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II I k ** ORIGIN MIXEDl ADC 325 1, R ,I "1 LORIDA' A 1 .II STORY PO BOX\ [ 1 7,00) GA LINESv\'Ij,i, ,l, :2LI-7/007 Inforimling more than 17,000 readers daily in print and online ?LORIDAN Vol.90 No.40 Jackson Coawz Conmtia >:.. io? Studies continue into housing for departments BY DEBORAH BUCKHALTER dbuckhalter@jcfloridan.com Jackson County commission- ers have ordered further study into the possibility of building one or two new structures to house county departments, and may soon put one of the county's oldest buildings on the market. Those options were discussed in a workshop held Tuesday im- mediately after the board's regu- lar first-of-month commission meeting. The sale of Jackson County Community Development headquarters on Lafayette Street in Marianna could help pay for a new building to replace the 1950's structure, board mem- bers say. The cost of replacing it is estimated at $1.5 million to $2 million. But commissioners are also considering a much larger proj- ect, one that could cost more than $10 million. The board has dusted off an old set of plans for a new administration build- ing that could include space for community development, and are also considering another option. The county might instead build two structures, putting community development in one and housing administration and See HOUSING, Page 9A MARLONE Heavy rains close New Bridge Road '. - MARK SKINNER/FLORIDAN Water from recent heavy rains covers part of New Bridge Road on Tuesday near Malone. Jackson County Road and Bridge announced the road's closure and advised caution when traveling nearby Ulyss and St. Phillips roads, both of which had water across them, but were passable as of Tuesday afternoon. County urges caution on two more From staff reports The Jackson County Road and Bridge Department reported Tuesday that New Bridge Road, which runs east- west between Old US Road and Pleas- ant Ridge Road in Malone, is closed until further notice due to excess rain. The department also advised travel- ers to use caution on two additional roads in the Malone area: Chipola River flood stages n Action Stage: 15 feet n Flood Stage: 19 leet M Moderate Stage: 26 feet )) Major Stage: 39.10 feet Source: NOAA.gov Ulyss Road (between Sellers Road and Pleasant Ridge Road). ) St. Phillips Road (between Highway 2 and Holyneck Road).' Both Ulyss and St. Phillips were listed as passable Tuesday, but with water across them and more rain expected, travelers are advised to use extreme caution. Rain today, then clearing The National Weather Service in See RAINS, Page 9A BY ANGIE COOK acook@jcfloridan.com When she saw a ball of bees congregat- ing in her camellia bush Saturday, Nola Register wasn't sure what was attracting them or how long they planned to stay. But a conversation with her neighbor re- vealed that what she was looking at was a fleeting marvel of nature, and it might be gone before the weekend was up. Her neighbor was right. See BEES, Page 9A County adopts, but resents, flood ordinance BY DEBORAH BUCKHALTER dbuckhalter@jcfloridan.com Jackson County Commissioners didn't like it, but on Tuesday the board voted to repeal the county's existing floodplain management ordinance, replacing it with a new chapter under pressure from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The new rules will apply to all flood hazard areas in the county. Commis- sioner Jeremy Branch, who made the unanimously-approved motion to take that action, put it on the record that he did so reluctantly. Commissioners say that not adopt- ing the new version of Chapter 38 in the county code of ordinances would violate a national mandate and that the county's penalty for non-compli- ance would punish local residents. If the county failed to bring the outdated chapter up to date, owners of property here could no longer participate in the federal flood insurance program. Local officials say they object to the new version of flood regulations in part because it more narrowly limits the board's ability to grant variances re- lated to construction activities allowed by owners of properties in flood hazard areas. The new rules also place more respon- sibility on the shoulders of the local gov- ernment. It must appoint a floodplain administrator to receive floodplain de- velopment permits, inspect projects for compliance and carry out many related duties. The county must adopt flood hazard maps, adopt certain new crite- ria and procedures for development in the floodplain. More regulation for compliance would fall to the building official and commu- nity development department. And in- stead of simply incorporating, by refer- ence alone, any changes in the Florida Building Code, the county would have to set those out as they apply specifi- cally to the local code. In the old code, violations of the flood regulations can be punished by a fine of $500 per violation, upon proper adjudi- cation of guilt in a non-criminal proce- dure. The new code gives the floodplain administrator the authority to issue a stop-work order if he or she finds a project in the works out of compliance. The new ordinance is not retroac- tively enforced upon existing structures unless those structures are modified. If changes occur, however, the new regu- lations come into play. While searching for a spot to set up'a new hive, a swarm of bees settles in for a short stay in the front yard of a Green Street home on Saturday MAR night in MARK SKINNER/FLORIDAN Marianna. > CLASSIFIEDS...7B This Newspaper Is Printed On . Recycled Newsprint -..,- 7 1 I Y6 5 1 6 11! 8 7 65161 80050' 9 ) ENTERTAINMENT...6B Follow us Facebook Twitter ) LOCAL...3A . >OBITUARIES...9A Marianna woman gets a visit from a swarm of honeybees ) STATE...6A ))SPORTS...1B ) NATION...7A *' "'* **" St. * ,," al .n -12A WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2013 WAIE-Up CIAL JACKSON COUNTY FLORIDAN www.jcfloridan.com Weather Outlook Moring rain & showers. Clearimn, later. Today Jiminkitc \,R% y Z* -^, * Hi.ih: 65 .' -, ,*, I*": 39 ". ',' ... / S Igh: 66 - Lo: -10 lih: 68 1.. --- \ j LoU : I4 1 _' :. High: 7 67 3. ) Lo 4: 40 ,"-- 1 -111 .(1' High 640 Low 38' Thursday Mostly sunny & mild. + y High 58 Low -31' Saturday Sunny & cold. '.1. - 7 l, I:.. .uo 1110l )o Low 390 Friday Mostly sunny & mild. High 56 Low- 32' Sunday Sunny & cold. -2 t T- Iligh: h5 l* 'Low: 42 .' *t.H- _ HI.oM: 37 NUhlLP PRECIPITATION 24 hours Month to date Normal MTD TIDES Panama City Apalachicola Port St. Joe Destin Pensacola 0.28" 2.62" 2.23" Year to date Normal YTD Normal for year S'- High: 69 Slow: 145 Iilgh: 69 Lou: 43 7.43" 59.26" ULTRAVIOLET INDEX Low Low Low Low Low RIVER READINGS Woodruff Blountstown Marianna Caryville 7:37 PM 11:52AM 7:42 PM 8:53 PM 11:40 PM High High High High High Reading 58.01 ft. 14.51 ft. 9.36 ft. 11.19 ft. - 12:11 PM - 5:31 AM - 12:44 PM - 1:17 PM - 1:50 PM Flood Stage 66.0 ft. 15.0 ft. 19.0 ft. 12.0 ft. 0-2 Low, 3-5 Moderate, 6-7 High, 8-10 Very High, 11+ Extreme 0 1 2 3 -1 5 THE SUN AND MOON Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset 6:23 AM 5:27 PM 8:12 AM 9:09 PM Feb.. Feb. Feb. Mar. 10 17 25 4 FLORIDA'S EAL PANHANDLE COUNTRY MEDIA PARTNERS WJAQ 100.9 FM ISTN sHRWATH EDES 7's I I -7 Sr-r- -l - JACKSON COUNTY FLORIDAN Publisher Valeria Roberts vroberts@jcfloridan.com Circulation Manager Dena Oberski doberski@jcfl6ridan.com CONTACT US Telephone: 850-526-3614 FAX: 850-482-4478 Email: editorial@jcfloridan.com Mailing Address: P.O. Box 520, Marianna, FL 32447 Street Address: 4403 Constitution Lane Marianna, FL 32446 Office Hours: Weekdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., MISS YOUR PAPER? You should receive your newspaper no later than 6 a.m. If it does not arrive, call Circula- tion between 6 a.m. and noon, Tuesday to Friday, and 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Sunday. The Jackson County Floridan (USPS 271-840) is published Tuesday through Friday and Sunday mornings. Periodical postage paid at Marianna, FL. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Home delivery: $11.23 per month; $32.83 for three months: $62.05 for six months; and $123.45 for one year. All prices include applicable state and local taxes. Mail subscriptions must be paid in advance. Mail Subscriptions are: $46.12 for three months; $92.24 for six months; and $184.47 for one year. ADVERTISING The advertiser agrees that the publisher shall not be liable for damages arising out of errors and advertisements beyond the amount paid for the space actually occupied by that portion of the advertise- ments in which the error occurred, whether such error is due to -I- r.i:gl .-.i,' .f the publisher's employees or otherwise, and there shall be not liability for non-inser- tion of any advertisement beyond the amount paid for such advertisement. This newspaper will.not knowingly accept or publish illegal material of any kind: Advertis- ing which expresses preference based on legally protected personal characteristics is not acceptable. HOW TO GET YOUR NEWS PUBLISHED The Jackson County Floridan will publish news of general interest free of charge. Submit your news or Community Calendar events via e-mail, fax, mail, or hand delivery. Fees may apply for wedding, engagement, anniversary and birth announcements. Forms are available at the Floridan offices. Photographs must be of good quality and suitable for print. The Floridan reserves the right to edit all submissions. GETTING IT RIGHT The Jackson County Floridan's policy is to correct mistakes promptly. To report an error, please call 526-3614 Monday-Friday. TODAY ) AARP Foundation Tax-Aide Volunteers Free Tax Return Preparation 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Jackson County Agriculture Center. Call 482-9620 during business hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for an appointment. a Chipola Retirees Breakfast and Fellowship 9:30 a.m. at the Gazebo Coffee Shoppe & Deli. All retirees, spouses and friends are invited to attend. ) Alcoholics Anonymous Open Meeting Noon to 1 p.m. in the AA room of First United Methodist Church, 2901 Caledonia St. in Marianna. ) Basic Computer Class Part 2 Noon to 3 p.m. at Goodwill Career Training Center, 4742 US 90, Marianna. Learn about and register for free services. Call 526-0139.' THURSDAY, FEB. 14 n Job Club Noon to 3 p.m. at the Goodwill Career Training Center, 4742 US 90, Marianna. Learn job seeking/retention skills; get job search assistance. Call 526-0139. ) Marianna Kiwanis Club Meeting Noon at Jim's Buffet & Grill, 4329 Lafayette St., Marianna. Call 482-2290. a Employability Workshop, Mock Interviewing - 2:30 p.m. at Marianna One Stop Career Center. Call 718-0326. ) Jackson County School Board Regular Monthly Workshop Meeting 4 p.m. at the School Board -ii: ting room, 2903 Jefferson St., Marianna. Meeting is open to the ;.il-it:i: and agenda is posted at www.jcsb.org. Call 482-1200. ) AARP Foundation Tax-Aide Volunteers Free Tax Return Preparation 4-7 p.m. at the Jackson County,-'gr i,: I, itr,- Center. Call 482-9620 during business hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for an appointment. ))Quit Smoking Now Class/Support Grqup - 5:30 p.m. at Jackson Hospital in the Cafeteria Board Room. Free td attend. Curriculum developed by ex-smokers for those who want to become ex- smokers -ilim : :l, :. Call 718-2545. ) Grand Ridge Town Council Regular Meeting - 6 p.m. at the Grand Ridge Town Hall. Call 592- 4621. ) Alcoholics Anonymous Closed discussion, 8-9 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 2901.Cale- donia St., Marianna, in the AA room. Attendance limited to persons with a desire to stop drinking; papers will not be signed. FRIDAY, FEB. 15 ) Small business seminar "Business Plans"- 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Chipola College in Room M-108 of the Business and Technology building. The S-rnii-,, :.. ill help participants discover which busi- ness type is best suited for their personality, and how to create a working business,model to obtain financing and create a successful business. Call 718-2441 or email seversone@chipola.edu. ) Knitters Nook 10 a.m. at the Jackson County Public Lit.i.-r ,, Marianna Branch. New and experi- enced knitters are welcomed. Call 482-9631. ) Money Sense, Financial Literacy Noon to 4 p.m. at Goodwill Career Training Center, 4742 US 90, Marianna. Money Sense is a class that covers different topics in money management to empower people to take charge of their finances and create their own wealth. Call 526-0139. ) Chipola Area Board of Realtors Awards Ban- quet 5:30 p.m. at St. Luke's Church in Marianna. Cocktail Hour is 5:30-6:30 p.m. followed by supper at 7 p.m. ::.r n...:.l t i e- :ir ... ri., packet from www. ChipolaAreaBoardofRealtors.com, or call 526-4030. ) Celebrate Recovery 7 p.m. at Evangel Worship Center, 2645 Pebble Hill Road in Marianna. Adult, teen meetings to "overcome hurts, habits and hang-ups." Dinner: 6 p.m. Child care available. Call 209-7856,573-1131. ) Alcoholics Anonymous Open Meeting 8-9 p.m. in the AA room of First Urit-l r.l1-rrt.:..:l Church, 2901 Caledonia St. in Marianna. ) Deadline for Jackson County students to en- ter the Optimist Club of Jackson County Essay Contest. The topic is "How Can I Help My Friends Realize Their Value?" Call 526-9561. SATURDAY, FEB. 16 n Alcoholics Anonymous Open Meeting 4:30- 5:30 p.m. in the AA room of First United Methodist Church, 2901 Caledonia St. in Marianna. ) Tripp Family Reunion Meeting 5 p.m. at St. Matthew Missibnary Baptist Church. This meeting is to complete the committees and programs for the family reunion of the late Robert "Jake" Trip and the late Trussie Lee Tripp. Call 326-5683. SUNDAY, FEB. 17 ) Alcoholics Anonymous Closed Discussion - 6:30 p.m. at 4349 W. Lafayette St. in Marianna (in one-story ..u.ijing Ihrind 4351 W. Lafayette St.). Attendance limited to persons with a desire to stop drinking. ) Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting 8 p.m. in the board room ct C :mmptl-iltron-lr..:e-. lie Hospital, 5429 College Drive, Graceville. MONDAY, FEB. 18 n Employability Workshop, Surviving a Layoff 2:30 p.m. at Marianna One Stop Career Center. Call 718-0326. ) Genealogy Series II Class 2:30-4:30 p.m. at the Jackson County Public Library, Marianna Branch. Class is free. Discover proper research techniques, learn tips and tricks to help in your research journey and begin discovering your family roots. Students must know computer basics, how to use the Internet and have an interest in family history. Students will need to bring a flash drive to use in class. Call 482-9631. Jackson County Quilter's Guild Meeting 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Ascension Luter nr Church, 3975 US 90 West, Marianna. Business meetings are fourth Mondays; other Mondays are for projects, lessons, help. All quilters welcome. Call 209-7638. ) Beekeeping in the Panhandle 6-8 p.m. at the Jackson County Agriculture Conference Center. This interactive video short course will cover topics of: Queen and package bee production, bee nutri- tion and immunity, disease and pest management and the history and theory of honey production. Course to be held on Monday, Feb. 18 and 25, Mar. 4 and 11. Cost of the course is $25 or $40 per family. Call 482-9620. ) Capt. Luke Lott's Calhoun Guards, Camp 2212 Sons of Confederate Veterans Monthly Meeting 6 p.m. at the Altha Diner on Highway 71 in down town Altha. Call 592-3293. n Alford Community Organization Meeting 6 p.m. in the Alford Community Center. New members from Alford, surrounding communities invited to join. Call 579-4482, 638-4900 or 579-5173. ) Alcoholics Anonymous Open Meeting 8-9 p.m. in the AA room of First United Methodist Church, 2901 Caledonia St., Marianna. TUESDAY, FEB. 19 Annual Fed Cattle Show and Sale 9:30 a.m. at the Jackson County Ag Center, US 90 West. A Livestock Judging Contest for FFA and 4-H mem- bers will begin at 9:30 a.m. the Steer Show at 2 p.m. with the Showmanship Contest to follow. Steers will be sold to the public at auction. Registration for steer buyers at 6:30 p.m. followed by the auction at 7 p.m. This event is hosted by the Jackson County Cattlemen's Association. Call 482-9620. The submission deadline for this calendar is two days before publication. Submit to: Community Calendar, Jackson County Floridan, P.O. Box 520, Marianna, FL 32447, email editorial@jcfloridan.com, fax 850-482-4478 or bring items to 4403 Constitution Lane in Marianna. Marianna Police Department The Marianna Police De- partment listed the following incidents for Feb. 11, the latest available report: One report of a hit-and-run vehicle, one suspi- cious person, one informa-, tion call, four burglary alarms, two panic alarms, eight traffic stops, one larceny call, one civil dispute, one follow-up investi- gation, one assault, one call to assist a motorist/pedestrian, one report of property damage, two public service calls and one :call for VIN verification. Jackson County Sheriff's Office The Jackson County Sheriff's Office and county fire/rescue reported the following incidents for Feb. 11, the latest avail- able report: One drunk driver, one accident with injury, one hospice death, four abandoned vehicles, one CR IME suspicious incident, four suspicious persons, one information call, one funeral escort, one high- way obstruction, two physical disturbance calls, one verbal disturbance call, one hitchhik- er/pedestrian, one report of a prowler, one fire (commercial), 10 medical calls, five traffic crashes, one burglary alarm, five traffic stops, two larceny calls, three serving papers/ex parte, one civil dispute, three trespass calls, one juvenile-re- lated complaint, one report of assault, one noise disturbance call, three animal complaints (one dog-related, two horse- related), one fraud, two calls to assist another agency, two public service calls, two crimi- nal registrations, three welfare checks, four, transports, one Baker Act transport and one report of threats/harassment. Jackson County Correctional Facility The following persons were booked into the county jail dur- ing the latest reporting periods: ) Obadiah Pollard, 20; 6711 Kirkland Road, Bascom; driving while license suspended or revoked. a Tommy Blizzard, 18, 6003 Fort Road, Greenwood; battery domestic violence. ) Timothy Dozier, 43, 6003 Fort Road, Greenwood; battery domestic violence. ) Jeffrey Benoit, 59, 3124 Hotchkiss Drive, Tallahassee; 'failure to appear, battery do- mestic violence. . Avery Holloman, 29, 12235 North 16th St., Apt. 203, Tampa; violation of county probation, petit theft. Jail Population: 204 To report a crime, call CrimeStoppers