and it was nothing for him to walk that far.

The Starlight Drive-In near Chipley operated for several years, and we would sometimes go there. I remember taking our oldest child, Hiram, and leaving because the movie was too scary. Some scary voice was saying, “Beware! Beware! The big green dragon sits on your doorstep. He eats little boys. Big fat snails and puppy dog tails.” I have no idea if that was in the movie or a preview, but Hiram was afraid to sleep alone for a while.

After television came to most homes, movie theaters and especially drive-ins went by the wayside, but they provided family friendly places for people to go. According to Mrs. Brannon many people told her they received their first kiss at Al’s Drive-In Theater.

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three children are Mary Pat Hartzog, Kent Hartzog and Tim Cook. The three grandchildren are Nicholas (Nick) Hartzog, Haley Hartzog and Triston Cook.

This lady graduated from Chipley High School in 1959.

Even though it was my privilege to work along with Linda in her years as Deputy Clerk in the Washington County Court system, never did I know of her many accomplishments and honors during high school, which reads like a “Who’s Who” at Chipley High.

“PAW PRINTS,” Chipley High School’s Year Book for 1959, pictures this young lady dressed out in her glamorous formal gown with the caption “Miss Linda Hayes, Miss Chipley 1958!” She was sponsored by the Chipley High School PTA and represented the town at the National Peanut Festival in Dothan, Ala., that year.

Under her picture as a Senior, we learn that she was involved in Sports Club, Tri Hi Y, Beauty Review, Glee Club, FHA, Pep Club, Cheerleader, Student Council and Class Favorite during her high school years. Linda’s senior picture is captioned “As likeable as she is lookable.”

The traditional and comical “Class Prophecy” tribute for seniors has a mysterious Martian

landing on the school campus, delivering the prophetic “ten years later” future for the following: “Linda Hayes, Marilyn Usery, Mary Temples and Elaine Enfi nger are secretaries to Roy Sasser, who is the richest man on the moon. Roy made his money by selling green cheese.”

Under the heading of “Last Will and Testament” is the following: “I, Linda Hayes, will my title “Miss Chipley” of 1958 to my niece, Tammy Kirkland, for the year 1974.”

Another segment of Linda’s 1959 Yearbook gives a history of the Class of ‘59. It closes with this statement: “The 1959 Senior Class lived up to their motto: “Forward ever —Backward Never.”

Much to Linda’s disappointment, the mold problem in the 86-year-old courthouse was recently confi rmed and has required all personnel to vacate until the problem is resolved.

Harold Bazzell, retired Clerk of Court from Bay County, has agreed to accept the interim appointment as Clerk, replacing Linda. We all know that she regrets having to leave the offi ce in its physical upheaval with the emergency relocation. The Prattler joins the throngs of others who say “thanks” to this competent, friendly and committed lady for a job well done.

I further commend her gallantry in doing just what the told the television news media regarding her decision: “In all my working endeavors, I have tried to give ‘my all’ to my job.” She continued: “It isn’t fair to my loyal staff of ladies and it isn’t fair to the public who elected me as clerk, to try to carry on when I know that I cannot give it ‘my all.’” Congratulations to Linda Cook and Best Wishes to her in future life.

See you all next week, hopefully with another retirement story.

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WEWAHITCHKA — An argu-ment is brewing between groups that want Florida vot-ers’ attention concerning medical marijuana.

“There’s tremendous med-ical hope here for a number of illness and we just want a right to vote on this,” said Bob Sut-ton. “The major issue here is to get it on the ballot and let the people of Florida decide.”

Sutton is a representative for United for Care, a cam-paign to get an amendment for the legalization of medical marijuana onto November’s general election ballot in Florida.

The group has collected close to 900,000 signatures, said Kim Russell, founder of People United for Medical Marijuana, the organization that runs the campaign and is responsible for authoring the amendment. The group is aiming for about 1 million sig-natures; at least 700,000 must be verifi ed — match registered voters’ signatures on fi le — to qualify for the 2014 ballot.

Sutton has collected less than 50 signatures over the past few months at his peti-tion post at Wewa RV Park and Trading Post, 2481 State 71 North in Wewahitchka.

“Probably a hundred people have come to me interested” in supporting legalizing medical marijuana, Sutton said, “but, they don’t want to sign the pe-tition for fear the government will come on them. … It may be fear of reprisal.”

He said he wishes individu-als who believe in the cause of medical marijuana could see it as a “democracy issue” be-

cause “everyone has a right to sign a petition.”

Opposition groups have a different opinion, particularly in regards to the language in the amendment.

In written statements and a signed brief presented to the state Supreme Court in De-cember, anti-petition groups picked apart the amendment — calling it “misleading” — in the hope that the court will not allow the initiative on the ballot.

Calvina Faye, executive di-rector at Save our Society from

Drugs, was one of several anti-drug groups to sign the brief.

“We believe that sick people deserve legitimate medicine,” Fay said. “This isn’t about medicine; this is about legal-ization, period.”

Sheriff Grady Judd, presi-dent of the Florida Sheriff ’s Association, also signed the brief.

“There are loopholes big enough to sail aircraft carri-ers through” the amendment, Judd said Saturday. “It is being sold to the public as medical marijuana for those that are

signifi cantly, severely ill, that have end-of-life issues with health, but the way the pro-posed constitutional amend-ment is written, it would liter-ally take in everyone.”

In the amendment, “debili-tating medical conditions” in-cludes Crohn’s disease, hepa-titis C, several life-threatening diseases such as AIDS and cancer, and “other conditions for which a physician believes that the medical use of mari-juana would likely outweigh the potential health risk for a patient.”

“Do you want your physi-cian, your fi refi ghters, police offi cers, emergency medical services to have that kind of unfettered access to medical marijuana?” Judd rhetori-cally asked. So, “That’s why the Florida Sheriff ’s Associa-tion does not endorse medical marijuana.”

According to a poll by Quin-nipiac University, Floridians want to allow doctors to pre-scribe marijuana for medical conditions by an 82-16 margin. The ballot initiative must draw at least 60 percent support to pass.

Ben Pollara, campaign manager at United for Care, points to the poll as evidence the public is ready for legal medical marijuana.

“It’s another indication that Floridians are ready to sup-port the legalization of mari-juana despite their leaders” ignoring the issue by “putting their heads in the sand,” he said recently.

The next step is to wait on a ruling from the Supreme Court. The court has until April to rule on the amendment’s language.

“Hopefully we go on the ballot,” Pollara said.

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2481 State 71 North in WewahitchkaWHY: To get legislation for the legalization of

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Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said: “Our health care system has forced too many uninsured Americans to depend on the emergency room for the care they need. We cannot wait for reform that gives all Americans the high-quality, affordable care they need and helps prevent illnesses from turning into emergencies.”

