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The driver of a truck haul-ing three vehicles on a carrier trailer was killed on Interstate 10 west of Sanderson April 3 when the truck went off the highway for an unknown rea-son, hit several pine trees and rolled onto its side in a drain-age ditch about 1:30 pm.

Anthony A. Lamar, 36, of Montgomery, Ala. was pro-nounced dead at the scene by a Baker County paramedic a half-hour later.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the lead ve-hicle on the trailer became airborne during the impact and collided with the cab of Lamar’s 2003 Ford F-350.

He was alive and communi-cating, though bleeding heav-ily from the nose and head, im-mediately following the crash, said witness Kathy Taylor of Mayo, Fla.

Although the proposal to privatize Northeast Florida State Hospital (NEFSH) remains alive in the Florida House, a campaign launched by local officials and supported by Baker County’s leg-islative del-egation made s igni f icant progress by eliminating it in the senate.

An amendment by Sen. Durrell Peaden Jr. — who chaired the subcommittee that added the privatization language late last month — removed the measure that called

for outsourcing management of the facility to achieve a roughly $4 million annual general revenue savings. That occurred during the senate ways and means committee hearing April 7.

Sen. Charlie Dean Sr. (R-Inverness), who represents Baker County, had spent the last week lobbying his chamber’s Republican leadership to strike the privatization lan-guage, arguing it could cost the state more than $4 million in payouts of unused leave time.

“There’s no savings so I think we should leave it alone,” he said. “I don’t think you can put a just value on the quality of service

these people are delivering to the citizens of the State of Florida ... Some people look at it from a budget standpoint. I don’t look at it like that. I’m very pleased with today’s deci-sion,” said Sen. Dean later on Tuesday.

A small concession from pro-privatization legislators in the house came the same day, allowing the state’s Department of Children and Families (DCF) to compete alongside private entities like GEO Care Inc. for the hospital’s management contract.

GEO Care, based in Boca Raton, oper-ates three state-owned facilities in South

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For the past week sheriff’s investigators have been gath-ering evidence on the where-abouts and communi-cations of suspected murderer Aaron M. Fox during the evening of April 1, when Sand-erson resident Sterling F. Howell was stabbed to death at his Howell Lane residence off S. CR 229.

“ We c o n t i n u e to work on it,” said Sheriff Joey Dobson. “We’re running down a lot of information. We’ve spoken to a lot more witnesses and we’re able to put the defendant in places with people that makes our case better.”

One of those people is a man who police say Mr. Fox, 25, talked to on a cell phone about obtaining Mr. Howell’s banking information just prior to the murder.

The man is not believed to be involved with the crime, said Mr. Dobson.

“Not at all,” he said. “We identified him and we inter-viewed him ... It helps us for sure.”

Mr. Fox lived with his mother about 50 yards from Mr. Howell’s home. She called police about 7:30 pm after overhearing the cell phone conversation about getting Mr. Howell’s PIN code and watch-ing him leave wearing gloves, said the sheriff during a press

conference the next day about 12 hours after the suspect was captured.

Deputies arrested Mr. Fox about 1:30 am April 2 after his sister contacted police. She

picked him up on Mud Lake Road where of-ficers pulled over her vehicle and took him into custody.

The defendant is charged with first degree murder and grand theft.

The latter charge is for stealing Mr. Howell’s truck, which was recovered the fol-lowing morning in a wooded area off Steel

Bridge Road. Mr. Dobson said the 2007 Ford pickup’s keys were found by divers in a pond in the same area.

Investigators are still search-ing for the murder weapon, however. It’s believed to be a knife or another very sharp object. The 56-year-old victim was stabbed multiple times in the torso and neck area.

Mr. Dobson described the attack as “very violent” during the press conference.

Mr. Fox is a convicted felon and was released from prison in 2007 after serving time for burglary and grand theft. There was also an active warrant for his arrest from Duval County in connection with a DUI case, said Mr. Dobson.

The suspect remains in county jail without bond pend-ing a grand jury hearing on April 17.

BCSO piecingtogether links inApril 1st murder

Aaron Fox

Privatization ‘not dead’

Removed from senate bill; still lurks in house

I feel strongly we should leave the hospital as it is.

— Sen. Charlie Dean

The economic impact to the county is significant.

— Rep. Janet Adkins

Driver diesas rig haulingvehicles veersoff interstate

“I called 911 twice,” she said.

Behind the victim’s truck, which was eastbound in the left lane, was a semi-trailer in the right lane, and immediately be-hind it, was Ms. Taylor’s car.

She said without warning, Mr. Lamar’s truck and trailer

cut across the highway into the outside lane, causing her and the semi to brake.

“He shot out in front of both of us. We could have easily been wrecked, too,” said Ms. Taylor, who was going to Jack-sonville with her son for a doc-tor’s appointment. “We don’t

know if he fell asleep or what, but he wasn’t swerving or noth-ing [before the accident].”

Investigating Trooper K.M. Boatright Jr. said a blood test will determine if alcohol played a role in the accident. It marked the fifth fatality on Baker County roads in 2009.

Fire and rescue workers at scene of Friday’s fatal accident involving vehicle carrier truck and trailer.BY JOEL [email protected]

With six months left to go in the fiscal year, Baker County admin-istration is keeping a close eye on two areas of the budget — the road and bridge fund and the fine and forfeiture fund.

The latter, which was partially balanced last fall using about $2 million in reserves, will almost certainly come up short again this year, said County Manager Joe Cone. The question is how much.

The fine and forfeiture fund pays for sheriff’s department opera-tions.

There was also a small amount of carry forward revenue, which is money remaining in the previous year’s budget that’s rolled into the next year, that helped balance the fund last September.

Finance director Debbie Perryman says that won’t happen again this year.

“They’ll spend it all,” she said with confidence.Halfway through the year, the sheriff’s operations have consumed

$3.5 million of the $6.4 million fund.The fund gets its revenue largely from the fine and forfeiture por-

tion on property owners’ tax bills, which runs $4.40 per $1000 of taxable property value.

Simply put, the owner of a property taxed at $100,000 pays $440 per year to fund the sheriff’s department.

Until recently though, the fund was propped up with revenue from federal law enforcement agencies like the US Marshal’s service and immigration for housing their prisoners at the local jail.

But dwindling capacity there and a new prison in southern Geor-gia have dried up those dollars.

“We used to get over a million dollars a year in the past,” she said, adding that no federal funds have been received since December.

If the new jail being constructed north of Macclenny and expect-ed to open in June can attract enough federal prisoners, the shortfall could be less critical.

But officials won’t know until later this year how much revenue will be generated, and therefore, how much could be used to balance

Decline in prisonerrevenues guaranteestightened law budget

6 years for DUI manslaughterA circuit judge sentenced a Glen

St. Mary man on April 6 to a six-year prison term for DUI manslaughter in the death of his 9-year-old nephew in an ATV accident in June of last year.

Nathaniel D. Ryan, 27, earlier en-tered a guilty plea to the charge and as part of the agreement between prosecution and defense, a compan-ion charge of DUI was dropped.

Mr. Ryan, who had a pending drunk driving charge in Lake County at the time of the fatal accident, will have to serve a minimum of four years and will be on drug-offender probation for nine years following his release.

The court record indicates that Mr. Ryan plead-ed down to reckless driving in the Lake County

case and received a year on proba-tion. It was his only prior criminal offense.

Mr. Ryan was driving a Honda four-wheeler on a rutted dirt road just off Crews Rd. near his residence late in the afternoon of June 22 when he lost control on a curve and struck a tree. He received minor injuries, but passenger William Blane Coburn died later of head trauma and other injuries at Shands Jacksonville.

The defendant’s blood-alcohol lev-el was .121 shortly after the accident, more than two and one-half times what the state considers intoxicated.

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Mr. R yan at earlier court ap-pearance.

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read into the record before Judge James Nilon of Gainesville pro-nounced sentence were those of Mr. Ryan’s mother and the mother of young Blane. Both re-counted how the accident’s trag-ic aftermath has affected their lives and those of other family members.

The pre-sentence hearing took more than two hours at the end of a lengthy docket day Monday and at times was quite moving, including a video of the victim and a brother singing in a talent contest in Clay Hill.

Other support letters in the court file affirmed that Mr. Ryan had a close relationship with his nephew and other younger mem-bers of his family.

Judge Nilon, remarking that justice is not fairly served in cases like this, took Mr. Ryan’s

driver’s license away for life, and ordered he have no contact with the victim’s family upon release. He was also ordered to pay $7015 restitution to Mrs. Colburn for funeral and other expenses.

Ironically, the victim’s father Jason Colburn, 31, of Starke is due in court this week on a charge of culpable negligence in the death of his son.

The state alleges Mr. Colburn was aware that afternoon that Mr. Ryan had been consuming alcohol at a cookout, and al-lowed Blane to ride on the four-wheeler anyway. He also knew that the vehicle was designed for one person only, and that his son did not have on a helmet re-quired by law.

Mr. Ryan was represented by Donald Mairs of Jacksonville, the prosecution by assistant state attorney Ralph Yazdiya.

(from page �)In other court cases this week, Judge

James Nilon placed Roby Bennett of Doug-las, Ga. on probation for five years in re-turn for a no contest plea to grand theft of nearly $27,000 paid to him for custom cabinets that were either not delivered or lacked proper workmanship.

Mr. Bennett, 77, was a salesman for a company based in Waycross, Ga. and owned by his son. He collected the money from five Baker County customers between December, 2004 and May, 2005.

The judge also ordered restitution.• Joshua Davis will be on house arrest

one year followed by a similar term on pro-bation for felony driving on a suspended license.

• A four-year probation and 100 hours of community service were ordered for Eu-gene Finley, who pleaded no contest to bur-glary. He will pay a $500 fine and serve the remainder of a 90-day jail sentence.

• The sole remaining defendant in a June, 2008 home burglary and grand theft in Macclenny got one year in county jail,

followed by seven years on probation.Heather Ivec pleaded no contest to the

charges, and will do 50 hours of communi-ty service on release. Judge Nilon ordered her to stay away from victim Teresa Yelko and withheld adjudication.

• A drug-offender probation two years in duration was ordered in the case of Michael D. Jones, who entered a no contest plea to possession and sale of prescription medi-cation and possession of paraphernalia. He was adjudged guilty.

• Patricia Stephens will be on drug-of-fender probation three years for obtaining medication by fraud. She also entered a no contest plea and was adjudged guilty.

• Nicky Dial admitted to violating pro-bation in 2008 drug cases and was ordered to county jail for one year, less 99 days al-ready served.

• A nine-month jail sentence was ordered for Robert Leighton after he admitted to vi-olating probation for possessing controlled drugs without a prescription.

• Shawn Nicholson admitted violating

probation for burglary and theft, and was ordered to serve an additional half-year on probation, plus attend addiction meetings three times weekly.

• Jason Parish will be on house arrest one year following a brief county jail sentence in return for a no contest plea to attempted aggravated battery on a pregnant woman. He is also required to take a batterer’s in-tervention class.

• Matthew Pearce admitted to violating probation and will serve a six-month jail sentence for burglaries in 2008.

• Joshua Plummer was adjudged guilty of aggravated fleeing police, driving on a suspended license and resisting arrest and will be in county jail six months, followed by two years on probation.

• Alex Wilcox Jr. admitted to probation violation in a 2004 case of sale and deliv-ery of cocaine, and will serve a county jail sentence of 364 days.

• A warrant was issued for the arrest of Thomas Hart when he failed to appear for a compliance hearing.

Other sentencings during busy court session...DUI manslaughter...

the fine and forfeiture fund.“We should have a pretty good

idea after about three months [of operations],” said Mr. Cone.

Without such new revenue though, Ms. Perryman said she expects another transfer from the county’s roughly $8 million in reserves.

“I would assume it’d be the same [as last year],” she said.

The road and bridge fund, which as its name implies pays for transportation work for the county, was also balanced using a small amount of reserves last fall and about $150,000 in carry-forward money.

The fund is fed mainly by gas taxes, which have been down

slightly so far this year, though according to Manager Cone not to the extent first feared.

The concern is that by next fiscal year, which begins Octo-ber 1, if gas taxes remain low, the fund may not have enough money to cover expenditures for 2009-10, especially given lack of carry forward revenue that’s anticipated.

“Last year we balanced that with carry-forward and a little bit of reserves,” Mr. Cone said. “This year we’ll be okay, but there won’t be any carry-for-ward.”

However, the assumption last fall that the gas prices would remain at about $4 a gallon through the year means there will be extra money in the road

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Budget will tighten department’s budget that could be used to help balance the fund.

That windfall could be as much as $100,000, Mr. Cone es-timated.

The road department so far

this year has spent about $1.7 million of the $7.5 million fund. About $4 million of that budget comes from state small county road grants, however.

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“They’re baaaack!!”On two occasions the past week,

I was in conversations where one of the parties declared, in effect, that the people who want to privatize management of Northeast Florida State Hospital will never quit until they get what they want.

What they want is a private management contract for the 600-plus bed mental hospital, a cornerstone to Baker County’s economic house going on now a half-century.

This latest push as the Florida Legislature gets down to business in its annual spring rite of pas-sage is a bit different than the half-dozen or so past attempts to wrestle away control of NEFSH from the state, or change its mission.

In past years, like a bubble rising to the top of a water basin, somewhere, somehow a provision would appear in an appropriations bill to “study” turning NEFSH over to private management — in “legislative-speak” that’s akin to getting the camel’s nose in the tent.

This spring, however, the effort pitted legislators against each other, lawmakers from other parts of Florida. The chairman of an appropriations sub-committee that had excised the privatization study from a Florida House bill bristled with indignation when the speaker — presto! — put it back in the bill.

Senator Charlie Dean, whose district stretches from Baker County south to just north of Tampa (whew!) hinted strongly he’d resign as majority senate whip if such behavior continued.

After all, what’s the purpose of holding commit-tee hearings and votes to send up proposals to the full body is someone in leadership yanks things out and stuffs others in?

Such behavior is likely more common than us commoners comprehend, but it raises important questions — and hopefully outrage and animosity among the offended lawmakers.

What it suggested to many of us, including the two conversants quoted in the second paragraph above, is there’s more here than meets the eye.

It’s called money.GEO Care, which already has private manage-

ment contracts with other mental hospitals and clin-

ics in Florida, would likely have to engage in competitive bidding to get the one for NEFSH. But it’s already in the business, and we can assume it’s not staying in it for phil-anthropic motives.

Could GEO, or another entity including the Department of Children and Families that currently manages NEFSH, shave off costs from the more than $73 million budget next year?

It probably could; surely there’s fat in the 1200 positions authorized for the hospital.

But, as pointed out by Joel Addington of the newspaper staff, isn’t that an argument in favor of keeping the hospital under state management? The legislature could this week mandate that NEFSH trim the $4 million annually said to be needed for other things, and the hospital would have little choice but to comply.

Would the quality of treatment plummet as a result of a 5.5% drop in spending? Probably not significantly, if management insisted the reductions come mostly from mid-level and above positions that tend to be removed from day-to-day patient care.

Could GEO, or any other private firm, actually re-locate the state hospital? It’s not likely since the state owns the property. Unless, of course, a pri-vate management company convinced legislators the hospital should be more centrally located in north-central Florida where most of the population it serves is located.

And, as the facility passes the 50-year mark, the obsolescence argument could easily erupt.

Then we’d be in real trouble, and back to the time when Florida seriously considered turning the hospi-tal into a prison — one for the criminally insane. We don’t need another prison in the area, and damn sure don’t need one for the criminally insane — though some of them are presently at NEFSH in special units. They await stabilization and release so they can stand trial for criminal acts. Yeah, right.

The recent efforts by local government, the Chamber of Commerce and others to fend off priva-tization are admirable. If they succeed, they deserve the credit.

It’s also excellent practice for the next time.

See you later, alligator!After while, crocodile!My dad was fond of this bright,

cheerful saying and I heard it re-peatedly while growing up. The most I knew of alligators was that they were the emblem on an Izod shirt. Of crocodiles, I knew nothing at all.

The first alligator I saw in the wild was sunning on the bank of a pond on Bull’s Island, a spec-tacular wildlife habitat off the coast of South Carolina. It was black as coal, about the size of a sofa and the most sinister look-ing thing I had ever encoun-tered.

I peered at it through bin-oculars, felt a shudder go up my spine and was thankful I was on the other side of the pond.

I learned the difference be-tween an alligator and a croco-dile while watching a National Geographic special. Crocodiles lived in tropical climates, had longer, more slender snouts and an exposed forth tooth. They are shy and rarely came into contact with humans.

