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A Pirate's Life for 'Little Captain'

By Despina Williams .' I
Star Staff Writer
Michael Long had just turned 10 when "
he began believing in pirates.
He'd outgrown Santa Claus and the
Easter Bunny, those scarcely seen visitors
to his Monteagle, Tenn. home, who brought.
him gifts and hit the road.
He met the Pirates of Saint Joseph Bay
last year on his family's July 4 vacation ,
and marveled at their triumphant entrance
in Frank Pate Park.
A weathered pirate ship carried
them ashore and smoky cannbn blasts
announced their arrival.
The descendants of settlers of the lost
city of Saint Joseph, they spoke in.a pirate
brogue and told Long fascinating stories
about their treasure, hunting expeditions
off the coast of Africa.
They shared their wealth with the
children who gathered in the park, and
they gave Long a special treasure.
Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny, the
paternal lords of presents and chocolate .
eggs, had never made ideal playmates, but
the pirates offered Long both' fantasy and
friendship.
They made him an horiorary member .
of their pirate band. "
They took his calls and answered his ""
e-mails.
And, as it turned out, they changed his .
life forever. -
First Contact
Long, his mother, Brenda Burrill, and :
sister, Heather, arrived in Port St. Joe for
the first tinie last year.
They heard of the Pirates of Saint 1t..
Joseph Bay from a clerk at CVS pharmacy,
who told them about the family-friendly
July 4 activities at Frank Pate Park.. '- :-
Lured by the promise of treasure and
beads, the family arrived at the park on
Saturday, and found it already humming
with actieity. .
The main attraction was Treasure
Island, a largd sandbox filled with buried ."
treasure. At this year's Independence on the Coast festival, Michael Long, 11, joined the Pirates of Saint
Joseph Bay as an "honorary pirate." He is shown holding the pirate flag, accompanied by pirate
(See LITTLE CAPTAIN on Page 2A) Katarina LeBlanc and his mom, Brenda Burrill.


School Board


Approves Budget

By Despina Williams
Star Staff Writer
During a special meeting last Thursday,
the 'Gulf County School Board approved
for advertisement a tentative budget with a
school district millage rate of 4.41, down 0.25
mills from last year.
A mill represents $1 for every $1,000
in appraised value. This year, each iill
generates $2.9 million, up from $2.54 million
last year.
Because property values increased by
some $400 million this. year, the school
board's 2006-2007 millage rate reflects a
total property tax increase of just under 6
percent.
The school board has limited discretion
in determining millage rates, with three out of
four school funding components determined
by the state.
But for the past two years, the board has
been conservative where it could, namely, in
setting the local capital improvement rate,
which finances building repairs, new portables
and equipment for the School district.
The board approved for advertisement
a .405 mill property tax for capital outlay
projects to include the construction/
remodeling of Gulf Academy, three school
buses, and renovations to the district's six
public schools.
The local capital improvement rate
represents a .25 mill reduction from last year,.
which translates into a savings of $353,681
for taxpayers.
A portion of the tax levy is required under
state law in order for the school board to
receive $3,499,002 in state grants.
County taxpayers currently pay 90
percent of state, and local funding for county
public schools, up from just over 4Q percent
less than a decade ago.
The state kicks in the other 10 percent.
A:90 percent required local effort village
is a cap. and according to the district finance
officer, Sissy Worley. is based on what the
state feels the county can absorb in light of

(See SCHOOL BOARD on Page 8A)


Bidwell Announces Candidacy for School Board District One


For most of his life, .Eric Bidwell's
-existence revolved around the public schools
in Wewalaitchka. Born in 1969; Eric enrolled
4in Wewahitchka Elementary School in
.1974 and graduated from
*Wewahitchka High in 1987.
After earning an Associate's
*degree from Gulf Coast
'Community College, and
.a Bachelor's degree in
)English from the University
of West Florida, Eric
returned to Wewahitchka's
public schools in 1992 .to
begin a teaching career
that spanned 13 years. For
the. past two years, .Eric
has worked diligently to
build a .successful home
construction business.
"I enjoy running my own l
business. but I would also
like to continue helping our
young people gain a quality a
education. As a school
board member, I can once Eric I
again play a positive role in the Gulf County
school system and consequently in the
education of the students in this area," stated
* Bidwell. "Our children are the future and
their education is of.the highest importance.
When I was a teacher, I was responsible
for our students' learning on a daily basis,
and when given the-opportunity to serve the'
,citizens of Gulf County as their representative
for the district one school board seat, I will
bring the same energy and dedication to
this position that I demonstrated during my


teaching career." .
Because he has seen the school system
from both the inside, as a teacher and student,
and now from the outside, as a business
owner, Bidwell believes he
has a unique perspective,
Which will enable him to
better perform his board
duties. Additionally, Eric
S was an educator at all
levels of the Wewalutcl-ka.
system, giving him ftirther
S insight into the needs of
S our schools. During the
First five' years of his career,
Eric taught middle school
language arts. Next, he
S transferred to high school
where he taught English,
drama and T.V, production
for seven years. He finished
his. last year of teaching
as the Physical Education
instructor at Wewahitchka
Elementary School.
dwell Eric is a lifelong
resident of Wewahitchka. He and his wife
Tammie, a 1985 graduate of Port St..Joe
High School, have been married'for 19 years
and they have three children, Kody and Kory
,who are both Wewahitchka High graduates,
and Kalyn, who .is entering the tenth grade
at Wewahitchka High. Currently, Eric is
enrolled in the graduate program at: the
University of West, Florida -and he plans on
earning his master's degree in educational
leadership in December of this year.
In announcing his candidacy for the


district one seat on the Gulf County School
Board. Eric would like.to encourage all voters
to be a positive force for our schools by electing
him to this position. He will do his best for


'll of the countN's schools and students.
"Although I believe we have good schools in
Gulf County, I feel they can be improved if we
all work hard toward that goal."