Supporters have characterized that as a hidden health care tax that everyone pays (called “free riding”), and that expanding Medicaid would lower such costs by directing the newly

insured to primary care. Medicaid is expected to cover nearly half the uninsured Americans who gain coverage under the ACA.

Earlier last year, that same Oregon study found that giving people Medicaid coverage failed to improve their health outcomes, again contradicting a claim widely made by Obamacare supporters.

So what does Medicaid do? It provides some fi nancial stability for low-income households, mainly by transferring money to them via higher costs

and taxes on the affl uent. But that’s not how it and Obamacare have been sold, which is that the programs will bend the cost curve downward by reducing the number of free-riders and by increasing preventative care through primary physicians.

Medicaid’s failures do not eliminate the problem of the poor and uninsured. However, the Oregon study should inspire policymakers to consider less-expensive, better-focused alternatives to funneling even more people into an ineffective federal program.

searching the area for him to no avail, ac-cording to the report.

At 11:15 p.m., however, a 911 call was received from a residence on North Holmes Creek Road regarding a burglary.

The victims had awakened to the sound of Andrews entering the residence through a window, and the homeowner retrieved his firearm and confronted Andrews, accord-ing to the report.

Andrews then grabbed the keys to the homeowners’ GMC 2500 pickup truck and fled with the vehicle, according to the re-port. A short while later, the Graceville Po-lice Department located the stolen pickup and tried to conduct a felony stop when the Andrews backed the pickup into the patrol car, disabling it, then forcing another patrol car into the ditch, according to the report.

With the help of an onboard tracking system, the pickup was located a short while later just north of Bonifay, and a Bon-ifay police officer then located the vehicle; however, Andrews once again fled in the pickup.

According to the report, after a short pursuit, the suspect crashed through a fence, traveled through a pasture and crashed into a pond.

The Bonifay officer, in an effort to avoid the pickup, ran his patrol car into the ditch and crashed his vehicle. Andrews then fled into the woods. After an extensive search, Andrews was located several hundred yards away hiding in a swamp.

Also, while responding to assist the Bonifay officer, a deputy from the Holmes County Sheriff ’s Office was traveling west-bound on State Road 2 when her vehicle hydroplaned and crashed into the woods, according to the report.

Both officers were treated and released for their injuries.

Andrews is being charged with escape, burglary of an occupied dwelling and grand theft auto and remains in the Holmes County Jail awaiting First Appearance, with charges pending in Jackson County, according to the report.

Sheriff Tim Brown would like to thank the Jackson County Sheriff ’s Office, Wash-ington County Sheriff ’s Office, Bonifay Po-lice Department, Graceville Police Depart-ment, Florida Highway Patrol and Holmes Correction Institution K-9 team for their assistance.

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Eleven members of the Holmes Valley Quilters of

Bonifay recently visited Gastonia, N.C.

While there, they visited the following stores: Mary Jo’s Cloth Store. which has been selling material since 1959 to customers all over the United States; Long Creek Thread Store, which sells machine embroidery thread, thread for long-arm quilt machines and stabilizers of all kinds; and R&N Fabrics in Bessemer City, N.C., run by two sisters and both are in their mid-80s.

“Needless to say, all of the ladies enjoyed this store,” said Holmes Valley Quilters Guild President Roberta Tinkler.

While there, they enjoyed a full breakfast each morning at their motel, Comfort Suites. They also ate at RO’s Barbecue, which has been in business since the ’40s and still has curb service; Long Creek Fish Camp, which really give you your

money’s worth; and Toni’s Ice Cream Parlor, which has in business for almost 60 years.

“They make their own ice cream, and it is hand-dipped,” Tinkler

said. “Our ladies had a marvelous time in North Carolina and have brought back more than just goods but many stories to tell, too. It was quite an adventure.”

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Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Terry Robinson of Newton, Ala., announce the engagement of their daughter, Taylor Janell Robinson to Joseph Emory Paulk, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Paulk of Bonifay.

The Bride Elect is the Granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Bassett of Cowarts, Ala., and Mr. and Mrs. Oneal Robinson of Black, Ala. Taylor is a 2009 graduate of Geneva High School. She is a 2012 graduate of Wallace Community College with an Associate of applied science in Radiologic Technology, and a 2013 graduate of Lurleen B. Wallace Community College with a degree in Sonography. She is currently employed at SAMC.

Joseph is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Bellot of Bonifay and Mrs. Jeanette Paulk and the late Leonza Paulk of Bonifay. The Future groom is a 2005 graduate of Bethlehem High School. Joseph received a Bachelor’s degree in Business from Chipola College in 2010. He currently farms with his family in Bonifay.

The wedding is planned for Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014 at 4:30 p.m. at The Grand on Foster in Dothan, Ala., with a Reception to follow. All friends and relatives are invited at attend. The couple will reside in Bonifay.

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CHIPLEY — The Spanish Trail Playhouse will hold open auditions for the Lawrence Roman comedy, Alone Together on Monday, Jan. 13 and Tuesday, Jan. 14. The auditions will be held at 6 p.m. nightly at The Spanish Trail Playhouse (Historic Chipley High School) located at 680 Second Street in Chipley.

Remember those wonderful Broadway comedies of the fifties and sixties? This play by the author of Under the Yum Yum Tree is firmly in that tradition. Alone Together delighted audiences on Broadway with Janis Paige and Kevin McCarthy playing a

middle aged couple whose children have finally left the nest. They are alone together, but not for long. All three sons come charging back home after experiencing some hard knocks in the real world, and Mom and Dad have quite a time pushing them out again. The action of the play takes place in the home of George and Helene Butler, located in Los Angeles, CA.

Director Terrie Garrett will be casting 4 men and 2 women to fill the following roles, male (m) or female (f):

George Butler (m): The Patriarch of the Butler family. George is in his 50’s.

Helene Butler (f): The Matriarch of the Butler

family. Helene is in her 50’s.

Keith Butler (m): The youngest son of George and Helene. Keith is in his late teens/early 20’s.

Michael Butler (m): The eldest son of George and Helene. Michael is in his late 20’s/early 30’s

Elliot Butler (m): The middle son of George and Helene. Elliot is in his mid 20’s/early 30’s

Janie Johnson (f): She is a college friend of Keith. She is down on her luck and needs a place to stay. Janie is in her early 20’s.

Alone Together, written by Lawrence Roman and produced by special arrangement with Samuel French Inc., will take the stage March 21-23, 2014 and will mark the first

production of Season 7. This production is not a musical; no prior acting experience is necessary.

Audition packets for the production are available at the Washington County Public Library (1444 Jackson Ave-Chipley) or at www.spanishtrailplayhouse.com

To inquire about a certain role or any other question pertaining to the production of Alone Together, please email Director Terrie Garrett at [email protected].