at 526-5000 or a local law enforcement agency. To report a wildlife violation, call 1-888- 404-FWCC (3922). Chevrolet-Buick-Cadillac-Nissan 4204 Lafayette St. Marianna, FL (850) 482-3051 ---~ 'k, JACKSON COUNTY FLORIDAN www.jcfloridan.com Ted Walt VFW hosts its first ever district 17 meeting Special to the Floridan . The Ted Walt Veterans of P '" . Foreign Wars and Ladies Auxiliary of Post #12046 in ., Marianna made chapter history in January by host- ing, for the first time in its eight-year history, a quar- terly meeting of the Dis- trict 17VWE - About 50 people came to the session. Keynote speaker was Chester Pyatt, . Florida State Senior Vice- Commander. He spoke about upcoming projects and goals of the national VFW, sharing the informa- tion on behalf of National Commander- in-Chief John Hamilton. Past State Commander Dave Harris also addressed the group. Guest speaker for the Ladies Auxiliary was Lee Harris, Florida State President of the Ladies Auxiliary. The meal, consisting of pulled pork, macaroni and cheese, green beans and peach cobbler, was pre- pared by VFW and Ladies Auxiliary members. District 17 stretches from Port St. Joe to DeFuniak Springs. SUBMITTED PHOTOS TOP LEFT: Chester Pyatt, Florida State Senior Vice-Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, was keynote speaker at the recent quarterly meeting of the District 17 VFW, held at the Ted Walt Post #12046 on Wynn Street in Marianna. TOP RIGHT: Guests chat outside the Ted Walt VFW Post prior to a District 17 meeting held in Marianna. Behind them, the four lots that the VFW recently had cleared of overgrowth can be seen. BOTTOM LEFT: Members of the Ted Walt VFW Post and their guests socialize while awaiting the dinner hour at the first District 17 quarterly meeting ever hosted by the 8-year-old post. BOTTOM RIGHT: Special guests at the recent VFW District meeting in Marianna were Dave Harris, left, Past Florida State Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Lee Harris, current Florida State President of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary. USDA announces updates on MILC Program Special to the Floridan U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency Administra- tor Juan Garcia recently announced that beginning Feb. 5, USDA will issue payments to dairy farmers enrolled in the Milk Income Loss Contract program for the Septem- ber 2012 marketing. The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 extended the authorization of the Food, Con- servation, and Energy Act of 2008, the 2008,Farm Bill, through 2013 for many programs administered by FSA, including MILC. The 2008 Farm Bill extension provides for a continuation of the MILC program through Sept. 30. MILC payments are triggered when the Boston Class I milk price falls be- low $16.94 per hundredweight, af- ter adjustment for the cost of dairy feed rations. MILC payments are calculated each month using the lat- est milk price and feed cost. As announced by FSA on Jan. 22, all dairy producers' MILC contracts are automatically extended to Sept. 30. Eligible producers therefore do not need to re-enroll in MILC. MILC operations with approved contracts will continue to receive monthly payments, if available. The payment rate for September 2012 is approximately $0.59 per hun- dredweight. The payment rate for October 2012 marketing is approxi- mately $0.02 per hundredweight. The payment rate for November 2012 marketing is zero. Before the October MILC payment can be issued, dairy farmers must complete a new Average Adjusted Gross Income form for 2013. The new form, CCC-933 Average Ad- justed Gross Income Certification and Consent to Disclosure of Tax Information, must be completed by producers before they can receive payments for a variety of programs administered by FSA and USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Ser- vice. Producers may obtain CCC-933 at their local USDA Service Center or online at www.fsa.usda.gov/ ccc933. Specific detail about AGI may be found here. Dairy operations may select a production start month other than October 2012. Producers who want to select a production start month other than October 2012 must visit their local FSA office Feb. 1-28, also known as a relief period. FSA will provide producers with information on program require- ments, updates and signups as the information becomes available. For more.information on MILC, contact a local FSA county office or visit the FSA website at www.fsa.usda.gov. GAS WATCH .. 1 S prices are going up. Here are t least expensive places to buy j; g in Jackson County, as of Tuesday afternoon. 1. S3.49, BP Steel City, 2184 U.S. 231 S. Alford 2. $3.49, Dar-Bee's Quibk Stop, 6189 U.S. 90, Cypress 3. $3.49, Dixie Food & Gas, 1757 U.S. 231 S., Alford 4. $3.49, McCoy's Food Mart, 2823 Jefferson St., Marianna 5. $3.49, Mobil Food Mart, 2999 JeffersonSt., Marianna 6. $3.49, Murphy Oil, 2255 U.S. 71 S., Marianna 7. $3.49, Pilot, 2209 U.S. 71, Marianna 8. $3.54 BP Station, River Road, Sneads Hi .,u see a lower price, .. ,tact the Floridan newsroom t ditorial@jcfloridan.con. STAY N I IFOREkI* Juan and Heather Renea Whitehurst S)TrevorAndrewKnowles, Jr. and Abigail Hope Judge ) Timothy Hubert Hight- ower, Sr. and Mary Lucindy Lambert. Divorces None. LOCAL NEWS, YOUR WAY. WEEKNIGHTS AT 5:00, 6:00, & 10:00 The following marriages and divorces weie re- corded in Jackson County during the week of Feb. 4-8: Marriages n James Foster Holmes and Carol Ann Digiovanni ) Valente Abraham San Florida Lotte:ry Mon E ) 4.7 .. iE2 5 4.14 Mon. 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I H...-, .i0 a I.Mlar,.ra FL 22416 ^ 850-209-1090 LI UNITED STATE POSTAL SERVI Approved Postal P * Stamps * Mailboxes * Express Mail Service * Priority Mail Service * First-Class Mail Service * International Shipping Sen -. ,,i .._ 4415C Constitution Marianna, FL 324 (Next door to Marianna Office S www.theupsstorelocal.cor store6003@yahoo.cc 850-526-4E FS rovider vices Lane 48 upply) n/6003 )m 377 Quilters Guild Show January Blocks SUBMITTED PHOTO Members of Jackson County Quilters Guild show off their Blocks of the Month for January. Participants make a different block each-month and at the end of the year, have enough blocks for a quilt top. The guild meets every Monday night from 5:30-7:30 at Ascension Lutheran Church. New members welcome. Call 209-7638 for more information. Seated (from left): Jean Gause, Lanell Skalitzky and Dottie Rehberg. Standing: Clemeteen Harvey, Diane Hiller, Linda Edwards, Charlotte Hunter, Nancy McMullin and Chalullah Clay. Marriage, Divorce Report ------------ ___111_----1_1^__1111_---- IIL LOCAL WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 13, 2013 3AF Publisher VALERIA ROBERTS Florida Vocies New rash of scams have roots in old Make no mistake it's the peak of the winter season in Southwest Florida. Our area is busy with traffic, shoppers, diners and thieves. With the influx of senior citizens comes an onslaught of vultures. They pick on seniors for their assets and perhaps loneliness and a certain measure of naivte. Still, as much as scams seem to change, they actually stay much the same. Officials in Collier and Lee coun- ties report the classic rip-offs remain in play, including: ) The grandparents scam, in which a grandparent receives a call from a scammer posing as a grandchild or other relative who is traveling abroad and gets in a bad situation. The caller requests money to be wired to them right away. ) The mystery shopping scam, in which people be- lieve they are working for a mystery shopping organiza- tion but are actually out the money they put up. ) Scams about overdue loans. Seniors pay because they feel threatened, even though they don't owe any money. ) Utility bill scams that are merely schemes to steal identities. ) Lottery scams, most recently portrayed as originat- ing in Jamaica, in which victims-are told to put up some money to get huge winnings. Most of us know the rest of the story by now. Please beware. Please remember the adage: If it seems too good to be true, it probably is. 'Tis the season. Naples Daily News Contact representatives Florida Legislature Rep. Marti Coley, R-District 7 Marti.Coley@myfloridahouse.gov Building A, Room 186 Chipola College 3094 Indian Circle Marianna, FL 32446-1701 Rep. Brad Drake, R-District 5 Brad.Drake@myfloridahouse.gov NWFL State-Chautauqua Campus #205 908 U.S. Highway 90 West DeFuniak Springs, FL 32433-1436 Sen. Bill Montford. D-District 6 208 Senate Office Building 404 South Monroe St. Tallahassee, FL 32399-1100 montford.bill.web@ flsenate.gov U.S. Congress Rep. Steve Southerland, R-2nd District 1229 Longworth HOB Washington, DC 20515 Phone: (202) 225-5235 Fax: (202) 225-5615 Sen. Bill Nelson (D) Washington office United States Senate 716 Senate Hart Office Building Washington, DC 20510 (202) 224-5274 Sen. Marco Rubio (R) Washington office United States Senate B40A Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 (202) 224-3041 Letters to the Editor Submit letters by either mailing to Editor. PO.Bo 520. Marianna FL, 32447 or faxing to 850-482-4478 or send email to editorial''ijcflorndan.com. The Floridan reserves the right to edit or not publish any letter Be sure to include your full address and telephone number. These will only be used to verify the letter and will not be printed. For more information call 850-526-3614 Probe of school for boys half-baked or folks like me who spend way too much time watch- ing police procedurals, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) was the last place we'd expect to find bumbling bureaucrats. Decades of "Law and Order" and "CSI" have conditioned the most cynical Floridians to view our top cops as an East Coast version of "Hawaii Five-0," where elite squads of avenging angels pursue truth and justice with the aid of state-of-the- art technology. On television, no cold case is too cold, and no victim is too "unim- portant." But things are different at FDLE. The agency's indifference to the generations of victims of the Dozier School for Boys is a national embar- rassment, and a black eye to the Florida Cabinet, which appears un- able to make the agency do its job. In 2008, a series of gut-wrenching reports by the Miami Herald's Carol Marbin Miller and Ben Montgom-, ery andWaveney Ann Moore of the Tampa Bay Times exposed the state's "reform school" in Marianna -for the gulag that it has been since it opened in 1900. Generations of boys, some as young as 6, were "reformed" to the point of death One county in BY PIERRETRISTAM Last year the Florida Legisla- ture passed a bill that allowed returning outright prayer to public schools. Not a moment of silence, not the gathering around the flagpole on the National Day of Prayer, but the bona fide right of students to lead other students in prayer at any student assembly, even mandatory ones. School of- ficials are prohibited from interfer- ing, or even judging whether the prayer in question is appropriate. Theoretically, a prayer could invoke the Holy Trinity in every line, making it explicitly Christian. It could also invoke Wiccan pagan- ism, though given Florida's more Christian-theocratic mania these days, we know very well what sort of hosannas would tend to prevail. One caveat: the law does require local school boards to pass resolu- tions enacting the allowance before students can take advantage of it. It's a constitutionally problem- atic law in many regards. Beside the outright violation of the First Amendment public schools, as government entities, would be en- dorsing religion whether a prayer is student-led or not, since students are acting under authority of their school prayer of any sort at stu- dent assemblies would be a coer- cive end-run around at least some students' right to be left alone. It's an even bigger problem if school boards must enact a resolution to enable student prayer, because it certifies that prayer is made pos- sible at the will of the board. Not surprisingly, not a single one of Florida's 67 school boards enacted such a resolution. They've by sadistic guards using sticks and sodomy. Aging survivors and history Demanded the kind of accounting that can be rendered only with subpoena power, crime labs, and other inves- Floreence tigative tools not Snyder generally available to journalists. As the bad press piled up, then-Gov. Charlie Crist dispatched the FDLE to the crime scene with orders to find out what, exactly, had happened at Dozier. More than a year later, the state's Sherlocks completed an investiga- tion so half-baked that they missed 13 deaths and 19 gravesites. We know that because a team of anthropologists, biologists and archaeologists from the University of South Florida undertook to "pre- .serve the records, inventory historic buildings, find the graves, identify the forgotten remains, protect the historic cemetery arid open it to families ... It's a humanitarian ef- fort," Erin Kimmerle, a forensic an- thropologist and assistant professor at USF told reporter Montgomery last May. "I hope for those families that have questions and are looking 67 for information, that this will begin to give them some of the informa- tion and history they're looking for." Barney Fife would be ashamed to be out-policed by a bunch of professors, but FDLE blew off USF's findings, citing, but not explaining, "the differing natures of criminal investigations and anthropological research. While both have value, each has a different standard and scope," the agency said in a press release issued by three FDLE flacks, whose combined salaries are north of $164,000. That's more than the $160,000 USF needs to excavate the un-. marked graves of children who died at Dozier, and to exhume their remains and determine, at long last, how they died, and at whose hands. U.S. Senator Bill Nelson held a press conference last week to-im- plore state officials to get on with it. If they don't, the U.S. Department of Justice should step in. The dead and walking wounded children of Dozier are special vic- tims from central casting. We owe them a Benson and Stabler. lorence Snyder is a Tallahassee-based corpo- rate lawyer who has spent most of her career in and around newspapers. She can be reached at fsnyder@floridavoices.com may enact risky prayer law followed the state School Board Association's advice: Leave well enough alone. It's not worth the le- gal muck that could be triggered by one extremist invocation too many. That enlightened streak may be about to end. For the last two straight meetings of the Flagler County School Board, one of its members, John Fischer, has implored his colleagues to seize on the state law and return prayer to schools. Both times he laced his impassioned proposal in a double- bladed call to unity while attacking "political correctness" and "special interests" for keeping prayer out of schools. "You know, there's just hate," Fischer said, without provid- ing a single example of the "hate" he spoke of, even though he said he had seen it in the school board's own meeting chambers. "Why can't we get along? Don't be afraid of the political correctness. Don't be afraid of all the activist groups. Don't be afraid of all these people's hate, and spread hate. Where's our rights?" It was a strange question, coming from an even stranger perspective. Even as the school board member was calling for all to get along, he was doing so by creating an us-ver- sus-them divide he did not define beyond those who pray to a Chris- tian god and those who don't. The criticism of "special interests" and "political correctness" is also ironic, considering what that correctness has enabled in public schools, in- cluding racial integration, equality for girls in school athletics, equality for students with special needs, re- spect for students of all creeds and lifestyles whether atheist, Catholic, gay, Wiccan or undefined. One of the great and enduring successes of the-American public school, all academic hand-wring- ing aside,;is its admirable reflection of principles of equal opportunity, fairriess and respect for all. Few other institutions, including private and charter schools, can make that claim. Schools' balancing of public and private religious rights is among those successes. Why jeopardize it? Even before last year's resurrec- tion of school prayer, Florida wasn't quite the atheist-godless-com- munist redoubt its mullahs would make you believe it was. Public schools could and still may provide up to two minutes of silence at the beginning of every day for prayer or meditation. (Schools are loath to do that only because their hours have been slashed as it is, to save money, so further reducing instructional time wouldn't be wise.) Students can pray at any time of their choosing, anywhere they please, even in groups, as long as it doesn't interfere with school activities. Florida law also requires the Department of Education to distribute explicit guidelines on "Religious Expression in Public Schools" to every school board member, superintendent, princi- pal and teacher in every school, making students' rights to pray very clear. Then came last year's curveball of a prayer law. School boards have sensibly held their bats. Let us pray they continue to do so, Flagler County's veiled nostalgia for a more unequal past notwithstanding. Pierre Tristam is editor and publisher of Fla- glerLive.com, a non-profit news service based in Palm Coast, Fl, He can be reached at editor@ flaglerlive.com. :.~ ,. JACKSON COUNTY FLORIDAN www.jcfloridan.com STORYTIME AT THE LIBRARY - ,. I1 ,, j - JJ J ,.,__ _.. .. ,IJ J'Ij.U .: MARKSKINNER/FLORIDAN B before working on a Valentine's Day masterpiece during the Jackson County Public Library's Storytime program, 19-month-old Audrey Cloud decided to look for a good book. During the program, kids could work on painting jumbo-sized hearts for their valentines, and Children's Program Manager Lynn Lowenthal read them several fun books about food and monster moms. The program, for children up to school age, is held on Tuesday at 10 a.m. ON THE LOOKOUT A 1 .* '. i ,'- -. " i" ' MARK SKINNER/FLORIDAN T im Chastain with Anderson Columbia looks topside for a tool as he cleans out a section of sewer on Caledonia Street on Tuesday. Optimist Club Makes Donation .- A -, . . ..