At the April 20 Class 1A District 3 track and field meet in Port St. Joe, Franklin County had a host of runners take part. In the 3200-meters, roughly equivalent to two miles, eighth grader Josiah Friddle ran third, with a time of 12:00.45, which as the 19th best time in the region, qualified him…
Because of COVID-19, there was no banquet last year to honor the teacher of the year, and the many support staff who make the entire district run. This year started off with the same set of challenges, and after the selection of these top people was made earlier in the year, the Franklin Education Foundation…
The Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission and UF/IFAS Extension – Florida Sea Grant have partnered to implement an innovative community-driven effort to restore scallop populations, and we need your help! Scallop Sitter volunteers are trained to assist in Bay, Gulf and Franklin Counties. The goal of the program is to increase scallop populations in…
Its a Thursday afternoon and a group of strangers have gathered to talk about something personal, painful, and raw. I ask the group to share why they have decided to attend today. Nearly every response suggests a yearning to be understood; to be in the company of others who get it. As we close our first…
Gas prices and inflation shoot up, there is trouble in Iran, crime is increasing and we have commodity shortages, economic malaise, problems at the border and lines at the gas stations. Wow,
Theres no polite way to put this; Frankie may not be the brainiest bird in the coop. But the homing pigeon is home now, having flown 1,389 miles back to Albuquerque, New Mexico. Thats flown as in inside of an airplane, not flown as in by his own two wings through the air. Still, in…
COVID-19 is a virus, and like a great many other viruses, the damage that it does is due to the bodys reaction to it: inflammation. The symptoms well-known to the general population shortness of breath, fatigue, loss of sense of taste or smell are all the result of the bodys inflammatory responses to…
Your loved one or friend suffers from chronic depression, and youd do anything for them. But sometimes you wonder if youre doing more harm than good. Besides feeling as if almost everything you say ends up being wrong, the longevity of their depression is beginning to wear on you. When my family and several of…
Will Rogers died in a plane crash on August 15, 1935, near Point Barrow, Alaska. On August 16, 1935, in New York City, Patsy Montana and the Prairie Ramblers recorded I Want to Be a Cowboys Sweetheart for the American Record Corporation. You would think one had nothing to do with the other. And neither…
There was a surprise waiting for Ted Mosteller and Sheryl Clouse at the offices of the Apalachicola Bay Chamber of Commerce on April 22, and it wasnt additional work being asked of them. Although thats what they thought it likely could be. Ted, I need you at the office at 9:45 a.m. Chamber Director John…
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