You may also contact the Spanish Trail Playhouse at [email protected] or visit www.spanishtrailplayhouse.com for more information.

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Livingston is a 2 to 3 year old male mixed breed dog, about 45 pounds. He is a very handsome and unique looking boy with a coat of white with gray speckles and patches of gray and black merle. He is scared in the shelter and did not seem too familiar with the leash but he happily comes when called and enjoys snuggling close and getting as much love as he can. He has all the makings for a wonderful and devoted best friend who will envelop you in the unconditional love only a grateful rescued dog can give.

Gloria is a beautiful female domestic short haired brown tabby with a super sweet personality.

Both of her eyes are fine, but she’s quite a flirt and liked to wink at the camera. Gloria is very friendly and loves to cuddle, she would make a great companion to curl up in your lap and keep you company while you watch a

movie or just sit back for some relaxation. A kind and generous cat lover has offered a $50 sponsorship towards her adoption fee!

Animal Control of West Florida is at 686 US Hwy 90 in Chipley. Hours of operation are Monday

through Saturday 9 a.m. until 12 p.m. For more information call 638-2082. Visit and like us on facebook to see pictures and descriptions of all our available adoptables at “Friends of the Chipley Animals.”

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MARIANNA — Marianna is home to one of the nation’s top McDonald’s restaurant managers. Megan McCarty recently received the Ray Kroc Award, an annual performance-based award that recognizes the top performing McDonald’s restaurant managers in the country.

Named after McDonald’s Corporation founder Ray Kroc, the award was established 13 years ago in 1999 to honor hardworking managers — those who make Ray Kroc’s vision of excellence come to life in restaurants and for customers each day.

A select 142 managers

were chosen among 15,000 from across the country this year to receive the Ray Kroc Award, an honor that comes with a cash prize, a Ray Kroc award trophy, ring and pin and a trip to Chicago for

an awards gala in March hosted by McDonald’s USA President, Jeff Stratton.

“I’m excited and honored to be selected for this award. I love our team and customers. I’m proud to be a part of this organization and community.”

“Megan being honored with the coveted Ray Kroc Award is a true testament to her unwavering commitment to excellence, building our business and taking care of our

customers’ needs each and every day,” said Dennis and Linda Lareau, McDonald’s Local Owner/Operators. “We are very proud to have Megan as part of our McDonald’s family and commend her on this truly amazing accolade.”

Megan started her McDonald’s career in 2003 and for the past two years has been the General Manager of the Cottondale, FL McDonald’s. Currently she is the General Manager of the Lareau Organizations newest store in Marianna at I-10.

Winners of the Ray Kroc Award run high performing, profitable restaurants that meets McDonald’s critical customer standards of Quality, Service, and Cleanliness. They have strong business

knowledge and achieve superior results in restaurant operations, people management and building the business. As a recognized leader in the restaurant, they develop a restaurant team focused on ensuring customers get a fast, accurate and friendly experience every visit.

McDonald’s Owner/Operators and/or regional staff nominate restaurant managers for the Ray Kroc Award to recognize their hard work, dedication and commitment to McDonald’s.

From there, a selection committee of representatives from McDonald’s Operations, Training and Human Resources select the top 1 percent of General Managers for the Ray Kroc Award.

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The Holmes Valley Quilters Guild took an adventurous trip to Gastonia, N.C., recently, which included Dianne Driver, Rose Desjardins, Pat Clemons, Donna Dixon, Pat Cellebero, Evelyn Fahie, Sue Cullifer, Rachel Kuhn, Gerry Steverson, Donna Rhodes and Roberta Tinkler.

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Library hoursWausau Library

Monday: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.Tuesday: 1-6 p.m. Wednesday: ClosedThursday: 1-6 p.m.Friday: ClosedSaturday: ClosedSunday: Closed

Holmes County Library (Bonifay)Monday: ClosedTuesday: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.Wednesday: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.Thursday: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.Friday: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.Saturday: 8 a.m. - noonSunday: Closed

Washington County Library (Chipley)

Monday: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.Tuesday: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.Wednesday: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.Thursday: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.Friday: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.Saturday: ClosedSunday: Closed

Vernon LibraryMonday: ClosedTuesday: 1-6 p.m.Wednesday: 1-6 p.m.Thursday: ClosedFriday: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.Saturday: ClosedSunday: Closed

Sunny Hills LibraryMonday: 1-6 p.m.Tuesday: ClosedWednesday: 1-6 p.m.Thursday: ClosedFriday: ClosedSaturday: ClosedSunday: Closed

MONDAY10 a.m. to noon: Holmes

Council on Aging provides bingo, exercise, games, activities, hot meals and socialization.

11 a.m.: Washington Council on Aging (Chipley) senior lunches; for reservations, call 638-6217. Donations accepted.

6 p.m.: Third Monday Holmes/Washington Relay For Life Meeting at Patillos

6 — 7:30 p.m.: Salvation Army Domestic Violence and Rape Crisis Program (SADVP) hosts a domestic violence support group at the SADVP Rural Outreach office, 1461 S. Railroad Ave., Apartment 1, in Chipley. Call Emma or Jess at 415-5999.

TUESDAY8 — 9 a.m.: Tai Chi

Class at the Washington County Public Library, Chipley Branch

8 — 10 a.m.: Church Fellowship Breakfasts at Around the Corner Grill. Breakfast provided. All denominations welcome.

10 a.m. to noon: Holmes Council on Aging provides hot meals and socialization.


Noon: Chipley Kiwanis Club meeting.

Noon: Alcoholics Anonymous open meeting, New Life Assembly Fellowship Hall, Chipley.

5 p.m.: BINGO at St. Joseph Catholic Church games start at 6:25 p.m. Call Peg Russ at 638-451

6 p.m.: Holmes County Commission meets second Tuesdays.

7 p.m.: Narcotics

Anonymous meeting, Blessed Trinity Catholic Church on County Road 177A

WEDNESDAY10 a.m. to noon: Holmes

Council on Aging provides hot meals and socialization.

10 a.m. to 2 p.m.: The Vernon Historical Society Museum is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Meetings are fourth Wednesdays at 2 p.m.


1 p.m.: Line dancing, Washington Council on Aging in Chipley.

5 p.m.: New Hope United Methodist Church Bible Study

7 p.m.: Depression and Bipolar Support Group meets at First Baptist Church educational annex building in Bonifay. Call 547-4397.

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Vassie Lee Rustin, age 81, passed away Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014 at the Bonifay Nursing and Rehab Center surrounded by her loving family.

Vassie was born on Aug. 10, 1932 to the late Jim and Minnie (Posey) Moss in Bonifay. She has been a resident of the Washington and Holmes County area since 1953 and is a member of the Mount Olive Baptist Church of Bonifay. Mrs. Rustin worked for many years as a waitress for the Chipley Motel Restaurant and the Chuckwagon.