- LienG- : C .d'es from - Basic I~litry aiti'Wg ,.',, r. -, ~ ' SUBMITTED PHOTO Air Force Airman James H. Lien III graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force. Lien is the son of James Lien and Tammy Bevis of Marianna. He is a 2012 graduate of Marianna High School. Williams Graduates from Willia~ums GraduateS f~rom SUBMITTED PHOTO Private Ali Williams graduated from basic training at the U.S. Army 2nd BN, 47th Infantry Alpha-Delta Company in Fort Benning, GA. He continued his training at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., graduating on Jan. 25. Williams is currently residing in California. He is the son of Mary F. Mack of Campbellton, and a graduate of Graceville High School. FIiTsrt PIST Join Us For XWorship Sunday: Wednesday: Sunday School: 9:30 AM Fellowship Supper: 4:15PM Morning Worship: 10:45 AM Children's Choir: 4:45 PM Evening Worship: 6:00 PM Bible Study: 6:00 PM www.fbcmarianna.org -' i"A . C hip ,l101rs1ng 1P1rilion r.j ,,. .. .. .. . *.... R tirement Center 4294 Third.Ave. t ia'rianna, FL (850) 526-31.91 Dr. Daniel Powell, Chipola 'College's Dean of Fine and Performing Arts, recently accepted a donation for The Chipola Regional Arts Association from Optimist Club president Lowell Centers. The CRAA accepts donations which are in turn used to support Chipola's annual Artist Series, scholarships to deserving art students as well as grants to teachers to supplement art and music programs. Dr. Powell also spoke to the group about the Chipola Center for the Arts and upcoming performances. 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Tinkler Mendez said the evi- dence showed that 4-year-old Rilya was subjected to "sense- less, cruel and inhumane acts" at the hands of Graham. "One can only be inherently evil to inflict that type of pain and torment on an innocent child," the judge said. Assistant State Attorney Sally Weintraub said Rilya went from an initial loving foster home to an "abyss" with Graham that kept the child in terror during the fi- nal months of her short life. "We trust that with this sen- tencing there Will be some mea- sure of satisfaction to those peo- ple who loved Rilya and cared about her," Weintraub said. The judge sentenced Graham to 30 years for kidnapping plus 25 years for aggravated child abuse. Two other abuse sentences 25 years and five years, respectively - will be served concurrently for a total of 55 years behind bars. Prosecutors had sought the maxi- mum of life plus 65 years. Rilya vanished Wilsoin December 2000 from the Miami- area home shared by Graham and her lover, Pamela Graham. Her disappearance wasn't no- ticed for 15 months, largely because a Department of Chil- dren and Families caseworker neglected to check on the girl in person as required. The case led to the resignation of then-DCF director Kathleen Kearney and the passage of sev- eral reform laws, including a new missing-child-tracking system and the contracting out of foster child casework to private organi- zations. Lawmakers also made it illegal to falsify records of visits between caseworkers and foster children. U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson, a Democrat who sponsored some of those reforms in the state Leg- islature, said Graham's sentence was just. She is not related to Ri- lya Wilson. "She's not getting life, but she will be in prison for the rest of her life," Wilson said of Graham after the sentencing. Rilya, whose name is an acro- nym for "remember I love you always," was the daughter of a crack-addicted woman. Rilya and two sisters were all put up for adoption, with the young- er sibling also being cared for by the Grahams when Rilya disappeared. By the time investigators got the case, any physical evidence that might have existed was long gone. Rilya's body has never been found, leading Graham's defense lawyers to suggest dur- ing the trial that the girl might have been sold and could still be alive. Prosecutors also had no eyewitnesses to any crime. Graham insisted she was in- nocent and in brief remarks Tuesday she said eventually "the truth will come out." "It hurt me to the depths of my soul for anyone to think I would do that to any child. I only tried to help her," Graham said. "I loved her too much to have ever done anything to her. Things have been greatly exaggerated." Defense attorney Michael Mat- ters said there will be appeals of the convictions and sentence. He praised the judge, nevertheless, for restraint in the sentence. "My client was not convicted of murder, though the state would like the court to sentence my client and punish her as if she were," Matters said. During the trial there was evi- dence of abuse, including a dog cage witnesses said Graham ob- tained to punish Rilya and tes- timony about the girl's lengthy confinement in a small laundry room. Pamela Graham testified that Geralyn Graham regularly tied Rilya to her bed using plas- tic restraints so she would not ,THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Geralyn Graham (center) talks to her attorneys Michael Matters (left) and Scott Sakin prior to her sentencing in Miami Dade Criminal Court Tuesday. get up during the night. The murder case hinged on testimony by three jailhouse snitches. The state's star witness, career criminal Robin Lunc- eford, said Graham told her be- hind bars that she smothered Rilya with a pillow and buried the body near water. Lunceford said Graham believed Rilya was evil and had to be put out of her misery. A last straw was Rilya's insistence on wearing a Cleopa- tra mask instead of an angel cos- tume for Halloween, according to Lunceford. Graham consistently denied harming the girl, telling investi- gators and even national televi- sion shows that Rilya had been taken away by a DCF worker for mental tests and never returned. No evidence ever surfaced to back up that claim. Grahaq~ also told other stories to friends about Rilya's whereabouts, including purported trips to DisneyWorld, NewYork and New Jersey. Lunceford made a deal with prosecutors cutting her life sen- tence to 10 years in exchange for her testimony. She is currently scheduled for release in March 2014. Pamela Graham was charged with child neglect but also will likely get no jail time in ex- change for her testimony. Pa- mela Graham insisted she does not know what happened to Rilya, but she didn't admit to in- vestigators until 2004 that there were lies surrounding the girl's disappearance. Governor Scott'sjobs package coming under fire The Associated Press TALLAHASSEE Gov. Rick Scott, who has made job creation his top pri- ority since taking office, is encountering growing- resistance to his efforts to use additional tax dollars in his efforts to jumpstart Florida's economy. Scott's-jobs development agency is coming under scrutiny from lawmak- ers increasingly skeptical of its recent track record in luring new companies Sand new jobs to the state. A House panel on Tuesday peppered agency officials with questions. Top Republicans are also calling Scott's push to boost the amount of tax dollars set aside to lure new companies a tough sell. Scott wants to increase the amount from $111 million to $278 million in the com- ing year. Rep. Ed Hooper, R-Clear- water and chairman of the House budget panel that oversees state spending on incentive programs, said that unless there is a big project already under con- sideration it may be hard persuading lawmakers to set aside so much money. "Those are dollars we have to tie up all year," Hooper said. Scott came into office in 2011 pledging to create 700,000 jobs over seven years by cutting taxes and restructuring the state's existing economic devel- opment efforts. He had made it clear he plans to use the drop in the state's unemployment rate as a centerpiece of his re-elec- tiorneffort in 2014. SBut the growing unease over the use of-economic incentives comes amid such high-profile failures as Digital Domain. The company last year filed for bankruptcy and shuttered its facility in Florida after it accepted incentives, in- cluding $20 million from the state. Two other com- panies that got help have also declared bankruptcy; the state is demanding the return of money from oth- er companies that did not fulfill promised jobs. Officials with Enterprise Florida, the state's pub- lic-private jobs develop- ment agency, has pointed out that Digital Domain received assistance outside of the state's nor- mal process and should not be used to judge the state's efforts. But legislators also are raising questions about whether money from the state's main incentive pro- grams is going to help com- panies already located in Florida that may not need the help. Companies such as Publix and Wal-Mart are among the companies that have gotten state assis- tance in recent years. 'Rep. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, grilled Enter- prise Florida officials, con- tending that they are not doing enough to help what he called small "Mom and Pop",businesses across the state. "I'm not hearing from those small businesses, Fisher Teaches Self Defense Course 6I hiL Lr SUBMITTED PHOTO The Pilot Club of Marianna invited Lora Fisher to teach a self defense course recently. Lora is a certified instructor in self defense and spoke with members and guests about the importance and basic steps in defending yourself. The class was held Jan. 31 at Saint Luke's Episcopal Church in Marianna. The class was not only informative but was a lot of fun as well. For more information on Pilot Club activities or if interested in joining contact Margie Mullins at 526-5701. From left: Amber Baggett, Lora Fisher and Judy Lanier, Pilot Club President. For more information on taking a self defense class, contact Lora Fisher via email at lorafisherl5@yahoo.com. State Brief A saying 'Wow! Enterprise Florida just showed up at my door and I'm doing great now,'" Fasano said. Griff Salmon, the chief operating officer for Enter- prise Florida, told Fasano that "the assertion we only pander to large companies is frankly inaccurate." Salmon, however, was unable to assure House members that the money now coming from Florida taxpayers was being used to hire Floridians. There is already a bill moving through the Flor- ida Senate that would in- crease oversight of busi- ness incentives. Sen. Andy Gardiner, R-Orlando, also said the legislation could clamp down on some of the state tax credits. "We want the ability to ,-- -";; .J I understand the return on investment and the eco- nomic benefit," Gardiner said. 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Still, pa- rades went off as sched- uled even as a fog settled over the riverfront and downtown areas. Police, who had to deal with massive waves of visitors first for Super Bowl and then for Mardi Gras reported no ma- jor problems other than Saturday night when four people were shot on Bour- bon Street. A suspect has been arrested. There was a heavy po- lice presence in the tour- ist-filled Quarter, where crowds began to swell in the early afternoon and would be bursting at the seams by the time police on horseback declared the party over at midnight. The family side of Mardi Gras unfolded along stately St. Charles Avenue, where some groups camped out overnight to stake out prime spots for pa- rade-viewing. A brief rain I ,-.. .w u-v. -I - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Revelers gather for the start of the Society of Saint Anne walking parade in the Bywater section of New Orleans during Mardi Gras on Tuesday. Overcast skies and the threat of rain couldn't dampen the revelry of Mardi Gras as parades took to the streets, showering costumed merrymakers with trinkets of all kinds. shower as the final float in the Krewe of Rex parade passed by didn't dampen the enthusiasm there. Cliff Kenwood and his wife, Jennie, of New Or- leans, brought their two children 8-year-old Ivy and 6-year-old Jack - to the festivities. Each was dressed as a skeleton and Cliff Kenwood wore a banner around his hat referencing the recent publishing changes to the city's newspaper The Times-Picayune. The costumes poked fun at the paper's decision to cut back from a daily pub- lishing schedule to three days a week. "We're black, white and dead all over," Jennie Kenwood said laughing. She said their family kept their subscription even though they thought about canceling. "We can't do it to them. We don't want them to die," she said. Rain or shine, it was a last chance to soakin some fun during the Carnival season, which ends with the start of Lent on Wednesday. The Krewe of Zulu led the festivities from city neigh- borhoods to the business district, followed by the parade of Rex, King of Carnival, and hundreds of truck floats decorated by families and social groups. In the French Quarter, manyrevelers had drinks in hand before sunrise. Some donned tutus, beads and boas. Some hadn't been to bed since Monday's Lundi Gras celebrations. "We'll be in the French Quarter all day," said Bob- bie Meir, of Gretna, La., with feathers in her hair and fingernails painted purple. "The sights today are jaw-dropping. It's a ton of fun and the best party in the world. Nobody does Mardi Gras like we do." On Bourbon Street, women wore bustiers, fish- net stockings, bikini bot- toms and little else. Some flashed flesh to attract the attention of people throw- ing beads from balconies. "We're a flock of pea- cocks," said Laura Kom- arek, a recent New Orleans transplant from Minne- apolis who moved to the Big Easy for a teaching job. Komarek and a group of friends walked Bourbon Street wearing leotards and large colorful feathers on their bottoms, Sipping, a hand-grenade, one of Bourbon Street's signature cocktails, Kom- arek said this was her first Mardi Gras. "This is a totally differ- ent experience than any other event I've ever been to in my life. I'm so happy, having a blast with my friends without a care in the world." The costumes were plen- tiful. Many revelers were clad in the traditional col- ors of Mardi Gras purple, green and gold. There were cows, bees, pirates and jesters. One reveler rode through the French Quar- ter on a bike dressed in a U.S. Postal Service jersey adorned with syringes, ref- erencing the doping scan- dal for the famed cyclist. Source: Suspect didn't leave burning cabin The Associated Press BIG BEAR, Calif. The man believed to be fugitive ex-cop Christopher Dorner never came out of a Califor- nia mountain cabin, and a single shot was heard inside before the cabin was en- gulfed in flames, a law en- forcement official told The Associated Press. The law enforcement of- ficial requested anonym- ity because of the ongoing investigation. A fourth person a dep- uty died earlier in the latest confrontation with America's most-wanted man, which seemed to be coming to an end. Officials were waiting for the fire to bum out before approaching the ruins to search for a body. "We have reason to be- lieve that it is him," San Bemardino County sheriff's spokeswoman Cynthia Bachman said. The cabin was on fire and smoke was coming from the structure in the late afternoon after police sur- rounded it in the snow-cov- ered woods of Big Bear, a resort town about 80 miles east of Los Angeles. Bachman didn't say how the fire started but noted there was gunfire.between the person in the cabin and law enforcement officers around the home before the blaze began. TV helicopters showed the fire burning freely with no apparent effort to extin- guish it. Authorities have focused their hunt for Christopher THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Commuters on Santa Monica Boulevard on the west side of Los Angeles see a digital billboard displaying a large "wanted" poster for former Los Angeles police Officer Christopher Dorner. Domer there since they said he launched a campaign to exact revenge against the Los Angeles Police Depart- ment for his firing. Authorities say Dorner threatened to bring "war- fare" to LAPD officers and their families, spreading fear and setting off a search for him across three states and Mexico. "Enough is enough. It's time for you to turn yourself in. It's timeto stop the blood- shed," LAPD Cmdr. 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FEBRUARY 13, 2013 Open 7 DysA Wee 6:3 a Check Out Our Weekly Sped(e~~lle IMP- 179 I lb pmas i lvk'-'' 2310 oz. JACKSON COUNTY FLORIDAN + www.jcfloridan.com Sex offender inmate stabs officer, flees in Texas The Associated Press MIAMI A manhunt is under way for a prisoner convicted of violent sexual assaults who stabbed one of two police escorts and escaped in the Dallas area as he was being transferred from Florida to Nevada, police said Tuesday. Alberto Morales, 42, stabbed the officer once in the neck and three times in the back Monday night outside a Walmart in Grape- vine, police said. Grapevine Police Sgt. Robert Eberling said Morales is believed to have used his eyeglasses in the assault. Miami-Dade Police Detective Jaime Par- dinas, a 54-year-old who has been on the force for 28 years, is in serious but stable condition. Pardinas and Detective David Carrero were scheduled to fly with Morales to Nevada, where he was to serve a sentence of 30 years to life for a conviction of sexual assault with a weapon. But the officers and Morales weren't allowed to get back on the plane during a lay- over in Texas because of the inmate's erratic behavior, authorities said. During the first leg of the flight, Morales was "bumping his head against a passenger seat in front of him, so he was doing a lot of crazy, unusual things that just disrupted the entire flight," said Miami-Dade Police Director J.D. Patterson Jr. Miami-Dade Police Deputy Director Juan Perez said that it is out of the ordinary, but that airlines occasionally ask officers and their escorted inmates to leave because of li- ability issues. The detectives were then forced to rent a ve- hicle at Dallas-Fort Worth International Air- port with the intention of driving the nearly 1,200 miles to their destination. Miami po- lice said there are clear policies about trans- porting inmates across state lines, but didn't discuss details other than to say two officers must be present. The officers stopped to use the restroom at the store late Monday night and were waiting for a third officer to meet them to help with the rest of the trip. While Carrero was inside the store, Morales go't hold of a sharp object, stabbed Pardinas and fled, authorities said. "He was handcuffed. We don't know how he got the handcuffs free," Patterson said. It's unclear if Morales' hands were cuffed in front or behind him or if he was shackled. Mi- ami police also declined to speculate on how Morales obtained the object he used to stab the officer. Morales, who was born in Cuba, is believed to have run away. Police in Grapevine, northwest of Dallas, said they believe Morales is still on foot some- where nearby and are pursuing several leads, department spokesman Sgt. Robert Eberling said. A $10,000 reward has been set for any information leading to his