Guillory Qualifies as Candidate



for State Representative


Ray Guillory has qualified to run,
as a Democrat for the State House of
Representatives for Florida in District 6. Ray
is a long time resident of Northwest Florida;
his.family has live here for three generations.
He is himself the father of a. 2 year old
daughter, He is a professional chef at one of
the Gulf Coast most popular restaurants.
Why is Ray running for this office?
"I just did not see that any of the other
candidates really were representative of
the average citizen in our communities. I
believe that our area needs a better economic
system than that provided by the tourist
economy. We need to work on bringing jobs
that provide high wages and good benefits.
not more restaurants, retail, and low-end
service jqbs. Housing is a real concern for a
lot of people; real estate has' sky rocketed.
Homeowners insurance has almost .tripled,
and property tax bills have increased, all
of which is hard on our seniors with fixed
incomes. I just don't see why those who profit
so much, restaurant. owners, real estate
developers or their political cronies should be


rusted to help change a system they profit so
much from."
You can learn more about Ray and
his campaign by visiting his website wwa
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Little Captain
To enter the sandbox, 'Michael's not going to want
children completed tasks to do this,"' she recalled.
chosen by the pirates, such A shy, withdrawn
as reciting the alphabet child, Long suffered from a
backwards, jumping up and stuttering problem that made
down on one foot or singing a even the most mundane
pirate song. interactions painful.
When Burrill learned the Though hewould normally
nature of the pirates' game, shrink in the presence of
she wondered if she had strangers, Long was drawn
made a mistake in bringing to the pirates. To Burrill's
her son to the park. surprise, he approached
"I saw all these kids them, intent on answering
having fun, and I said, their demands.


At last year's Independence on the Coast celebration, Michael
posed for a commemorative photo with Capt. Morgan Garrison
Reid, the leader of the Pirates of Saint Joseph Bay.


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In the crowd, Bud Arnold,
a.k.a. Greybeard, overheard
Long greeting a fellow pirate,
and eased his way into the
conversation.
Arnold was struck by
Long's difficulty speaking, and
evenmorebyhis determination
to communicate.
"It became obvious to
me that he, was trying very
hard to interact with us,"
remembered Arnold, who
asked Long if he, too, wanted
to be a pirate.
When Long's face
brightened, Arnold reached
into his leather pouch.
Arnold was a freshman
member of the pirate band and
had taken to heart the words
of Capt. Morgan Garrison
Reid, who encouraged his
crew to find ways to make their
interactions memorable.
In his pouch, Arnold
kept two special prizes: green
jewels for the girls and coin
necklaces for the boys.
The necklaces were
smaller versions of the one
he wore around his neck. In
presenting Long the necklace,
Arnold declared him an
"honorary pirate."
"He was so eager and
struggling so hard that I
made him an honorary pirate
in honor of those efforts,"
Arnold recalled.
The entire interaction
lasted less than 15 minutes,
and Long disappeared into
the crowd.
Pirates Follow Suit
As Capt. Reid, Scott
Lamberson is the pirates'
fearless leader, and during
the Independence Day
holiday, he is unfailingly in
character.
So when Long strolled by
wearing Greybeard's necklace,
Lamberson did what any self-
respecting pirate would do
- he made a beeline for the
treasure.


Michaef Long tries on Capt. Jack's.hat at last year's pirate feast as the pirate Morgan Adams looks


"Come here son, let
me see that," Lamberson
beckoned.
Recognizing the necklace
as one of Arnold's special
treasures, Lamberson saw a
way to boost the quiet child's
self-esteem.
"Greybeard doesn't give
that to everybody," he told
Long. "It must mean you're
pretty special for Greybeard
to give that to you."
Emboldened by
Lamberson's remarks, Long
approached one pirate after
another. Each knew instantly
that Long was a special kid,
and found a way to let him
know it.
Tommy Davis, a.k.a.
Capt. Jack, came to the park
wearing a $3,000 replica of
'the costume worn by Capt.
Jack Sparrow in The Pirates
of the Caribbean movie.
When Long admired his
tricorn hat, Davis placed it on
his head.
"It was 10 times too big
for him and iit covered up
near about to his nose, but
he had the biggest smile on
his face," remembered Davis.
The gestures were small,


and the encounters, brief, but
they had a profound effect on
Long's spirit.
'Davis' wife, Carol, a.k.a.
Morgan Adams, sat with
Long at the afternoon's pirate
feast. She noticed that his
confidence had grown since
her encounter with him
earlier that day, when he
scarcely said a word.
.At the feast, Long played
with the cannons and
chatted with the crew. When
he reluctantly left the park
that evening, he bid his new
friends farewell.
"When he left, he hugged
each and every one of us,"
remembered Carol Davis. "I
put it in the back of my head,
'Hey, we did a good thing for
this kid.'"
That day in the park,
the pirates did.not know the
impact they'd made on Long's
life.
He was just one child in
a crowd of 2,000 people vying
for their attention, one they
had treated with kindness
and sent on his way.
They learned later what
a remarkable day it had truly
been.