Well, what about those stories I’d read in Reader’s Digest? Like the missionary girl who was watching two kids by a river in Africa. A crocodile grabbed her, pulled her into the water and af-ter a struggle, bit her arm off at the shoulder.

Scary.Then there was that photo

which circulated with an Inter-net news story of a huge alliga-tor that lived in the waterways around a resort golf course.

“The gator had been acting weird. It was all swollen up and we got suspicious,” said an em-ployee at the course.

Experts were called in. The gator was captured, killed and cut open.

Inside were the remains of a golfer who had been reported missing from the resort two days before.

These are the extreme cases, I know, but these reptiles, along with sharks, are among the few things that truly frighten me.

I was watching a program on Animal Planet recently which showed everyday folks like you and me being taught to handle alligators. One woman didn’t heed the instructor’s warning about not letting the gator’s head get too close to her own. It bit her in the face and wouldn’t let go.

I switched to the Hallmark Channel.

Dr. Jean Dowling and I took a road trip to Folkston, Ga. last year and stopped at the Okefe-nokee Swamp visitor’s center

on the way back to Macclenny. There were lots of people in the park, many canoeing. At one point I walked out onto a dock with my camera to photograph an egret poking around in the reeds.

Something broke the surface of the water no more than ten feet from where I was standing and I found myself face-to-face with an alligator. A big alliga-tor.

I didn’t scream or faint or pee my pants like I expected I would if ever faced with just such an encounter. Actually, I surprised myself and remained relatively calm. I was already in position to shoot a photo of the bird, so I ever so slightly shifted the cam-era’s position and photographed the gator instead.

He slowly turned, then sank beneath the water, leaving only a swirl on the surface to indicate his presence. I promptly got my behind off the dock and back into the visitor’s center.

We’d only been there 15 min-utes, but I told Jean I was ready to leave.

“I’m hungry, let’s go eat lunch,” I told her.

“Sure,” she said. “I know a good place in St. George. They have great fried gator tail.”

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Privatization of state hospitalboomerangs back each session

Prehistoric reptiles keep poppingup in news, television and real life

I listened to Andy Rooney on 60 Minutes Sunday, and I always find him funny and insightful — I wish I had his wit. He talked about all the things he doesn’t know.

He wasn’t bemoaning not knowing them, because he claimed that the vast majority of the world didn’t know them either. I’m in the same boat.

I baffle myself with the degree of my stupidity on some subjects. There are things that not only don’t I know anything about, but I am convinced that the few things that I do know about that subject are patently wrong.

That usually doesn’t stop me from expounding on those top-ics, and I invariably wind up sounding like an idiot. But then, I’m not alone.

I’m just happy somebody knows something about these

topics so I don’t have to go out of my way to learn anything about them. It isn’t that I’m lazy or don’t like to learn. I like to learn about a lot

of things. But some subjects con-tinue to avoid me or I them.

Plumbing, for example. I know little about plumbing and what I do know is probably erro-neous. That means that anything I attempt to do with plumbing will almost undoubtedly be wrong.

If I do manage to fix a leaky faucet or clean out a clogged drain, I have almost certainly employed the “dumb luck” prin-cipal. It states that some things are bound to go right just because of dumb luck. Try it again, however, and dumb luck is likely to des-ert you, leaving you with water squirting all over the kitchen or a screwdriver stuck in a drain.

Roofing is another thing I attempt at my peril. At the

moment I am contemplating it again because my roof is leaking between our dining room and den. I basically know how to do it and did some roofing when we built the house. But that was easy because it was new work.

Repairing something is a dif-ferent breed of cat. The fact that I “basically” know how to do it is probably worse than if I knew nothing about it at all. If I make the mistake of thinking I know more than I do, I will likely wind up with four leaks where I now have one.

I’m forever making the mis-take of thinking I know more than I actually do. One of the more dangerous places where one applies that line of thinking with disastrous effects is in auto repair.

When I was younger, I thought I should learn to service my own car. That’s fine if you’ve got someone to teach you who really knows his stuff. Since my father wasn’t adept at car repair, I learned via library books.

Here’s the thing. At that time the Columbia County public library was located in a tiny little building in downtown Lake City, and had only 4000-5000 books. So a book on the care and feed-ing of a 1948 model pickup truck didn’t really help me when I was trying to tune up my 1978 Dodge Colt.

But I was too stupid to real-ize I was stupid, and wound up having to basically push the car across the street to the service sta-tion. Now I rely on Jimmy Cole,

a trained professional, because I have come to feel that working on my own car is akin to doing my own brain surgery. It’s only going to end badly.

I feel the same way about computers. I am pretty computer savvy; I can design a Web site and do all kinds of nifty stuff. But when my computer begins to act up, I’m always a little wary.

About 10 years ago I had a ter-rific HP Pavilion computer that I just loved. It worked great until it got a computer virus. I struggled for hours with various anti-virus programs until finally, I got so frustrated I decided I would re-install the operating system.

For a real live computer whiz it would have been an easy task, but for someone convinced they know more than they actually do, it is disaster in the making. I had no manuals to go by since I couldn’t get on the Internet. But really, I thought, how hard could it be?

After about four hours I dis-covered how hard it could be. In fact, I was left with a really expensive door stop — a big old piece of metal with nothing inside that worked. After that, I learned a valuable lesson.

Whenever I think I’m clever or smart, I just remember back to all the bonehead things I have done because I have had a too high opinion of myself, and then I take a deep breath, exhale, and call a professional.

It’s easier, cheaper and doesn’t land me in the dog house nearly as often.

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An Olustee man named in a criminal complaint for conspira-cy to steal merchandise from the Dollar General Store on South 6th in Macclenny on March 27 was the victim of an alleged ac-cidental shooting at his residence about midnight on March 31.

Tommy Rollins, 55, was flown to Shands Jacksonville after the incident and has since been re-leased. Both he and Marissa Brill, 24, of Olustee, who was at the residence off Michael Ca-son Rd. that night, told Deputy Chris Walker the .357 derringer fired after Mr. Rollins dropped it while attempting to close his front door. The bullet struck him in the abdomen.

Mr. Rollins is listed as own-er of American Automotive in Macclenny. He is a part time preacher and organizer the past two years of the Martin Luther King Day parade in Macclenny.

On April 3, Mr. Rollins and employee Micky Turner, 41, of Sanderson were named in a complaint for conspiring with clerk Roberta Mills, 30, of Jack-sonville to steal merchandise from the Macclenny store.

Surveillance tapes allegedly show Mr. Rollins in the store twice on March 27 placing items on the check-out counter, and Ms. Mills bagging them without passing them through a scanner.

Mr. Turner, who is listed as Ms. Mills’ husband, is shown on tape doing the same thing on March 28 and 29. A store se-curity worker estimates the two made off with more than $1500 in merchandise.

Ms. Mills and Mr. Turner were arrested and charged with petty theft, and Deputy Walker said the clerk signed a statement detailing the theft conspiracy.

Mr. Rollins denied stealing anything, and promised to pro-duce a receipt on April 4. As of early this week, he had not done so.

Maj. Gerald Gonzalez, chief of patrol for the sheriff’s depart-ment, said on Monday there is no immediate connection between the accidental shooting and theft complaint.

• In a second, unrelated case of conspiracy theft from a store, warrants will be sought for Tim-othy Hardenbrook, 43, and Mor-gan Loudermilk, 24, alleging petty theft from Country Boy’s convenience store in Glen St. Mary.

Store manager Wendy Slater, 27, of Glen called police April 1 and furnished Deputy Jef-frey Dawson with surveillance tapes showing Mr. Laudermilk, a store clerk, swiping Mr. Hard-enbrook’s credit card on several occasions between March 11-20.

The clerk, described as Ms. Slater’s boyfriend, then voided the purchases. Ms. Slater told

the officer she believes the two committed similar crimes before March 11, and placed the value of the stolen merchandise for the latter period at $126.76.


The Macclenny Zoning Adjustment Board unanimously agreed to reduce the setback and landscaping buffer requirements for the Dollar General store’s new location on the east side of S. 6th St. between Taco Bell and McDonald’s.

MVG Development of Ponte Vedra Beach is progressing with plans for the site and re-quested the reductions due to its small size and dog-legged configuration, the company’s de-velopment director Tim Greene told the board April 6.

He said MVG intends to buy the property from its current owner — Carl Stoudemire Jr. — once all the regulatory approvals are in place for the project, including those from the Florida Department of Transportation and St. Johns River Water Management District.

Then the developer will lease it to Dollar General, which now has its store in the Baker Square (Winn-Dixie) shopping center south-west of the proposed site.

Dollar General plans to place a roughly 9000-square-foot prefabricated metal building at the new location.

“We tried to design this no less than six dif-ferent ways ... This is the most efficient way I can design this site,” said Mr. Greene.

Plans for the proposed half-acre site at 1263

S. 6th St. call for a dry retention pond and park-ing lot on the front portion with the store build-ing on the rear.

The board granted variances of six feet on the rear setback and 24 feet on the side setback separating the store from residentially-zoned property to the southeast owned by Leo Wood.

Mr. Wood said he didn’t object to the reduced setbacks as long as Mr. Greene committed to installing a 6-foot-tall chain link fence and low-maintenance landscaping that wouldn’t present a nuisance to his property, which the developer agreed to do.

However, the potential annoyance from noise and headlights in the store’s parking lot concerned neighboring resident Barbara Corris, who lives south of the proposed store.

“I don’t want to hear their noise and I don’t want to see them,” she said after requesting a 10-foot-high cement block wall be erected be-tween the Dollar General and her lot.

Although Mr. Greene would not commit to building such a barrier, he agreed to an 8-foot-high and solid (not slatted) vinyl fence.

“There is a cost concern,” he said. “I’m not excited about a block wall and certainly not a 10-foot-high block wall.”

The board also agreed to reduce the land-scape buffering requirements by as much as 14 feet on the south side of the property but as little as one foot on the back side.

Dollar General to relocateCity grants setback variances for site across 121

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Conservation District board will meet on Tuesday, April 21 at Connie’s Kitchen from noon until 1:00 pm. The public is in-vited.

Deputies found 37 young marijuana plants at a Sanderson man’s residence the evening of April 4 while serving two war-rants on him for drug dealing.

While being handcuffed on his porch at 28693 N. CR 127 about 9:30 pm, Michael Wayne Rhoden, 36, asked if he could go inside to put on shoes.

Deputy Patrick McGauley es-corted the suspect inside where the officer observed a bag of pot, a marijuana cigarette and pipe with what appeared to be the drug’s residue inside on the top of a desk.

When asked about the items Mr. Rhoden said he’d been smoking marijuana.

Once back outside, Deputy McGauley and Sgt. James Mark-er noted a tray of plastic water bottles used as planting pots for what appeared to be juvenile marijuana plants ranging in size from one to five inches.

Mr. Rhoden was questioned about the plants and he respond-ed by asking to speak with an attorney. He was taken to county jail and faces two misdemeanor charges for marijuana possession

and drug paraphernalia posses-sion as well as a felony count for cultivation of the drug.

• A 23-year-old Starke woman was arrested for having marijua-na and drug paraphernalia when the vehicle she was a passenger in was stopped near SR 121 and Woodlawn Rd. in the early morning hours of April 5.

The vehicle driven by Mi-chael V. Burnette, 26, also from Starke, was pulled over when Lt. David Bryant observed the white Nissan failing to stay in its lane about 1:45 am. The officer asked for the driver’s license and Mr. Burnette responded it was suspended.

Deputy Bryant also detected the odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle and said he ob-served the female passenger, lat-er identified as Delores Walter, holding a burning cigar filled with pot.

Ms. Walter put out the cigar and handed it to the officer. There was also a large glass water pipe on the floorboard be-tween her legs.

A check of Mr. Burnette’s license confirmed it was sus-

pended for failure to pay fines. He was arrested for driving on a suspended license and cited for careless driving.

Ms. Walter was also taken into custody after the cigar tested positive for marijuana. A further search of the vehicle uncovered a bag of marijuana inside a black wallet near the passenger seat. It also contained a card with Ms. Walter’s name on it.

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Two men were pulled over this past week in separate incidents and landed in county jail on reckless driving charges April 5.

The first occurred shortly after midnight on N. SR 121 where Dep-uty Christopher Walker observed Albert Davis Jr.’s GMC truck run off the road several times and also cause other drivers to stop after traveling into the oncoming traffic.

The officer pulled the truck over near the SR 228 intersection and the suspect admitted to having too much to drink.

When asked to exit the vehicle Mr. Davis had trouble walking and used his truck for assistance, noted Deputy Walker. The officer also said the suspect smelled of alcohol.

Mr. Davis was arrested and a shotgun found in the vehicle was placed into evidence for safe keeping.

About five and half hours later, Deputy Matthew Sigers responded to reports of a suspicious vehicle stopped in the middle of the road-way on S. SR 228.

The officer found the tan Cadillac sedan driving at a high rate of speed and “swerving all over the road with a complete disregard for the safety of others,” Deputy Sigers said in his report.

He followed the vehicle for about two miles, observing it leave the right shoulder and cross over back over the center line about five times before pulling it over near Deerfield Rd.

Behind the wheel was Sean Dunmore, 37, of Lake City, who could not give a lawful explanation for his erratic driving, said Deputy Sigers. He was booked at county jail for reckless driving as well.

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A disabled Glen St. Mary man claims he was taken for $800 — and possibly more — by a used car dealer who sold him a pickup truck with a faulty transmission.

The co-owner of Young’s Auto Sales on US 90 in Glen disputes that, arguing that Ce-cil Crews ruined the transmission on the 1998 GMA Sonoma when he poured too much transmission oil into it on March 11, the day after he purchased it for $5400.

Mr. Crews says he is aware that buying a used vehicle is risky, and that in Florida such vehicles are purchased “as is.” He’s insisting he never took “constructive possession” of the truck, and that Young’s Auto Sales should at least do the “ethical thing” and refund his down payment.

“I had all good intentions of buying that vehicle,” said the 62-year-old retiree from the Department of Corrections. “I liked the truck and bought it to tool around in, and the first place I took it I found out it wouldn’t go in reverse.”

Mr. Crews said he drove the Sonoma to Keystone Heights and, after taking a wrong turn on the way to his granddaughter’s, dis-covered it wouldn’t back up. He was able to maneuver it back out of a driveway and drove it home.

He took it back to Young’s, and an em-ployee said their mechanic would look at it. He never drove the truck again, and was told in subsequent communications that it was be-ing fixed “somewhere near Starke.”

“I still don’t know where it is,” Mr. Crews said in an interview April 6. “They gave me my [sales and financing] papers back and the license tag, and my first payment was due March 24. I asked for my $800 (down pay-ment) back and they said no — the truck was purchased ‘as is.’”

Mr. Crews, incidentally, signed a financing agreement requiring payments of $70 every two weeks — a total loan amount of $7065. The annual interest rate — 29.95 percent.

He now admits he probably shouldn’t have signed on to that loan, or even bought the truck for that matter. Mr. Crews has since speculated that his judgement may have been impaired by a fall he and wife Vera took at the Jacksonville Coliseum on February 28. He is aware that the high interest rate is related to a spotty credit record.

“I’m not complaining about the loan part of it; I decided before I bought it that I could afford the $140 a month and I liked the truck. I was prepared to pay it,” he said.

As for Young’s Auto Sales, it is taking the position that Mr. Crews knew about the “as is” rule, and further that he is responsible for ru-ining the transmission.

“He test drove the truck and told us he wanted to purchase it,” said mechanic Colton Young, the son

of owner Katherine Young. “A day later, he finds out there is no reverse and he over-filled it with trans-mission oil. It should hold 12-13 quarts and he put five quarts too much in it. That blew out all the seals and ruined it.”

Mr. Crews counters that he was advised that five quarts was not excessive, and noted the dip stick indicated it wasn’t overfilled.

Regardless, Mr. Young says it will take $1000 to re-build the transmission,

He refused to elabo-rate on where the truck is now and whether the repairs have been made.

“That truck had a reverse when it left here,” Mr. Young in-sists.

Mr. Young’s mother is adamant that Cecil Crews’ problems with the Sonoma are his own making.

“We have a game plan [on how to resolve the dispute] but I’m not going to comment on it,” said Ms. Young. “We want to work with him, but he does not want to be worked with. And he doesn’t want to accept the “as is” rule required by state and federal laws. Whatever it was that happened to the truck, he did it.