Vassie is preceded in death by her husband, Bobby Ned Rustin; two brothers, Charlie and Buford Moss and four sisters, Bessie Spann, Ollie Sweat, Nettie Ruth Avery and Lillie Bell Champion.

Survivors include two daughters, Bettie Slay of Bonifay and Margie Kelly of Little Rock, AR.; one son, Brady Washington and wife Gail of Chipley; 14 grandchildren; nine great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

Family received friends for visitation from 6 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014 at Brown Funeral Home, Main Street Chapel. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m,. Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014 at Brown Funeral Home, Main Street Chapel with the Rev. John Taylor and the Rev. Randy Moss officiating. Interment will follow at Glenwood Cemetery, Chipley with Brown Funeral Home directing. Family and friends may sign the online register at www.brownfh.net

Vassie L. rustin

Mrs. Shirley Ann Pendergrass Paul, age 79, a resident of Dothan, Ala., passed away Monday, Dec. 30, 2013 at her home surrounded by her loving family.

Shirley was born June 15, 1934 in Sa-betha, Kan., the daughter of Roy and Eva Pendergrass.

She retired from the Nuclear Regulatory Com-mission in 2001 where she worked for 19 years, and was recognized as one of their top secretaries during her 27 year career with the government.

Her hobbies included singing, music and art, but ultimately she loved being with her family.

Shirley was preceded in death by her parents; one sister, Armista Moyer and two brothers, Paul and Roy Edward (Bud) Pend-ergrass.

Survivors include her husband, Johnny Wayne Paul; daughter, Lisa Dono-fro (Joe) of Dothan, Ala., and her children Joseph and Natalie; daughter, Kar-en Riley of Hartford, Ala., and her children, Tamisha Brashear of Jack, Ala.,

Kendra Brashear of Hartford, Ala., Bre-inne Clifton (Cliff) of Colorado and Maranda (Blake) Berry of Hartford, Ala.; daughter, Pa-mela Berry of Do-than, Ala., and her children, Armista Coleman of Dothan,

Ala., Griffin Berry of Ash-ford, Ala., Justin and Taylor Coleman of Glen Rose, Texas; daughter, Cindy Newsome of Enterprise, Ala., and her children, Melissa Newsome of Ft. Walton, Joshua Newsome of Indiana, and Caleb New-some of Enterprise, Ala.; 20 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

Funeral Services were held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014 in the Glover Funeral Home Chapel with Chaplain Eddie Biss offici-ating and Kendall Glover of Glover Funeral Home Directing.

Burial followed at Mt. Olive Cemetery in Bonifay. Glover Funeral Home of Dothan was in charge of the arrangements, (334) 699-3888.

Please sign the guest-book on line at www.glover-funeral.com.

Shirley A. Paul

SHirLEY A. PAUL

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Lois Dykes, age 81, of Bonifay, went to sleep in death Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014. Lois was born on June 13, 1932 in Chiches-ter Twp., Pa., but lived the past 40-some years in and around Bonifay.

Lois was a loyal witness of her God, Jehovah, joyful-ly and eagerly sharing with those she met the GOOD NEWS of HIS KINGDOM.

Lois was preceded in death by her loving husband and best friend, Clifford Dykes and adoring granddaughter, Leslie.

She leaves fond memo-ries to be cherished by her family her son, Donald Haselow and wife Phyllis of Salem, Ohio; her grand-daughters, Vanessa and husband Brian, Shannon and husband Anthony, Danielle and husband Travis; her great-grand-children, Alex, Sophia, Grace, Domenic, Addyson, Caisen and Colton; her daughter, Debrah Dykes and husband David of Chi-pley; her granddaughters, Kimberlee and husband Mike, Sherry and hus-

band Kevin, and Leslie; her great-grandchildren, Trevor, Julia, Hannah and Miranda; her daughter, Denise Thrower and hus-band Archie of Geneva, Ala.; her granddaughter, Leah and husband Paul; her grandsons, Andrew and wife Sarah, Michael and wife Sherry, Jerry and wife Heather; her great-grandchildren, Aiden, Anna, Mila, Caroline, Owen, Zachery, McKenna, Keston, Landon, Haley and Malory; her son, Charles Haselow and wife Crystal of Vernon; her grandsons, David and wife Kara, Dal-ton; her granddaughter Dana and husband Robert; her great-grandchildren, McKaela and Korbin; her brothers, William and Johnny and her sister, Louise. Along with many, many friends, she too will be greatly missed by her furry and faithful compan-ion, Itchy.

A memorial service was held at 10 a.m., Monday, Jan. 6, 2014 at the Bonifay Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witness.

Lois Dykes

Michele “Mickey” Ro-berta Lawlor, 69, of Bonifay died, Jan. 2, 2014.

Funeral services were held, Jan. 7, 2014 at

Blessed Trinity Catholic Church. Memorialization was by cremation with Sims Funeral Home direct-ing.

Michele r. Lawlor

Grady Keith, Sr. of Madison, Tenn., passed away on Dec. 29, 2013. He loved and was loved by his family.

He is preceded in death by his brother, Junior Keith; mother, Annie Butler; step-father, Cleon Butler and his father, Thomas Keith.

He is survived by his sister, Myrtle Jones; sons, Grady Keith, Jr. and Marvin Keith, Sr. (Lynn); compan-ion, Mildred Hurst; grand-

children; Kristi Keith, Raelinda Keith, Kathy Keith, Trey Keith (Tara), and Marvin Keith, Jr.; great-grandchil-dren, Shante John-son and Isabella Keith and nieces, Vassie Jones and Donna Jones.

Visitation was held Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013, from 2 to 6 p.m., at Phillips-Rob-inson Funeral Home, 2707 Gallatin Rd. Nashville, TN 37216. (615)262-3312. Still Family Owned.

Grady Keith Sr.

GrADY KEiTH Sr.

Lee R. Alred of West-ville passed away Monday, Dec. 30, 2013 at his resi-dence. He was 92. Lee was born Nov. 11, 1921 in Holm-es County, to the late Clay-ton and Isabelle Grantham Alred. Lee was a lifelong farmer in Holmes County.

In addition to his par-ents, he was also preceded in death by four brothers, Carthel, Doodle, Otis, and Luke Alred and three sis-ters, Annabelle Alred, Lilly Mason, and Ruby Cody.

Survivors include his wife of 58 years, Maxine Green Alred; two sons, David (Teresa) Alred, and Roy Alred of Westville; one daughter, Sue Beasley (Jimmy Cassady) of West-ville; one brother, Luther Alred of Westville; one sister, Evelyna Schmehl of

Jacksonville; three grand-children, Ashley (Matt) Tucker of Hartford, Dal-lie Alred of Geneva, and Candace (Ben) Thames of Samson; three great-grandchildren, Parker El-lenburg, Carson Thames, and Alyssa Panchenko; several nieces and neph-ews; and one very special friend, Darlene Ellison.

