Celebration of Life for Rodney Kelly Sunday
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Celebration of Life for Rodney Kelly Sunday

Hi Y’all, most of you know that Lanark Village and the surrounding areas are historic. Even before Camp Gordon Johnston (originally Camp Carrabelle) in 1942, it was a resort town named Lanark-On-The-Gulf, with a beautiful resort inn, Lanark Inn, in the late 1800s. You can get more information by visiting the Camp Gordon Johnston Museum…

Quilters lend financial support to libraries
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Quilters lend financial support to libraries

Hi Y’all, Memorial Day, May 26 is coming up. While we are getting ready for picnics, partying, and all the fun that goes with a holiday, let’s remember the servicemen and women who sacrificed their lives to protect their country, their families, and all of us. Camp Gordon Johnston American Legion Post 82 will be…

Emergency management helps us prepare for hurricanes
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Emergency management helps us prepare for hurricanes

Hi Y’all, I hope your Mother’s Day was filled with love, whether it was for you or from you. The snowbirds are leaving, and things are calming down a bit. They will be missed. Now that the fun has lessened, it is a good time to get down to more serious matters in Lanark. Hurricane…

Saturday’s home tour to blend old and new
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Saturday’s home tour to blend old and new

The 19th century home of one of Apalachicola’s most legendary citizens, eminent botanist Dr. Alvan W. Chapman, highlights the Historic Apalachicola Home and Garden Tour this Saturday, May 3.  Chapman, whose research and writings on Southern flora earned international acclaim, and whose name graces many plants named in his honor, resided in the five-bay Classical…

‘Little Shop’ promises to be must-see
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‘Little Shop’ promises to be must-see

The upcoming Panhandle Players production of ‘Little Shop of Horrors” slated for May 8 to 11 at the Chapman Auditorium could have turned into a horror show. Instead, by all indications, the production next week has all the makings of a production that will be an indelible moment in local theatre history. Sounds like hyperbole?…

LVA members to meet Monday
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LVA members to meet Monday

Hi Y’all, what a beautiful day on Saturday for the Carrabelle Riverfront Festival. Lanark’s favorite pirate, George Young, was hanging around Carrabelle, adding fun and interest. There were many vendors to enjoy and select from their beautiful items. The selection of yummy food was a favorite of all at the festival.  The Lanark Village Wandering…

Quilt show, Carrabelle festival to highlight weekend
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Quilt show, Carrabelle festival to highlight weekend

Hi Y’all, Happy Easter Week If you want to know what is happening with the St. James/Lanark Volunteer Fire Department, attend one of the meetings on the third Monday of each month at 6 p.m. ET. Often, residents put out questions, but are not going to the source to get the correct answers. Get involved,…

Carrabelle Beach to hold Easter Sunrise service
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Carrabelle Beach to hold Easter Sunrise service

Hi Y’all, wishing you a Happy Easter. Lanark started their Easter celebrations with an annual Easter egg hunt on the Lanark Village Golf Course, sponsored by the LVGC and the Facebook group the Village Idiots. Once again, the course was filled with happy children searching for eggs the volunteers had hidden, and there were plenty…

Piano virtuoso to perform Sunday at Trinity
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Piano virtuoso to perform Sunday at Trinity

The Ilse Newell Fund for the Performing Arts will feature American Piano Awards finalist Sasha Kasman Laude at a concert this Sunday, April 13 at 4 p.m. ET at Trinity Episcopal Church in Apalachicola. Born in 1995 in Moscow to a pair of accomplished pianists, Sasha moved with her family to America after her father…