“He’s not going to get his money back.”A spokeswoman for the Better Business

Bureau of Northeast Florida in Jacksonville responded to a complaint by Mr. Crews by sending a letter April 1 to get Young’s Auto Sales’ version of events.

Ms. Young said this week she has yet to receive it. When she does, she’ll have 14 days

to respond before a second letter goes out.

“Right now, it’s a ‘he said, she said’ situation,” said Shannon Nelson of the bureau, adding the agency had never before received a complaint on Young’s.

“Used vehicles are sold ‘as is’ and we advise people to take test drives and have an independent mechanic look at them before mak-ing a decision whether to buy [see accompanying article].”

Cecil Crews with older truck he sought to replace with the Sonoma model.

Used truck buyer says he was ripped off;dealer disputes lack of reverse when sold

Important things to know about purchasinga used vehicle:

• ResearchCheck online or at the library or a bookstore for reference material on various car models, options, their comparative costs and their track-record for reliability. Check classified ads to compare prices. Call the Vehicle safety Hotline (800-424-9393) to learn whether a specific car model has ever been recalled.• CostsThe real cost of a car includes more than its purchase price. Consider the vehicle’s re-liability. An unreliable car may cost you much more in frequent repairs, not to mention the aggravation and time lost from work. Financing terms can also significantly affect your total costs. Check with your local bank, credit union or even insurance company or motor club to compare rates.

• used car dealersCheck with the Better Business Bureau to learn if it has received complaints against a particular dealer. Never rely solely upon oral promises of a salesman which will be difficult or impossible to enforce; ask the salesman to put it in writing. If you are considering buying a specific car, insist upon having the vehicle inspected by an in-dependent mechanic before you buy it. Refusal to allow an independent inspection should be a clear warning, and you should consider taking your business elsewhere. Ask if the vehicle has ever been in an accident.

• Buyer’s guideFederal law requires dealers to affix a Buyer’s Guide sticker on the window of each used car. The sticker will inform you as to whether the car comes with a warranty and, if so what specific protection the dealer will provide; whether the car is sold “as is” (with no warranties); that you should ask to have the car inspected by an independent mechanic before you buy; that you should get all promises in writing; and what some of the major problems are that may occur with any vehicle.

• WarrantiesBuying a car “as is” disclaims all warranties. You should not expect any legal protec-tion if the car is a “lemon.” In Florida, there is no used car lemon law. If the dealer does not affirmatively disclaim all warranties in writing, you will be covered at least by implied warranties of merchantability (the product will do what it is supposed to do), fitness for a particular purpose (dealer’s advice that the car will be suitable for a particular use, such as hauling a trailer), and a good title. If the dealer provides its own written warranty, read the terms carefully to determine what repairs are covered, the extent of coverage (parts, labor, deductibles, exclusions) and the other terms and conditions. The dealer may try to sell you an extended service contract. You should consider the extent to which the same repairs are already covered under the dealer’s warranty. The value of a service contract is determined by whether its price is likely to be greater or less than the cost of repairs to the car.

• Private salesYou may save money by buying a used car from a private individual, such as through the classified section of The press. However, you should be aware that private sellers do not have to provide you with a buyer’s guide, and do not provide implied warranties under state law. Therefore, it may be even more important to obtain warranty prom-ises in writing and to obtain an independent inspection prior to purchase.

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A Glen St. Mary woman is charged with stuffing $2209 worth of clothing and jewelry into a shopping bag before she attempted to leave the Macclen-ny Walmart without paying for the items.

A store security employee told police she first spotted Cynthia Pendleton, 22, pushing a shop-ping cart in an aisle filled with Easter merchandise about 3:00 pm on April 5, then observed the suspect stuffing items into a Walmart bag.

In all, 37 separate items were pulled from the bag after Ms. Pendleton was detained. Be-cause of the high total value, she

was booked for grand theft, a third-degree felony.

The security officer told Deputy Jerald Peterson that Ms. Pendleton “freely admitted” at-tempting to steal the items.

About 4:00 pm on April 3, two other females admitted they attempted to steal merchandise from Walmart.

Felicity Crawford, 32, and Vanna Hamilton, 25, were stopped by the same security worker as they tried to leave the store with $99 in clothing stuffed into purses.

Both women listed the same address in Deerwood Circle in Macclenny. They are charged with petty theft.

Police are hoping surveil-lance videos will yield informa-tion on the person or persons who entered and vandalized the office area at Keller Intermedi-ate School in west Macclenny overnight on April 2.

Employee Sonia Combs of Sanderson called police when she found a broken window lead-ing into the assistant principal’s office about 6:00 that morning, along with signs that someone attempted to pry open a desk drawer. An unsuccessful attempt was also made to get into a file cabinet in the school office.

Deputy John Hardin said a window was broken outside the teachers’ lounge, but it appeared no one entered through it.

No property was reported missing.

In other theft and vandalism reports the past week, some-one made off with two ham-

mer drills from the new jail and sheriff’s complex on SR 228 in north Macclenny about midday on March 31.

Scott Gustafson of Jackson-ville, an employee of Miller Electric, said the drills were on his tool cart when he broke for lunch, and missing when he re-turned an hour later. They are valued at $280 each.

• A 15-year-old male is the subject of a criminal complaint for burglary of a house on Rail-road Ave. in west Macclenny the evening of April 3.

The youth, who is from Mac-clenny, was arrested walking on US 90 after Dedra Carrington of Glen St. Mary called police. The boy admitted being inside the structure belonging to Larry Turk.

• Clayton Williams, 18, of St. George, Ga. was named in a complaint for criminal mischief

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Both Mr. Williams and the girl are students at Baker Coun-ty High School, and the incident occurred the morning of April 2 while both were in gym class.

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Robert A. Leroy, 49, of Lake Worth, Fla. was arrested for disorderly intoxication after po-lice say he was staggering onto SR 121 near I-10 the evening of March 31.

Mr. Leroy was reportedly stumbling in and out of the road-way about 11:30 pm causing a hazard for drivers attempting to avoid hitting him.

When he responded to the area, Deputy Michael Hauge observed a man matching the suspect’s description staggering through traffic as several vehi-cles took evasive action.

The officer approached Mr. Leroy and asked him to move closer to his patrol car. The sus-pect continued swaying, could not keep his balance while

walking and smelled of alcohol, Deputy Hauge noted.

Mr. Leroy’s speech was mumbled and slurred as the of-ficer attempted to determine his name and date of birth. Only after being taken to jail did Mr. Leroy give his name.

• Not far away on Woodlawn Rd, Deputy Christopher Walker responded to reports of a man standing in the roadway at 2:30 in the morning April 5. The of-ficer found Mickey A. Easter, 27, standing at a residence and arrested him for disorderly in-toxication.

Mr. Easter, who emitted a very strong odor of alcohol, told the deputy he’d been dropped off and didn’t know how to get back to Jacksonville.

A Macclenny man was arrested for domestic battery on his girlfriend after he was found hiding in a wooded area near his mother’s residence off Crews Rd. on April 4.

William Godwin, 21, repeatedly struck girlfriend Trisha MacLaughlin, 20, about the face and ribs that afternoon, first at their residence off South 6th St. and again while they were in a vehicle enroute to the Crews Rd. location.

The girlfriend told Deputy Wayne Limbaugh that Mr. Godwin was moving out, and wanted to be driven to a friend’s house. Instead, they went to his mother’s and, after apologizing for the earlier attack, the boyfriend began striking her again.

He attempted to hide in the woods when Ms. MacLaughlin called police. The deputy noted in his report the left side of her face had redness and swelling consistent with being struck with a fist.

The accused refused to answer questions when he was located in the wooded area.

In other cases, a 17-year-old girl was arrested during the early morning hours of April 5 for at-tacking both her mother and step-father during an argument over coming home late to their residence off CR 23-A.

Cpl. Ben Anderson of the sheriff’s department noted the girl smelled strongly of alcohol when he arrived about 2:30, and the step-father’s left hand had an abrasion from where the accused bit him.

The scuffle between the girl and the adults took place when they were restraining her from leav-ing.

• A criminal complaint for verbal threats was filed the evening of April 5 by Rachel Hodgson, 26, of Glen St. Mary against 25-year-old Karen Greenwood of Macclenny.

The complainant said she was threatened over the phone by Ms. Greenwood, who is her ex-hus-band’s girlfriend, when she called about past due child support.

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Four students were arrested for unruly behavior and fighting at Baker County Middle School during a three-day period last week.

Teacher Alissa Campbell of Jacksonville was treated for mi-nor injuries to her shoulder and upper back received when she was struck several times break-ing up a fight between two stu-dents.

Ms. Campbell told Deputy Tony Norman the students be-gan fighting after entering her fourth-period class about 1:00 pm. The students, a 14-year-old female from St. George, Ga. and a 12-year-old male from Mac-clenny, were charged with bat-tery on each other and both with battery on the teacher.

The second offense is a third-degree felony.

Two special ed students were arrested for battery following in-cidents in and around their class-room on April 1 and April 3.

• A 16-year-old male from Glen St. Mary was charged with repeatedly striking and kicking a fellow male student, age 13, the morning of April 1.

Aide Tammy McCullough said she admonished the youth earlier for “playful hitting” of other students, then summoned campus deputy Tracie Benton af-ter the student cursed at her and grabbed the head of the younger student and twice twisted it.

The boy was reportedly upset that the victim was looking at him.

Deputy Benton noted in her report she has warned the ac-cused at least five times about disruptive behavior.

• Ms. McCullough and teach-er Patsy Vinzant had to forcibly subdue a 14-year-old male stu-dent from Macclenny the after-noon of April 3 after he became enraged at another student and wanted to fight him.

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Bob Tebow, father of Florida Gator quarterback Tim Tebow, was the guest speaker at a men’s prayer breakfast held at the First Assembly of God on April 4.

Earl Parish and Irene Thrift were the chefs for the event, serving up an early morning breakfast of eggs, grits, biscuits and sausage. A special treat was the venison sausage made by Aaron Crews.

Mr. Tebow spoke about the perfectly designed way God’s people can enter His heavenly kingdom even though they carry a heavy caseload of sin.

His message, which centered on justification by faith, was based on the third chapter of the book of Romans, verses 21-29.

“This is the most central pas-sage in the New Testament re-garding our relationship to Christ and explains our walk by faith,” said Mr. Tebow. “The word faith is mentioned six times in this passage.”

He stressed to his listeners that if there was any topic in the Bible he’d recommend for a one-month study course, it would be that passage from Romans.

“Some of you have studied deer tracks more than you’ve studied your scripture,” said Mr. Tebow, which drew a good-na-tured laugh from the crowd.

He then quoted another pas-sage, one very familiar to most Christians.

For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.

Mr. Tebow teased one of the men in the audience who had

come from Baldwin to hear him speak. “Now James, you really need to memorize that verse.”

He described the word “justi-fy” as a court term, one that will appear on each person’s docket in the courtroom of Heaven. He also talked in length about God’s gift to men of justification by faith and spoke encouragingly about letting go of guilt for past wrongdoing.

He expressed regret that so many Christian people still find it hard to believe that God can completely love them because of their sins. These folks, he has observed, go through life contin-uously trying to earn that grace,

when it is their’s for the asking.

T h e g o o d n e w s , he told h is au-d ience, i s t ha t the acts o f t h e past and the mis-t a k e s o f t h e f u t u r e w e r e nailed to the cross d u r i n g Christ’s

sacrifice.“Because of God’s gift of jus-

tification by faith, which cannot be earned by earthly works, ev-erything on your docket file can be forgiven and a positive righ-teousness can take its place,” said Mr. Tebow. “I think this is the greatest message on the planet.”

Bob Tebow holds a masters of theology degree from Western Seminary in Portland, Oregon and since 1985 has operated the Bob Tebow Evangelistic Asso-ciation, a missionary ministry to the Philippines. The ministry employs over 45 evangelists and runs an orphanage, Uncle Dick’s Home, for 50 orphans.

The men’s prayer breakfast is held monthly at First Assem-bly of God on north Fifth St. in Macclenny, and is open to all men. The next breakfast will be held May 2 and the guest speak-er is First Coast News consumer advocate Ken Amaro.

A suspect has been questioned but no charges filed in the wake of multiple vehicle burglaries in the Olustee area of west Baker County last week.

Police were called to a resi-dence on Shaw St. the morning of April 1 after a brother and sister discovered both their vehi-cles had been entered overnight. Property taken from a 2004 Ford SUV belonging to Dennis Johns included an on-board navigation system, a fish finder, $300 worth of CDs and other items. The loss was estimated at $1436.

Deputy Curtis Ruise said the SUV was parked in front of a residence, and a 2001 Kia be-longing to Patty Johns under a nearby carport. It had been en-tered but nothing was reported

missing.Ms. Johns identified a 39-year-

old male who she and neighbors had seen in the area the previ-ous evening, and he was taken to county jail for questioning.

The same suspect may be connected to a similar crime the previous evening, this one on Kirkland St.

Linda Anderson reported her 2002 Saturn had been entered, as did Kenneth May whose 1972 Chevrolet pickup was parked at the same address. They told Deputy Randy Davis about $9 in coins were taken.

Neighbor Teri Rhoden told the officer she found a door ajar on her vehicle that morning. Nothing was reported taken.

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The Baker County Health Department has taken an ini-tiative to educate the women it serves about safe sleep practices for newborn babies.

The Safe Sleep program, grant-funded by the March of Dimes, was implemented in spring of last year.

Sue Murphy, directs the pro-gram and helped get it started after several infant deaths oc-curred in Baker County during a short time period.

Sudden Infant Death Syn-drome, also known as SIDS, is familiar to most people. It usu-ally affects infants under six months of age sleeping on their stomachs. Children older than that are rarely victims of the problem. National education ef-forts discouraging parents from letting infants sleep on their stomachs have had good results.

“That message seems to have gotten out to mothers fairly suc-cessfully. Most women, if you ask them, now know the safest sleep position for an infant is on its back,” Ms. Murphy said.

Sleeping on the stomach con-stricts the airways and puts pres-sure on the chest. It’s harder to draw a full breath, oxygen levels fall too low and babies can suf-focate.

Having too many objects in a crib poses a risk to the baby, also.

“You go to stores that spe-cialize in all these wonderful things for a baby’s nursery — plush comforters, pillows, pad-ded bumpers for the crib, deep, soft mattresses, stuffed animals — things like that,” pointed out Ms. Murphy. “The truth is, they don’t belong in a baby’s crib.

As part of the Safe Sleep pro-gram, a portable sleeper called a Moses Crib is used to demon-strate the perfect sleeping envi-ronment for an infant. The cribs, which are made by volunteers, are available to the new moth-ers.

“Besides a light blanket,

nothing should be in a crib except the sleeping pad and the baby,” said Ms. Murphy.

Beyond SIDS, co-sleeping is another behavior that can put infants at risk.

An infant should never sleep in a bed with an adult. Peo-ple are not aware of their movements or position when asleep and the weight of their body can easily crush and suffocate a baby. People should not sleep with a baby in a chair or on the couch and a baby should not sleep with older children.

“Co-sleeping oc-curs for several rea-sons,” said Ms. Mur-phy.

*People keep a baby with them in bed for convenience so they don’t have to get up to feed it dur-ing the night.

*Many believe a baby is most content in bed with them and use that time to bond and cuddle.

*For some people the issue is econom-ic. A crib might be a luxury item they can’t afford so the baby sleeps wherev-er the parent does.

Another sleeping risk for infants is overheating.

“People tend to bundle infants up too much, with too many clothes and blankets. A baby has no way to cool down and can die of heat stroke,” she said.

Regular blankets and com-forters are too heavy for infants and can make it hard for them to breath.

The Safe Sleep program helps new mothers learn the best way to dress their infants and to cov-er them for sleeping.

Bunting suits are recommend-ed. The one-piece garments are closed at the bottom, which re-tains warmth, but leave room for the baby’s legs to freely move.

The optimum way to prepare an infant for sleep is to dress it

in a bunting suit and place it on its back on the pad of an empty crib. A light blanket should only cover the baby up to its waist.

According to Ms. Murphy, Safe Sleep education is offered as part of the health depart-ment’s Healthy Start program, but mothers don’t have to be en-rolled in that program to receive the information.

“It’s rewarding for me to be able to share this information and to empower a new parent to give her child the safest start in life possible,” she said.

To contact Ms. Murphy and learn more about Safe Sleep, call the health department at 259-6291.