A Troubled Childhood
In the weeks following the
2005 Independence on the
Coast celebration, the pirates
received an e-mail from a
grateful Burrill.
After thanking the
pirates for their kindness,
Burrill unburdened her soul,
revealing the intimate details
of her son's past.
According to Burrill, Long
had endured physical abuse
by his biological father during
a court-ordered visitation at
age two.
Burrill said Long's father
locked him in a closet,
deprived him of fluids and
did not change his diaper for
eight days.
After sit weeks, Long
returned to Burrill bearing the
signs of persistent neglect. He
was severely dehydrated and
nearly five pounds lighter.
Long had also stopped'
speaking.
"It was like you give
someone an apple and'they
give you an orange back and
say it's the same thing," said
Burrill.

(See LITTLE CAPTAIN on Page 12A)


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County Commission Again at Odds with Port St. Joe


By Marie Logan
Star Staff Writer
The regular Gulf County
Commission meeting was a
quiet affair Tuesday night,
sandwiched as it was
between the first and sec-
ond public county budget
workshops on Monday and
Wednesday.
Nonetheless, even with
only 18 people at Tuesday
night's meeting, the plate
was full.
Commissioner Bill
Williams asked for a
motion to request the city
of Port St. Joe to volun-
tarily stop their annexation
of numerous land parcels
into the city as they have
been doing, until the city
presents the county with a
cohesive plan of their goals
and how they plan to pay
for them.
He asked that commis-
sioners agree to tell the
city that if they do not stop
voluntarily, then the county
will force the issue legally.
Williams said that
in the last eight or nine
months, the city had made
some strides installing the
Highland View water and
sewer system, as agreed to
in an interlocal agreement,
but that it was to go out for
bid in mid-August "at great
cost and it keeps rearrang-
ing the county comp plan"
in reference to state leg-
islation addressing growth
management.


In making his motion,
Williams said, "We have to
say, 'That's enough.' They
have to stop until they can
say how they are going to
fund it."
Arguing that the city
had an eight-to-12 year debt
service on the Highland
View water and sewer proj-
ect, Williams reiterated that
the city had no debt service
plan and no plan to deal
with the impact of the proj-
ect on residents.
He wanted county
administrator Don Butler
and Lee Vincent, Port St.
Joe city manager, to meet
with the engineers to devise
a joint plan.
"So far there has been
no discussion with the
county planning depart-
ment or administrators,"
said Williams, "although
I have asked the city to
come several times to pres-
ent to the county, but they
haven't."
County attorney Tim
McFarland added, "Just
one of my questions is,
'How does this [city annexa-
tions and projects] affect
the (WindMark Beach
Development of Regional
Impact) order for the coun-
ty?' ",
"It's out of control,"
agreed Williams. "They're
moving at quantum speed.
It can be done cordially,
but we must talk. If I were
a citizen of Port St. Joe, I'd


be asking, 'Who's paying for
all this?'"
Williams' motion passed
4-1, with Commissioner
Nathan Peters voting "no."
In other business:
Garbage was again
the topic as trash contin-
ued to be a major problem
along the "tourist corridor"
of U.S. 98 and C.R. 30-E.
The Gulf County code
enforcement officer pre-
sented the commissioners
with some startling figures
and a solution for the prob-
lem.
According to her infor-
mation, just in the area
along C.R. 30-E to the state
park at the north end of St.
Joseph Peninsula, only 57
percent of homeowners pay
for waste management, or
garbage pickup. These fig-
ures did not include Indian
Pass or St. Joe Beach.
The commissioners
were shocked, and intently
discussed her suggestion of
mandatory pickup for the
entire area, with a twice-
weekly pickup during peak
tourist season, which she
described as March 15-
Sept. 15.
The primary question
was how to enforce it after
requiring mandatory pick-
up. McFarland told them
the ruling "must be done
with an ordinance to give
it teeth."
A motion to immediate-
ly draft an ordinance and


put it into the process was
passed 5-0.
Commissioner Nathan
Peters, who missed Monday
night's budget workshop,
addressed the commis-
sioners saying, "This board
must find ways to cut taxes.
One way to increase rev-
enues is to charge everyone
to use the county landfill,"
reading the state statute
that encourages counties to
charge everyone for such
use.
Pointing out the $30
per ton tipping fee in Gulf
County versus the $47.50
fee in Franklin County,
Peters said some contrac-
tors were coming from
Franklin to Gulf to dump
their trash.
"We're losing money big
time," he pointed out.
Peters then made a
motion to change the Gulf
County tipping fee to $40
per ton for residential and
$50 per ton for contrac-
tors, and to also tighten lit-
tering laws in the county.
Commissioners Billy
Traylor, Carmen McLemore
and Williams all applaud-
ed Peters' suggestions,
but asked him to hold
his motion and, to -work
closely with Joe Danford,
Gulf County Solid Waste
Director, to determine the
appropriate fees; since this
idea had been discussed
at Monday's budget work-
shop, which Peters could


not attend.
Peters withdrew his
motion after agreeing to
work with Danford and
have something set up and
operational by October 1.
Commissioner Jerry
Barnes requested that the
county replace almost 40
missing street signs on
C.R. 30-E along the pen-
insula, stating the prob-
,lems encountered by Gulf
County Emergency Medical
Services in responding to
emergency calls and being
unable to locate the appro-
priate streets.
At a maximum cost
of approximately $800
to replace all 39 signs,, a
motion was passed 5-0 to
replace the signs immedi-
ately, since it was a safety
issue.
However, as Butler point-
ed out, the Commission
needed to decide on a firm
policy, since one year ago
the board passed an ordi-
,nance not to replace street
signs for private roads in
the county.
According to the code
enforcement officer, only
two of the missing 39 signs
were for county roads; the
other 37 were for private
roads on the Cape.
After passing the
motion to.replace the signs,
commissioners decided to
change the ordinance in
the future to address the
issue.