Graveside services were held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014 at Mt. Olive Assembly of God Church Cemetery with the Rev. Wade Green officiat-ing and Jimmy Bottoms of Bottoms Garden Chapel Funeral Home directing.

The family received friends from 6 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013 at Bottoms Garden Chapel Funeral Home in Geneva.

Lee r. Alred

Newman Owens, 79, of Chipley died Dec. 30, 2013.

Funeral services were held Jan. 3, 2014 at Wausau Assembly of God Church.

Interment followed with Military Honors in the Wausau Memorial Gar-dens. Peel Funeral Home is directing.

Newman Owens

Inez Pelham, 92 of Graceville passed away Friday, Dec. 27, 2013 at Jackson Hospital.

Inez was born in Graceville on Feb. 11, 1921 to the late Walter Mon-roe and Charity Barner Ramsey.

She was a retired motel laundress with Howard Johnson and Ramada Inn. Ms. Inez was a member of Harmony Baptist Mission Church.

Preceded in death by her husband, J. D. Pelham; two sons, Mack Pelham and Dennis Pelham; two brothers, Tom Ramsey and J. Walter Ramsey and three sisters Mary Scho-field, Edna Allen and Pearl Hayes.

Survived by her beloved children, Tony Pelham (Anne), Dothan, Ala., Doug Pelham, Panama City Beach, and Carol Hale, Hampton, Va.; sister,

Betty Toole, Chipley; four grandsons, Brent Hale, David Hale, Jason Pelham and Banyon Pelham; two great grandchildren, Lo-gan Hale and Lillian Hale; four half-sisters, Ann, Judy, Rebecca ad Helen; two half-brothers, Robert and Kent and a host of nieces and nephews.

Service of Remem-brance was held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013 at Pleasant Hill (Collins Mill) Primitive Baptist Church with the Rev. Raymond O’Quinn officiating.

Family received friends at the church from 10 a.m., until time of service.

In lieu of flowers family request memorials may be made to Collins Mill Cem-etery Fund c/o Claude Pel-ham P.O. Box 173 Gracev-ille, FL 32440.

Expressions of sympa-thy can be made at http://www.jamesandlipford.com/

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From Staff ReportsESTO — The gospel

group 11th Hour will perform at 7 p.m. on Jan. 11 at the Mt. Zion Independent Baptist Church in Esto.

The concert is free and the group will surely bless your heart.

There will be a love

offering and everyone is invited to worship and fellowship with us.

The church is located at 3205 Highway 2 in Esto.

For more information call Chris Smith at 768-0843 or email [email protected].

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I was sitting on the back porch sipping an ice-cold tea with a splash of lemon when I received a text from a relative up north. I was enjoying a pleasant afternoon basking in the winter sun of Florida.

I am not sure what God was thinking of when He created the north with all that bad weather and snow and such, but I know what He was thinking of when He created the South especially Florida. He was thinking in particular of me and my insatiable love of the sun. Basking in the Florida sun is the great reward of being smart and moving to Florida.

I have some friends who were born in Florida and think they are a little bit better than me. I remind them that they had no choice of being born in Florida but I, on the other hand, moved to Florida on my own volition. I think I have the upper hand on that one.

I may be old but I certainly do delight in the modern technology. It used to be that when you got a call from a relative you had to answer the telephone and talk to the person on the other end for as long as they hung on. Today, thanks to modern gadgetry; when a relative wants to contact me, they usually do it by text. I love it.

Getting a text is a strange thing, or it can be. If I do not respond right

away, I can always claim that there is “something wrong with my cell phone and my texting isn’t working right today.” Then I can get

back to that relative whenever it suits me. Or, as the case with some relatives, and you know who I mean, I can ignore it.

If you are a relative of mine and have not heard from me or had any of your text answered the simple answer

is, I am not really ignoring you (ha ha ha) my cell phone is not working correctly.

This relative that text me was complaining about how cold it was up north and even had the courtesy to send me a picture of their backyard just chock-full of some white substance known as snow.

The text read, “I bet you wish you were here to enjoy this?”

I think that relative would have lost that bet for sure. I love those snow scenes on postcards or in text messages like this one, but as to be personally involved with all of the frigid snow, do not bet on me!

Years ago, Cold and I experienced a deep disagreement and we have been separated ever since. As far as I am concerned, the separation is fi nal! I really do not want anything more to do with Cold. We are not even on speaking terms.

Cold, after all, is a relative thing especially when the relatives are up north in the winter.

Up north, they complain

when the temperature falls below 30.

Here in Florida I complain when the temperature falls below 70.

Whenever the temperature dips below that magical 70, I have to break out one of my sweaters. What an inconvenience for me to have to put on a sweater because it is just a little bit cool on the outside.

Then my relative sent me a picture of her standing in the snow looking like the abominable snowman.

She had more clothes on than I actually own and have in my closet.

I wonder how she walks around wearing all those clothes? How in the world does she ever sit down wearing all those clothes?

And what about that thing wrapped around her head? We have hats here in Florida but not quite like the one she was wearing. It looked like she was wearing some igloo.

At this point in my life, I could not afford, for a variety of reasons, to move back north.

I do not think my relatives up north could put up with me at this point. They offer me a friendly invitation to come and spend some time with them during the winter season. I really could not handle it. As soon as the temperature dropped below 70, I would be complaining, grouching and working on everybody’s nerves.

I would be such a nuisance that they would have to get together and buy me a plane ticket back to

sunny Florida. My relatives should thank me for not moving up north to “enjoy the snow” with them. See how much I am saving my relatives? Do they appreciate it?

No relationship is quite like that relationship that spans several hundred miles. You know the old saying, “Absence makes the heart grow fonder.” So, if you add distance to that absence you have the epitome of a wonderfully fond heart.

Many things separate us from one another. Sometimes that separation is voluntary and sometimes it isn’t.

The apostle Paul understood that nothing could separate him from God. “For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 8:38-39).

It does not matter how cold it is outside as long as inside there is a warm relationship with God bordering on fi ery expectation.

Rev. James L. Snyder is pastor of the Family of God Fellowship, PO Box 831313, Ocala, FL 34483. He lives with his wife, Martha, in Silver Springs Shores. Call him at 1-866-552-2543 or e-mail [email protected]. His web site is www.jamessnyderministries.com.

Cold is as cold feels and I don’t like feeling cold

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Wednesday, January 8, 2014 Extra Washington County News | Holmes County Times-Advertiser | A9

Harpist to perform as part of Artist Series

MARIANNA — The Chipola Artist Series presents harpist Anna Maria Mendieta, at 7 p.m., Jan. 16, in the Center for the Arts. Leading the audience through the right turns, dips and smoky cafes of Argentina, harpist Anna Maria Mendieta’s Tango del Cielo (Tango from Heaven) is a fresh innovative presentation of the passionate and sensuous music of the Tango and Spanish Flamenco. Complete with Latin instruments and Flamenco dancers, the theatrical music and dance program is a must see.