arrest. The local school district has locked all exterior doors, but classes were running normally. Longtime Las Vegas defense attorney Marc Saggese, who represented Morales in a Ne- vada criminal case, said his client claimed he suffered a severe brain injury when he was hit in the head with a baseball bat at 17 years old. Morales said he heard voices and had trouble controlling impulses. "He said that ever since that attack and sub- sequent surgeries he has been struggling with demons in his head," Saggese said. While in a jail medical ward, Morales muti- lated his genitals and scrawled words in blood on the wall. He underwent a psychological ex- amination by doctors at a Nevada state men- tal hospital in Sparks, but he was found com- petent to stand trial, the attorney said. Morales eventually pleaded guilty in 2008 to sexually assaulting a woman at an apartment blocks away from the Las Vegas Strip in 2003. The woman told police a moan jumped from her closet in the middle of the night, held a gun to her face, blindfolded her, attacked her several times and left after telling her he would kill her if she called police, according to Clark County District Court documents. Following his conviction in Las Vegas, Mo- rales was sent to Florida to face prior charges, Las Vegas police Officer Laura Meltzer said. Back in Miami, Morales was sentenced to 10 years in prison in December after pleading guilty to sexual battery with a deadly weapon, burglary with assault and. kidnapping stem- ming from 2003. He broke into a Miami-area home, pulled out a butcher knife and raped two women, according to a police report. State Briefs Florida appellate court OKs consecutive sentences TALLAHASSEE An appellate court says defendants can receive consecutive sen- tences for displaying but not firing guns if convicted of multiple counts resulting from one event. The 1st District Court of Appeal made that decision Tuesday in a rare opinion by all 15 members. It interprets Florida's 10-20-Life Law, which sets minimum sentences of 10 years for using a gun in a crime, 20 years for firing it and life if a victim is harmed or killed. The ruling means Leronnie Walton can get Housing From Page 1A several other county de- partments in a larger space of about 50,000 square feet in a two or three story building. The board is eye- ing the old county jail site as a potential location for the community develop- ment building, and prop- erty next to it as a site for a new administration building. Both parcels belong to the county already. Com- missioners are also trying to determine how much money they'd ultimately save by putting all under one roof later as opposed to building community development now and saving for the larger struc- ture to be built later on. Favorable interest rates available now may not be as low if the county de- lays building, a factor the board is weighing. About a week ago, the county received an unso- licited offer for the com- munity development building and the property it occupies, according to Jackson County Adminis- trator Ted Lakey. He said a man called and made an offer, but he did not disclose who called or the price heoffered. As a result of that inter- est, commissioners may declare the' structure for sale and give the general public at large an oppor- tunity to buy it. The board took no official action to put the building on the Bees From Page 1A Register, of Marianna, says that by Sunday afternoon, the swarm had vanished, leaving- her yard bee-free and her camellia in tact. For additional insight, the Flori- dan spoke with Jackson County Extension Office agent Rob Tra- wick, who took one look at a pho- to of the swarm and was able to shed some light on what the pol- linators were up to. market, but left it open for further discussion later. Board members talked at length about these space-making options to give several county de- partments some elbow room. This isn't the first time commissioners have taken up the subject. The county had, in 2003- 04, started putting some money aside for a new administration building that could take some de- partments out of the Jack- son County Courthouse, where space has been tight for several years. The Tax Collector's Office, the Property Appraiser's Of- fice, and the Supervisor of Elections offices were among those targeted for relocation at that time. Ar- chitects from Donofro and Associates had drawn up some preliminary plans for a two-or-three story building that would ini- tially encompass 50,000 square feet. Plans for a new building, however, were shelved when the economy took a turn for the worse. The money collected for the project came from a por- tion of the annual fee it collects from Waste Man- agement as host county for the company's landfill. The fund has grown to more than $500,000 and is still available for construc- tion. The board talked Tuesday about continuing to put money aside from that source, and using it to help repay a construction loan for a new adminis- tration building or per- haps a smaller one just for two consecutive minimum 10-year terms for attempting to rob two women in Jacksonville. The court receded from a prior but op- posite ruling and declared to the Florida Supreme Court a conflict with another appellate court. Walton also faces consecutive 20-year min- imums for shooting at two police officers. Inmate dies awaiting execution STARKE A man on Florida's death row has died while awaiting his execution. . The Department of Corrections reports that 49-year-old Tommy Wyatt died Friday. The cause of death was not disclosed. Authorities say Wyatt and another man, Michael Lovette, ran away from a North Car- olina prison roadwork crew in 1988, heading to Florida and kicking off a cross-state crime spree. They ended up in Vero Beach, where they robbed a Domino's Pizza. Authorities say Wyatt fatally shot three employees after raping one of them. Officials sayWyatt also killed a Tampa-area woman that he met at a bar. Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers reports that Wyatt's attorneys were still appealing his case to the federal courts. Lovette remains in state prison, serving 10 life sentences for murder, robbery and kidnapping. From wire reports MARKSKINNER/FLORIDAN At a workshop Tuesday, Jackson County commissioners talked about selling the building that houses Community Development on Lafayette Street in Marianna. community development. .order to help pay back the Lakey gave commissioners money if the county were an estimate of the expect- to move forward. Fellow ed debt service on a $10 board member Ed Crutch- million loan. Figured over field, however, said he 20 years at an interest rate didn't see how that would of 2.5 percent, the annual be possible with depart- loan repayment would be ments, in his estimation, about $641,000. That's far already cut to the bone. more than the Waste Man- On Tuesday, Paul Dono- agement income, which fro Jr. brought in the old was estimated at $300,000 administration building a year. If commission- plans and presented them ers do take out the loan, to refresh the board's they must find a funding memory, as well as prelim- source to pay for it, and inary plans for a 10,000- board members expect square-foot building that to address that further as could house Community discussions continue. Development only. Dono- Some commissioners fro told the board he could say they are reluctant to also modify the larger take out a large loan and building footprint to make one board member, Jere- it smaller, since the county my Branch, suggested that has made some progress departments might have in the ensuing years to to take additional budget alleviate space worries in cuts in coming years in the courthouse. The mass of bees, largely made up of drones that likely number in the thousands, was protecting a new queen inside. And they were house hunting. You can't have two queens in a colony, Trawick said. It's like having too many cooks in the kitchen. When a new queen is hatched, she falls from the hive, leaves the colony and sets out to find a new home followed by the scores of drones that are attracted to her unique pheromone (chemicals that change behavior). Searching for a suitable new spot may take time, so the queen and her drones will swarm a tem- porary resting place such as the branch of an unsuspecting camellia bush while scout bees check out the nearby area for more permanent digs. And when they find a cozy spot to call home, the swarm is gone. Trawick says people shouldn't be alarmed if they find a swarm of bees in their yard. Domesti- cated honeybees are not known to be aggressive, and if the bees are clearly visible, as they were In the years that passed after the plans were first developed and then shelved, Jackson County has bought a free-standing office for the Supervisor of Elections. The shelved administration building plans had space for that office, and that could be trimmed out now. Howev- er, board member Chuck Lockey also talked about the possibility of selling the elections headquar- ters and moving that of- fice into the new adminis- tration building, should it come to be. The county expects to hold a follow-up work- shop next month to dis- cuss the issues further, and Donofro was tasked with presenting more detailed information about the various building options. on Register's camellia branch, it's a good indication that they won't be sticking around. To learn more about bees and beekeeping, check out the Ex- tension's upcoming four-class course a continuation of a recent beginners course (not a prerequisite). Starting Feb. 18, classes meet 6-8 p.m. each Monday for four weeks, at the Extension office on Pennsylvania Avenue in Mari- anna. The entire course costs $25 per person or $40 per couple. Call 482-9620 for details. Obituary Marianna Chapel Funeral Home 3960 Lafayette Street Marianna, Florida 32446 850-526-5059 Coleman N. Matthews Coleman was born on September 4, 1933 in Jack- son County, and passed away on February 11, 2013 at his home in Two Egg. In 1951 Coleman mar- ried his wife Martha and they moved to Tampa. He was baptized as one of Je- hovah's Witnesses in 1966 and attended the local Kingdom Hall in Marianna. In 1987 Coleman retired from his job after 35 years with Continental Can and then moved back to Two Egg. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Martha and his three children, Cheryl Bromley of Two Egg, Far- rell Matthews and wife Alli- son of Valrico, FL, Rhonda Leske and husband Donald of Samson, AL. Coleman is also survived four grand- children Matthew Leske, Michelle Bullock, Amanda Bussey ard Jeremy Byrd, two great ,grandchildren Justice Bussey and Nathan Bullock, brother Archie Matthews and wife Onita of Valrico, FL, sister Sara Manning and husband Al- bert of Montgomery, Al, and a host of nieces, neph- ews and cousins. A memorial service for Coleman will be held at 1:00 P.M. on Saturday, Feb- ruary 16, 2013 in The King- dom Hall of Jehovah Wit- nesses Church at 3440 Old US Road, Marianna, FL. Marianna Chapel Funer- al Home is in charge of ar- rangements. Expressions of sympathy may be submitted online at www.mariannachapelfh.com. Rains From Page 1A" Tallahassee issued a flash flood watch for the area on Tuesday morning, to re- main in effect through this morning. The watch area, which includes southeast Ala- bama, much of southwest and south central Geor- gia and the inland Florida Panhandle, saw very heavy rains Sunday night and Monday. Tuesday brought even more wet weather. For Wednesday, NWS forecasts showers and thunderstorms, with to- night's mostly cloudy skies gradually clearing. But even after the skies clear, this week's excessive rainfall in and especially- to the north of Jackson County may still be cause for concern. River watch As reported in Tuesday's Floridan, the Jackson County Emergency Man- agement office is urging residents who live or have property near the Chipola River to keep an eye on ris- ing water. At US 90 Tuesday after- noon, the river was at 9.3 feet. It is expected to con- tinue rising over the next several days, but remain below flood stage. Action stage is predicted for late, Friday.. Those near the river are reminded to take precau- tions to protect life and property, and to not drive cars through flooded areas. 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With the back-to-back blows to President Bashar Assad's regime, opposition fighters appear to be re- gaining some momentum, expanding their northern zone of control while at the same timepushing deeper into the heart of the capital, Damascus. Rebels have been at- tacking Aleppo's civilian airport, which remains in regime hands, for weeks. They now appear to have removed the main de- fenses around the facility. Civilian flights stopped weeks ago because of the intensity of the fighting. Agency raids abattoir in horsemeat scandal LONDON British au- thorities on Tuesday raided a slaughterhouse and a meat processing com- pany suspected of selling horsemeat labeled as beef for kebabs and burgers, shutting them down and seizing all the meat found. It was the first time since the growing scandal broke across Europe that horse- meat being marketed as beef has been traced to an abattoir in Britain, officials said, raising questions about how widespread the practice is. Millions of burgers have been recalled around Europe and accusations have been made, but so far' it's not clear how horse- meat got introduced into so many beef products. French authorities have already pointed to an elaborate supply chain that involved Romanian butchers and Dutch and Cypriot traders that result- ed in horsemeat disguised as beef being sold in frozen meals like lasagna and moussaka to consumers around the continent. Timbuktu residents savor freedom TIMBUKTU, Mali -There were public pro- tests and whispers of se- cret love affairs. Heroes of resistance everywhere: the female fishmonger who angrily knocked down one of the occupiers, the imam who sent them away from his mosque, the elderly sheep trader beaten for' complaining about their ill treatment of others. Residents of this cara- van crossing are free of the violent militants who tried for nine months to impose their version of Islam. French and African forces are continuing to chase them farther into the Sahara. And although many doubt that they are gone for good, now is a time for sweeping up. From wire reports Vatican: Pope's retirement for real The Associated Press, VATICAN CITY-The pa- pal ring will be destroyed, along with other powerful emblems of authority, just as they are after a papal death. The retiring pope will live in a monastery on the edge of the Vatican gardens and will likely even give up his beloved theological writing. The Vatican went out of its way Tuesday to declare that for Pope Benedict XVI, retirement means just that: Retirement. With speculation swirl- ing about his future role, the Vatican's chief spokes- man explicitly stated that Benedict will not influ- ence the election of his successor. And the Rev. Frederico Lombardi deepened the sense of finality by saying that after his Feb. 28 ab- dication, "objects strictly connected" with the THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The lights are on in Pope BenedictXVI's apartment overlooking St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican on Tuesday. With a few words in Latin, Pope Benedict XVI did what no pope has done in more than half a millennium, by announcing his resignation. papal ministry will be "ter- is smashed upon a pope's minated." Among these is death. the papal ring, used as a And while the first pa- seal for documents, which pal resignation in 600 years has left behind a vast uncharted territory to navigate how does one address or even dress a re- tired pope? the church sought to send a clear message that Benedict will not be pulling strings from behind the scenes. "The pope will surely say absolutely nothing about the process of the election," Lombardi told reporters at a briefing. "He will not interfere in any way." The Vatican has already picked out the pope's fu- ture home: A four-story building attached to a monastery on the north- ern edge of the Vatican gardens where cloistered nuns used to live. It has been under renovation for several months, although only a handful of Vatican officials knew that it would one day be Benedict's re- tirement home. On Tuesday, construc- tion materials littered the front lawn of the house and plastic tubing snaked down from the top floor to a cargo container. From a new name to this new home to the awkward reality' of having a reign- ing pope and a retired one, the 85-year-old Benedict has plenty of decisions to make as he becomes the first pontiff in six centuries to retire. Benedict said Monday he was stepping down be- cause he simply no longer had the strength in mind or body to carry on. On Tues- day, Lombardi revealed for the first time that the pope has had a pacemaker for years and just had its bat- tery replaced a few months ago. Although no date for a conclave to choose the next pope has been an- nounced, it must begin within 20 days of his Feb. 28 retirement. 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And the response to its latest provocation was immediate. "The danger posed by North Korea's threatening activities warrants further swift and credible action by the international com- munity," Obama said in a statement hours after the test. "The United States will also continue to take steps necessary to defend ourselves and our allies." The United Nations, Ja- pan and South Korea also responded with predict- able anger. Even China, North Korea's staunchest ally, summoned the North Korean ambassador to the Foreign Ministry for a rare dressing down. All this puts young North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his circle of advisers right where they want to be: at the center of controversy and the fo- cus of foreign policy. A year into his nascent THE ASSOCIATED PRESS On a large television screen in front of Pyongyang's railway station, a North Korean state television broadcaster announces the news that North Korea conducted a nuclear test on Tuesday. leadership, he is referring to his father's playbook to try forcing a change on North Korea policy in capital cities across the region mostly notably in the U.S. The intent in Pyong- yang is to get Washington to treat North Korea like an equal, a fellow nuclear power. The aim of the nu-. clear and missile tests is not to go to war with the United States notwith- standing itsoften bellig- erent statements but to force Washington to re- spect its sovereignty and military clout. During his 17-year rule, late North Korean leader Kim Jong II poured scarce resources into Pyong- yang's nuclear and mis- sile programs to use as bargaining chips in ne- gotiations with Washing- ton, Seoul and Tokyo. 