County Commissioners Face Full House at First Budget


By Marie Logan
Star Staff Writer
The parking lot was full
and the seats inside filled
quickly minutes before the
first scheduled Gulf County
Commission preliminary
2006-07 .budget workshop
Monday.
When the meeting
Began, it quickly became
standing room only, as Gulf
County Commission chair-
man Carmen McLemore-'
' opened the workshop say-
ing, "Personally, I hope
we're not here all three
nights [of scheduled work-
.shops], but if it takes it, we
will be here."
He then asked every-
one to be "professional,"
acknowledging that "many


of the items we'll be dis-
cussing are hot topics."
The first person to
speak was Jim'Garth, rep-
resenting tle local group
Citizens for Reduced Taxes.
Garth made a short plea
for teamwork to reduce
taxes, thanking McLemore
in particular for the oppor-
tunity to address the com-
mission.
He said he hoped
S"these workshops save our
county from financial ruin,
because if taxes are not
reduced, they may impact
our county more than the
[paper] mill closing."
David Richardson,
Gulf County planner, then
addressed the meeting on
the impact and budgetary


importance of state Senate
Bill 360, which radically
overhauled county compre-
hensive plans.
"This is a growth man-
agement statute that gov-
erns everything we do,"
Richardson explained to'
the commissioners and
audience. "Our upgraded
county comp plan must be
adopted by December 1.
2007,, and this law is rig-
idly enforced now. If the
county does not file, it or is
not in compliance, we are
subject to sanctions."
According to the infor-
mation, Richardson dis-
played on-screen for the
audience, compliance \\ith
the bill means 'that suffi-
cient revenues. are, or will


be, available for the first
three years of the five-year
comprehensive, plan, and
committed for the fourth
and fifth years from veri-
fiable funding sources. In
other words,; funds must
be committed and avail-
able for all the projects for
each of the five years, or
the county's plans could be
shut down.ii .-.
McLemore' then spoke.
presenting his hopes for
the proposed budget aind
his plan to reduce. county
spending enough in 2006-
07 to. prevent increasing
the budget.
Framed by. a giant
bar graph splayed across
the screen behind hiim,


done."
McLemore's budget!
reduction plan included
eight immediate. and two
future steps:
1) Implement a hiring
freeze;
2) After November 1,
discontinue providing dirt
within the county:
3). Discontinue tear-,
ing down and removing
old houses and structures,
which, he acknowledged.
had "both good and bad
points;"
4) Reduce operational
hours of the county land-
fill (Five Points Landfill on
C.R. 71) by one day per
week;
5j Implement a freeze


Williams took the
lead-in of street signs to
discuss the issue of the
three giant billboards being
installed along U.S. 98. He,
as well as all the other com-
missioners and the code
enforcement office, report-
ed being flooded with tele-
phone calls objecting to the
new metal billboards.
Williams told the com-
missioners that the compa-
ny installing the billboards
was in compliance with cur-
rent laws, but he wanted
the Commission to imme-
diately, amend the existing
laws to keep any more on
the giant signs out of. the
county, especially the coast-
al area. He warned them
that the company already
had plans to install sev-
eral more in other locations
across the county.
Under current law,
according .to the code
enforcement officer, bill-
boards can be 160 square
feet and up to 35 feet high.
She suggested future signs
be limited to at least one-
half that size.
Commissioners vpted
unanimously to allow
MoFarland to write a -,new
ordinance and to advertise
it and hold public meetings
to pass it as quickly as pos-
sible.




Workshop
the next five years:
2006-07: community
storm shelter
2007-08: public works
building
2008-09: : ambulance
building
2009-20: maintenance
building
2010-11: county jill,
Fu ture steps were. 1 to
identify areas. like the cbun-
tybuilding deparunent.:that
can be self-supporting.-The
first area to review. accord-
ing to McLemore, woulf be
the County landfill.
2) To use the, county's
bed tax to fund and sup-
port services that support
tourism. ,;
S McLemore reiteireed


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Gulf County Commission chair Carmen McLemore presented his plan to reduce county spenaihg at
the first county budget workshop.