Sue Murphy displays a Moses Crib.PHOTO BY KELLEY LANNIGAN

‘Safe Sleep’ project saves livesBCHD aligns with effort to curb infant crib deaths

Florida. The compromise was offered by Rep. Denise Grimsley (R-Sebring) during a morning hearing Tuesday of the general government and health care appropriations council, which approved the change.

On behalf of local constituents who fear a private operator could relocate the facility and dev-astate the local economy, Rep. Janet Adkins (R-Fernandina) has been fighting privatization as well. During an afternoon press conference she thanked Rep. Grimsley, the house leadership and the council for the move.

“I will work with Representative Grimsley to seek a [state legislature] study to find answers as to whether privatiza-tion of state institutions is saving taxpayers’ money and is good state policy,” she said. “Today is a good day in the Florida House; we are moving forward, seeking solutions and ensuring we listen to the people.”

Ms. Adkins also said she appreciated a pledge from house speaker Larry Cretul to keep the hospital in Baker County, which is among several northeast Florida counties represented in her 12th District.

“The economic impact to the county is significant, as this hos-pital is the economic foundation of that community,” she said.

For many of the local offi-cials, residents and workers at NEFSH who converged on the capitol April 7, the outcome was met with tempered optimism.

“This is a long process,” said Chamber of Commerce Director Darryl Register, who traveled to Tallahassee the day before with County Manager Joe Cone and County Commissioner Mike Griffis to rally legislators’ sup-port.

“We feel good about where we’re at, but it’s not dead yet,” he said.

Mr. Cone referred to a remark by the county’s lobbyist dur-ing a conference call last week:

“We’ve moved the ball fur-ther down the field, but we’ve not made a touchdown,” Chris Doolin said.

The trio was joined by about 100 other local citizens Tuesday who’d gathered at 5:00 am in the parking lot of Cornerstone Square in south Macclenny before heading to the capitol.

They filled committee hear-ings in both chambers to show their opposition to privatizing the hospital, which employs about 1200 workers and has a proposed annual budget for 2009-2010 of $73.5 million.

The facility is now up to 613 beds with the addition two years ago of forensic (criminal patients) wards.

“It’s not about the dollars. It’s about the people that care for my son,” said Debbie Crawford, the mother of a NEFSH patient who appeared before the house com-mittee. “I wish you’d keep that in mind.”

Next week, the house and sen-ate budget bills will be debated on the floor of each chamber and receive a final up or down vote. The privatization language now in the house bill could be removed then.

However, if the language remains, legislators will have to hash out that difference and any others in conference, which could come the following week.

However, Sen. Dean said he expected the house to follow the senate’s lead.

“I imagine they’ll remove it as well,” he predicted.

NEFSH has been in existence nearly 50 years and admits men-tal patients from a 37-county areas stretching south to Orlando. It reportedly accounts for 17% of Baker County’s total workforce, a statistic that opponents to privatization have been stressing repeatedly during the past two weeks of lobbying in the state capitol during all important com-mittee hearings.

NEFSH employees andofficials trek to Tallahassee

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Army wingsLt. Dustan Oliver , the son of Jimmy and Nancy Oliver of Tay-lor, received his Army helicopter wings during a cer emony April 1 at Fort Rucker, Ala, where he has been training for 1½ years. The graduate of both Baker High and the University of North Da-kota will now be stationed with his new wife Carissa at Fort Riley, Kan. He is now qualified as a pilot of the high-tech Black Hawk helicopter.

Hospital workers were among over 100 in delegation at Tallahassee on Tuesday. They are shown here boarding a bus in the predawn hours in Macclenny.

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Former Baker County School Superintendent Paula Barton was the guest speaker at the GFWC District 4 meeting held March 26 at the Macclenny Woman’s Club.

Ms. Barton retired as super-intendent in 2008 after three terms and a 35-year career as a teacher and administrator with the county. She is now a men-tor to 10 newly-elected school superintendents in north Florida public school districts.

Ms. Barton expressed her en-joyment of being a grandmother and elaborated on the way chil-dren have of touching a person’s heart and blessing it. She held up her 4-year-old granddaughter and asked her a question.

“Tana Brooke, can you tell all these nice ladies why Jama (grandma) still gets up and goes to work everyday?

“Cause you might earn some money!” said the child, shaking her long blond curls.

“And why does Jama want to earn some money?”

“So I can go to college!”The topic of her talk was

Children: A Rock Solid Invest-ment. The inspiration came from the songs she listens to with her grandchildren, one based on the story of the wise man who built his house upon the rock.

To Ms. Barton, the time that teachers, family and friends in-vest in helping children develop and grow into responsible, con-tributing members of society is one of the most significant in-vestments that can be made to help form the strong bedrock of the future community.

Children are the end result of that investment, but the contri-butions of teachers empowering children with basic skills such as the ability to read and learn should not be overlooked.

“I remember those teachers, the special ones, who stand out. They treated all children with dignity and respect and kind-

ness. They were consistent and encouraging, very firm, but al-ways fair.”

She recalled some good ad-vice she was given early in her career: Remember that the chil-dren she looked down over while she was teaching would later be the same people she looked up to and had relationships with in the community when they were grown.

“I remember being told that even if the children didn’t re-member exactly what I said to them, they would always re-member how I made them feel,” she said.

Ms. Barton said she liked to believe that all those dedicated teachers got something back in their life, some benefit from the investment they made as educa-tors.

She was once headed to an appointment at Keller Intermedi-ate and passed an elderly lady in her front yard tending her flower beds. That lady was Madeline Dorman, her first-grade teacher. She turned her car around and went back.

“Ms. Dorman, I just wanted to thank you,” she told the former educator, then in her mid 80s. “Thank you for teaching me to read, to behave, how to meet the expectations others would have of me. It has taken me all this time to appreciate it and to say thank you.”

Ms. Dorman then told Ms. Barton something that has stayed with her ever since.

“She told me that out of the hundreds of students she had taught over the years, I was only the second one to ever say thank you to her,” said Ms. Barton. “And the only one to say it to her face.”

Ms. Barton related a humor-ous encounter she had with a young boy shortly after she be-came superintendant, a story

that drew a big laugh from her audience.

Needing to briefly escape the rigors of the office, she decided to go out among the schools and interact with the students. It was lunch time when she got to Mac-clenny Elementary, then located at the current Baker County Middle School campus. She headed to the cafeteria to eat and soon found herself seated beside a first grade boy. He looked up at her from his hot dog and baked beans and promptly started ask-ing questions. Their conversa-tion went like this:

“Are you the boss of this school?

“Well, sort of. I’m the super-intendant. I’m Ms. Barton.”

“Ms. Barbie? Well, Ms. Bar-bie. Tell me something. Do you like this food?”

“Yes, I like it.”“You gonna eat those beans?“Yes.”“You can see I ate all my

beans.”“That’s very good.”“Well, sometimes it’s not, be-

cause sometimes I just fart. The kids don’t like it and the teach-ers don’t like it. I guess it’s the smell.”

The former superintendent regrets there were times during her career she was so busy she almost had to put work before

family. She’s now determined to make up that time. Spending her free hours with her grandchil-dren is a priority.

She especially loves to cook with Tana Brooke and the two can often be found in the kitchen wearing their aprons and making sour cream pound cake together. Another favorite family activity is riding around their acreage on a new Polaris ATV.

“We love riding on the Polar-is. We all pile on and just have a ball,” she said.

Ms. Barton earned her B.A. degree from the University of South Florida and a masters in educational leadership from the University of North Florida.

During her career with the Baker County school system, she served as teacher, coach, dean of students, athletic intramu-ral director, assistant principal, district leader, community edu-cation coordinator and superin-tendent. She has been a finalist for the Eve Awards sponsored by the Florida Times-Union.

Currently, she is serving as the Outreach Mentoring Agency Coordinator with the Palatka-based Northeast Florida Educa-tional Consortium.

You’re Invited toThe Lord’s Church in TaylorJoin us in welcoming Pastor Bobby Gri� n,his wife Faye, family & friendsto our community.Pastor Bobby Gri� n has been in Baker County for 34 years.He has been soul saving and ministering the word of God for 26 years.

Sunday service ~ 11:00 amWednesday night Bible Study ~ 6:30 pmFamily style dinner ~ 1st Sunday of the month following our dynamic Sunday service

We welcome you to join us but look for changes in our scheduleand our community with Pastor Bobby Gri� n leading us.Call to check our van route to schedule a pickup for the children.Don’t wait, it’s getting late!

The Lord’s ChurchIntersection of CR 125 & 250 in Taylor •• 259-8353

Pastor Bobby & Faye Gri� n

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St. Peter’s Anglican FellowshipGlen St. Mary, Florida

Welcomes YouReverend Mike Webb – Pastor

Holy Week ServicesApril 9th 7:00 p.m. – Maundy Thursday Service

Holy Communion / Special Service of Foot Washing

April 10th 7:00 p.m. – Good Friday Service

With Holy Communion

Easter Sunday ServiceApril 12th

9:00 a.m. – Adult and Children’s Sunday School

10:00 a.m. – Easter Sunday Worship

With Holy Communion

Special Easter Sunday Music

Dr. Jim HartPresident of International Worship Studies Institute

Special Easter Sunday Dinner on the Grounds

Directions: County Road 125 (Glen Saint Mary exit) one half mile south of

I-10, right at the Glen St. Mary Nursery sign (Nursery Road), meeting at

Historic Budder Mathis Building, fi rst building on left.

Happy 6th Birthday,CALEB HERNDON

April 9th

We love you!Dad,Mom

& Katie

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Bubba and the rest of the gang

Happy 3rd Birthday,Brooklynne Renee Tatum

Love, Mommy, Danny,

Joshua & Melanie

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Taylor-Greenwood

June 26 weddingMr. and Mrs. Jack Taylor of

Glen St. Mary are pleased to announce the upcoming mar-riage of daughter Charity Grace to Travis Arthur Greenwood of Mandarin. Travis is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lon Greenwood of St. Augustine.

The couple will wed in Las Vegas on June 26. Following a honeymoon there, they will re-side in St. Johns, Florida.

Cain-Bullard

Saturday weddingMike and Tona Crews of

Macclenny are proud to an-nounce the upcoming wedding of daughter Sarah Cain of Glen St. Mary to Christopher Bullard also of Glen. Christopher is the son of Gary Bullard of Macclen-ny and Erwin and Myrtle Taylor of Glen St. Mary.

Family and friends are invited to celebrate the couples wedding on April 11 at 6:00 pm at the ag-ricultural center in Macclenny.

Williams reunionThe 57th annual John Daniel

Williams family reunion will be April 18 at 11:00 am at the Davis Pavilion.

For questions or directions call Eunice Poppleton at 561-386-3313.

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Paula Barton addressing District 4 members.PHOTO BY KELLEY LANNIGAN

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Come and magnify the Lord and worship with usGlen Friendship Tabernacle

Clinton Ave. • Glen St. MaryWJXR Radio Service Sunday�� 8:30 amMorning Worship Service �� 10:30 amChildren’s Church �� 11:30 amEvangelistic �� 6:00 pmBible Study (Wed��) �� 7:30 pm

Rev. Albert Starling • Home: 259-3982 • Church: 259-6521

(904) 259-6689 ~ Glen St. Mary, Florida1/2 mile South of I-10 on CR 125, right on Nursery Road in the

beautiful Glen St. Mary Nursery at the historic Budder Mathis House

Saint Peterin the GlenANGLICAN CHURCH

9:00 am Sunday School10:00 am Sunday Worship &

Holy Communion

6:30 pm Wednesday Dinner,Praise, Prayer, Healing,

Holy Communion

Mt. Zion N.C.Methodist Church121 North † 259-4461

Macclenny, FL

Pastor Tim Cheshire

Sunday School 9:45 amSunday Morning Worship 11:00 amSunday Evening Worship 6:00 pmWednesday Prayer Service 7:00 pm

Jesus answered, "Verily, verily I say unto thee, except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the king-

dom of God." John 3:5

New Hope Church, Inc.23-A to Lauramore Rd. & Fairgrounds Rd.

Sunday School 9:45 amSunday Morning Worship 11:00 amSunday Evening Services 6:00 pmWednesday Night Prayer Meeting 7:00 pm

Pastor J. C. Lauramore Welcomes All

St. James Episcopal ChurchMinnesota Ave. & 5th Street

Macclenny

Sunday Worship10:30 am

Lou Towson, Vicar •• 259-9198

Ha� y Ea� er

Sanderson Congregational Holiness ChurchCR 127 N., Sanderson, FL

Sunday School 10:00 amMorning Worship 11:00 am

Sunday Evening Worship 6:00 pmWed. Evening Prayer Serv. 7:30 pm

Pastor: Oral E. Lyons

“Last Seven Sayings of

Christ”

April 10at 7:00 pm

First UnitedMethodist Church

93 N. 5th StreetMacclenny

Community-wide Choir& Youth Drama

For more informationcall 259-1199

Baker County Minister’s Associationwelcomes all to a

Good Friday Service

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Judy ‘Freck’ Bitz,50, dies in Nevada

Judy “Freck” Norman Bitz, 50, of Reno, Nevada died March 8, 2009 after an extended ill-ness. She was born June 6, 1958 in Jacksonville, and was a Baker County High School graduate, class of 1976.

Mrs. Bitz was predeceased by her mother Margaret John-son Norman, and brother Riley Davis.

Survivors include her hus-band of 26 years, Gary; daughter Katie and son J.L., all of Reno; father Mark (Juanita) Norman of Maxville; mother Carolyn Ellison of Jacksonville; broth-ers Terry Rewis of Reno, David (Peggy) Rewis, Harvey Rewis, Eddie (Cindy), Rodney (Pat) and Markie (Susan) Norman; sisters Carla (Walter) Davis, Cathy (David) Bennett, Patty (Kenny) Key, all of Baker County and Paulette Mills of Jacksonville.

A memorial service was held Friday, March 13.

Bernice Sikes, 84, of Macclenny dies

Bernice Crews Sikes, 84, of Macclenny died April 2, 2009. She was born and raised in St. George, Georgia and lived in Macclenny the past three years. B e r n i c e e n j o y e d s p e n d i n g time with her family and friends. She always welcomed e v e r y o n e with open arms and a l w a y s wanted her loved ones to know that she loved them.

Mrs. Sikes was predeceased by husband Dan Madison Sikes; son John D. Sikes Sr.; broth-ers Bill and John Crews; sisters Shirley Hicks, Eula Conner and Mary Pellum.

Survivors include her lov-ing son S. Larry (Vivian) Sikes; daughter-in-law Elaine Sikes, wife of John D. Sikes; sisters Janette Combs, Louise Dority; brothers David (Cindy) Crews, Tommy (D-Lois) Crews; nine grandchildren; 12 great-grand-children; six great-great-grand-children; numerous nieces, nephews and one very special friend Louise Cothran.

The funeral service was held April 6 at 2:00 pm at V. Todd Ferreira Funeral Services Cha-pel with Pastor James Conner officiating. Interment followed in Macedonia Cemetery. Pall-bearers were Paul Lawson, Ron-nie Lawson, Nathan Harrell, David Harrell, Shawn Pringle and Dwight Combs. Honorary pallbearers were Johnny Baxter Jr., Vince Thompson and Josh Bennett.

Ms. Sikes

Harold Wallace, 77, retired state chef

Harold John Wallace, 77, of Macclenny died April 3, 2009 at Acosta-Rua Center for Caring in Jacksonville. Mr. Wallace was born in White City, Alabama to Johnny L. Wallace and Cor-rine Thel-ma Hester W a l l a c e on March 9, 1932. He was a resident of Macclenny since 1973 after mov-ing from A t l a n t i c Beach.

Harold honorably served and retired from the US Navy and later retired as a chef with the state of Florida.

Survivors include his loving wife of 50 years, Edna Celeste Crider Wallace of Macclenny; children Harold (Melinda) Wal-lace Jr. of Jacksonville, Donald (Susan) Wallace of Glen St. Mary, Wayne (Stephani) Wal-lace of Macclenny; daughter-in-law Pamela Johns of Macclen-ny; brother Johnny Wallace of Live Oak; sister Edna Cheever of New Hampshire; 10 grand-children; one great-grandchild.

A memorial service will be held at the Jacksonville Nation-al Cemetery on April 13 at 2:30 pm. Arrangements are under the direction of V. Todd Ferreira Fu-neral Services.

Mr. Wallace

Family gratefulThe family of Donna Bailey

would like to express its grati-tude for the kindness everyone showed us after the passing of our sweet angel Donna. The compassion, love, prayers, food, kind words of encouragement, thoughtfulness and support will never be forgotten.