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Chipola basketball The Chipola men's and women's basketball teams will go on the roadWednesday to take on Northwest Florida State. The women's game will tip.at 5:30 p.m., with the men's game to follow at 7:30 p.m. Chipola baseball The Indians will head to Albany, Ga. on Wednesday to face Darton College at 3 p.m. Chipola retuiris to Marianna for the weekend, hosting Middle Georgia on Friday at 2 p.m. and again Saturday at 11 a.m. The Indians then play San Jacinto on Saturday at 2 p.m. and again Sunday at 1 p.m. Chipola softball The Lady Indians will host a doubleheader Wednesday against Darton College at 4 and 6 p.m. Chipola will then head to Aiken, S.C. on the weekend to play Friday against Aiken Tech at noon and USC-Lancaster at 4 p.m., and then again Satur- day against Pitt Community College at 10 a.m., Florence Darlington at noon, and Geor- gia Military at 4 p.m. The Lady Indians will come back Sunday to take on Santa Fe Communi y College in Gainesville at noon and 2 p.m. High School baseball Thursday- Couondale at Malone, 4 and 6 p.m.; Liberty County at Marianna, 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. SFriday Malone at Gracev- ille, 4 and 6 p.m.; Liberty County at Sneads, 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. High School Softball Friday Port St. Joe at Mari- anna, 4 and6 p.m.; Arnold at Graceville, 4 and 6 p.m.; Sneads at Blountstown, 4 and 6p.m. Marianna youth baseball-softball Marianna Recreation Department will hold registra- tion for baseball and softball for the 2013 season through Feb. 28 from 8 a.m .to 4 p.m. for boys and girls ages 5-15 at the Marianna Educational and Recreational Expoin Marianna. Registration fee is $40, except for Machine Pitch Baseball and 8UL girls sohball, which is $35 each. . For more information, call 850-482-6228. MHS Softball golf tournament The Marianna High School softball team golf tourna- ment will be held March 9-10 at Caverns Golf.Course, with format being a three-man scramble at $85 per player. Lunch will be provided on Sunday. For more informa- tion, contact Scott Wiggins at 573-7506 or Brian McKeithan at 482-4257. See BRIEFS, Page 2B ~' .4 Cottondale Baseball Preview Hornets hope to make a move Experienced team positioned to have strong 2013 season BY DUSTIN KENT dkent@jcfloridan.com The Cottondale Hornets fell short of their goals last season, finishing 2012 with a record of 11-16 and 3-9 in dis- trict, but after losing only one senior from that team, the Hornets enter this season with aspirations of join- ing the fray with the top teams in District 3. Right-handed pitcher and utility player Caleb Toole was the only Cotton- dale player from last year's team to de- part, with key players like Trent Jack- son, Austin Baxley, Ryan Morrissey, Wesley Spooner, Jake Kernoschak, Josh Simmons, and Tyler Stephens all returning to form an experienced core. The Hornets will again be small in number with just 10 varsity players, but coach Greg Ohler said that the players who are there are guys who have earned his trust. "It's kind of a small school problem not having a lot of numbers, but the good thing is that the numbers we've got have gotten a ton of reps and experi- ence at their spots, so that by the time they're juniors and seniors, they know what they can and can't do and I know what situations I need to put them in," he said. "I'm excited about the experi- ence we have back. Most of them have been playing together a long time and have a lot of games under their belts, so they each know their roles and how im- portant each play is. "And there's not a bad guy or a bad at- titude in this group. They always stay upbeat and positive. If they make a mis- take, they believe they'll get it back next time." Cottondale will have four seniors, with Ohler referring to Jackson and Morrissey as the team's "go-to guys." See HORNETS, Page 2B MCFARLAND MAKES COLLEGE CHOICE MARKSKINNER/FLORIDAN Chipola Basketball Indians, Northwest ready for rubber match BY DUSTIN KENT dkent@jcfloridan.com Two of the top teams in the country ''\ will face off in Niceville tonight in the I. rubber match of a three-game series between thie No. 11 Chipola Indians t e and the No. 7 Northwest Florida State Raiders. Northwest (22-2 overall, 8-1 in the Panhandle Conference) won the first meeting 80-65 in Niceville and Chipo- la (24-2, 7-2) won the second 82-79 in Marianna, with tonight's matchup to potentially decide the conference champion and the league's top seed in the state tournament. t Chipola ,can clinch a state tourney berth with a win and move into a tie for first while earning the tiebreaker of winning the season series. The Raiders have already clinched a spot in the state tournament and can all but wrap up a second straight Pan- MARK SKINNER/FLORIDAN Chipola's Demone Harrison shoots for three See INDIANS, Page 2B Saturday. M arianna High School runner Isaiah McFarland (left) signed with the South Georgia State College's cross-country program Tuesday during a ceremony in the MHS library. His mom, Angela McFarland, is at right. Lady Indians embracing opportunity BY DUSTIN KENT dkent@jcfloridan.com Less than a week after moving into sole possession of first place in the Panhandle Conference, the No. 8 Chipola Lady Indians will try to solidify that position tonight when .they travel to Niceville to take on the No. 4 Northwest Florida State Lady Raiders. Chipola (22-3 overall, 7-2 in, conference) has won four straight Panhandle games, the last of which came 71-56 over Tallahassee on Saturday night, which combined with a Gulf Coast State victory over Northwest, put the Lady Indians alone in first place for the first time this season. Northwest (22-3, 6-3) is now tied with the Lady Commodores for second in the league after losing to Gulf Coast 76-72 in overtime on Saturday and must win tonight to maintain a realistic shot at winning the conference. See OPPORTUNITY, Page 3B SPRING TRAINING Miami Marlins have lots of young arms to choose from. See more on page 10B. Inside on thursday's Inside on ThursdaY''SL l MARK SKINNER/FLORIDAN Josh Simmons gets an out at first during Cottondale baseball practice. 1 *- -- , MARSKINERFLOIDA Jos Simn esa u tfis uigCtodl baseball practice JACKSON COUNTY FLORIDAN www.jcfloridan.com 1r CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Savannah Miller, granddaughter of Jackie and Royce Reagan of Marianna, signed a soccer scholarship with Auburn University last Wednesday on National Signing Day. Savannah has been a part of continuous championship teams with her middle school, high school, and travel teams. She has played all over the United States and Europe winning individual and teams awards while gaining soccer skills with some of the world's best. Hornets From Page 1B "We'll definitely go as they go," the coach said. A catcher and relief pitch- er, Jackson was the team's leading hitter last season,'. batting .389 with a team- high 28 hits to go with 18 RBI and a team-best .511 on-base percentage, while shortstop'/pitcher Mor- rissey hit .333 with 25 hits, 14 RBI, and team-bests in runs (27) and stolen bases (14). Jackson also led the team with a 2.95 ERA and 'two saves last season, and Ohier said that he would again be count- ed on as the team's top reliever this year. . Morrissey will be third in the starting pitching rotation, with junior Jake Kernoschak and sopho- more Wesley Spooner likely the team's 1-2 starters. Kernoschak and Spooner each started six games last season, with Spooner fin- ishing 3-1 with a 4.11 ERA and Kernoschak 2-6 with a 6.84 ERA. "We've got five or six guys that can get up there and throw and our best Briefs From Page 1B Altrusa golf tournament The 20th annual Altrusa golf tournament will be held March 15 at Indian Springs Golf Course, with registration at noon and a 1 p.m. shotgun start. Format will be four-per- son scramble, modified handicap, 18 holes.at $65 per person. For more information, contact Jay James at 526- 3197 or 209-3068, or Kathy Milton at 482-7788 or 209-8013. Panhandle Seminole Club golf tournament The 2013 Panhandle Seminole Club's annual scholarship golf tourna- ment will be held April 5 at Indian Springs Golf Club in Marianna. This tourna- ment, along with another fundraiser, has helped provide $40,000 over the past 10 years to deserving local students and helped further their education. SRegistration and warm- arm is probably Trent, We have to find some believes the district is but you have to take him from behind the plate because last year he was definitely our MVP," Ohler said. "We won 11 with him and without him back there we probably win seven or eight.. That's small-town baseball. You move one guy and then a bunch of other guys have to move as well." Morrissey will fill in at catcher when Jackson pitches, while Kernoschak will man center field when he's not on the mound, with Spooner playing third when he doesn't pitch. Simmons at second base and Baxley at first round out the' infield, with junior Thomas Lipford and se- nior Willie Pippin joining Kernoschak in the out- field, and freshman Justin Lipford filling in for Ker- noschak when he's on the mound. "With only 10, a lot of guys have to play dif- ferent positions," Ohler said. "The only positive is guys are getting experi- ence playing a lot of posi- tions that they may have to play during the season. Hopefully defense will be the best part of our game. up will begin at noon with, the shotgun start at 1 p.m. for this four-man scram- ble event. Cash prizes will be awarded to the first-, second- and third-place teams. Additional prizes will be given for longest drive, straightest drive, closest to the pin, and so on. The green fees contri- guys to patch in some outfield spots, but we're pretty solid up the middle with Trent, Morrissey and Kernoschak." Offensively, the Hornets will look a lot like they did last year, with Morrissey again leading off followed by Jackson, Baxley and Spooner in.the heart of the order. Ohler said he feels good about his team's ability to score rmus, but less so about its ability to prevent them. "I think we've got five or six guys that are go- ing to hit, and 'guys that I think will put the ball in play with a couple of guys that have some power," he said. "The thing I'm worried about early is just our pitching. It's a lot of coach- es' worry early on, but if I had to pick one area out of hitting, pitching and de- fense, then pitching would be my biggest concern right now." If the Hornets are to make up any ground in the seven-team District 3-1A, they'll have almost nowhere to go but up af- ter last year's sixth-place finish. But Ohler said he bution of $65 will entitle each golfer to a fantastic afternoon of golf on a championship course (to help a very worthy cause), followed by a great meal. Scholarship (hole) arid prize sponsorships are also available for this event. For more informa- tion, call Roy Baker at 850-526-4005 or 209-1326, pretty balanced on the whole, and that his play- ers the upperclass- men in particular are not intimidated by the competition. "I don't think anyone is unbeatable. I think it's a little more competitive this year than in the past and it's a little more even playing field for everyone," he said. "My guys aren't scared to play anybody. Once you're in a district with teams like Bozeman and Bonifay like my juniors and se- niors were when they were eighth- and ninth-graders, you don't really get rattled .by tough competition. "Those guys don't have a lot of playoff experience, but they've played a lot of baseball against very good teams. I look at the sched- ule and I don't know of any games we can count as sure wins, but I ,don't think there are any games we don't think we can win either. By the end of the season, I hope we'll be right there in the mix with everybody." The Hornets open their regular season on Thursday in Malone against the Tigers at 6 p.m. or George Sweeney at 850-482-5526. Sports items Send all sports items to editorial@jcfloridan.com, or fax them to 850-482- 4478. The mailing address for the paper is Jackson County Floridan P.O. Box 520 Marianna, FL 32447. jul i IBru le'rOwner (850) 209-4705 cell Ci' 1SunnriySom'^il com nlllY, Century 21 21. Sunny South SMARTER. BOLDER FASIER Properties rJa -li-' i '77-'1,Y '"f 41,.11 Hw, 'lll * 850 526-2891i (850) 526-2891 Indians From Page ]B handle championship with a victory to take a two-game lead with just two conference games to play. It looked early on like Northwest might have an easy road to another con- ference crown after its decisive win over the In- dians, who then dropped to 1-2 in the league with a home loss to Pensacola State. But the Indians have since reeled off six con- secutive Panhandle victo- ries, including a dramatic comeback win over the Raiders in which Chipola overcame an eight-point deficit with six minutes to play. "After starting out 1-2, we're very happy to be in the position we are," In- dians coach Patrick Blake said. "We want to take it one game at a time, but this is a big one. It's a great opportunity for us. Mathematically, we still could (win the con- ference) if we lose, but I imagine if we want to win the conference then we have to win this one. But it's already a big rivalry, so it doesn't need any added motivation." A glimpse of just how heated the rivalry is came out at the end of the last matchup, ith the teams having to be separated after an altercation be- tween Chipola freshman forward Cinmeon Bow- ers and Northwest soph- omore guard Chris Jones after the final buzzer sounded. The intensity of the ri- valry will almost certainly be on display again to- night, but Blake said it's important that his play- ers keep their emotions channeled in the right direction. "That's a constant dis- cussion with our group, just keeping control and being poised and only fo- cusing on the-things that can help us win games," the first-year head coach said. "It's going to be a very exciting environ- ment and a heated game, but the team that keeps its composure and poise and is focused on just making winning plays will have the most suc- cess. That's where the fo- cus has to be." 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But the Indians are playing at a demonstra- bly higher level now than they were at the .start of conference play, and Blake said that his team goes into this game feel- ing much better about its chances to win in one of the nation's toughest places to play. "I think our confidence is high right now," he said. "The guys have really bought in that if we play as hard as we can and *play together and play for each other for 40 min- utes, it will-take another team playing at their best to beat us. (The Raiders). are going to be a different team at home with a great crowd behind them, but our guys have to be able to block out the distrac- tions and play together for 40 minutes and make more plays than them." While a loss would likely just delay the Indi- ans' clinching a spot in the postseason, a victory would put Chipola in the driver's seat to at least share the conference title. But Blake said that has not been a topic of con- versation at practice this week. "Obviously, that's a goal of ours, but we kind of stick to the things that we control, and right now we're just focusing on this game," he said. "It's tough enough to go on the road and beat a great team; I really don't want our guys focusing on what it may mean if we win or lose. I just want us to be. loose and ready to play. We're excited to com- pete in such a high level game." The game will tip at 7:30 p.m. SIGN UP FOR EZ PAY TODAY!!! With EZ pay; your bill is automatically paid each month from your checking account or credit card eliminating the need for paper bills, statements and stamps. FLORIDAN To sign up for EZ Pay call us at 850-526-3614 or visit us at JCFIoridan.com JACKSON COUNTY FLORIDAN www.jcfloridan.com Opportunity From Page 1B For the Lady Indian's, who have lost their two league games by a total of three points, it's an oppor- tunity to virtually guaran- tee at least a share of the Panhandle title with a win. "They all know the impli- cations of all these games that are left," Chipola coach Greg Franklin said of his players. "Once you get in these situations, it's about how you handle the stress and the pressure in- volved. We won't shy away from it. We're looking for- ward to playing this game. It should be a postseason type of game." Each of the first two' meetings between the teams has been extreme- ly competitive, with the Lady Raiders winning the first, 62-61 in Niceville and the Lady Indians tak- ing the second, 61-58 in Marianna. The latter was the fourth of five conference games for Chipola that has been decided by three points or less, but the Lady Indi- ans have been dominant in their last two outings, rolling over Gulf Coast and Tallahassee by scores of 66-45 and 71-56. Franklin said his team has been on an upward trend over the course of the conference season and will be at its best in this matchup. "I believe we are a better team now. I talked about this with my team two weeks ago that over the next three or four weeks, there will be teams that will nose-dive, some that will level off, and some that will go up and take off," he said. "This team made a decision that it wanted to work hard and handle business the right way, and the result is that we're play- ing better." Chipola has certainly moved on from its one- point loss to Northwest early in the year, but the coach said that the Lady Indians still haven't forgot- MARK SKINNER/FLORIDAN Jasmine Crawford handles a loose ball for Chipola during a game against Tallahassee on Saturday. ten about it and have used it as motivation for this game. "This is a team that likes to get payback," the coach said. "The girls have a lot of pride and a point to prove. I just want to make sure that we're focused on playing basketball the way we want to play. But they didn't like the first result and I don't like it either." Franklin said his team's toughness and resolve have been its biggest strengths during a season in which the Lady Indians have played with no more than seven rotation play- ers throughout the confer- ence season and have no players taller than 6-foot. "I think it's the level of grittiness that they have. They just never give in. They keep fighting," he said. "And like anything else, the more you buy in, the more you invest, and