Tickets are available online at www.chipola.edu. Tickets will be available in the Center for the Arts Box Office.

Jennie Finch coming to Chipola for softball

campMARIANNA — Area

softball players will have the once-in-a-lifetime chance to work with softball superstar Jennie Finch and four other professional players at the Chipola College Softball field, Jan. 25 and 26.

The two-day Chipola camp will include instruction each day with lunch on Saturday. Registration deadline is Jan. 21. Registration fee is $250. No on-site registration will be available.

The Skills Camp is

Jan. 25, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Players will learn to practice like a champion, play-like a champion and live like a champion. Jennie Finch and other Softball Greats will lead a full day of personal instruction covering all aspects of softball.

The Camp will continue Jan. 26, from 9 a.m. to noon. Skills camp coaches will include Jennie Finch, Kat Dodson, Ivy Renfroe, Lauren Gibson and Raven Chavanne.

Campers will receive instruction from professional coaches and players, lunch on Saturday, Camp T-shirt, personalized softball and certificate of participation

For information, call Kelly Brookins at 850-718-2468, Belinda Hendrix at 850-718-2358 or Jimmy Hendrix at 850-573-1508.

Spring into Vegetable Gardening

BONIFAY — The Holmes County Extension Office will be holding an interactive video series for novice gardeners from 6-7:30 p.m. on every Tuesday from Jan. 14 to Feb. 4, 2014 in the Extension Office Conference Room in Bonifay. Cost will be $30 per person or $45 per couple. Anyone interested can contact the Holmes County Extension Office at 547-1108.

HCHS chorus to perform ‘Decades of

Music’BONIFAY — The Holmes

County High School Chorus will present “Decades of Music” March 13-15 at the HCHS

auditorium.

HCHS spring musical planned

BONIFAY —Holmes County High School drama students will present their spring musical May 8, 9, 10, 12 and 15 at the HCHS auditorium. The title will

be announced at a later date.

2014 Relay For Life CHIPLEY — The 2014

Holmes/Washington County Relay For Life will be 6 p.m. May 16 to 6 a.m. May 17, at the Pals Park soccer field. For more information, call Connie

Smelcer at 703-9977.

CHS students to perform ‘Grease’CHIPLEY — Chipley High

School Music Theater students will perform “Grease” at 7 p.m. April 10-12. For more information, call 638-6100.

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With freezing tempera-tures impacting the area over the next few days and into next week, the non-profit Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH) re-minds families that one of the most serious threats to the home can be frozen water pipes.

When water freezes in a pipe it expands and can exert pressure up to 2,000 pounds per square inch. This pressure is enough to rupture most any pipe filled with water. When the pipe bursts it can spill several hundred gallons of water per hour, resulting

in the second most com-mon cause of home insur-ance claims in America.

With just three simple steps, families can protect themselves from this cost-ly damage. Remember: FOAM, DOME or DRIP.

FOAM: Insulate pipes exposed to the elements or cold drafts. For as little as $1 per 6’ of insulation, you can stop pipes from freez-ing and save energy.

DOME: Placing an insu-lating dome or other cov-erings on outdoor faucets and spigots also reduce the likelihood of the water in your homes pipes freez-ing, expanding and caus-ing a costly leak.

DRIP: Drip your fau-cets, to you reduce the build-up of pressure in the pipes. Even if the pipes freeze, you have released the pressure from the wa-ter system reducing the likelihood of a rupture. If you are going out of town, and you suspect they tem-peratures will drop, turn off the water to your home and open all of the taps to drain the water system. This way you won’t return to a frozen, soggy mess.

For more information on protecting your home from extreme cold condi-tions, visit protect-your-home.org or www.great-winterweatherparty.org.

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The New Year is upon us. It’s time to reflect upon the past year and determine what we want to achieve, change or do better in 2014.

This applies to all aspects of our lives — including our pets. TripsWithPets.com surveyed pet parents and asked them what resolutions they’ve made for 2014 pertaining to their pets.

Here are the top five pet New Year’s resolutions.

1. MORE WALkS: Whether it’s a stroll around the neighborhood or a brisk walk through some hiking trails, a whopping 56 percent of pet parents surveyed made this their No. 1 pet resolution for this year. Most of those respondents have a goal of two walks per day! They sited exercise, maintaining their pack leader status, and bonding as their motivation for walking Fido more often.

2. BONDING ACtIVItIES:

More car rides, doggie bakery visits, beach outings, and family vacations, are among the activities that respondents said they are resolved to doing more of with their four-legged family members. Getting out and spending some quality time with their pets to make that bond even stronger is at the top of pet parents minds this year!

3. NAIL tRIMS AND tEEtH BRuSHING: Tied at No. 3 are these two often neglected hygiene “must dos.” Pet parents understand that keeping on top of your pet’s nail trims and choppers can prevent many serious health issues. Did you know that ideally your pet’s nails should be short enough so they don’t click on the floor and their teeth should brushed daily?

4. tRAINING: We all can’t have a Lassie, but a good number of pet parents recognize that their pet needs some better training to curb some not-so-favorable behavior. From teaching better

recall (getting your dog to come when called), to getting Rover not to jump on guests, or training your cat to stay off kitchen counters... pet parents are ready to put on their dog (or cat) whisperer hat!

5. HEALtHIER EAtING: Pet parents are definitely on board with feeding their pets better quality foods this year. They’ve been doing their homework and want to do all they can to ensure their furry friends live a long and healthy life. So, look out gluten-free, grain-free, dairy-free, soy-free, raw food, and probiotics — pet parents are coming to get you in 2014!

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Wednesday, January 8, 2014A10 | Holmes County Times-Advertiser | Washington County News Extra

FREEPORT (AP) — In this rural part of the Panhandle, Christopher Mitchell finds few takers when he deliv-ers his message about the importance of exploring in-surance options under the federal health overhaul.

People in the conserva-tive-leaning area tend to have a bad impression of President Obama’s signa-ture law because of nega-tive messages they hear on talk radio or from friends, said Mitchell, marketing di-rector for a network of non-profit health clinics. Even for those with insurance, a doctor’s visit may require a long drive because there are few providers in the area — and some are se-lective about the coverage they accept.

Around the country, advocates spreading the word about the Affordable Care Act in rural areas face similar difficulties. Coupled with the well-pub-licized glitches for the on-line insurance marketplac-es, their stories illustrate the broader challenges in meeting President Barack Obama’s goal of reducing the number of uninsured in places with some of the highest percentages of un-insured residents.