We would like to give a thank you to Guerry Funeral Home on a job well done in making sure everything went perfect for our family in this time of grief. Thanks also to the Baker County Sheriff’s Office for be-ing respectful before and during the funeral for Donna. A spe-cial thank you to Christian Fel-lowship Temple for allowing us to have the funeral and for the food they provided us with. A final thank you to Pastor Tim-my Thomas and Tom Holt for preaching a beautiful and mean-ingful funeral that described Donna perfectly.

Please keep our family in your prayers and may God bless you all!

Gospel concert Southern gospel singer Ivan

Parker will be singing at the Christian Fellowship Temple be-ginning at 6:00 pm on Sunday, April 26. Bring your family and friends and join in the celebra-tion.

For more information call 259-3548.

Barbara Ann RhodenHappy Birthday

April 6thIt is two months and two days

short of being two years since you went to those golden gates of Heaven. Ther e’s not a day we don’t think about you! Your beautiful face, eyes and smile and all the pr ecious memories you left behind for all of us to never forget!

YOU ARE DEEPLY LOVED ANDVERY MUCH MISSED. UNTIL WE

MEET AGAIN, YOUR LOVING FAMILYCECIL SR., CECIL JR., ERIC,

DEBBIE, RHEUDINE, GAR & TAYLOR

Private cemetery Turner Cemetery is a private

and family-maintained cem-etery and no one can be buried there without contacting Marvin Lauramore at 275-2330 or Rev. Wayne Williams at 386-431-1500 for approval.



Plant sales, gardening demon-strations, tips from master gar-deners and horticulture related arts and crafts for the kids kept patrons busy at the Baker Coun-ty Extension Service Spring Garden Fest held April 4.

Annuals, perennials, house-plants, trees, vegetables and or-namental shrubs were sold and proceeds will benefit a variety of local clubs, organizations and charities.

Three-year-old Vannah Fuller was busy at the craft table put-ting the finishing touches on a drawing of a beetle that she col-ored a bright purple.

“She loves nature, being out-side with flowers and butter-flies,” said grandmother Marsha Fuller.

Vannah had already com-pleted another gardening re-lated project — a biodegradable planter.

Mary Ann Ray and Joann Ja-worsky, both master gardeners, were conducting the craft activi-ties for the kids.

“You fold a piece of newsprint

and roll it up into a cylinder like this,” Ms. Ray said as she dem-onstrated, anchoring the paper in a small can for support.

Then she filled it with soil and planted a seed.

“The can makes it easy to transport and keeps the planter intact until its ready to go in the garden,” she explained. “Kids dig a hole and plant the entire cylinder in the ground. Then they just water it and tend it. The paper just dissolves.

“We also taught them to iden-tify good bugs and snakes and beware the ones they should stay away from like rattlesnakes and black widow spiders,” said Ms. Jaworsky.

C. J. Rivers came to the sale looking for a dogwood tree.

“I’m from Mobile, Alabama and dogwoods are everywhere. You don’t see them as much here and I really miss that,” she said. “I came today to see if they have a variety that will do well in this climate.”

Attendees learned about Florida native landscaping from

master gardener Michele Brad-ley. Landscaping with plants in-digenous to the state attracts and protects native birds, wildlife and butterflies.

Composting and growing vegetables hydroponically were also demonstrated.

Ammett Sanchez farmed his property when he lived in Loui-siana. His Baker County garden isn’t as ambitious, but planting on a smaller scale is still some-thing he enjoys.

He and friend Rose Craw-ford of Sanderson left the plant sale with flats of tomatoes, egg plants and bell peppers, anxious to get home and get their fingers in the soil.

Joyce Thrift, wearing a bright red apron, helped educate shop-pers about the varieties of iris that grow best in Baker County. She also shared information about the American Iris Soci-ety.

“There are so many varieties of iris and something beautiful and unique about each one, just

like people,” said Ms. Thrift. “When you start learning about them you realize how much there is to know. They have a wonder-ful history, have been used in medicine and were often depict-ed in coat of arms designs.

Attendees watched rain bar-rel-making demonstrations and bought tickets to win the barrels. They learned that rain barrels are still frequently used in Eu-rope and help recycle water and limit pollution from storm water runoff.

“A lot of people were inter-ested in the Spring Garden Fes-tival,” said local horticulture extension agent Alicia Lamborn. “We had people showing up the day before wanting to shop for plants.”

Macclennychurch of christ

573 s. 5th st. 259-6059Sunday Bible Study 9:45 amFellowship 10:30 am - 11:00 am

Worship Services11:00 am

Wed. Bible Study7:30 pmMinister

Sam F. Kitching

WelcomeFirst Baptist Church

of SandersonCR 229 S., Sanderson FL

Sunday School . . . . . . . 10:00 amSun. Morning Worship . 11:00 amSun. Evening Worship . . 6:00 pmWed. Eve. Bible Study . . 7:00 pm

Pastor Bob Christmashttp://www.fbcofsanderson.org

ChristianFellowship

templeIndependent Pentecostal Church

Seventh St. & Ohio Ave., Macclenny

Sunday School 10:00 am Sunday Morning Worship 11:00 am Sunday Evening Worship 6:00 pm Wednesday Night Service 7:00 pm Radio WJXR 92.1 Sunday 9:15 am

Youth Programs Sunday School 10:00 am Common Ground - Sunday 11:00 am Common Ground - Wed. (Teens) 7:00 pm God Kids - Sunday 11:00 am God Kids - Wednesday 7:00 pm

www.christianfellowshiptemple.com

Senior PastorDavid Thomas

259-4940

Associate PastorTim Thomas259-4575

Youth PastorGary Crummey

Macclenny Church of GodJesus: The Way, The Truth and The Life

Sunday School 10:00 A.M. Sunday Evening Worship 6:00 P.M.Sunday Morning Worship 11:00 A.M. Wed. Eve. Worship 7:30 P.M.

Pastor Rev. Shannon ConnerNorth 6th Street - Macclenny • 259-3500

The Roadto Calvary

Corner of Madison & StoddardGlen St. Mary

Pastor: Tommy AndersonPhone: 904-259-2213

Sunday School: . . . . . . . . . . . .10:00 amSunday Morning Service . . . .11:00 amSunday Evening Service . . . . . 6:00 pmWednesday Night . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 pmFriday Night Service . . . . . . . . 7:30 pm

‘Behold the Lamb’Sanderson Congregational

Holiness Church

Easter PlayFriday, April 10 7:30pm

Saturday, April 11 7:30pmSunday, April 12 10:30am

From Hwy 90 - turn North at caution light in Sanderson, go two blocksFrom I-10 – Take Sanderson exit #327, go north, continue north at caution

light, go two blocks - Church is on the right

Everyone is invited

Glen Hill Primitive Baptist Church

Annual MeetingApril 10-12with guest speakers

Elder Michael Green and Elder Shannon WhippCome and enjoy!

For information call 904-304-1368

HomecomingRevival

at the

Congregational Holiness ChurchCampground

April 15-18Wednesday - Friday night at 7:30 pm

Saturday morning service at 10:30 amwith dinner served following the morning service

Evangelist:Wednesday night -

Rev. Lance CrewsThursday & Friday night -

Rev. Kenny MorrisSaturday morning -

Rev. Tommy Richardson

Special singingand prayer for sick nightly

Congregational Holiness Church Campgroundis located on Andrews St. in Glen St. Mary.

Everyone welcome!

Joyce Thrift (in apron) talks to shoppers about varieties of Iris.PHOTO BY KELLEY LANNIGAN

Plant lovers gather for garden festival

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Baker High School’s athletic program has been automati-cally nominated for the Florida High School Athletic Associa-tion’s (FHSAA) Fred E. Rozelle Sportsmanship Award, thanks to the stellar record of its athletes so far this year.

“As of March 9, 2009, your school has had no unsportsman-like conduct ejections and is not currently on probation or under investigation,” reads a congratu-latory letter from FHSAA pro-gram director Laurel Ring.

The criteria for being select-ed for the 2009 sportsmanship honor includes programs and ac-tivities implemented to promote sportsmanship; number of type of exceptional sportsmanship reports and the number of type of unsportsmanlike conduct re-ported up to the selection meet-ing.

Athletic Director Melody Coggin said she’s extremely proud of the Wildcat coaches and athletes, who’s behavior during sporting events led to the nomination.

The awards will be presented next fall. It is named after former FHSAA commissioner emeritus

Fred E. Rozzelle.

It was very much an up and down week for the 15th ranked Lady Wildcat softball team. They lost a heartbreaker to dis-trict foe Clay County in Green Cove Springs and then traveled to Brooksville for a double head-er with Brooksville Central.

The traveling Cats easily han-dled Central, out-scoring them 38-10 over two games.

The Cats have to feel they missed an opportunity in losing 2-1 to Clay County on March 31. The win would have helped cement the district lead going into the final few weeks of the season.

But the girls were on the back foot early as Clay scored a single run in the first inning to take the lead. The Devils held the lead despite a three-hit performance from Tiffany Smith until the fifth when they scored an insurance run.

The Cats rallied late when Jordan Hand was hit by a pitch. She later scored on an error, but Clay held on for the win.

Hitting was not an issue downstate, as BCHS rocked Brooksville with a pair of big wins. The Cats’ bats woke up for a 9-5 win in the first game of the double header and then explod-ed for a 19-5 win in the second game.

Brooksville jumped out to a one run lead in the first inning but BCHS took the lead an inning later, scoring three runs. Kristin Wilkinson, Heather High and Heather North all scored for

Baker County.The Cats got another pair in

the third and two more in the fourth. Central made it close with a four-run sixth inning, but BCHS sealed the game when Taylor McCann scored pinch running for Heather High.

The runs came fast and furious in the second game of the double header as BCHS exploded for its biggest run total of the year. They opened the game with a five run first inning and then demolished Central with an 11-run second. Central tried to rally with five runs in the fourth inning but they

couldn’t make up the huge differ-ence. BCHS scored a pair of runs in the fourth and a single run in the fifth to seal the win.

The girls host Eagle’s View on Thursday before taking spring break off.

A, R&R, INC10525 DUVAL LANE

MACCLENNY, FL 32063Phone (904) 259-4774

The following vehicle will be sold at public auc-tion April 24, 2009 at 8:00 am at A, R&R INC, 10525 Duval Lane, Macclenny, FL 32063.

1996 Honda PassportVIN #4S6CK58E7T4415689

4/9

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT, IN AND FORBAKER COUNTY, FLORIDA

CASE NO.: 02-2008-CA-0217 DIVISION:

AMeRICAN geNeRAL hoMe equITy, INC.,Plaintiff,vs.

ShARoN L. CANADy, etc., et al.,Defendants

_____________________________/NOTICE OF SALE

Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to an order or a final judgement of foreclosure entered in the above-captioned action, I will sell the property situ-ated in Baker County, Florida, described as:

A part of Section 23, Township 1 North, Range 21 East, more particularly described as follows:The West ½ of the East ½ of the Southwest ¼ of the Northeast ¼ of said Section 23, less and except any portion within the right of way of Frederick Raulerson Road, containing 10 acres, more or less.

at public sale, to the highest and best bidder for cash, on the front steps of the Baker County Courthouse, 339 e. Macclenny Avenue, Macclenny, FL in accor-dance with Chapter 45, Florida Statutes, Florida at 11:00 a.m. on the 28th day of April, 2009.

That any person claiming an interest in the sur-plus 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.

wITNeSS my hand and seal of said Court on March 25, 2009.

Al FraserClerk, Circuit Court

By: Jamie CrewsAs Deputy Clerk

SIDNey e. LewIS, P.A.300 w. Adams Street

Suite 300Jacksonville, Florida 32202

(904) 355-9003 4/9-4/16

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDA

PROBATE DIVISIONFILE NO.: 02-2009-CP-003

IN Re: eSTATe oF FLoRA CeCIL MoBLey, Deceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORSThe administration of the estate of FLoRA

CeCIL MoBLey, deceased, File No.: 02-2009-CP-003, who died on November 23, 2008, is pend-ing in the Circuit Court for Baker County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which Baker County Courthouse, 339 east Macclenny Avenue, Macclenny, Florida 32063.

All creditors of the decedent and other per-sons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate, including unmatured, contingent or unliq-uidated claims, on whom a copy of this notice is served must file their claims with this Court WITHIN THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM.

All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against dece-dent’s estate, including unmatured, contingent or unliquidated claims, must file their claims with this Court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE.

ALL CLAIMS NOT SO FILED WILL BE FOREVER BARRED.

The date of first publication of this notice is April 2, 2009.

James wesley Mobley5255 Mobley’s Trail

Macclenny, Florida 32063

Jean C. Coker Personal RepresentativeFlorida Bar No. 126623

Jean C. Coker, P.A.6622 Southpoint Drive South, Suite 160

Jacksonville, Florida 32216Telephone: (904) 296-1100

Attorney for Personal Representative4/2-4/9

NOTICEInvitation for BIDS (IFB)

Bid #09-02, Landfill Gas Extraction Wells

New River Solid waste Association (NRSwA) is extending an Invitation for Bid for the installation of approximately thirty-two (32) landfill gas extraction wells at the New River Regional Landfill (NRRL). The work generally consists of installing landfill gas extraction wells in the Class I and Class III landfills and will include but not be limited to boring the wells and installing gravel, piping, geocomposite, granular fill, bentonite, well bore seal, and well head. All work shall be completed in accordance with the construc-tion drawings, specifications, and certain specific conditions.

NRSwA is located 2.5 miles north of Raiford, Florida on State Road 121 in union County, Florida. Bid packages and information can be picked up at the New River Regional Landfill located at 24276 Ne 157th Street, Raiford, FL 32083. All bids must be submitted on the Bid Form provided. Completed bids are to be mailed to the New River Solid waste Association, P.o. Box 647, Raiford, Florida 32083-0647 or delivered to the NRSwA Administration office. After the IFB opening, the bids will be exam-ined for completeness and preserved in the custody of the executive Director. New River Solid waste Association reserves the right to reject any or all bids or a portion thereof for any reason. Any bids received after the specified time and date will not be consid-ered. For additional information contact NRSwA at 386-431-1000. The DeADLINe for submittal in response to the above IFB is April 23, 2009, 12:00 p.m. (noon).

4/9

Registration of Fictitious NamesI the undersigned, being duly sworn, do here-

by declare under oath that the names of all persons interested in the business or profession carried on under the name of Southern Touch Cleaning whose principle place of business is: 50 N. Boule-vard, Macclenny, FL 32063 and the extent of the interest of each is as follows:

NAMe eXTeNT oF INTeReSTStephanie King 100%

Stephanie KingSignature

STATe oF FLoRIDACouNTy oF BAKeRSworn to and subscribed before me this 6th

day of April, 2009.Al Fraser

Clerk of CourtsBaker County, Florida

By Bonnie PalleschiAs Deputy Clerk

4/9

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDA

CASE NO: 02-2009-CA-0057

PATRICIA L. FISh, as Trustee of the BeNJAMIN F. FISh ReVoCABLe LIVINg TRuST, And PATRICIA L. FISh, as Trustee of the PATRICIA L. FISh ReVoCABLe LIVINg TRuST,

Plaintiffs,

vs.

SheILA BIJeAuX, not known toBe dead or alive, And all unknown grantees,

NOTICE OF ACTION

TO: SHEILA BIJEAUX, not known to be dead or alive

you ARe NoTIFIeD that a Verified Mortgage

Foreclosure Complaint has been filed against you on the following described property:

Parcel ID# 08-1S-21-0127-0000-0100

A parcel of land lying, being situate in the Northeast ¼ of Section 7, Township 1 South, Range 21 east, Baker County, Florida, more particularly describe as follows: Commence at the Southwest corner of the North ½ of Southwest 1/4 of Northwest ¼ of Section 8, Township 1 South, Range 21 east; thence run S 00o41’13” w, along the east line of said Section 7, a distance of 99.22 feet; thence run S 88o38’25” w, a distance of 50.82 feet; thence run N 36o08’35” w a distance of 460.02 feet to the Point of Beginning of the hereinafter described parcel of land: thence continue running N 36o08’35” w a dis-tance of 135.89 feet; thence run N 35o21’35” w a distance of 216.88 feet; thence run N 17o05’35” w a distance of 39.94 feet; thence run N 62o36’14” e a distance of 351.46 feet; thence run S 27o23’46” e a distance of 218.14 feet to the point of curvature of a curve to the left; thence run Southeasterly along the arc of a curve concave Northeasterly with a radius of 328.68 feet, through a central angel of 14o58’24” an arc distance of 85.89 feet; thence run S 47o37’50” w a distance of 330.26 feet to the Point of Beginning, containing a total area of 2.71 acres, or less. LeSS AND eXCePT therefrom a 30 foot nonexclusive ease-ment for ingress and egress and over and across the Northeasterly 30 feet thereof.

and you are required to serve a copy of your

written defenses, if any, to it on FRANK e. MALoNey, JR., P.A., Attorney, whose address is 445 east Macclenny Avenue, Macclenny, Florida 32063; (904) 259-3155, within thirty (30) days after the first publication of the notice and on or before the 17th day of April, 2009, and to file the original with the Clerk of this Court either before service on FRANK e. MALoNey, JR., P.A., attorney or immediately thereaf-ter; otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relieve demanded in the Complaint or Petition.

wITNeSS my hand and seal of this Court on this 16th day of March, 2009.