McLemore stood and on the purchase of new several tines that "this bd-
said, "As chairman, this is equipment after October 1; get is nothingpersonal,"ell-
where I'd like to see us 6) Curtail the coun- in e -,e e -
go." Stretching to point to ty's annual spring clean- ng department heads that
the highest mark on the up campaign, which takes no one was being singed
graph he continued, "This eight weeks each year. "We out. "I feel this is wha:we
year's [budget] request at can do it on a daily basis," have to do as leaders. We're
seven million [dollars] is said McLemore. "We already going in the wrong d|rec-
unacceptable. I'd like to have the trucks and we can tion and have to change.it."
see us back down to last use inmate labor crews." The meeting ran uhtil
year's [budget]," pointing at 7) Implement a four- 10 p.m. E.T. The second
a chest high mark on the day, 14-hour work week for county budget workshop is
graph. some county departments, set to begin at 5:15 p.m.
"I'd really like to see us saving, he said, about E.T. Wednesday, July: 26,
go back down below that," $75,000 in fuel per year. with department heads
he said, pointing to a mark 8) Prioritize construc- department he
about hip high, "about a 10 tion of new buildings, decid- and. constitutional officers
percent decrease. It can be ing the importance of each. scheduled to speak exery
done and I'd like to show He said five new buildings five minutes until 9:50 p.m.
you some ways it can be were already scheduled for E.T.
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Fiscal Follies, Part II


We'll take a moment to praise County
Commission chairman Carmen McLemore,
who opened Monday's first budget work-
shop with a presentation about budget
conditions.
McLemore, using a graph similar to
one circulated over the past few months by
,a grassroots citizens group, demonstrated
how property taxes had skyrocketed the
past five years and expounded on his
belief that commissioners needed to sound
retreat on tax bills this year.
McLemore continued by outlining a list
'of initiatives he believed could be scrapped
from the budget as an effort toward purse-
tightening, including delaying construction
*projects and putting off the purchase of
some equipment and the like.
We would humbly note that one project
on the chairman's scratch list was reha-
bilitation of the county jail, representing
yet another in a stream of flip-flops, this
one the reversal of a pledge to address
the crumbling condition of the jail in the
upcoming budget lest the sheriff leave
commissioners with the keys.
For all the posturing before a packed
meeting room on Monday, the words
remained wildly off the mark, including
"the laughable assertion by Commissioner
Bill Williams that commissioners were
actually still of a mind to embrace zero-
based budgeting, a claim laid waste by the
tentative budget before the Commission as
they began their series of workshops this
week.
We have said it before, should com-
missioners really be determined to curb
spending and provide some relief for tax-
payers, the axe will need to be wielded
not on projects, equipment and supplies
but rather on the factors which have most
bloated this budget workforce decisions.
For example, consider that the coun-
ty currently employs *mbre people under
the umbrella of "courthouse maintenance"
than it does county emergency. medical
personnel.
In fact, the county pays eight employees
roughly $195,000 a year to save the lives
of 15,000-plus county citizens in the event
of an auto accident, fire or other medical
emergency, while paying nine employees
more than $250,000 to ensure the court-


house is clean.
Three of those courthouse mainte-
nance folks make more each year than all
but one of the EMS staff.
As the saying goes, apparently, cleanli-
ness is next to godliness.
And if commissioners are indeed
intending to provide taxpayers with a
line-by-line explanation and rationale for
expenditures, as Williams said a linchpin
for zero-based budgeting they could start
by offering the reasoning for having a staff
of 23 in Public Works and 25 in the Road
Department.
As we argued last week,
the county is hardly in thee cr
infrastructure business, that county
with water and sewer han- is heading
died by the municipalities, site direct
a hospital being paid for private se
in part through a sales tax, the phrase
road rehabilitation by a with less"
bond issue. the mantra
Which begs the ques- ness deemi
tion, what could be the rea- cally sound
son that the county must
employ 48 people com-
bined in Public Works and
the Road Department? What do all those
folks do? .
Continuing on that same thread, we
find that where the county once upon a
time employed just one or two people in
the Mosquito Control, there are now five.
Tirn to the Building Department to
discover five more employees and a ques-
tionable use of manpower, as with GIS
mapping which has doubled in size and,
more importantly, payroll, in the past
couple of years.
If those numbers aren't enough con-
sider a microcosm of how many of these
folks are paid while pausing to note
that a surname connoting a degree of con-
nection in the county generally carries a
healthier salary.
Just an observation and anecdotal at
that, we'll acknowledge, but review the list
of salaried employees and the link seems
evident.
SIn this sample, one county officer
receives a fairly hefty salary which the
tentative budget bolsters with a 4 percent
increase while also receiving more than


Gary Was No Help!


Now,'folks, something tells me I'm in trouble
here already and we're just starting this story.
And this one definitely fits into that category of
one of the mysteries of life....like that leaning
tower that won't fall or that hanging garden in
SBabylon.
S My stove top quit. It had a bad element or
.a loose impediment or something. Cathy was-
.'cleaning it (that's not the mystery here, that's
the shocking.revelation) and as she attempted
Sto plug one of the big eyes on the back side in,
.the thing exploded! It sent sparks flying .off the
-'vented hood and up to the ceiling fan!
She called Gary Gaddis. He is supposed to
know something about drop in oven tops. He
said, "That thing is 20 years old. It is worn out!
You tell Coach (I taught this child in another
hifetuunel to buy you a new one."
We've got a son, a grandson, a daughter-
'in-law and Josh's mother-in-law coming in two
-cdays. Cathy runs down to the store and orders
a-new range topl
I stand in the kitchen and survey the car-
nage. The little burnt places on the hood give
:iit a woodsy look. If you run the fan on high,
y ou can't even see the dark blotches. I pick up
the,"bad" eye and think for a moment of trying
-to plug it in. That thought passes quickly. But
another one takes it place! You know, Cathy-
.hasn't really cooked a meal on this thing since
itheboys went off to college. That was ten years
ago!,This stove top has been in here for twenty
'years.....but it was only in use for the first half
of those years!
S I've got a ten year old stove!
There is no way you can wear that thing out
'in one single decade! I ain't gonna eat Quaker
.Oats rice cakes, tuna fish sandwiches and
cheese and crackers for ten years....and then
-rush out and buy a new stove top!
I sat down in the floor beside the 20 year old
refrigerator that worked perfectly to have what
Sigmimd Freud would call an "introspective dis-
cussion with myself". Something here ain't right!
Cathy, truthfully, would have probably cooked a


