Klink named Teacher of the Year
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Klink named Teacher of the Year

ByDavid Adlerstein

In 2006, Tara Klink was the valedictorian of the Apalachicola High School graduating class, and Heather Lee was the salutatorian.Seventeen years later, the two young women have been named Teachers of the Year, Klink for the entire district after being selected the top teacher at Franklin County Schools, and Lee, now married to husband Eric…

Thursday Apalach library talk to focus on African American women’s groups in early 1900’s
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Thursday Apalach library talk to focus on African American women’s groups in early 1900’s

ByThe Times

This Thursday, March 16 at 6 p.m., the Apalachicola Library will host a ‘HerStory’ event with visiting professor Dr. Cynthia Patterson, speaking on her research into various women’s groups in early 1900’s Apalachicola. Patterson chiefly studied the Black and African American women’s groups which received press in the Apalachicola Times, most notably from 1901-1904. The library…

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Gulf Franklin Campus shows off its best

ByThe Times

Patients at Gulf Coast State College’s Gulf Franklin Campus cry, bleed, breathe, speak and give birth — so long as they’re plugged in. The college’s new nursing simulation labs were among the cutting edge technology on display at the school’s open house last week. On Jan. 24, dozens of people gathered in GCSC’s new nursing…

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Whaley initiated into Omicron Delta Kappa

ByThe Times

Eli Whaley was recently initiated into the Troy University Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society.  A 2020 graduate of Franklin County High school, Whaley, son of Lorne and Cheryl Whaley, of Carrabelle, also has been named to the Chancellor’s List at Troy University for the Fall Semester/Term 2 of the 2022-23…

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Chapman Class of ‘59 holds 63rd reunion

ByThe Times

The Chapman High School Class of 1959 held their 63rd class reunion at the lakeside home of Jerry and Cece Paulk of Panama City, and of Opp, Alabama on  Nov. 9, 2022. Those in attendance were Tommy Huckabe, Sandy Howze, Penny Hicks Worden, Jerry Paulk, Lucretia Kirvin Biddle, Wilma Wright Reed, Gynelle Barber Bush, Rosemary…

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Seahawks turn to Coach Cooper

ByDavid Adlerstein

John Cooper, a 30-year-old offensive line coach from Wakulla County who was an assistant coach for the Seahawks five years ago, has accepted an offer to lead the Franklin County High School football program. Superintendent Steve Lanier said he plans to recommend Cooper’s name for school board approval this month, with the coach expected to…

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Charles Mohr, Alvan Chapman and the ‘sleeping angel’

ByThe Times

At the north end of Apalachicola’s Magnolia Cemetery on Bluff Road, the Mohr family plot lies in the shade of an old cedar tree. Tall weeds, fallen palm fronds and years of dirt obscure the gravestones while Spanish moss hanging from live oaks nearby adds to the air of age and neglect.  In the middle…

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Carrabelle’s ‘Pen to Paper’ series opens Monday

ByThe Times

The Carrabelle Branch of the Franklin County Public Libraries will host a writers’ series “Pen to Paper” from January through May 2023.  Kicking off this exciting series, on Monday, January 9 at 2 p.m, will be a panel of five local authors, featuring Dawn Radford, Tiffany Jo Howell, D.J. Mays, Sidsel ‘Sid’ McOmie and Anthony…