T.A. “AL” FRASeR

CLeRK oF CouRT

By: Bonnie Palleschi Deputy Clerk

3/19-4/9

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDA

PROBATE DIVISIONFILE NO. 02-2009-CP-014

Division _______________

IN Re: eSTATe oF howARD BAIRD, Deceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The administration of the estate of howard Baird, deceased, whose date of death was January 2, 2009, is pending in the Circuit Court for Baker County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 339 e. Macclenny Ave., Macclenny, Florida 32063. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below.

All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court wIThIN The LATeR oF 3 MoNThS AFTeR The TIMe oF The FIRST PuBLICATIoN oF ThIS NoTICe oR 30 DAyS AFTeR The DATe oF SeRVICe oF A CoPy oF ThIS NoTICe oN TheM.

All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against dece-dent’s estate must file their claims with this court wIThIN 3 MoNThS AFTeR The DATe oF The FIRST PuBLICATIoN oF ThIS NoTICe.

ALL CLAIMS NoT FILeD wIThIN The TIMe PeRIoDS SeT FoRTh IN SeCTIoN 733.702 oF The FLoRIDA PRoBATe CoDe wILL Be FoReVeR BARReD.

NoTwIThSTANDINg The TIMe PeRIoD SeT FoRTh ABoVe, ANy CLAIM FILeD Two (2) yeARS oR MoRe AFTeR The DeCeDeNT’S DATe oF DeATh IS BARReD.

The date of first publication of this notice is April 9, 2009. .

Attorney for Personal Representative:Thomas e. Moorey

Florida Bar No. 128626Thomas e. Moorey, Attorney

1430 Royal Palm Sq. Blvd., Suite 105Fort Myers, Florida 33919

Telephone: (239) 275-5005

Personal Representative:edward S. Baird

4785 Barkley Circle, Apt. #39Fort Myers, Florida 33907

4/9-4/16

Legal Notices

Ronnie Sapp Well & Septic TankWell Drilling ~ Water Softeners & Purification

Septic Tanks ~ Drain Fields ~ Iron Filters

259-6934We’re Your WaTer exPerTS

Licensed in Florida & GeorgiaMajor credit cards accepted.

Emmett 904-364-8027 or Glenn 904-338-4746Offi ce 904-259-9711

• Heavy Duty Mowing/ Brush Cutting• Real Estate Improvements• Land Management• Mulching

• Survey and Fence Line Clearing• Land Clearing and Ponds• Debris Removal• Shooting Lanes and More

Licensed and InsuredServing Baker County, surrounding counties and South Georgia

• Heavy Duty Mowing/

B & N Tractor Service, LLCLocally Owned and Operated

Slag/MillingDrivewaysHeavy-Duty

Brush Cutting

2009 BCHS girls’ softball team: (front kneeling l-r): Bridget Williams, Kristen Wilkinson, Tiffany Smith, Ashley Curry, Heather High, Heather North, (2nd r ow) Coach Steve Houston, Taylor McCann, Ashley Tracy, Taylor Crummey, Haley Crews, Cami Craig, Krista Smith, Coach Ashley Rodgers. (3rd row) Coach Franklin Griffis, Ashley Brownlee, Ashley Holton, Jordan Hand, Coach Vanessa Roberts, Coach Cheryl Nunn.

Lost opportunity at Clay

Wildcat Heather Hair puts out Middleburg runner at first base Tuesday evening as the girls upped their season r ecord to 19-4 with a 4-0 shutout. The Cats ar e now 10-2 in district play.

Top seed could be jeopardized

Sportsmanship award

With a free week in its sched-ule, the Wildcat baseball team traveled to Sanford last Thursday to play one game in the National Collegiate High School tourna-ment, put on by the National Collegiate Institute. The Cats came up against tough opponent in 10-4 Lakeland Christian but some strong hitting and senior leadership allowed BCHS to come away with a 12-3 victory.

The Cats were led offen-sively by seniors BJ Rowe and Cory Elasik. Rowe had three hits, including a grand slam in the third inning helping the Cats tally eight runs. Cory Elasik added a pair of hits and a solo home run. Adam Holland had a three-run home run and Chris Waddell posted 2 hits, including a double.

On the mound the Cats used three pitchers on the way to the win. Brad Griffis started and went three innings to boost his record to 6-0 on the year. Cameron Crews threw the next two innings and Chris Waddell closed out the final two innings with no runs and five strike outs.

“Due to a scheduling con-flict we were left with no game last week, so we scrambled and came up with one in Sanford,” said Coach John Staples. “The rain and off-days have provided rest but I hope it doesn’t affect our upcoming play. I have never had pitchers with as rested arms at this point in the season as this year. Hopefully it will pay divi-dends in the next few weeks.”

The Cats travel to Fernandina on Wednesday and are back home against Clay on Thursday at 6:00 in a game Coach Staples would really like to win. The Blue Devils handed the Cats their only loss of the season. The Cats return to Fernandina on Friday and Saturday. New week the Wildcats travel to Williston to play in a tournament.

“We have 11 games in 14 days coming up. We will either close out as the most successful team, record wise, that’s played here or we will be just another good team. We’ve just got to do what we do and the rest will take care of itself.”

Boys winin Sanford

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WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Principal’s List - 3rd Nine Weeks

1st Grade: Callahan: Sarah Blackburn, Alexis Fennell, Carter Kennedy, Lucy Nowlen, Kyler Robinson, Kylee Strickland. H Crews: Christopher Ravita, Ashton Robinson, Christina Slater, Carole Spivey. Hart: Mitchael Combs, Abby Harvey, Amber Swindell. Murphy: Haiden Fish, Garrison Moore, Bryson Spurlock, Joseph Stafford, Cassie Turner, Melanie Willis. Nunn: Colby Craig, Marcus Doss, Cameron Johns, Billy Martin, Jaquan Paige, Thomas Pereozo. Raulerson: Abbigail French, Emilie Hodges, Phillip Richerson, David Tolleson. Richardson: Logan Thornton. Roach: Raylyn Hodges, David Jackson, Montana McGinley. Sands: Kyle Ambrose, Julia Archambault, Seth Crawford, Antonio Esterling, Samantha Fink, Abigail Henley, Emily Hill, Karli Johnson, Allene Horne, Dylan Jager, Daniel Neri, Andrea Pelfrey, Landon Prevatt, Blaine Roberts, Jennifer Romano, Lexi Scheider, Hannah Wilford, Anna Wilkerson. Sheridan: Dominic Berardo, Sara Green, Taylor Hodges, Adam Miller, Abigayle Price, Kierra Richardson, Chace Smallwood. Thomas: Dylan Griffis, Grayson Gurganious, Jasmine Hembree, Levi Jewell, Dalton Lewis, Abby Ray, Raegan Register, Scott Rewis, Jace Stokes. Warner: John Anderson, Mason Becerra, Emilee Blanton, Adressa Michelle Clark, Gavan Foster.

2nd Grade: D. Crews: Wyatt Godbold, Jackson Helms, Myrica Holliday, Afi McNeal. Dekle/Stafford: Kamrie Chancey, Sydney Hughes, Mason Carter, Jimmy Hance, Allysa Pipkins. Duval: Ben Anderson, Andrew Bailes, MacKenzie Bennett, Jared Burnsed, Dominic Crews, Trey Davis, Chase Hancock, Bailey Hanks, Demi Jones, Kessler Mallory, Skylar Murphy, Taylor Orberg, Katie Register, Ally Richardson, Lyna Shumate. Elledge/Jacobs: Marcus Chisholm, Eriyani Evans, Tyler Hebert. Gonzalez: Brittany Burger, Lauren Cales. Summer Richendollar. Hand: Katherine Rhoden, Conner Butcher, Layla Nettles. Hurst: Natalie Hilliard, Cameron Jefferson, Kaitlyn McComb, Shania Paige, Levi Pickett. James: Sabrina Donaldson, Owen Loadholtz. Rhoden: Jamie Davis, D.J. Duran, Taylor King, Allen Penrod, Emily Shackleton, Avery Thornton, Ja’Quez Williams. Williams: Shayla Brazeale, Tucker Hodges, Haley Rogers.

3rd Grade: Adams: Regan Barber, Shayla Crews, Brysen Dopson, Reagan Dopson, Jackson Sands, Jarred Spurlock. Gray: Kayla Fussell, Kristen Godbold. Hilliard: Jonathan Brewer. Payne: Collin Ambrose, Kali Faulk, Mariah Grendzinski, McKenzie Hickman, Christopher Hill, Kyrie Holman, Autumn Hutter, Leah Kerce, Ethan Knight, Camryn Payne, Lillie Starling. Shivers: Cheyenne Ball, Sarah Crews. Wendel: Abbigail Baggett, Dalton Dietz, Amaya Figueroa. White: Sydney Burnsed, Cooper Hodges, Arlie Rhoden

Honor Roll - 3rd Nine Weeks1st Grade: Callahan: Kennady Godwin, Gage Griffis, Allison Robson, Shanarria Ruise,

Conner South, Lindsey Thornton, Rikkia Tisdale. H. Crews: Tiffany Barton, Marissa Brown, Jessilyn Carter, Destiny Corbett, Amber Miller, Michaela Prevatt, Thomas Rainey, Dylan Spires, Alex Winston, Vanessa Yale. Hart: Rebekalyn Barber, Emily Carpenter, Gracey Garrison, Joshua Goethe, Hanna Jeffries, Matthew Thompson. Murphy: Kyjuan Chrome, Rachel Dobbs, Wyatt Elledge, Madison Folsom, Emily Griffis, Kiya Hunter, Brooke Noblitt, Austin Rich. Nunn: Houston Bennett, T.J. Gibbons, Cheyenne Kinghorn, Emily Mobley, Jaden O’Neail, Marlee Rheuark. Raulerson: Bryce Barton, Ashley Ferguson, Shelby Rowe, Carl Self, Davon Woolf. Richardon: Cason Adams, Mason Adkison, Na’Desha Davis, Isaac Estep, Elizabeth Evans, Johnny Franck, Bryson Roberts, Jessica Tillis, Hannah Walton, Austin Ward. Roach: Ja’Myra Canty, Payton Combs, Payton Crews, Gala Dyal, Reagan Hauge, Destineigh Norman, Emily Ossmann, Dale Ward. Sands: Jadea Baez, Kordell Branch, Kalyn Godwin, Nicholas Hale, Claire Knabb, Cassie Pringle. Sheridan: Ziyus Belford, Javon Farmer, Andrew Gregory, Lyndi Johnson, Amelia Knabb, Kaleb Lewis, Da’Ron Thomas. Thomas: Anthony Aldridge, Jordyn Defee. Warner: Jaylen Farmer, Chase Griffis, Daytrell Paige, Tristen Prevatt, Re’yna Roland, Patrick Stephens, Dana Wiggins.

2nd Grade: D. C rews: Kiersten Canaday, Kaitlyn Carter, Matthew Flanders, Maddie Hand, Tanner Kennedy, Joshua Ossmann, Amber Waters, Kayiesha Major. Dekle/Stafford: Lewton Burnette, Jared Cauley, Macy Combs, James Harrell, Sara Keves, Jesse Monahan, Savannah Parish, Dustin Powers, Blade Walker, James Wiggins. Duval: Colton Moore, Cheyenne Powell, Emma Self, Jillian Cox, Michelle Dukeman, Daniel Greene. Elledge/Jacobs: Cody Bennett, Katelyn Brassart, Jaxon Burnsed, Ricky Dozier, India Ellis, Jordan Harvey, Michael Holmes, Jordan Peterson, Ty Stewart, Nathaniel Tubberville. Gonzalez: Gavin Conner, Dreama Morrow. Hand: Marci Davis, Madison Hauge, Matthew McDuffie, Kayla Rhoden, Marissa Rhoden, Wyatt Suggs, Michael Tillis, Blaine Turner, Hannah Williams, Cade Yarborough. Hurst: Robert Baker, Trevyn Howard, Amber Hughes, Sierra McGee, Hana Roberts, Colby Watson, Leland Wiggins. James: Tucker Gombert, Katherine Harris, Janessa Plummer, James Kelley, Jacob Tison, Courtney Malloy. Rhoden: Carlos Perozo. Williams: Tonya Flanders, Miesha Givens, Rebecca Pearl, Jacob Vickers.

3rd Grade: Adams: Keona Adkins, Destiny Davis, Chase Dyer, Griffin Hinson, Gracie Mobley, Andrea Ruise. Binn: Shelton Brannen, Eddie Franck, Lourdes Garcia, Quinci Hand, Sam Ravita, Antonio Rodriguez. R. Crews: Deanna Caudill, Kylie Gabbard, Caitlynn Goldsmith, Caleb Mathews, Clarissa Midyette, Sadie Sparkman, Tristan Davis. Gray: Joseph Alford, Lacey Bell, Hayden Cochran, Taylor Conner, Savannah Harper, Vanessa Jennings, Summer Padgett, Jarquez Stewart, Brandon Wages. Griffis: Elizabeth Ambrose, Caytlyn Peters, Elizabeth Reagan, Miranda Tubbs. Hilliard: Alyssa Rich. Shivers: Kyle Griffis, Dale Gene Hodges, Wade Johnson, Tori Richardson, Joseph Young. Shope: Hailey Dugger, Tallon Dugger, Devin Edenfield, K’mahzi Evans, Dawson Ferguson, Kimberly Fink, Landon McCune, Haley Self, Tammie Stoddard. Payne : Tarin Burnsed, Devon Cole, Will Crockett, Antonio Denmark, Jade Hale, Delaney Harvey, Amberly Horne, Noah Taylor. Wendel: Cole Cushman, Kyle Francis, Jordan Glover, Morgan Jewell, Evie Knabb, Maegan Lawrence, Zach Lilly, Cheyenne McGee. White: Carliya Jefferson, Hannah Thomas, Dylen Williams, Thorne Zimmerman.

HONOR ROlls...