“I tell people that I am not here to advocate for the law, I am here to sup-port the law and empower people to be able to use and understand the law,” said Mitchell, whose em-ployer, PanCare of Florida, received a federal grant for outreach efforts. “But when people are hearing over and over and over that is bankrupting America, it is hard to break through.”

On a recent afternoon, Mitchell made his pitch to half a dozen patients in the waiting room of a low-slung brick clinic surrounded by pine trees on the two-lane state road that serves as Freeport’s main street. In areas like this — where one-story houses and mo-bile homes sit far apart on lots of tan, sandy soil and pine needles — many poor residents could benefit from federally subsidized health insurance but aren’t open to it.

Among those uncon-vinced by Mitchell’s pitch was Laressa Bowness, who brought her father to the clinic for dental care.

“I get frustrated be-cause I hear so much stuff. The politicians who put the system into place have lost their sense of reality. They don’t understand what peo-ple who work face,” said Bowness, who added that most people she knows don’t have health insur-ance because they simply cannot afford it.

In a sparsely populated area of Michigan, retired nurse Sue Cook criss-crosses the 960-square mile Sanilac County to help people sign up for in-surance through the online exchange. The spread-out county has only 42,000 residents.

“There are many chal-lenges we’re facing right now,” said Cook, who leads an all-volunteer team of health care professionals at Caring Hearts Clinic in Marlette, 65 miles north of Detroit. “You’ve got some-body in the northeast part of the county that has no transportation to get here to even sign up.

“We’re finding that even if I go to the far end of the county, there’s the issue of not having Wi-Fi to hook up to,” she said. “Those are huge hurdles for us to try to conquer in a large county like this.”

Kathy Bannister recent-ly signed up with Cook’s help after many failed at-tempts. The self-employed beautician secured a plan from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan with a monthly payment of $215 after subsidies. She now pays $500 for a compa-rable plan from the same insurer.

“The whole idea was to make it easier for people,” said Bannister, 51, who had

a heart-valve replacement 13 years ago. “I’d been calling and calling and calling, and a lot of people would have given up. It’s discouraging.”

To the north, Nick Deru-sha is director of the health department for four Upper Peninsula counties with a high rate of uninsured residents: Mackinac, Luce, Alger and Schoolcraft. The region covers a vast ex-panse but only consists of about 35,000 people.

Barriers faced by peo-ple in the area include a shortage of health work-ers, a lack of transporta-tion and Internet and cable connectivity.

“There are many bar-riers to care, as well as health care coverage alone,” Derusha said.

Rudey Ballard, an in-surance broker in Rex-burg, Idaho — population 25,000 — has been selling health care policies for two decades. In addition to his brokerage downtown, his six-person office staffs a small kiosk at the local Wal-Mart, just down the hill from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple that dominates the rural skyline.

Rexburg is Republican country — all local lawmak-ers are GOP, and residents voted overwhelmingly for presidential candidate

Mitt Romney in 2012. Bal-lard sometimes finds him-self the target of criticism when he’s manning the Wal-Mart booth.

“I’ve actually had peo-ple come up to me and boo me,” he said. “They come up to me and go ‘Boo, hiss. Boo, hiss. I will never sign up that.’”

Back in Florida, Mitch-ell had no takers during his afternoon of trying to get people to sign up. Some in the small waiting room told him that even with federal subsidies they would face a choice between utilities, food, gas or monthly health insurance. One woman asked Mitchell about the fine for not having health insurance. She laughed and said the $95 is much more affordable than a monthly health insurance bill.

Walton County, with about 58,000 residents, stretches from the Gulf of Mexico in the south to the Alabama border in the north. While there are wealthy neighborhoods along the coast, most of the county looks more like Freeport. For the ZIP code surrounding the town, cen-sus data shows that the median household income is around $43,000 and the poverty rate is around 12 percent.

Because Florida opt-

ed not to take additional funding from the federal government to expand Medicaid coverage, many people who would qualify for Medicaid under the fed-eral guidelines do not qual-ify under the state’s guide-lines. People can appeal their Medicaid eligibility and seek help in reducing insurance premiums, but that doesn’t always work.

Florida Blue, the state’s Blue Cross Blue Shield network, is the only insur-er providing coverage in all of the state’s 76 counties. Kevin Riley, the company’s vice president, said serv-ing rural Florida can be a challenge.

“It is tough in part be-cause of the distances people have to drive in those large, rural counties to reach providers,” Riley said.

The company has held town-hall style meetings throughout the state and has sent representatives to Wal-Marts in rural areas to discuss coverage with customers.

“There are two or three counties that only have one hospital and is a difficult piece,” he said.

Walton County residents have 13 plans to choose from under the Affordable Care Act with monthly pre-miums ranging from $232 to $402 and deductibles

from $850 to $12,700 for a 40-year-old male, accord-ing to information from Florida Blue.

The county has seven to 12 physicians for every 10,000 residents, but the vast majority of doctors is in the southern part of the county, according to a study by the Florida Department of Health. The leaves resi-dents of rural areas north of Interstate 10 with a long drive to reach providers. Florida as a whole averag-es 22 physicians for every 10,000 residents, according to the 2012 study.

Part of PanCare’s strat-egy is employing people like Joe Manning, a lifelong resident of the Panhandle who knows many people in the small towns in Walton County.

Manning said the key to finding coverage in rural Florida seems to be pa-tience and a willingness to fill out all of the forms that might help someone get a reduction in premiums. But a mistrust of both gov-ernment and technology can complicate things.

“You have to be willing to go through the whole process,” he said. “Some people walk away as soon as you start asking them to put their personal informa-tion in the computer. They do not trust the government with that information.”

AP

In this photo taken on Dec. 17, Joe Manning sits in his office in De Funiak Springs. Manning is an outreach worker trained to sign people in rural Florida to participate in the Affordable Care Act.

Providing health care complicated in rural areas

AP

In this Dec. 20 photo, Fire Chief Darrel Fournier speaks to a reporter in Freeport, Maine. Fire chiefs and lawmakers are working to protect the system of volunteer firefighting that has served rural America for more than a century but is threatened by an ambiguity in President Barack Obama’s health care law. The volunteers are considered employees for tax purposes, leaving open the question of whether they fall under the health care law’s requirement that employers with more than 50 workers provide insurance for them.