the more positive you are, the better results you will have." While the Lady Indians have already clinched a spot in the state tourna- ment, a conference cham- pionship would be espe- cially meaningful for a Chipola program that has had diminishing success in recent seasons. It's an opportunity that Franklin said his team is eager to take advantage of. "That's a conversation we're having. We'll make sure we prepare ourselves mentally and emotionally for it, but you have to em- brace the situation you're in," he said. "We've been in games of this magni- tude before, so you don't need to shy away from it. You have to embrace it and have your kids get com- fortable in these types of games because these are the kinds of games and teams we'll have to play in the state tournament." The gamd tips off at 5:30 p.m. Body slam for wrestling: Sport cut from Olympics The Associated Press LAUSANNE, Switzerland For wres- tling, this may have been the ultimate body slam: getting tossed out of the Olympic rings. The vote Tuesday by the IOC's execu- tive board stunned the world's wrestlers, Swho see their sport as popular in many countries and steeped in history as old as the Olympics themselves. While wrestling will be included at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, it was cut from the games in 2020, which have yet to be awarded to a host city. 2004 Olympic Greco-Roman cham- pion Khasan Baroev of Russia called the decision "mind-boggling." "I just can't believe it. And what sport will then be added to the Olympic pro- gram? What sport is worthy of replacing ours?" Baroev told the ITAR-Tass news agency. "Wrestling is popular in many countries just see how the medals were distributed at the last Olympics." American Rulan Gardner, who upset three-time Russian Olympic champion Alexander Karelin at the Sydney Games in an epic gold-medal bout known, as the "Miracle on the Mat," was saddened by the decision to drop what he called "a beloved sport." ' "It's the IOC trying to change the Olym- pics to 'make it more mainstream and more viewer-friendly instead of sticking to what they founded the Olympics on," Gardner told The Associated Press in a telephone interview from Logan, Utah: The executive board of the Interna- tional Olympic Committee reviewed the 26 sports on its sultmer program in order to remove one of them so it could add one later this year. It decided to cut wrestling and keep modern pentathlon - a sport that combines fencing, horse riding, swimming, running and shoot, ing and was considered to be the most likely to be dropped. The board voted after reviewing a re- port by the IOC program commission report that analyzed 39 criteria, includ- ing TV ratings, ticket sales, anti-dop- ing policy and global participation and popularity. With no official rankings or recommendations contained in the re- port, the final decision by the 15-mem- ber board was also subject to political, emotional and sentimental factors. "This is a process of renewing and renovating the program for the Olym- pics," IOC spokesman MarkAdams said. "In the view of the executive board, this THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE In this Sept. 27,2000 photo, USA's Rulon Gardner waves the American flag following his gold medal win against three-time Olympic gold medalist Alexandre Kareline, of Russia, in the Greco-Roman 130 kg final wrestling match at the Summer Games in Sydney, Australia. was the best program for the Olympic Games in 2020. It's not a case of what's wrong with wrestling; it is what's right with the 25 core sports." According to IOC documents obtained by the AP, wrestling ranked "low" in sev- eral of the technical criteria, including popularity with the public at the Lon- don Games just below 5 on a scale of 10, Wrestling sold 113,851 tickets in London out of 116,854 available. Wrestling also ranked "low" in global TV audience with a maximum of 58.5 million viewers and an average, of 23 million, the documents show. Inter- net hits and press coverage were also ranked as low. The IOC also noted that FILA- the in- ternational wrestling federation has no athletes on its decision-making bod- ies, no women's commission, no ethics rules for technical officials and no med- ical official on its executive board. Modern pentathlon also ranked low in general popularity in London, with 5.2 out of 10. The sport also ranked low in all TV categories, with maximum view- ership of 33.5 million and an average of 12.5 million. FILA has 177 member nations, com- pared to 108 for modern pentathlon. Chipola finishes weekend with win BY DUSTIN KENT dkent@jcfloridan.com The Chipola Indians baseball team finished off a successful weekend in style Sunday afternoon at home with a 10-4 victory over Shelton State. The win improved Chipola to 8-5 on the year and gave the Indians three wins in four games during its annual Alumni Week- end event. Chipola beat Shelton State 5-3 on Friday before falling to Walters State 8-7 later in the day. The Indians came back to top Walter State 2-1 on Sat- urday and wrapped things up Sunday with their sec- ond straight victory over Shelton State. Chipola got 12 hits as a team and took advantage of three Shelton State er- rors. Cameron Gibson led the way with a 3-for-5 with a double, two runs, and two RBIs, while Dan- iel Mars was 2-for-3 with a double, two walks and two runs. Christian Correa was 2- for-4 with a double and an RBI, while Josh Barber was 1-for-3 with a double, a walk and two RBIs, and Sports Brief Cole Evans and Luis Tunon each had a hit and drove in a run. Shane Crouse started on the mound and got the win for Chipola, going three scoreless innings with two walks and four strikeouts, with GeronThompson also pitching two scoreless in- nings out of a bullpen that saw seven Indians pitchers take the mound. Chipola will next go on the road today to take on Darton College at 3 p.m. before returning home Fri- day for another four-game weekend. 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"People here like bas- ketball," said Jerica Coley, the FIU guard whose 25.5- point-per-game average easily tops the women's Division I charts and whose nickname, Holy- Coley, is part of a big-time marketing push by her school. "They want to see good basketball. And as a city, I guess we're pretty good right now." Pretty good? That's an understatement. The Heat will have the best record in the Eastern Conference at the All-Star break this weekend and boast a star-studded ros- ter keyed, of course, by the reigning MVP in James, who seems to be in line to win that award for a fourth time this spring. Down the road a bit in THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Miami Heat's LeBron James (left) and Dwyane Wade attend a college basketball game between Miami and North Carolina on Saturday in Coral Gables. Coral Gables, the Miami Hurricanes and coach Jim Larranaga have gone from unranked to No. 3 in the nation and atop the At- lantic Coast Conference in about a month, easily be- coming the biggest story in the college game this sea- son after enjoying blowout wins over Duke and North Carolina. A few more miles away at FIU, Coley is star- ring on a nightly basis despite almost-constant double- and triple-teams against her. Not to mention, the city also lays claim to a former women's national coach of the year in Miami's Ka- tie Meier and a surging FIU men's program led by Richard Pitino, the son of legendary longtime Louis- ville coach Rick Pitino. "It's cool. We turned this into 'a basketball town," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "And I'm a fan of the other sports. I've gotten to know coach Larranaga the last two summers ... and since then I've spent a handful of times on cam- pus meeting with him and his staff, just talking hoops. I'm a big fan of his. And what they've been able to do down here is very cool." SThat also means games in Miami tend to be a tough ticket. This past weekend, the Heat played host to the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday, the Hurricane men's team hosted North Carolina on Saturday, and the Heat closed the three- day extravaganza at home again Sunday with a matchup against Kobe Bryant and the Lakers. Three days, three sellout crowds, about 50,000 tick- ets sold in all. When the Heat won the NBA title, team radio an- nouncer Mike Inglis ex- citedly shouted that Mi- ami was "the center of the basketball universe." These days, it seems like that statement has never been more true. And in a city where the football teams aren't exactly fill- ing stadiums, hoops is hot. "It's, well-deserved," said Heat guard James Jones, a former Hurricane player and a Miami na- tive. "We have a very good coach and very good team down at the University of Miami." JACKSON COUNTY FLORIDAN # www.jcfloridan.com Snedeker withdraws from Match Play .event with sore ribs The Associated Press LOS ANGELES - Brandt Snedeker with- drew from the Match Play Championship on Ties- day because of sore ribs that have been causing him discomfort despite his torrid stretch of golf. Snedeker said he began feeling soreness in his left rib cage a month ago at the Humana Challenge. He then finished runner- up in consecutive weeks to Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, and won the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am for his second win in his last seven starts. Already this year, Sne- deker has earned nearly $3 million and has risen to a career-best No. 4 in the world. Snedeker also sustained a rib injury last summer, causing him to miss the U.S. Open. He returned a month later and had the 36-hole lead at the Brit- ish Open before he tied for third at Royal Lytham & St. Annes. According to a state- ment from Crown Sports Management; he will re- turn to Nashville and see hispersonal doctor, James Elrod, who has suggested rest to cope with the in- jury. It is not believed to be a long-term problem, and Snedeker is sched- uled to play March 7-10 in the Cadillac Champi- onship at Doral. Snedeker will be re- placed next week at the Match Play Champion- ship by .- Fredrik Ja- I cobson of Sweden, who is No. 66 in the ranking. Snedeker The top 64 in the world are eligible for the Match Play. Phil Mickel- son (No. 10) already has said he won't be playing because his kids are on a school holiday that week. Jacobson appeared to have the 64th spot locked up until Patrick Reed made a 12-foot birdie putt on his last hole at Pebble Beach to tie for seventh with Jacobson, leaving the Swede 0.0002 points short of qualify- ing. Jacobson wasn't up- set, though he decided to at least go to Marana, Ariz., as the alternate. "I'm really happy to be part of it now and get a chance to play a little more golf that week," he said. "You never know how much golf you get to play, but I know I'm go- ing to get there and play some golf." The seeds for the tour- nament will not be de- termined until Sunday night. Bernd Wiesberger of Austria is the next al- ternate. If anyone with- draws after the brackets are announced Sunday night, he would take the seed of whomever he replaces. Women's Soccer Wambach to play her 200th with US team The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tennessee - Abby Wambach simply laughs when asked about playing her 200th game for the U.S. women's national team. The 2012 FIFA Player of the Year is far too busy playing to dwell on her accomplishments. "Hopefully I'll think about those more when I 'retire," Wambach said Tuesday. "I'm not really big on personal accolades and awards. It's just not my style. So for me, it's another game. It's exciting, I guess. I don't know. It's hard to explain because I don't re- ally put that much value on that kind of stuff. Iput value on wins. I put value on championships." With 152 goals, the 33-- year-old forward enters Wednesday's friendly against Scotland six from the world record set by Mia Hamm from 1987-04. Only seven Americans have ap- peared in more interna- tional matches. Midfielder Shannon Boxx called it a huge accomplishment. "We don't have that many players that have been able to get to that level," Boxx said. "I think it's her day to- morrow, and we can hope- fully celebrate it with her. Hopefully, she'll get a goal to continue her strength and her power." Kristine Lilly tops the U.S. list with 352 appear- ances. Defender Christie Rampone was set for her 278th onWednesday night, while the others include Hamm (275), Julie Foudy (272), Joy Fawcett (239), Tiffeny Milbrett (204) and Kate Markgraf (201). "She's an amazing, amaz- ing player and an amaz- ing person," defender Ali Krieger said. "Great role model for this team, and she's our leader. She's one of the best forwards in the world, obviously the best player this past year in the world, and we're lucky to have her. She's going strong, and I hope that we win for her and this team and that she scores a few goals just to make it 10 times better." Wambach credits be- ing the youngest of seven for understanding the ap- proach needed to play within a team and great coaches over the years be- lieving in her for allowing her to reach 200 caps. "There's so many great players in this country, and a lot of it does kind of fall down to a coach's opinion for better or for worse," Wambach said. "I've had really great coaches that re- ally believed in me and put, me on the field and gave me the responsibility of scoring goals for this team for a lot of years. That's a responsibility I take very seriously. Two hundred, 100, whatever we're talk- ing about, if we're winning that game, that's the most important thing for me." The forward talked with reporters before practice at LP Field, home to the NFL's Tennessee.Titans. She then poised for photos with a boy thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation before bringing him onto the field to kick around a football with herself and then other teammates dur- ing warm-ups. Wambach doesn't sound as if she's thinking of retire- ment anytime soon either. The Americans are busy learning the philosophy of new coach Tom Sermanni, the Scot who spent the last eight years as Australia's national team coach. He opened with a 4-1 win Saturday over his native country. The national team will be heading to Portugal after Sermanni chooses his squad for the Algarve Cup. More than 12,000 tickets have been sold for Wednesday, giving the U.S. a chance to top the Ten- nessee record of 13,081 who saw the U.S. women beat Sweden 3-1 in Chat- tanooga in 1997. "It's an exciting time to be on this team," Wambach said. 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Williams and Hayes both admitted to their involve- ment, according to the documents. Williams and running back Brent Calloway, 20, both admitted to using a stolen credit card to buy snacks from vending ma- chines inside a dormitory, the documents said. All four students were indefinitely suspended by coach Nick Saban. Pettway and Hayes were charged with second-de- gree robbery. Williams was charged with fraudulent use of a credit card and second-degree Calloway was with fraudulent robbery. charged use of a \_ 4,0Z. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE In this Oct. 27, 2012 photo, Alabama's Eddie Williams (15) catches a ball prior to a game against Mississippi State at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Ala. credit card. Williams was released on $65,000 bond, while Hayes and Pettway were released on $60,000 bond each. Calloway was released on $5,000 bond. "This behavior is unac- ceptable for any student- athlete at the University of Alabama and not rep- resentative of our football program," Saban said in a news release. All four players were backups last season for Alabama, which has won two straight national titles and three of the past four. Williams didn't play in 2012. But he was one of the nation's top prospects the previous year and moved from receiver to safety. The first student report- ed having his Apple Mac- book Pro stolen from his backpack. Both sustained mild concussions, cuts on the face and heavy swell- ing, and had their wal- lets taken, according to documents. University police posted an advisory Monday say- ing two students reported being approached by two men who asked for a light for a cigarette. Police also said Williams had been arrested on a charge of carrying a pistol without a permit a day be- fore his arrest on the rob- bery charges. Tuscaloosa police Sgt. Brent Blankley said in a news release that a clerk at a gas station called police early Sunday, telling officers that Wil- liams threatened that he had something in his trunk after a fight about paying for gas. Officers who pulled over Williams found a pistol in his pants pocket, the release said. In that case, he was released on $500 bond. Jail records did not show whether any of the players had an attorney. Pettway, who was a red- shirt freshman, played in 13 games and had 2 1/2 sacks and eight tackles. Hayes had 14 tackles as a freshman. Calloway played most- ly on special teams but gained 63 yards on 10 car- ries. He has moved around on the field, working as a linebacker, tight end and H-back since Alabama signed the onetime Au- burn commitment. Calloway was arrested on a charge of marijuana pos- session in October 2011 during a redshirt season. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2013 5B F Felix Hernandez, Seattle agree on new contract The Associated Press PEORIA, Ariz. Felix Hernandez and Seattle reached agreement Tues- day on a contract that is expected to make the Mariners ace the highest- paid pitcher in baseball. "I think it's a great thing for the Seattle Mariners," Seattle general manager Jack Zduriencik said. "It's a great thing for Felix Hernandez, and looking forward to this guy being here for a very long time, obviously." Hernandez's deal is expected to be for $175' million over seven years. Terms of the contract were not released by the team. Hernandez and Zduriencik will hold a news conference in Se- attle on Wednesday after- noon where Hernandez is expected to sign the Contract. Earlier Tuesday, Zduri- encik said the sides were having significant talks to try to finalize a new contract for the three- time All-Star and 2010 AL Cy Young Award win- ner. Zduriencik said then that a deal of that mag- nitude in years and dol- lars, "takes time to work things out." It didn't take too long. By the afternoon, Her- SDebbie A-Rod to rehab in New York, not spring training nandez's deal was done and Seattle had its ace locked up through the 2019 season. The new contract will encompass the final two years of his current deal that is scheduled to pay Hernandez $40.5 million in 2013 and 2014. He'll re- ceive $134.5 million over the additional five years. Hernandez's total dol- lars would top CC Sa- bathia's original $161 million, seven-year con- tract with the New York Yankees and his $25 million average would surpass Zack Greinke's $24.5 million under his new contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers and tie him for the second- highest in baseball with Josh Hamilton and Ryan Howard behind Alex Ro- driguez ($27.5 million). Hernandez's new money would average $26.9 mil- lion over five years. With Hernandez off the market, Detroit's Justin Verlander and the Dodg- ers' Clayton Kershaw become the most attrac- tive pitchers eligible for free agency after the 2014 season. 