BAKER COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL Principal’s List - 3rd Nine Weeks

9th Grade: Jessica Baker, Tiffany Braddy, Matthew Cantrell, Kayla Cornn, Shirley Duran, Kyle Horne, Tanner Hughes, Michael Jones, Amber Martin, Heather McNutt, Marissa Miller, Billie Murray, Diana Nguyen, Robert Norris, Jordan Perry-Ruiz, Logan Raulerson, Phillip Rogers, Mackenzie Rohde, Alex Ruehling

10th Grade: Macy Burnsed, Justin Christmas, Rebekah Combs, Emily Gibbs, Lily Griffis, Kimberly Harvey, Billy Irish, Elijah Knight, Bradley Mareth, Dale Muse, Kelton Nipper, Tyler Overstreet, Melissa Rambo, Chellsie Roberts, Alexandra Rohde, Nicole Ruise, Rachael Sorrells, Melissa Staggers, Haley Taylor, Cameron Thomas

11th Grade: Samuel Adams, Sara Buettgen, Ashley Cole, Danielle Cole, Rachel Davis, Sarah Davis, Kellie Dopson, Jeffrey Doughty, Clayton Horne, Kiana Johnson, Molly Johnson, Cameron Kirkland, William Miller, Ethan Munson, Jennifer Nguyen, Delaney Walker

12th Grade: Staci Allen, Rebecca Andralouis, Ashley Barrett, Oedis Blanks, Lewyn Boyette, Charlie Burnett, Tia Case, Wayne Chiasson, Jessica Clark, Whitney Coffell, Roger Combs, Kelsey Dudley, Adrianna Duran, Paul Hamilton, Alison Hodgson, Justin K. Howell, Katelyn Lankford, Mollie Rhoden, Phillip Seldon, Kyle Smallwood, Brianna Stewart, Leslie Tanner, Ashley Trosclair, Halie White, Mikell Whitehead, Joshua Wiseman,

Honor Roll - 3rd Nine Weeks8th Grade: Rhondasia Givens9th Grade: Lacie Alford, Baylee Barber, Kimberly Barton, Kelsey Benton, Matthew

Blanks, Katherine Bowen, Myke-Quita Bowman, Larissa Brannen, Aaron Brooks, Spencer Brunette, John Burnsed, Cooton Butcher, Cindy Chisholm, Garret Combs, Ashleigh Crain, Vinnie Dang, Robert Dietz, Hannah Dopson, Shelby Driggers, Leon Evans, Darius Fernandez, Faith Finley, Kayla Griffis, Derica Harvey, Bobby Huggins, Larry Hutchins, Darryl Johnson, Austen King, Kassidy Long, Dawn Mack, James Markham, Justin Miller, John Milton, Tianna Mitchell, Samuel Murphy, Hailey Palmer, Victoria Paulson, Dustin Phillips, Alisha Ploucher, Christen Pressley, Logan Raulerson, Edward Raulerson, Brittany Ray, Royce Rhoden, Donald Rosier, Jasmine Ruise, Kyle Ryan, Jena Sands, Kendrick Singleton, Thomas Sirk, Brandon Smith, Caitlyn Smith, Hunter Sullivan, Richard Tharpe, Chelsea Thompson, Hannah Trippett, Danielle Westberry, Tamisha White, Sarah Whitehead, Joshua Willey, Michael Williams, James Wood

10th Grade: Rick Adams, Ryan Bellovich, Brooklyn Bennett, Jake Betros, Hannah Blue, Billie Brannen, Sam Bussey, Brandy Callihan, Stormi Clouse, Justin Colon, Kandace Conner, Chelsea Crews, Brendan Diperna, Thomas Dorsey, Sarah Dugger, Robert Dyer, Billy Folsom, Lana Gregg, Jordan Hand, Desiree Harris, Taylor Hartley, June Hartline, Ellie Helms, Joshua Howard, Kathryn Hutcheson, Alicia Jackson, Ashlyn Kerce, Savannah Knabb, James Kuster, Jeffrey Lambert, Cason Lowery, Ray Mangiafico, Maise’ Martin, Taytum McCullough, Charles Miller, Marcus Nipper, Hampton Raulerson, Rebecca Rhynehardt, Jennifer Roberson, Kevin Rumsey, Chelsey Sampley, Kentrell Sampson, Austen Steven, Brandy Swords, Brandon Taylor, Melissa Tillman, Ashley Tracy, Christopher Walton, Dallas Waters, David Widemond, Adrienne Yonn

11th Grade: Brittany Bell, Kayla Bennett, Nichole Berry, Chelsey Bryant, Brendon Butler, Heather Cales, Lindsey Cannon, Erol Carter, Mendy Chisholm, Austin Clark, Iesha Coleman, Dillion Cornn, Elizabeth Creekmore, Megan Dolan, Alyssa Donaldson, Alexander Evdokimov, Johnathan Ford, Kari Harris, Christopher Harvey, Ashley Holton, Magan Howell, Jason Hurst, Hannah Jackson, Kayleigh Johnson, Kaylann Long, Andrew May, Maegan McDonald, Kiaira McKnight, Russell Moody, Benjamin Moore, Ginger Nelson, Timothy Odom, Brandon Powell, Cortney Rhoden, Kristina Rife, Brandon Robertson, Cody Rose, Karl Sanders, Tiffany Smith, Noura Tber, Haley Thomas, Mariah Trosper, Taylor Tucker, Cloman Turner, Carissa Ward, Alexis Washington, Kristen Watkins, Cody Wheeler, Rebecca Wilds, Tiese Williams, Robert Yonn,

12th Grade: Nisserene Abdulaal, Michael Balas, James Blue, Bradley Blum, Mikesha Bowden, Ashley Bradley, Brandi Brantley, Dustin Brown, Jennifer Brown, Jamie Buford, Samantha Buhler, Alejandra Camargo-Valbuena, Erin Campbell, Ethan Campbell, Edwin Cavannaugh, Macy Coleman, Christopher Crawford, Casen Crews, Casey Crews, Kevin Crews, Tara Crews, Felisha Crosby, Ashley Curry, Joshua Dinkins, Brenden Donovan, Tiffany Doss, Randy Drouin, Jarvis Farmer, Christina Fraze, Charlotte Fry, Shayla Goethe, Morgan Griffis, Amanda Hall, Brittany Harvey, Raymond Hester, Heather High, Kyle Hill, Cierra Hilton, Michael Hodges, Tyler Hodges, Atteiram Holland, Travis Howell, Susan Jenkins, Arrianna Jennings, Kasey Johnson, Porsha Johnson, Kendra Jones, Maryann Jones, Melanie King, Shawn Langtry, Juli Lawson, Samuel Lough, Austin Luffman, Rickia Manning, Robert Manucy, Cassie Martin, Brandie Mayo, Tucker McCullough, Mary McKenna, Paula McLamb, Corryn Medecke, Nicole Melton, Erin Midyette, Tracey Miller, Page Moore, Richard Moore, Jessica Morrison, Sarah Nichols, Jacklyn Noblitt, Spencer Norman-Gerard, Jeana Pearce, Chelsea Pittman, Markala Pittman, Wade Raulerson, Megan Rentz, Heather Roberson, Ariana Ruise, Ricky Spires, Steven Starling, Kiley Stewart, Timothy Stiers, Natalye Strachan, Brandon Taylor, Taylor Vitt, Danielle Waldron, Shontia Watts, Kristi Whitener, Jonathan Wignall, Stacey Wilcox, Alyssa Wilkerson, Kristen Wilkinson, Dustin Williams, Brandon Wilson, Ron Worley, Chad Yeager, Ryan Young

The Baker High boys’ tennis team split matches last week, de-feating Hilliard on the road but losing at home to Suwannee. The netters will travel to Fernandina Beach next week for the district tournament.

The Cats defeated Hilliard on March 26 with the boys and girls teams both posting 5-2 scores. The finishes:

√ Boys’ singles: 1 seed Lew Boyette (won) 8-6; 2 seed Spen-cer Norman-Gerard (lost) 8-6; 3 seed Corey Cavannaugh (lost) 8-3; 4 seed Spencer Brunnete (won) 8-0; 5 seed Sam Swartz (won) 8-6.

√ Doubles: 1 seed Lew Boy-

ette and Spencer Norman-Gerard (won) 8-2; 2 seed Corey Cavan-naugh and Spencer Brunnette (won) 8-6.

√ Girls’ singles: 1 seed Ale Camargo-Valbuena (lost) 8-3; 2 seed Destiny De La Pena (won) 8-2; 3 seed Carissa Ward (won) 8-6; 4 seed Kari Crummey (won) 8-2; 5 seed Jessica Rhoden (won) 8-4.

√ Girls’ doubles: 1 seed Ale Camargo-Valbuena (lost) 8-9; 2 seed Destiny De La Pena and Kari Crummey (won) 8-3.

It was a different story when the teams took on the Suwannee County Bulldogs on April 2. The tough Bulldogs swept the girls

8-0 and the boys lost 7-1. Still, Coach Chris Armoreda found some bright spots. The lone win was in top-seeded doubles where the tandem of senior’s Lew Boy-ette and Spencer Norman-Gerard defeated the Bulldogs top-seed doubles players 9-7.

It was a hard fought battle and something of a grudge match. Bulldog seniors Tyler Winburn and John Walt Boatright have been battling with Boyette and Norman-Gerard for the past three seasons and the Wildcat pair has not been able to manage a win in singles or doubles play.

“Knowing that this was going to be their last match on Wildcat soil, Boyette and Norman-Ge-rard played the doubles match of their lives; defeating their Achil-les heel,” said Armoreda. “It was a sweet victory. This is a victory that both of them can savor. I am very happy for them. “

Despite the losing outcome,

there was some fight that did not exist the last time when the Cats played Suwannee in Live Oak.

“The players were determined to put up a fight and not give up,” said the coach. Even though the game outcome was the same, you have to look at it from the perspective of a game within a game. From consulting with the players, they said that about 60-70% of their games went to deuce points. That just shows that we only need to win a few games to alter the outcome.“

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Visit the historic Franklin Mercan-tile, offering affordable antiques, col-lectables and home furnishings. open Fridays and Saturdays. At the railroad crossing in glen. 259-6040. 3/19tfcSlag for sale, 10-wheeler dump truck load. Also, A-1 field dirt, cheap. Deliv-ered and spread if needed. 653-1656. 4/9cCypress mulch and red mulch. 259-2900. 4/9c Antique furniture close out: chairs, French style, hitchcock, pair of transi-tional style, mahogany desk, large nar-row French style table, Duncan Phyfe buffet with matching top, Victorian buf-fet, black wicker table, pair of end tables, rattan plant stand and more. All greatly reduced. Southern Charm, 110 South 5th Street, Macclenny. 259-4140. 3/19-4/16pGas stove $130. 259-2466. 4/9pGE 18.2 cubic foot top freezer fridge 67 3/8” h x 32 3/8” D x 28” w. Tempered glass shelves, automatic ice maker with bin, $400. Intex Vinyl pool easy set 10” x 30”, $20. Computer corner desk with file cabinet, book case and supplies drawer, color med. oak $80. Call 625-7925 leave message. 4/9p25’x36’ garage trusses $1500 oBo. 259-3300. 3/12tfcMaytag Plus 27.5 cubic foot side by side refrigerator, Bisque color, like new, ice maker, water/ice in door, worth over $1000, $575 oBo. 259-8929. 4/9-4/23p2000 17’ Crestliner aluminum bass boat, 90hp Mercury saltwater motor, depth finder, trolling motor, aluminum trailer with new tires, well maintained and garaged. excellent fish catching machine, $6000. 904-629-6503.

4/2-4/9pPro form exercise bike, excellent con-dition $50 oBo. Tony Little gazelle ex-ercise machine $50 oBo. Please call 259-3065 or 607-8821. 4/9-4/16pTwo Suwannee River Jam concert weekend passes $75 each, April 23-25, Call 412-8744, 259-5918. 4/9pArtists! Oils, acrylics, water colors, canvases, drawing pads and much more! The office Mart, 110 S. Fifth Street, 259-3737. tfc2006 F-150 extended cab heavy duty seat covers, gray in color $200. 904-408-9269. 4/9pSnapper and Murray riding mowers. Run and look good, $350 each. 200-5518 or 200-5338. 4/9pTwo prom dresses, size 7-9, only worn once, $75 each oBo. 259-9151, leave message. 4/2-4/9pInfant Natures Touch cradle swing with music, sound, like new, paid $200, ask-ing $50. white crib with underneath storage, no mattress, $25. Sears Ken-more dryer like new $100. 259-2271, 338-7153. 4/9pWedding dress and veil, size 3-5, and wedding ring set. Valued at over $1200, $550 for both or will sell separately. Also four prom dresses and one little black evening dress, $45 each oBo. Call 904-259-8774 or 259-6831. 4/9pHurry in! May 16 will be our last day open before summer shutdown. Re-opening in September. Come in now for those must-haves! 259-6040.

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2004 Honda 600 VTX chrome pack-age, two-seater with rest. garage kept $2700 oBo. 386-961-9669. 4/9-4/16p1998 Ford Escort, four door, A/C, auto-matic, $1800. 591-2916. 4/9c A Nice Toyota pickup with low miles on engine, five speed transmission. only $1500. Call 571-0913. 4/9pRV for sale - 1984 Class C motorhome with 5000 watt generator, sleeps up to six, 75,000 miles, runs great, ready for camping, bike week, Disney or any vacation. $3,800 firm. Call Tom 338-7153. 4/9p

Cedar Creek Candles Local company offering hand-poured, homemade, highly scented candles. go to www.cedarcreekcandles.net or call 904-275-2263, 904-361-8306 to place your or-der. 4/2-4/23pLocal retired man will mow your lawn, reasonable. 259-3599. 3/26-4/16pBrickyard Hunt Club established 1971 in hilliard is looking for new mem-bers! Prime location next to white oak Plantation. Family oriented, clubhouse and camping facilities, still hunt only 40+ bucks harvested last year over six points. $1000 for dues by May 1st, on first come first serve basis. Call Tom at 904-307-6070 for more information. 3/19-4/30pBabysitting in my home, near 125 and 127, reasonable prices, hot meals, snacks, all ages, any hours Monday-Fri-day, will keep overnight if needed. 838-2287. 4/2-4/30pConcealed weapons class at extreme outdoors, 455 w. Macclenny Ave. Mac-clenny, FL. April 11 at 9:00 am, $60. Register early to attend. 259-9080. 4/9cDo you have a junk car or truck to sell or haul off. Call 259-7968. 1/10tfcDIVA’s do you want more bling, bling in your jewelry box? Call your local premier jewelry lady. Shirley Dugger, Independent Distributor 904-371-0377 or 904-653-1058, [email protected] quality, high Fashion Designer Jewelry. Available for home, office, book, ladies diva or social club shows, individual sales, gifts, prom or bridal needs, and fundraisers. Ask about my hostess specials and all the free bling, bling. 4/2-4/23pDog hunting club south georgia look-ing for members. Near Fargo, 10,000 acres, dues $1000. Dear, bear, hogs and turkey. Contact 904-721-9468. 4/9-4/16pBabysit in my home, safe, loving care, hot meals, indoor and outdoor play time, educational activities. Very rea-sonable prices. Call 259-4423 or 338-6842. 4/2-4/9pWalter and Lisa Crews contact Ameri-can Storage immediately. 259-7549. If no response in two weeks, contents of unit C8 will be sold. 4/9-4/16pSewing, mending, alterations. Call 904-408-9114. 4/2-4/30pBabysitting in my home, all ages, Monday - Friday, 6:00 am - ? Indoor, outdoor activities. Close to schools, references available. 259-2917. 4/2-4/9p

Dogs: all types from puppies to adults. Animal Control, $65 adoption fees will apply. 259-6786. 11/20tfc

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1 BR, 1 BA small house on 2.75 acres. oak trees and pecan trees, fenced. Six miles from Macclenny city limits, $150,000 10% down, owner financing. 904-251-5655. 4/9-4/16pBaldwin 4 BR, 2 BA, 1876 SF .33 acres, wood/tile floors, attached carport, $179,900 oBo. 904-553-5996. 3/19-4/9pTwo lots in Copper Creek, unit III. Call 813-1580. 12/11tfc3 BR, 1 BA all brick home. quiet cul-de-sac in town. Double paned, tinted thermal windows, appliances included. Attached finished garage. Shed includ-ed. owner must relocate, $124,500. Call 259-0754 for appointment. 4/9pBaker County, 40 acres to 120 acres, starting at $4,000 per acre. 904-259-8028. 3/26-4/16c2003 4 BR, 2 BA mobile home, large open floor plan with split bedrooms, 1612 SF sits on 1.70 acres of land all for $110,000. 259-9022 3/12tfc3 acres, high and dry, fish pond, homes or mobile homes, set-up includ-ed, owner financing or cash discount. 912-843-8118. 2/22tfcSix acres in Macclenny, $20,000 an acre. 904-259-8028. 3/26-4/16c2.18 acres, in glen St. Mary, close to high school and tennis courts, zoned for mobile home or house, $69,900. All offers considered. 904-219-0480. 3/26tfc

Macclenny II area, 3 BR, 2 BA brick with in-ground pool, one acre of land, nice corner lot, $165,500. Call 259-3243 or 699-3108. 4/2-4/9p FSBO 2005 3 BR, 2 BA, brick home, 25x25 two-car garage on one plus acre in hunter’s Ridge. 1800 SF, reduced $30,000, now $200,000. Shown by appointment. 904-662-7952, 259-6153. 4/2-4/9p3 BR, 2 BA in glen St. Mary, city lot two blocks from school. $82,000. 334-3419 or 653-1136. 4/9-4/16pYou wanted to sell, now you need to sell. I buy Baker County houses. 904-219-0480. 1/29tfc2002 Homes of Merit, 3 BR, 2 BA dou-blewide with fireplace, set up on fenced in lot in Black Bottom area, $80,000. 334-8904. 4/2-4/9pMacGlen Builders, Inc. Brick homes in Macclenny from $145,000-$210,000. 813-1580. 11/13tfcFor sale or lease with option to buy, house in Macclenny, 4 BR, 2 BA, remod-eled brick home with fenced back yard and porch, hardwood floors throughout house, new roof, $130,000. Call for appointment 904-338-4651. 4/2-4/23pBrick 3 BR, 1 BA house in Sanderson on one acre, nice open floor plan with attached covered carport, offers an additional hook-up site for mobile home at back of lot, $149,000. Call 859-3026. 9/25tfcFSBO, 4 BR, 2 BA wood frame home, 4.82 acres 17598 CR 127 at intersec-tion of 127 and 125 in Cuyler $75,000 oBo. Selling as is, no owner financing. open house April 18th 10:00 am - 1:00 pm. Contact 904-306-6707 or [email protected] 4/2-4/16p Lot 23 Deerwood, $45,000. owner financing available. 813-3091. 3/5tfc