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1-3499NOTICE TO BIDDERSPerry-McCall Construc-tion, Inc. (Construction Manager) is soliciting bid proposals from General Trade, Roof-ing, Glass & Glazing, Metal Framing and Gypsum Assemblies, Acoustical Ceiling, Flooring, Casework, Plumbing, HVAC, Elec-trical and Sitework sub-contractors for the fol-lowing project:Vernon Elementary School - Building 6 Re-placementPlans, specifications, and instructions to bid-ders, including com-plete scopes of work, can be obtained by vis-iting the following link: https://perry-mccall.box.com/vernon.There will be an on-site pre-bid meeting Friday, January 10, 2014 at 3:00PM, CST. Attend-ance is NOT manda-tory, however it is

strongly encouraged. If you plan to attend, please notify Kellie Bry-ant, Estimator at [email protected]. Allvisitors must check-in at the front of-fice and be issued cre-dentials. The address of the job site is 3665 Roche Avenue, Vernon, Florida 32462.Sealed bid proposals will be received at the offices of the Washing-ton County School Dis-trict, located at 652 Third Street, Chipley, Florida 32428. Bid pro-posals are due no later than 2:00PM, CST on Tuesday, January 21, 2014. All bid related questions should be di-rected to Kellie Bryant (via e-mail). Please do not contact the archi-tect or School District personnel with ques-tions related to this project.As published in the Washington County News on January 4, 2014, January 8, 2014, January 11, 2014 and January 15, 2014.

1-3500IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FOURTEENTH JUDI-CIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY, FLORIDA, CIVIL ACTIONCASE NO.: 12000260CABANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,Plaintiffvs.ANTONIO B. DAVIS, et al.

Defendant(s)NOTICE OF SALENotice is hereby given that, pursuant to a Final Judgment dated Febru-ary 11, 2013, entered in Civil Case Number 12000260CA, in the Cir-cuit Court for Washing-ton County, Florida, wherein BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. is the Plaintiff, and ANTONIO B. DAVIS, et al., are the Defendants, Washing-ton County Clerk of Court will sell the prop-erty situated in Wash-ington County, Florida, described as:COMMENANCE AT THE NW CORNER OF SECTION 2, TOWN-SHIP 2 NORTH, RANGE 15 WEST, OF W A S H I N G T O NCOUNTY, FLORIDA; THENCE S00°12`02”E ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID SEC-TION 2, 820.00 FEET: THENCE S89°39`11”E, 240 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINN-ING; THENCE CON-TINUE S89°39`11”E 200 FEET; THENCE S00°12`02E, 100 FEET; THENCE N89°39`11”W, 200 FEET TO THE EAST R/W LINE OF A 40 FOOT ROAD; THENCE N00°12`02”W ALONG SAID EAST R/W LINE 100.0 FEET TO THE POINT OF BE-GINNING.TOGETHER WITH 2007 DESTINY INDUSTRIES DOUBLEWIDE MOBILE HOME MODEL: D483-216-96T, SERIAL N U M B E R :

DISH02637GA A&B.at public sale, to the highest bidder, for cash, at 201 West Jackson Avenue, Chip-ley, FL 32428 at 11:00 AM, on the 29 day of January, 2014. Any person claiming an in-terest in the surplus from the sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the lis pendens must file a claim within 60 days after the sale.Dated: December 26, 2013.By: K. McDanielWashington County Clerk of CourtCLERK OF THE CIR-CUIT COURTCopies and Invoice Furnished to:FLORIDA FORECLO-SURE ATTORNEYS, PLLC4855 Technology Way, Suite 500Boca Raton, FL 33431Telephone: (727) 446-4826 Email:[email protected] published in the Washington County News on January 8, 2014 and January 15, 2014.

1-3498IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FOURTEENTH JUDI-CIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY, FLORIDACASE NO.: 67-10-CA-013THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKATHE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFI-C A T E H O L D E R S CWABS, INC. A S S E T - B A C K E D C E R T I F I C A T E S , SERIES 2005-14,Plaintiff,vs.

BARBARA K. RICHARDSON-COCHRANA/K/A BARBARAK. LEWIS A/K/A BAR-BARA K. COCHRAN, JEROME COCHRAN U N K N O W NTENANT(S) IN POS-SESSION #1 and #2, and ALL OTHER UN-KNOWN PARTIES, et.al.,Defendant(s).RE-NOTICE OF F O R E C L O S U R E SALENOTICE IS HEREBYGIVEN pursuant to a Final Summary Judg-ment of Foreclosure dated July 31, 2013 and an Order Resched-uling Foreclosure Sale dated September 10, 2013, entered in Civil Case No.: 67-10-CA-013 of the Circuit Court of the Fourteenth Judicial Cir-cuit in and for Wash-ington County, Florida, wherein THE BANK OF NEW YORK MEL-LON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE C E R T I F I -C A T E H O L D E R S CWABS, INC. A S S E T - B A C K E D C E R T I F I C A T E S , SERIES 2005-14, Plaintiff, and BAR-BARA K. RICHARDSON-COCHRANA/K/A BARBARAK. LEWIS A/K/A BAR-BARA K. COCHRAN, JEROME COCHRAN, are Defendants.I will sell to the highest bidder for cash, at the Front Steps of the Washington County Courthouse, 1293 Jackson Avenue, Chip-ley, FL 32428 at 11:00 AM, on the 15th day of January, 2014, the fol-lowing described real property as set forth in said Final Summary Judgment, to wit:SEE ATTACHED EX-HIBIT “A.”BEGINNING AT APOINT ON THE SOUTH SIDE ON NORTH BOULEVARD 382.8 FOOT WESTOF THE NORTHEASTCORNER OF SEC-TION 4, TOWNSHIP 4 NORTH, RANGE 13 WEST FOR POINT OF BEGINNING, THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 00’ WEST ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF

NORTH BOULEVARD 54 FEET, THENCE SOUTH 0 DEGREES 12’ WEST 150 FEET, THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 00’ EAST54 FEET, THENCE NORTH 00DEGREES 12’ EAST 150 FEETTO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. SAID PARCEL OF LAND BEING IN THE NE 1/4 OF THE NE 1/4 OF SECTION 4, TOWN-SHIP 4 NORTH, RANGE 13 WEST, W A S H I N G T O NCOUNTY, FLORIDA.A/K/A: 1203 OLD BONIFAY ROAD, CHIPLEY, FL 32428.If you are a person claiming a right to funds remaining after the sale, you must file a claim with the clerk no later than 60 days after the sale. If you fail to file a claim you will not be entitled to any remaining funds. After 60 days, only the owner of record as of the date of the lis pend-ens may claim the sur-plus.WITNESS my hand and the seal of the court on L I N D AHAYES COOKCLERK OF THE COURTBy: K. McDaniel Deputy ClerkAs published in the Washington County News on January 4, 2014 and January 8, 2014.

1-3502Public AuctionThe following vehicles will be sold at Public Auction at Nichols Auto Repair and Towing at 1146 Jackson Ave. Chipley, FL. 32428 at 8 a.m. on the following dates:94 Olds 1G3HN52L1R4812745 8AM Jan 28thAs published in the Washington County News on January 8, 2014.

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Wanted to Rent; Farm land or pasture in Chipley & suroundding areas for the year 2014.850-718-1859.

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