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Four years ago, Rodriguez admitted using PEDs from 2001- 03 while with the Texas Rangers. "Him being in New York has nothing to do with try- ing to get rid of a distrac- tion. It's the best place him for him to be." Major League Baseball is investigating the New Times report and hopes to acquire the documents. "MLB has to go through THE ASSOCIATED PRESS New York Yankees pitcher Michael Pineda throws as pitching coach Larry Rothschild watches during spring training at George M. Steinbrenner Field on Tuesday in Tampa. its steps before any of us are really going to be aware of anything," Girardi said. "I think you're always curious about things that you read about that are potentially damaging to your players and to baseball, of course. My concern is getting him healthy, and that's what I'll focus on. I think that's our team's focus, too." New York signed former Boston third baseman Kevin Youkilis to fill in for Rodriguez. 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Check out the Clasified Sudoku - --- - 7 5 6 7 Z 32 1 1561 -- - - 2 394 2013 The Mepham Group. Distributed by Tribui Sheltered Coastal Bermuda Hay Baled with JD568 in Columbia, AL. $55 Call 334-790-4439 or 334-618-1962 Cow-Calf pairs for Sale $1600. each 4 334-886-9003 / 334-726-4661 Buying Pine / Hardwood in your area. No tract to small / Custom Thinning Call Pea River Timber S* 334-389-2003 Wanted to Rent: Farm Land or Pasture in Ma- rianna or West of Marianna; Call 850-718-1859 CLASSIFIED (i) EMPLOYMENT Techs needed for retail assembly of bicycles, grills, etc. Must provide tools & transportation. Piece work pay averages $10-$16/hr. Apply to fInorth rassemblersinc.net MCLANE. Truck Driver McLane Company, one of the largest grocery wholesale companies in the nation, is looking for Truck Drivers to join our Dothan, Alabama Team. Our Truck Drivers are responsible for transporting customer orders to retail locations in the Alabama, South Georgia and Gulf Coast areas. Our drivers enjoy excellent home time, team delivery routes, top driver wages, excellent benefits and a very lucrative 401k retirement plan. The ideal driver applicant will hold a Class "A" CDL, a minimum of two years driving experience, good MVR record, knowledge of DOT rules and able to pass a DOT physical and drug screen. Route delivery experience is preferred, but not required. If you meet these qualifications and wish to apply for a driving position with us, please stop by our main lobby Monday through Friday between the hours of 8am and 4pm to complete an employment application. McLane Southeast Dothan 100 McLane Parkway Cottonwood, AL 36320 Phone: (334) 678-2707 Fax: (334) 678-2754 E-mail: ronald.paulk @mclaneco.com (Take Highway 231 south to the Florida state line. Turn left onto State.Line Road. McLane is 1 mile down on right.) E.O.E. . -1--Level: F2] ) 6 2 Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit www.sudoku.org.uk. 4- Solution to Tuesday's puzzle 942 68 7 943 9 15 ^~ b ----- 5A -iLL JJ 537216849 98 1 8 1 14 3 5 7 6 2 -- JA-J- .J- L.- - 4 3 3 6 2 7 8 1 9 54 -- 8 1 5 .9 4 2 6 3 7 749653281 - - - ne Media Services. All rights reserved. 2/13/13 Find jobs fast and easy! JACKSON C U FLORIDAN jcfloridan.com monster FIND LOCAL JOBS AT: WWW.JCFLORIDAN.COM/JOBS (0 r- L- I 8 B \eddncsdla, February 13, 2013 Jackson County Floridan - 0MANU CTI &OEi TIiONS I MArNm5UFTING.& O 'PIS Opelika-Auburn News has an immediate opening for a Production Director. The primary role of this position is to oversee the production operations at the Opelika/Auburn, Alabama facility of O&DS. A major requirement of this position is to grow a profitable commercial printing and distribution operation at the Opelika-Auburn News. This position is also responsible for promoting and championing safety as a condition of employment while ensuring that all safety policies are followed and all OSHA guidelines are met. The successful candidate must be able to bridge communication between the production staff and other stake holders. This position is responsible for commercial printing goals, proper scheduling of all product production and high quality of each product. Must have working knowledge of all production equipment. 10 years newspaper/commercial management required. 4 year degree preferred. Pre-employment drug and background screening required. EOE/M/F/D/V; Please apply at www.worldmediaenterprise.com '" World Media Enterprises Inc. Si M aDA GRcOUP A BSE RKSHIRE HATHA-WAY COMPANY READ the classified for McLANE. Distribution Center Supervisor McLane Company, one of the largest grocery wholesale companies in the nation, is looking for a Distribution Center Supervisor to join our Dothan, AL Team. This position reports directly to the Distribution Center Manager and is responsible for the day to day operations of a fast paced department staffed with approximately 25+ employees. Responsibilities include meeting daily production standards, employee relations, staffing, meeting order quality standards, daily housekeeping and misc. reporting. The ideal candidate will possess a bachelor's degreeand a at least two to four years hands on experience in the functional areas listed above. Must also possess excellent communication and computer skills. Experience in the distribution industry is preferred, but not required. McLane Company offers an excellent salary, annual bonus plan and benefits that include medical, dental, vision, life, STD, LTD, and 401k. If you are interested in applying for this position, you may stop by our main lobby Monday through Friday between the hours of 8am and 4pm or forward your resume and salary history to: McLane Southeast Dothan Attn: Human Resources 100 McLane Parkway Cottonwood, AL 36320 Phone: (334) 678-2707 Fax: (334) 678-2754 E-mail: ronald.paulk mclaneco.com (Take Highway 231 south to the Florida state line. Turn left onto State Line Road. McLane is 1 mile down on right.) E.O.E. rull-LIme p 1 U IsicUIIal poUUII LU Ito puviuc: assessment and intensive in-home services to families in crises. Program covers the four county areas of Jackson, Calhoun, Washington & Holmes Counties. Qualifications include a minimum of bachelor's degree in human services field; preference given to candidates with at least two years related experience. Based in Marianna and Bonifay. Position description/application available at Habilitatve Services, S4440 Putnam Street, Marianna. Sponsored by Habilitative Services of North Florida, Big Bend Community Based Care, and Department of Children & Families. EEO Qva o Family Support Worker Seeking caring individual to provide intensive in-home parent support services. Candidates should possess knowledge of child growth/development and parent-child relationships, and have the ability to relate to families from a strength-based perspective. This position will work out of Jackson County. Qualifications require a high school diploma and at least 1-year professional experience in a human services field serving children and their families. Position description/application ..,iL availableat Hablitative Servi6dls,l07a 4440 Putnam Street, Mariania. .E' ' Sponsored by Habilitative Services of North Florida, Big Bend.Community Based Care, and Department of Children & Families. EEO JOBOPPORTUNTIES CLASSIFIED EDUCATION INSTRUCTION Classes Forming Now 'FORTIS Electrical Trades andore! FOR TIS More! COLLEGE Call Fortis College Today! 888-202-4813 or visit www.fortiscolloge.edu. For consumer information visit www.fortis.edu (- RESIDENTIAL y REAL ESTATE FOR RENT Orchard Pointe Apartments Now accepting applications for I BR Apts. Call or come by to pick up application 4445 Orchard Pointe Dr. Marianna. Call 850-482-4259 2BR 1BA House for rent, 3043 Noland St. Safe neighborhood, $500/mo + dep. 850-482-8196/209-1301 2BR/1BA House Hwy 90 Grand Ridge $425. Mo. + $425. Dep. Call 850-592-5571 3/2 hardwood floors, CH&A 2940 Dogwood St. close to Riverside school. $875. mo. 718-6541 3BR 2BA House in Dogwood Hts, W/D, pets welcome, fenced yard, storage shed. $800 + dep 850-557-2198 ask for Marcus Austin Tyler & Associates * Quality Homes & Apartments 4 850- 526-3355 4 "Property Management Is Our ONLY Business" Very Nice 3/2 home, great Marianna location, No Pets/Smokers, lawn, trash & water included, more info 850-482-3233 Lv. message 2 & 3 bedroom mobile Homes in Cottondale. $500 and up. H20, garbage, sewer included. http://www.charloscountryliving.com. 4 850-209-8847 4- 2 & 3BR Mobile Homes in Cottondale. NO PETS CH&A $325- $SO0/Month Roomate situation also available. 850-258-1594 Leave Message 2 & 3 BR Mobile Homes in Marianna & Sneads (850)209-8595 2BR 1.5BA at Millpond $495 + dep. very nice, water/sewer/lawn maintenance included, Success to pond, No pets 850-209-3970 2BR 1BA MH in Dellwood, water/sewer included on own lot, $350.+ $350. dep. 0* 850-592-4625 4. 4 3/2 Dbl. Wd. Mobile Home (by itself) on quiet lot in Sneads. 850-209-8595 RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE FOR SALE Eufaula two acres with older model, two bed- room, one bath single wide trailer With front deck, a back porch, small garage, and lean to for boat. Located in the White Oaks area; a mile from White Oaks park and boat launch ramp. Great for beginner home, just starting a family, college student, or just a fishing get away. $35,000 or best offer. 334-733-6625 I- For Sale By Owner: 41 Briar Hills Drive, Dothan 3 bedroom, 2 bath on 1 Sacred of land. 1300 square feet. Built in 2008. All stain- less steel appliances in kitchen stay. Hard- wood, tile and carpet floors. Screened in patio. 2 car attached carport. Covered front porch. Country setting 10 minutes from Southside Walmart or SAMC. Asking $113,500. For more information call 334-701-5889. Graceville: Recently renovated 3 BR, 1.5 baths 1350 sq. ft. Great neighborhood and huge back- yard, $89,999. Call 850-658-4081. Very well maintained S5 bedroom, 2 bath, older q i? home. Includes 2 carports, Sar, rd completely fenced S (privacy) and a shed. Sp. 0 Clos;e tt schools. Room for a family to grow! Call today for your personal viewing. 850-263-2755. www..JC'IA)OtI)AN.com M-. & TRANSPORTATION Spyder 1979 Fiat 2000 Classic Italian Sports Car,Restored, Asking $13,479, Serious inquiries only, 850-526-4394 r ................................. $0 Down/ist Payment, Tax, Tag & Title DO YOU NEED A VEHICLE? GOT BAD CREDIT? Repos, Slow Credit, Past Bankruptcy OK! Push, Pull or Drag, Will Trade Anything! BRING IN YOUR W2 OR LAST PAY STUB!! RIDE TODAY! Steve Pope 334-803-9550 BMW 2012 X5: X drive 3.5d. 11000 miles. All wheel drive sports package twin turbo diesel, 30 mpg on road, double sunroof, all options, five passenger black with cinnamon interior. Transferable warranty to 50k, & maintenance included. $55,000. Call 229-220-1537 ... Cadillac 2000 Deville like new S:ori nd. runs great red in color, n.: .. tires, 48K original miles ,. .-'mpg, $6399. OBO 334-686-2199. Chevrolet 2004 Impala, S $4999.00 Call 334-714- 2700. Dodge 2000 Dakota SLT SClub Cab, V-6, 98,000 334-790-7959. SFord 2000 Mustang, New paint sharp car. $5999.00. Call 334-714- 2700. Honda 2000 Accord, S$4999.00 Call 334-714-2700. Honda 2008 Accord EXL: 4 doors, 1 owner, white, 75k miles, sliding moon roof, S g power driver seat, 5 Disc CD changer, leather, keyless entry, power windows. $14,500. Call 334-493-7700 Honda 2008 Accord white, 4-door, tan interior, tinted windows. Sharp-looking car. 85,000 miles. Asking $13,500. Call 334-618-0813 or email smoney45799@gmail.com for pics. Honda 2009 Fit Sport Silver, only 16900 miles, garage kept, like new condition, alloy wheels, great gas mileage. $13,600. Call 334-446-0681. ..... HONDA 2012 ACCORD -^ COUPE V6 WITH AUTO- B ~MATIC TRANSMISSION. SUNROOF, NAVIGATION, HEATED LEATHER SEATS FULLY LOADED. NO ACCIDENTS NOR HAS IT BEEN SMOKED IN. HAVE CARFAX TO SHOW AS WELL. APPROX. 6,000 MILES AND IM ASKING $27,000. CAR LIST- ED $32,800, NEW. CALL 334-268-3900. - I---' Hyundai 2004 Sonata: SSiSlver. very low miles, . tI' 4. mies highway, 4 door ~ iilaran. V6 engine, clean title, good tires, immacu- late interior, great gas mileage, one owner. Retail $8,995. Selling $6,000. OBO. 646-456-2807 SBUSINESS & "fu/'''Your guide to great local businesses & Cservices SERVICE DIRECTORY Call 526-3614 to place your ad. Clay O'Neal's Ms. Land Clearing, Inc. a ,D ALTHA, FL i MSHMVO 850-62-9402 2 Cell 850-852-5055 4SEPB I For General House or Office Cleaning Call Debra Bonded References Available 850-526-2336 B&B Professional Auto Detailing Now offering mobile wash inside and outside, oil change & vacuum Detailing now for the low price of $50. (850) 573-5509 / Just give us a call and we'll come to you! All services performed on site. "Beautification of Your Home" Carpentry/Painting Installations Furniture Repair & Refinishing General Repairs Insured Ground Works Lawn Care Pressure Washing Bush Hogging Dependable Full Time Service Residential & Commercial Licensed & Insured Now serving Jackson Co. ) 334-798-0687 4 26^6U6 7. W., Grooming by ( W |7- Appointment Only Groomere/Styllete LleIa Shore & Tammy Martabano S v o vilt Us Olll. D .www.do.glnudB.nt for pricIne & to book your appointment today I-HTGAH PHOTOGRAPH) FOR ANY OCCASION! UNBEATABLE PRICES i ,, i, r, ',, ',,~ h I . i lc Jea IIII'I( \ I ur\t n, i' tellllPI BESTWAY4E PORTABLE BUILDINGS LARGEST MANUFACTURER OF PORTABLE BUILDINGS IN N lKiI FlRiHi" I 61 Twy. B90U l MaUann, t'j F ;*B5 .868 3614 Hwy. 90 Marianna, FL 850-482-8682 This Month's Special I $ OO 319500 35 Years in Business Got Stumps? CALL HILL'S TREE SERVICE 3i .'s .. __ ~I ___ _~ __ ____ _ I RECREATION 4-Wheeler: 2011 Polaris Sportsman 800 EFI, 4x4, 91 miles, adult owned $5,500. Call 334-796-8136 Honda 2007 Foreman ATV ; 2-wheel & 4-wheel Drive. Electric wench, 190 hours on it; $4800 Firm; 334-596-9966 14 ft. Alum. Boat, stick drive, 2 swivel seats, 1997 Suzuki 25 hp motor, all new parts in motor $1200. 850-592-1934 or 850-693-5812 |ILX^treme Packages From Xtreme $4,995 All Welded BOats All Aluminum Boats www.xtremeindustries.com I,5P54750 Bo.1ay11 www.JCFLORIDAN.com CLASSIFIED Jackson County Floridan Wednesday, February 13, 2013- 9 B - ,-_ '~ Lincoln 1997 Towncar - 125,000 mi., runs great, in- terior & exterior clean, rust free; good tires. $ 2,450, 334-797-2422 S Mercedes Benz 1981 380 SL, silver & blue convertible with hard top, V8 engine, 75K low miles, garage kept, runs in exc. cond. must see to believe it, $15,000. OBO 786-417-1355 or 334-538-7475. I L Mercury 1999 Grand Mar- quis GS, loaded, leather, new tires, 106,000 miles, like new, $4500. Call 334- 790-7959. Nissan 2004 Altima, Low Miles, NADA Retail: $8950.00, $7999.00. Call 334-714-2700. Toyota 2000 Camry, Clean vehicle, $4999.00. Call 334-714-2700. Toyota 2011 Camry SE 4dr., auto, pwr pkg., white, 10,000 miles odm, show room condition with extended warranty. $18,500. 850-569-2215, 850-718-5461 or 850-718-7105. GMC 2001 Yukon SLT: Fully loaded, white and silver, 201k miles, runs great $6,000. Call 334- 796-8136 Chevrolet 1998 Silverado Ext Cab: green, 3 doors, 350 V8, cold AC and runs great. $5,500. Firm. Call 334-718-9617 Dodge 1998 Dakota Ext Cab: power steering, cold AC. 160k miles, blue, $2.500. OBO Call 334-798-1768 or 334- 691-7111 Ford 2003 Ranger P/U XLT 6 cyl. 26K actual miles, extra clean $8000. 334-897-5648. Massey Ferguson 1010 small tractor 3 cyl. diesel also comes with a 4 ft. bush hog & box blade $3000. 334-798-1221. Volvo 1996-DIESEL TRUCK, Good Condition Asking price $10,000 OBO 334-695-1954 CALL FOR TOP PRICE FOR JUNK VEHICLES I ALSO SELL USED PARTS 24 HOUR TOWING -4 334-792-8664 CASH Guaranteed Highest prices paid for Junk, old Farming Equipment, Tractors, Semi Junk Cars Nothing to big, nothing to small So call a Cash Cow Now! S334-435-5015 or 334- 596-9270 We pay finders fee of $25. & up For your Convience FREE Pick up! ROLL TIDE !!! (rllsnllllonllnlonlnoonlalsolnolll SGot a Clunker . .