3 BR, 2 BA doublewide on one acre, $750/month, first and last. high and dry, real nice, hard road frontage. 759-5734. 4/9tfcBryceville, 3 BR, 1 BA house, $550/month, first, last, security deposit. 904-540-3302. 3/26-4/16p3 BR, 2 BA mobile home. $600/month, $600 deposit. 545-7688. 4/9p

2 BR, 1 BA, 163 South Boulevard west. Large yard, carport and patio, $850/month. Call 904-613-6001. 4/2-4/16p 2 BR, 1 BA apartment for rent in down-town Macclenny. good, quiet neighbor-hood, close to everything. No smoking, service animals only, $575/month plus deposit and last months rent. Call 904-859-3026 or 259-2417. 3/5tfc3 BR, 2 BA doublewide on ½ acre on corner of 125 South and Mudlake Road. $750/month, $1050 deposit. Call 904-259-9066. Available March 1st. 2/5tfcHomes and mobile homes for rent from $750-850 monthly. 259-3343. 11/13tfcNice apartment, 1 BR, 1 BA, kitchen, in downtown Macclenny, $495/month plus deposit. 904-540-4450. 4/9c3 BR, 1 ½ BA in city, 10 x 12 shop or storage, no smoking, $800/month, first and last month’s rent plus deposit. Call Jason 591-1910. 4/2-4/9p3 BR, 2 BA mobile home like new, $650/month, first month plus $500 deposit. glen area, service animals only. 259-2121. 7/24tfc3 BR, 2 BA doublewide on one acre 1/10 mile south of I-10 on 121 by the tower. $950/month, $1300 deposit. New set up. Call 259-9066. 4/2tfc2 BR, 1 BA mobile home $300 deposit, $600/month. Call 259-2072 or 259-2787. 4/2-4/9p3 BR, 2 BA mobile home, garbage pickup, water & lawn maintenance pro-vided, $450-$585. 912-843-8118. 9/18tfc3 BR, 2 BA newer home in city, 61 east Boulevard. Fresh paint, neutral colors. No smoking, $895/month. Available April 8. 904-887-6363. 4/9p3 BR, 2 BA doublewide mobile home, $700/month rent and $700 deposit. 259-9022. 3/12tfcMobile homes. 2 and 3 BR, A/C, service animals only, $500-$575 plus deposit. 904-860-4604. 3/17tfc2 BR, 1 BA mobile home, central h/A, $565/month, first, last plus $300 deposit. Includes water, lawn service and trash. 259-7335. 6/12tfc3 BR, 2 BA mobile home in Baldwin, no deposit, $600/month. 2 BR, 1 BA mobile home in glen, no deposit, $125 weekly. 910-5434, Nextel beep 160*132311*2. 4/9c

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COUNTRY LIVING! MLS#438836 Close to the city. This mobile hm sits on 2.32 acres w/4BR 2BA. A must see. Bring all o� ers! $150,000

SPACIOUS HOME – MLS# 443952 4BR/2BA with pool. Concrete block home with brick front. O� ers over 1600 SF. Call for an appt. $114,000

ABSOLUTELY WORTH IT! - MLS#406637 Be the proud owners of the exquisite 3BR 2BA 2 story home w gorgeous wood � ooring throughout. This is a must see!

NEW HOME SITE! MLS#416006 Heavily treed lots, no building time frames, 2400 SF, min. home, 1 horse per acre allowed.

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FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS – NOW IS THE TIME! MLS#468067 This 3BR 2BA home has a beautiful pool w/48 foot deck. Large open � oor plan & lots of storage. Call today! $115,500

BRING EVERYONE! – MLS#423992 Bring family, pets and all the neighbors! This property will take care of all. Seller will give an allowance for any painting & updating of house. Price has been drastically reduced. Bring all o� ers! $599,000

THE PLANTATION - MLS# 465612 Beautiful 3BR/2BA home on 2.54 acres in old nursery plantation. Make this your dream home. $270,000

PERFECT LAND! - MLS# 408378 45.63 Acres! Great for horses & agriculture. CR121. Has older home & 2 rentals. Close to St. Mary’s River. $625,000

MOTIVATED SELLER! - MLS#453352 Will consider any and all o� ers - regardless of the amount. Very motivated seller. 2.29 acres, zoned commercial. Located ¼ mile o� Interstate 10. $250,000

IDEAL COMM. PROP – MLS#397003 On interstate 50, 41 acres & seller will consider to build to suit. Don’t miss this great opportunity!

VACANT LAND - MLS#469645 Bring those house plans with you, once you walk this land you will look no further. 2.50 acres w/deep pond in front. Call today!

JAX RANCH CLUB – MLS# 452129 Get away from city by owning this spectacular vacant lot of 2.53 acres. Come canoe & ride horses. $100,000

YOU WILL WHOLE HEARTEDLY AGREE – MLS#416015 You will agree that this is a wonderful place to build your dream home. Call today!

COUNTRY SETTING – MLS#467440 1 home per 7.5 acres. Build your dream home on 15 acres completely cleared and waiting for you! $289,000

HIGH & DRY! MLS# 428488 5.63 acres for you to build your dream home! Surrounded by gorgeous homes. Large pole barn. Homes only.

DREAMS COME TRUE! MLS#416031 Build the home you have always wanted on the beautiful land with lots of trees. Why wait?

BRING YOUR HORSES! MLS#459119 Beautiful 4BR/3.5BA cedar home on 9.3 acres. Four car garage, 3 fenced grazing areas and pool with spa & much more! $449,900

SECLUDED ACRES! – MLS# 438950 Thirteen private & secluded acres. Partially fenced with water & power already installed. Close to everything!

REDUCED! Won’t Last Long! – MLS# 396631 3BR/3.5BA home in Macclenny o� ers 2,359 SF 3.67 acres, large rooms, formal entrance, large bonus room & much more!

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THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS, Thursday, April 9, 2009 Page 1�2 BR, 2 BA mobile home in River heights Mobile home Park, Macedonia. 891-4053. 4/2-4/9pEfficiency apartment, all utilities included $525/month, first, last, $300 security. 259-7335. 2/12tfc4 BR, 2 BA doublewide. Peaceful country lot, very nice. $825/month. 476-8907. 4/9p14x80 mobile home on two acres. 259-6616. 4/9p

1997 Redman doublewide 28x80, 4 BR, 3 BA, living room, dining room, den and laundry room. Very nice, asking $35,000. Call 910-7146. 3/26-4/2p2009 32x56, 4 BR, 2 BA, delivery setup, skirting, steps, A/C installed $56,900. 904-259-8028. 3/26-4/16c2008 28x52, 3 BR, 2 BA, must go, deliv-ery, setup, skirting, steps and A/C installed $52,900. 904-259-8028. 3/26-4/16c2009 32x80 4 BR, 2 BA, living room, den, delivery, setup, skirting, steps, A/C installed $69,900. 904-259-8028.

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Smoky mountain cabin, trout stream, near Cherokee, NC, gatlinburg, TN, Pigeon Forge and Dollywood, $350/week. 386-752-0013. 3/12-4/30p

Small office, utilities included, $400/month. 259-9022. 3/12tfcOffice space for rent, prime location, downtown Macclenny, $588.50 per month plus deposit. Call 259-6546. 1/8ftc1000 SF office space located on 121. 259-9022. 11/20tfcCommercial building for lease with 4,000 SF available, on main Macclenny intersec-tion with plenty of parking space, call 259-2417. 10/16tfc

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2" and 4" wellsCall Roger or Roger Dale

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TREE & STUMP REMOVALwe haul junk cars and trucks

we sell and train horsesLooK

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KONNIE’S KLEAR POOLSwe build in-ground pools

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ROCK CONTRACTORS, INC.New home construction,

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SANDS TRUCKING & LAND DEVELOPMENT, INC.

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MUNSON ELECTRIC CO.For all your electrical needs

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LOCAL LAWN SERVICEMowing, weed eating, weeding gar-

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APPLIANCE DOCTORAir conditioners • heat pumps

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C.F. WHITESEPTIC TANK SERVICES

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we sell:Fill dirt starting at $100 per load

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GATEWAY PEST CONTROL, INC.

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FILL DIRTCulverts installed

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ANGEL AqUA, INC.water softeners - Iron filters

City or well systemsChlorine Removal

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CYPRESS LAWN SERVICE Locally owned and operated

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MICHAEL & JONATHAN’S LANDSCAPING, IRRIGATION

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PRINTING & FAXINGBlack & white, Color Copies,

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and so much more!!!The office Mart

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PEACOCK PAINTING, INC.Professional painting

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25 years experience259-5877

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MACGLEN BUILDERS, INC.Design / Build

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blowing, flower beds, weed pulling, mulch, trim and remove trees

Licensed and insuredJason

591-19104/2-4/9p

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The BCHS Future Farmers of America chapter capped an out-standing year of competition by winning the state Poultry Career Development Event on Saturday at the University of Florida.

The BCHS squad beat 29 teams from around the state and earned a chance to represent Florida at the National FFA Con-vention in Indianapolis.

The team of Timmy Gibson, Chelsea Crews, Austin Gibson, and Matt Cantrell took the award. Gibson was also the second rated individual in the competition and Crews ranked fifth individually.

“To understand how close

these scores are, there was only 22 points difference between Timmy and Matt,” said sponsor Greg Johnson.

The purpose of the contest is to stimulate interest in learning activities related to the produc-tion, processing, marketing and consumption of poultry prod-ucts. Members competed in eight areas involved in the poultry seg-ments. Students learn the USDA grading procedures for interior eggs, exterior eggs, ready-to-cook carcasses, parts, production hens. They also take a written test.

The team had earlier placed

first and second in the state poul-try contest in Tampa and had a lot of momentum going into the event.

“My students learn the USDA grading procedures for interior eggs, exterior eggs, ready-to-cook carcasses, parts, production hens, written test, and reasons on the hens,” said Johnson. “This chapter has placed second in this contest for four years in a row.

“It was great to overcome this challenge and for the students to be rewarded for their hard work and dedication to our chapter.”

The last year the BCHS chap-ter won in this event was 1998.

Baker high FFA betters 29 teamsto win statewide poultry contest

The Baker County Middle School symphonic band played its way to four high ratings from judges during the District 4 Mu-sic Performance Assessment held at Bradford County High on March 28.

Judges gave the 54-member band two excellent and two su-perior ratings on both prepared and spontaneous performances. Bands from seven area counties competed that day.

“The performance is equiva-lent to the band’s FCAT,” said band director Bill McClendon, adding that two of the three judges are considered among the toughest in Florida.

“They enjoyed the perfor-mance so much they want to come and help rehearse the band next year before the festival [con-

test] to make them even better,” said Mr. McClendon.

Each band prepares three se-lections for a stage performance, then competes in a sight-reading portion where they are given two new pieces of music they have never seen before.

Bands are given eight min-utes to practice the new pieces without playing on instruments — they sing and clap instead.

The BCMS students rated highest on two of the prepared selections, and collected supe-riors on the third plus the sight reading.

BCMS musicians scorehigh on the ‘band FCAT’

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Study participants in the sin-gle largest women’s fitness study ever conducted reported losing a total of two elephants — eight tons —last year.

Based on the preliminary results from the 2008 Curves/Avon Fitness Study, 20,141 par-ticipants lost a total of 36,000 pounds during the 30-day study. And Curves of Macclenny is looking for local women to par-ticipate in this study as it contin-ues in 2009.

Participants will have access to the Curves workout for 30 days for a modest fee, and must com-plete at least 12 workouts during that period, with a minimum of three workouts per week. In ad-dition, participants will receive pre-and-post fitness evaluations, results that can be tracked and compared, and supervison by a Curves trainer.

“With so many fitness choic-es, this is a great, no-obligation way for women to see the ac-tual results they can get in just 30 days at Curves. And if they want to join when the study is over, their fee goes toward the purchase of a membership,” said Melissa Crews, owner of Curves of Macclenny. “Our goal

is to provide women with a prov-en weight loss program at a price that fits in today’s budget.”

Participants will also utilize our CurvesSmart technology to keep them motivated via in-stant feedback. The system has a “personal trainer” built into ev-ery machine, and it ensures in-dividual success by helping get real results.

The Exercise and Sports Nu-trition Laboratory at Texas A&M will continue evaluating the re-search and analyzing the results, which will then be published in various journals. Preliminary numbers from the initial 2008 Curves/Avon Fitness Study re-ported the participants lost ap-proximately 75,000 inches (21 football fields) in the 30 days.

For more information on the fitness study, please contact Ms. Crews at 904 259-1343, or visit the Macclenny Curves location at 1206 S. 6th Street.

The Curves system works every major muscle group with a complete 30-minute workout that combines strength training and sustained cardiovascular ac-tivity through safe and effective hydraulic resistance.

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School CalendarApril 9 BCHS: Junior Varsity & Varsity Baseball (H), 3:30 & 6:00 p.m. Softball (H), 6:00 p.m. BMS: Band Parent Mtg., 7:00 p.m. MES: First Grade Fieldtrip to Silver Springs, Second & Third Grade Easter Parties, Mrs. Sullivan’s Living Museum, Cafeteria, 9:30 - 10:45 a.m. WES: Student Spring & Class Pictures, Good Morning Show, 8:00 a.m. PK/K: Book Fair, “A Salute to Disney” Play, BCMS Auditorium, 6:30 p.m. (Kosier, Sweat, Alderman, McLarty, Horne)

April 10 MES: Second Grade Fieldtrip to SeaWorld, First Grade & ESE Easter Parties. WES: Recycling Fair. PK/K: Book Fair, “Spring Fling” @ BMS: School Track

April 11 BCHS: Boys’ Weightlifting Qualifier (H), 12:00 p.m.

April 13 District-wide: Spring Break BCHS: District Tennis @ Fernandina (TA), Baseball Tournament @ Williston

April 14 District-wide: Spring Break. BCHS: District Tennis @ Fernandina (TBA), Drama Trip to Arkansas, Baseball Tournament @ Williston

April 15 District-wide: Spring Break. BCHS: District Tennis @ Fernandina (TBA), Baseball Tournament @ Williston, Drama Trip to Arkansas

Technologysummer camp

Lake City Community Col-lege will be holding an engineer-ing technology summer camp for 7th and 8th graders at the cam-pus. There will be two sessions to choose from: session one will be held June 15-18 or session two which will be held June 22-25. Times for both sessions will be from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm.

The camp is free to students, but each is responsible for their own lunch.

For more information contact Debbie King at 386-754-4442 or email her at [email protected].

36,000 pounds lost

Baker High’s class of 1965 gathers to reminisce on March 14...Classmates and some former teachers got together r ecently for an evening of r emembering and fellowship near the 44th an -niversary of their graduation from Baker County High School. The event was held the evening of March 14 in the church hall of the Christian Fellowship Temple in Macclenny, and also included impersonations by Elvis, Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty. Pictured above are: (back, l-r) Robert W olfe, Janice Hancock, Judi Johnson, Dale Y arborough, Cheryl Shannon, Gail Combs, Martha Starling, Judy McCully, Janet Teague, Ronnie Gene and Nina Crews, Frank Jones, Joann Powell, Ronnie Taylor, Thomas Dyal, Harold Griffis and Wallace Foran. In the front row are former faculty members Tom and Joann Covington, Mary Finley, Joyce Weldon and classmate Richard Hodges. Photo courtesy of Robert Wolfe

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‘Eggstravaganza’set for April 11th

The fifth annual Easter Egg-stravaganza will be held at the county fairgrounds on Saturday, April 11 from 10:00 am until noon.

The Easter Bunny arrives at 10:50 and the hunt for eggs (chil-dren from infants to 12 years old) begins at 11:00. The event is free and all children must be accom-panied by an adult.

Eggstravaganza is sponsored by the Destiny People Worship Center of Macclenny with sup-port of area businesses. It also includes extreme games, prizes and food concessions.

For more details, call 424-7474.

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