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meal or two for me since the boys left if I had
insisted. But my cholesterol "problems" came
upon me at about the same time Jesse graduat-
ed. Cathy, in the interest of my good health-and
quite possibly seeing a little respite from some
cooking chores-went from serving up sausage,
bacon, hamburgers and fried chicken to seed-
less grapes, raw cabbage and celery sticks!
The mystery here is how could a stove that
hasn't been used in ten years go on the blink?
Could it have broken down from lack of use? Did
a grease overflow in 1989 lead to this dilemma?
Could the problem stem from the water balloon
fight when Josh was a sophomore? Did it have
little rust cholesterols that were at work deep
inside the inner parts? For the first time in my
life I wished I had just an inkling of knowledge
concerning what goes on in a kitchen.....
Maybe a little personal culinary background
would be in order here. My first attempt at cook-
ing came at the primary department Sunday
-School picnic out at Carroll Lake. I was the only'
five year old to set fire to my marshmallow and
then accidentally sling it into the ashes trying to
swish out the flames.
As a twelve year old with Buddy Wiggleton
and Bobby Brewer I'm the guy who suggested we
save money by buying those Red Bird Imitation
Vienna Sausages. We camped out on the far side
of Jarrell Switch Bottom. I'm not sure what goes
in a, can of REAL Vienna sausages but me and'
Buddy and Bobby learned the hard way that
imitation sausages are mostly decomposed cat


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$14,000 in lump sum sick leave buy-back,
nearly $3,000 more in vacation time buy-
back and $10,000 in what is noted as
"Salaries: Non-Payroll."
Let's have an auditor anybody, actual-
ly explain how any salary is not payroll.
Then toss in another five grand or so
to attend a litany of annual conferences -
an e-mail summary would almost seem to
suffice given the entourage the county has
sent to such conferences the past couple of
years and what remains is a hefty pot of
take-home dough.
That is just one exam-
ple,. and extrapolated
x of this is across all departments and
government all employees would add
in the oppo- .tens of thousands of dol-
ion of the lars when all employees.
actor, where are counted, we are likely
"doing more entering six-figure territory
has become to payroll costs.
for any busi- Add to that free medi-
ng itself fis- cal coverage the coun-
ty pays the whole freight,
including coverage for fam-
Sily members and there
is no disguising that these
are personnel decisions by Midas.
SWhile possibly such benefits could be
rationalized when the staff rolls were less
-fat, given the recent growth in staffs such
carrots are simply unsustainable.
The crux of this is that county govern-
ment is heading in the opposite direction
of the private sector, where the phrase
"doing more with less" has become the
mantra for any business deeming itself fis-
cally sound.
The difference is simple: no boss to
look over the shoulder because chances
are the bosses, the taxpayers, are unaware
of this runaway gravy train.
In fact, the dynamics, we would argue,
reveal the opposite, with the payroll and
staffing representing just another bit of re-
election ballast for commissioners across
the board.
The bottom line is this when com-
missioners get real with spending restraint
by reining in the real drag on the budget,.
the bloated workforce, they will begin to
earn their.$25,541 annual salary.


guts and ground up pig snouts. Frying'em over
ai open fire didn't help one iota! Buddy fainted
from the smell.....
David Paschall and I cooked most of our
meals in college on an old hot.plate he found
behind the Monteagle Diner. It sparked and
smoked the first few times we used it and finally
blew up. David got a coat hanger and wrapped
one end around the coils and plugged the other
end into the wall socket.....we used that hot
plate for two semesters like that.
We didn't have any pots or pans so we
'cooked our Van Camp Pork and Beans right in
the can. The first few bites were a little.on the
cold side. The middle section was pretty tasty.
The last few spoonfuls were always scorched.
I like. my pork and beans well done to this
day .....
When Cathy's sister had her first child
Cathy went off for a month "to help Jo Bair
through the rough spots". Me and the boys
almost succumbed to the elements while she
was gone We were down to "hungry and desper-
ate" when I attempted the home made biscuits.
Josh and Jess relieved ine of all cooking duties
even before the dough started swelling. "Dad, we
won't ever get the smoke out of the house!"
"Dad, we can use this as a hockey puck."
"Dad, the butter runs off the side."
"Dad, my biscuit has black feet."
That was the day of the famous water bal-
loon fight. After we quit laughing and skiing, we
had to get the shop vac to clean up the kitchen.
I figured we washed out the skillet and got their
minds off the biscuits at the same time....
And thus ended the cooking phase of my
life.
But the kitchen appliance problems rage
on. This is all Gary Gaddis's fault. Cathy called
the wrong stove top repairman! I've got a closet
full of coat hangers. And David Paschall's num-
ber is in our rolodex. I'm thinking I might just
have a solution here after all.....
Respectfully,
Kes