-' We'll be your Junker! We buy wrecked cars and Farm Equip. at a fair and honest price! $325 & t Complete Cars CALL 334-702-4323 OR 334-714-6285 a We buy Wrecked Vehicles Running or not [ 334-794-9576 or 344-7914714 (m) LEGALS LF160027 STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION NOTICE OF INTENT TO ISSUE PERMIT The Department of Environmental Protection gives notice of its intent to issue an environ- mental resource permit for Apalachicola River Snagging, file number 07-0129424-008-El, to the US Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, at P.O. Box 2288, Mobile, Alabama 36628-0001. The purpose of the permit is to authorize main- tenance snagging (relocation of tree snags out of the navigation channel) in the Florida por- tion of the Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, and Flint Rivers (ACF) Federal Navigation Project. The project will be located in the Apalachicola River between River Mile 0.0 and River Mile 106.4 in Class III, Outstanding Florida Waters (entire Florida portion of river), and Apalachi- cola Bay Aquatic Preserve (River Miles 0.0 - 4.5) in Jackson, Gadsden, Calhoun, Liberty, Gulf, and Franklin Counties. Based-on all the above, and with the applica- tion of general and limiting specific conditions of the permit, the Department has reasonable assurance the project, s proposed, fully meets the environmental resources permitting re- quirements of Chapter 62-346, Florida Adminis- trative Code, and will not harm the environ- ment. A person whose substantial interests are af- fected by the Department's action may petition for an administrative proceeding (hearing) un- der Sections 120.569 and 120.57 of the Florida Statute. The petition must contain the infor- mation set forth below and must be filed (re- ceived by the clerk) in the Office of General Counsel of the Department at 3900 Common- wealth Boulevard, Mail Station 35, Tallahassee Florida 32399-3000. Because the administrative hearing process is designed to re-determine final agency action on the application, the filing of a petition for an administrative hearing may result in a modifi- cation of the permit, or even a denial of the ap- plication. Accordingly, the applicant will not commence construction or other activities un- der this permit until the deadlines below for fil ing a petition for an administrative hearing, or request for an extension of time, have expired. Under subsection 62-110.106(4) of the Florida Administrative Code, a person whose substan- tial interests are affected by the Department's action may also request art extension of time to file a petition for an administrative hearing. The Departmeht may, for good cause shown, grant the request for an extension of time. Re- quests for extension of time must be filed with the Office of General Counsel of the Depart- ment at 3900 Commonwealth Boulevard, Mail Station 35, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3000, be- fore the applicable deadline. A timely request for extension of time shall toll the running time period for filing a petition until the request is acted upon. If a request is filed late, the De- partment may still grant it upon a motion by the requesting party showing that the failure to file a request for an extension of time before the deadline was the result of excusable ne- glect. In the event that a timely and sufficient peti- tion for an administrative hearing is filed, other persons whose substantial interest will be af- fected by the outcome of the administrative process have the right to petition to intervene in the proceeding. Intervention will be only at. the discretion of the presiding officer upon the filing of a motion in compliance with Rule 28- 106.205 of the Florida Administrative Code. In accordance with subsection 28-106.111(2) and subparagraph 62-110.106(3).4, Florida Ad- ministrative Code, petitions for an administra- tive hearing by the applicant must be filed within 14 days of receipt of written notice. Pe- titions filed by any persons other than the ap- plicant, and other than those entitled to writ- ten notice under Section 120.60(3) of the Flori- da Statutes, must be filed within 14 days of publication of the notice. Under Section 120.60 (3) of the Florida Stat- utes, however, any person who has asked the Department for notice of agency action may file a petition within 14 days of such notice, re- gardless of the date of publication. The petitioner shall mail a copy of the petition to the applicant at the address indicated above at the time of filing. The failure of any person to file a petition for an administrative hearing within the appropriate time period shall consti- tute a waiver of those rights. A petition that disputes the material facts on which the Department's action is based must contain the following information (a) The name and address of each agency af- fected and each agency's file or identification number, if known: (b) The name, address, and telephone number of the petitioner; the name, address, and tele- phone of the petitioner's representative, if any, which shall be the address for service purposes during the course of the proceeding; and an ex- planation of how the petitioner's substantial in- terests are or will be affected by the agency determination' (c) A statement of when and how the petitioner received notice of the agency decision; (d) A statement of all disputed issues of mate- rial fact. If there are none, the petition must so indicate; (e) A concise statement of the ultimate facts alleged, including the specific facts that the petitioner contends warrant reversal or modifi- cation of the agency's proposed action; (f) A statement of the specific rules or status that the petitioner contends require reversal or modification of the agency's proposed action; and (g) A statement of the relief sought by the peti- tioner, stating precisely the action that the pe- titioner wishes the agency to take with respect to the agency's proposed action. A petition that does not dispute the material facts on which the.Department's action is based shall state that no such facts are in dis- pute and otherwise shall contain the same in- formation as set forth above, as required by Rule 28-106.301, Florida Administrative Code. Under Sections 120.669(2)(c) and (d) of the Florida Statute, a petition for administrative hearing must be dismissed by the agency if the petition does not substantially comply with the above requirements or is untimely filed. This action is final and effective on the date filed with the Clerk of the Department unless a petition is filed in accordance with thhe above. Upon the timely filing 'of petition this order will not be effective until further order of the De- partment. This permit, when issued, constitutes an order of the Department. The applicant has the right to seek judicial review of the order under Sec- tion 120.68 of the Florida Statute, by the filing of the notice of appeal under Rule 9.110 of the Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure with the Clerk of the Department in the Office of Gener- al Counsel, 3900 Commonwealth Boulevard, Mail Station 35, Tallahassee, Florida, 32399- 3000; and by filing a copy of the notice of the appeal accompanied by the applicable filing fees with the appropriate district court of ap- peal. The notice of appeal must e filed within 30 days from the date when the final order is filed with the Clerk of the Department. Requests for review before the Land and Water Adjudicatory Commission must be filed with the Secretary of the Commission and served on the Department within 20 days from the date when the final order is filed with the Clerk of the Department. The application for this permit is available for public inspection during normal business hours, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except for legal holidays, at the North- west District office, 160 W. Government Street, Pensacola, Florida. If You Have It and Don't Need It... Sell It in the CLASSIFIED LF160033 NOTICE OF ACTION n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FOURTEENTH (SEC. 39.801 (b) FS) JUDICIAL COURT IN AND FOR JACKSON COUNTY, FLORIDA. CIVIL DIVISION The State of Florida to JIMMY DOYLE MORGAN, CASE NO. 322012CA000268XXXXXX JR., father, whose residence and address are unknown. BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., Plaintiff, You are hereby notified that a Petition under vs. oath has been filed in the above styled Court RAFAEL PEREZ; KELLY PEREZ; UNKNOWN TEN- for the Termination of Parental Rights in the ANT NO. 1; UNKNOWN TENANT NO. 2; and ALL case of D.M.to the Department of Children and UNKNOWN PARTIES CLAIMING INTERESTS BY, Families, a licensed child placing agency, for THROUGH, UNDER OR AGAINST A NAMED DE- subsequent adoption. S FENDANT TO THIS ACTION, OR HAVING OR CLAIMING TO HAVE ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR IN- You are hereby noticed that an Advisory Hear- TEREST IN THE PROPERTY HEREIN DESCRIBED, ing will be held before the Honorable William L. Defendants. Wright, Circuit Judge, Fourteenth Judicial Cir- cuit, at the Jackson County Courthouse, 4445 RE-NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 45 Lafayette Street, Marianna, Jackson County, Florida, on the 4th day of April, 2013 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to an Order at the hour of 9:00 a.m. (Central Time) or Summary Final Judgment of foreclosure dat- ed December19, 2012, and entered in Case No. You have the right to appear with counsel at 322012CA000268XXXXXX of the Circuit Court in this hearing. If you can not afford legal repre- and for Jackson County, Florida, wherein BANK sentation, the Court will appoint counsel for o OF AMERICA, N.A. is Plaintiff and RAFAEL PER- you at this hearing upon the determination of EZ; KELLY PEREZ; UNKNOWN TENANT NO. 1; insolvency. You must either appear on the UNKNOWN TENANT NO. 2; and ALL UNKNOWN date and at the time specified or send a written PARTIES CLAIMING INTERESTS BY, THROUGH, response to the Court prior to that time. UNDER OR AGAINST A NAMED DEFENDANT TO THIS ACTION, OR HAVING OR CLAIMING TO YOUR FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT HAVE ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST IN THE THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CON- PROPERTY HEREIN DESCRIBED, are Defendants, SENT TO THE TERMINATION OF YOUR PAREN- I will sell to the highest and best bidder for TAL RIGHTS AS TO THIS CHILD. IF YOU FAIL TO cash at the North Door of the Jackson County APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED, Courthouse, 4445 Lafayette Street, Mariana, YOU MAY LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PA- Florida 32446. County, Florida, 11:00 a.m. on the RENT TO THIS CHILD. 14th day of March, 2012, the following descri- bed property as set forth in said Order or Final Pursuant to sections 39.804(4)(d) and Judgment, to-wit: 63.082(6)(g), Florida Statutes, you are hereby LOT 4 informed of the availability of private place- COMMENCE AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF ment with an adoption entity, as defined in SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 2 NORTH, RANGE 11 section 63.32(3) WEST, JACKSON COUNTY, FLORIDA; THENCE S NORTH 88 DEGREES 16 MINUTES 54 SECONDS WITNESS my hand as Clerk of said Court, and WEST, ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SEC- the Seal thereof this 12th day of TION, A DISTANCE OF 406.50 FEET; THENCE February, 2013. LEAVING SAID NORTH LINE, SOUTH 21 DEGREES 33 MINUTES 10 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE DALE RABON-GUTHRIE OF 317.15 FEET TO THE NORTHERLY RIGHT OF CLERK OF CIRCUIT COURT WAY LINE OF MCPHERSON DRIVE; THENCE JACKSON COUNTY, FLORIDA NORTH 88 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 29 SECONDS WEST., ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY LINE, A BY:s/s/ Rebecca Adkins DISTANCE OF 849.35 FEET; THENCE LEAVING DEPUTY CLERK SAID RIGHT OF WAY LINE, SOUTH 06 DEGREES 55 MINUTES 19 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF LF160034 653.34 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 83 DEGREES 55 MINUTES 55 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR JACKSON COUNTY, 49.69 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 07 DEGREES 01 MI- FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION NUTES 06 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF FILE NUMBER: 13-022-PR 252.02 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 23 DEGREES 56 MINUTES 08 MINUTES WEST, A DISTANCE OF IN RE: ESTATE OF LUCIEN W. WATSON, JR., 177.54 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; Deceased THENCE CONTINUE SOUTH 23 DEGREES 56 MI- NOTICE TO CREDITORS NUTES 08 WEST, A DISTANCE OF 145.20 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 83 DEGREES 55 MINUTES 55 The administration of the estate of Lucien W. SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 346.42 FEET Watson, deceased, whose date of death was TO THE EASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF November 12, 2012, is pending in the Circuit MCPHERSON DRIVE; THENCE NORTH 23 DE- Court for Jackson County, Florida, Probate Divi- GREES 56 MINUTES 08 SECONDS EAST, ALONG sion, the address of which is Jackson County SAID RIGHT OF WAY LINE, 145.20 FEET; THENCE Courthouse, Post Office Drawer 510, Marianna, NORTH 83 DEGREES 55 MINUTES 55 SECONDS FL 32447. The names and addresses of the per- EAST, A DISTANCE OF 346.42 FEET TO THE sonal representative and the personal repre- POINT OF BEGINNING; LOCATED IN THE sentative's attorney are set forth below. NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 2 NORTH, RANGE 11 WEST, JACKSON COUNTY, All creditors of the decedent and other persons FLORIDA. having claims or demands against decedent's TOGETHER WITH A PERPETUAL NON EXCLU- estate on whom a copy of this notice is re- SIVE EASEMENT FOR INGRESS, EGRESS AND quired to be served must file their claims with UTILITIES OVER AND ACROSS THE ROADS this court WITHIN THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS KNOWN AS MCDONALD DRIVE, CAMPBELL CIR- AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION CLE, MCDUFF DRIVE, MCGREGORS STREET, KU- OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE WAIT LANE AND MCPHERSON DRIVE. OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON ANY PERSON CLAIMING AN INTEREST IN THE THEM. SURPLUS FROM THE SALE, IF ANY, OTHER THAN THE PROPERTY OWNER AS OF THE DATE All other creditors of the decedent and other OF THE LIS PENDENS MUST FILE A CLAIM persons having claims or demands against de- WITHIN 60 DAYS AFTER THE SALE. cedent's estate must file their claims with this If you are a person with a disability who needs court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF any accommodation in order to participate in THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERI- Please contact the ADA Coordinator by mail at ODS SET FORTH IN SECTION 733.702 OF THE P. O. Box 1089, Panama City, FL 32402 or by FLORIDA PROBATE CODE WILL BE FOREVER phone at (850) 747 5338 at least seven (7) days BARRED. before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET the time before the scheduled appearance is FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) less than seven (7) days. If you are hearing im- YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT'S DATE paired, please call 711. OF DEATH IS BARRED. DATED at Marianna, Florida, on February 5, 2013. The date of the first publication of this Notice is February 13, 2012. DALE RAVON GUTHRIE As Clerk, Circuit Court Attorneys for Personal Representative: By: Racheal Larmore Stuart E. Goldberg As Deputy Clerk Fla. Bar No. 0365971 Amy Mason Collins SHD Legal Group P.A. Fla. Bar No. 0044582 Attorneys for Plaintiff Law Offices of Stuart E. Goldberg, P.L. 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With Josh Johnson, Mark Buehrle, Anibal Sanchez and Heath Bell departing in last year's payroll purge, the Marlins will rebuild their pitching staff by rely- ing on young arms. Eoval- di and 21-year-old Jacob Turner are slotted for spots in the rotation, and third- year big-leaguer Steve Cis- hek is the likely closer. ,; ,' Top pitching prospect, Jose Fernandez wore No. 78 Tuesday, which reflects the Marlins' thinking that he's at least a few months away from being ready for the big leagues. -But he'll get a long look in his first spring-training camp, and several other youngsters will battle for spots in the bullpen. Miami Marlins relief pitcher Mike Dunn throws a bullpen session during the team's first spring training baseball workout for pitchers and catchers Tuesday in Jupiter. "We've got a lot of young guys, so it should be great competition," said the rookie manager, 41-year- old Mike Redmond. "These guys realize the opportuni- ty. I know as a player, when you had an opportunity to make a team and pitch in the big leagues, that's all you could ask." As a former catcher, Red- mond's well aware that un- proven pitchers can make a big splash at this time of year. He remembers when a cocky young prospect by the name of Josh Beck- ett first arrived at Marlins camp in 2000. "His very first spring training, he had been draft- ed No. 1, and I caught his first bullpen," Redmond said. "He was good. I re- member being impressed by his changeup, because for a high school kid he was so polished. I was like, 'Man, that's the'best chan- geup I've ever seen from a high school guy.' "Then he threw a heater and hit me in the wrist, and I wasn't so impressed anymore," Redmond said. Even with an experi- enced staff last year, the Marlins finished last in the NL East. They allowed op- ponents to bat .263, third- worst in the NL, and lost 93 games. Redmond was manag- ing in the Florida State League last year, but he reviewed Miami's pitching performance. "We've got to be better," he said. "We weren't good enough last year. We didn't throw enough strikes. We've got to fill that strike zone and give ourselves a chance to let our defense work. We've just got to be better on the mound." This year's staff may not be better, but it will be different. Ricky Nolasco, whose $11.5 million con- tract will represent about MLB Brief Royals acquire Elliott Johnson from Rays SURPRISE, Ariz. K4n- sas City has acquired util- ity player Elliott Johnson from the Tampa Bay Rays as the player to be named in the Dec. 9 trade that sent James Shields and Wade Davis to Kansas City for top prospects Wil Myers and Jake Odorizzi along with two other mi- nor leaguers. The switch-hitting Johnson batted .242 with 10 doubles, six hom- ers, 33 RBIs, and 18 steals last year with the Rays. The 29-year-old started 68 games at shortstop and also played second, third - and the outfield. To make room for Johnson on the 40-man big league roster, the Royals transferred right- hander Felipe Paulino to the 60-day disabled list. Paulino is rehabbing from elbow surgery and not expected to pitch before July.- From wire reports a quarter of the Marlins' payroll, becomes an ace for the first time in his eight-year big league career. Right-hander Henderson Alvarez, who went 9-14 last year for Toronto, is expect- ed to claim one startingjob. Another is wide open, and along with several young pitchers, the contenders include several veterans trying to restart their ca- reer, among them injury- plagued John Maine. "If you play well, you're going to get an opportuni- ty," said Maine, standing at the locker formerly occu- pied by ace Josh Johnson. "It's a time to start build- ing something and being part of something pretty fun." Several bullpen jobs are also vacant. Contend- ers include 25-year-old right-hander Arquimedes Caminero, who is coming back from reconstructive elbow surgery. "We loved his arm," pres- ident of baseball opera- tions Larry Beinfest said. "We're going to take a good look at him. We'll see if he's ready to pitch in the major leagues." Miami's pitching could be better than expected if Eovaldi and Turner im- prove. Eovaldi went 3-7 with a 4.43 ERA in 12 starts last year, and Turner went 1-4 with a 3.38 ERA in sev- en starts. The Marlins say this season could be similar to 2006, when youngsters Johnson, Nolasco and San- chez all had breakthrough seasons. "They were at this point once," Eovaldi said. "You've got to start somewhere." S "STRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE" 3 Extra Years of Post Doctorate Specialty Training Board Certified in Clinical Neurology Additional Hours of Continuing Education Every Year 4' ,a Vietnam Era Veteran , -'i. "M "The area's only Chiropractic Specialist" , John W. 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