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Big Shoes

There are plenty of political races to parse
and predict in the coming months, but one is
of particular interest for voters considering the
broader picture.
The campaign for the District 6 seat in the
Florida House of Representatives is notable
not just for the candidates who have quali-
fied, but the man those eight individuals foul
Republicans, two Democrats and two write-in
candidates -hope to replace.
Allan Bense is term-limited from running
again, not that many that have once served as
Speaker of the House, as Bense did the past
two years, actually take a seat with the rank-
and-file after spending time up at the podium.
Already, the television is full.of commer-
cials touting the conservative credentials of one
candidate seeking to succeed Bense and others
have been busy making announcements, tour-
ing the district and placing signs.
This particular race, more than any other
in the area, will take place beneath a giant
shadow.
A couple of caveats are in order at this
point.
In no way did Rep. Bense and I share a
common political philosophy, but that was part
of what made our relationship unique, when
compared to all the other politicians I have
interviewed and written about.
We understood that we hailed from dif-
ferent points on the political spectrum and
whether intended or not, Rep. Bense always
seemed to welcome a differing slant, and an
opportunity to argue his positions to somebody
who wasn't part of the choir.
I wouldn't call it spirited debate that's not
the roles we embraced when we entered the
same orbit but there was/an independence of
thought there that-seemed to provide a comfort
zone for our interviews and discussions.
And they were not always emotionless
interviews, another aspect of this man which
conjured deep and lasting respect.
He was willing to open up, to lift the shade
on;,government, decision-making anid the per-
sonalities in play to observe'aid un'dderstand
the human side.
And Rep. Bense did it effortlessly and,
in conveying respect on this reporter, with an
unspoken understanding that some things were
off-limits to me as a reporter, but not.as some-
one who understood and had participated in
the inside baseball of politics.
Two episodes, in my mind, provide the
measure of the man.
The first involved, long ago, a bump in life
experienced by one of his children.
Bense, given his rising position in state
politics, understood and was empathetic to the
fact that I had a job to do, that the nature of
events might find their ivay into print, whether
he was comfortable with that or,not.
He never begrudged my role, never exerted
any pressure on how to handle the stoiy, and
later thanked me and my boss at the paper for
the sensitivity we had demonstrated at a time of
family upheaval.
From that point forward, we always talked
about our families and how everybody was
doing, starting each interview or talk by catch-
ing up, something as rare as high wages in
journalism.
Bense was also unfailingly polite in return-
ing phone calls, which, though I came to know
him pretty well over the years, never failed to
provide a refreshing surprise.
Several years ago, as he spent more and
more time around the state campaigning for
Republican candidates and to be Speaker of the
House, it became increasingly difficult to line
up face-to-face interviews.
Yet, leave a message with an aide in his
office and when he had a free moment to
breathe there would be Rep. Bense on the
phone.
I remember conducting one phone inter-
view at the Saturday breakfast table, a time in
his week when he certainly had better things to
do. Another pre-session interview occurred on
a-Friday evening, long after the dinner hour.
And rather than an abrupt and hurried
interview, he took the time to explain the nuanc-
es of pending legislation, initiatives he hoped to
see through and the human dynamics in play.
Further, he treated the weekly paper in Port
St. Joe just as he did the daily papers in his
district, with respect and understanding of the
roles to which we had to submit.
Mind-boggling comes to mind, but that was
Rep. Allan Bense.
Regardless of where your political views
fell, this is a genuine human being, polite, forth-
right, generous and professional.
A stalwart for his political philosophy, but
also a humble man who understood, person-
ally, what it meant to overcome tough odds and
succeed by force of will and sweat.
He was also a champion for his district,
which later in his term, after redistricting, came
to include Gulf County and Apalachicola in
Franklin County.
If something was needed in his district, be
it funding for a lighthouse or beach restoration
or infrastructure improvements, Bense was
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Elvis Lives


By: Jamie Lester
My son, Trey, is 10 years
old. At this age, I would
have thought he would be
into Harry Potter, Amanda
Bynes, or some super-
cool dude of his era. I was
wrong. Of all the people in
the world my son would
admire, it's a rock and roll
singer from years ago: Elvis
Presley. Trey's interest in
Elvis seemed to start when
he was six years old. I was
driving back from Seattle,
Washington and happened
to go through Memphis,
Tennessee and I took Trey to
Graceland, the home of Elvis
Presley. Elvis memorabilia
was everywhere, along with
television screens playing
Elvis singing and acting.
Ever .since then, Trey has
been fascinated by Elvis.
The past several years
since that time, Elvis was
mentioned no and therl,
but once Trey started to
read and learn about Elvis,
his desire to discover even
more about him grew as
well, especially when he
realized his cousin's father,
Ken Hicks. was once Elvis'
bodyguard. Ken's uncle was
J.D. Sumner. leader of the
Stamps Quartet. The Stamps
Quartet played with El\is in
the late 70's. Although Ken's
employment was short-
lived. he still brought home
stories about Evis and J.D.
After listening to the stories
from his cousin and reading
even' piece of literature and
listening to all of his music
he could get a hold of. Trey
learned more about Elvis
than I will ever know! I can
ask him a question like:
What year did El\is produce
Hound Dog. and where did
he first perform it?" Trey
will tell you it was 1956 and
Elhis performed it on the
Ed Sullivan Show. singing it
to a hound dog.
I have created a room in
our house called the "Elhis
Room" which is Trey's
bedroom. It is lined with
El\is wallpaper and tons
of memorabilia. Because of
his love for El\is. I decided
to take Trey. his brother
Luke. and grandmother
Joyce. to Graceland for an
Elhis tour. Trey's excitement


.Big Shoes

He cared about folks succeed-
mg and if he could help. all
the better.
As already stated, there
were certainly areas of govern-
ment and politics on which we
were hardly on the same page.
but that never factored in our
sometimes long discussions
on politics m the state.
The state, this county, is
little lesser for his riding into
the political sunset at this time
in his life. though his stated
reasons, to devote more time
to family and home are char-
'acteristic..
Politics and government


began the day we left! The
journey began when we
left Wewahitchka, Florida
around 2:00 p.m. on a
Friday. As we traveled down
the road heading north to
Tupelo, Mississippi, we
listened to Elvis songs from
the 1950's through the
1970's, including gospel
songs-all the way there
and all the way back.
We arrived in Tupelo
around 11:00 p.m. that
evening. Trey was so excited.
When we started out the
next morning, we couldn't
even stop for breakfast,
we went straight to Elvis'
home place. It was a great
place to visit and very \\ell
maintained. The staff was
very pleasant and Trey w'as
in Heaven. I couldn't get
him out of the gift shop.
so Luke and I went to
explore because Trey and
his grandmother picked
out the souvenirs. Finally,
after walking through the
museum we made it to El\is'
small, shot-gun-type house.
It had only two rooms-the
front room where the family
slept and the kitchen. We
had our picture taken on
the front porch sitting in the
swing-Trey w\as amazed.
The house w\as wood-frmne
with whitewash paint. The
walls in the front roonl
were originally covered with
newspaper. It was in this
room that El\is 'as born
and where his twin brother.
Jesse. died.
Elis' dad, Mr. Vernon
Presley. worked for Mr.
Bean who owned a 15 acre
farm. Mr. Bean sold Mr. &
Mrs. Presley a small strip
of land. and this is where
Mr. Presley had the house
built. The total cost was



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needs more men and women
like Rep. Bense. who wade
against a tide which is erod-
ing principles. conunon sense.
accountability and profession-
al debate on the important
issues of the day.
For those who nish to suc-
ceed him m the Florida House.
Bense offers a template, not so
much in his conservative phi-
losophy. but more unportantly
in his conduct, humanity and
ethics.
In other words, the foot-
steps he leaves behind to be
filled can only be described as
enormous.


$180, and Mr. Bean held
the mortgage. Times were
really hard during the late
30's. When Mr. Presley got
arrested and spent a year
in jail, the payments could
not be made. Mr. Bean
foreclosed on the property.
Elvis and his mother, Mrs.
Gladys Presley, had to move
in with family.
I was curious to know
why Vernon Presley went to
jail for a year. I was told he
added a few zeros to a check
he received from none other
than Mr. Bean, the man who
employed him, sold him
the land, and gave him the
money to build their house.
Elvis' mother was a
true Christian woman who
ran the house with a tight
fist. She made sure church
played a part in their lives
and they attended regularly.
Elvis started singing at a
young age in their home
church, which was an
Assembly of God Church in
Tupelo. Elvis' mother bought
him his first guitar from the
local general store. At age
13, he started playing. A
statue of Elvis at the age
of 13, holding a guitar was
placed on the grounds of the
museum. After Elvis' dad
got out of jail. the family
moved to Memphis for better
employment opportunities.
Therefore. when finished in
Tupelo (after Trey purchased
a life-size cardboard statue
of Elvis and many other
things), we headed to
Nlemphis. like the Presleys.
There it was. Graceland.
as gracious as its name. The
splendor of seeing my son
Trey's eyes as we pulled
next to Graceland was worth
the whole trip. Graceland
represented a palace fit for
a King. At that time. a king
named El\is.
As you walk through
the mansion, the 70's time
frame speaks loudly. The
trophy room was amazing.
All the awards Elvis
received during his career
shined with gold. silver.
and platinum. What was
amazing to me is that Elvis
received only three Grammy
Awards and they were all
for gospel music, not rock
and roll as you might think.
As the tour of the mansion
ends. yot go through the
meditation garden where
Elis. his mother. father, and
grandmother are buried.
I noticed Trey looking
at the graves. When he got
to Elvis' grave he stopped
to read every word. A
continuous flame burns
at the head of El\is and
flowers are placed daily
by individuals all over the
country. Trey stood only
a few feet away from the
person he is most fascinated
with. I had no idea what to
expect next. but he took
something out of his pocket
and dug a very small hole
placing something at Ehis'
feet. We were surrounded in
silence and the sadness on


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everyone's faces was very
apparent.
When we left Graceland,
we headed to Nashville. I
decided to end our tour with
a live performance by an
Elvis impersonator named
John Beardsley entitled,
"A Tribute to the King-
Through the Years 1953-
1977." The performance
was held at the Earnest
Tubb Texas Troubadour
Theatre, which is home to
the Earnest Tubb Record
Shop, Midnite Jamboree (it
is the second oldest radio
broadcast in the world). It
was great! John's sound,
actions and movements were
very close to Elvis'. I even
heard people comment on
Mr. Beardsley's performance
and all seemed to agree
his performance would
outshine Las Vegas any
day; I agreed. Mr. Beardsley
portrayed every musical
time era Elvis played a part
of. It started from Elvis'
first record in the 1950's
and went straight through
to the late 70's. Country
music star T. Graham
Brown describes the show
as follows, "If you want to
see a great show, you need
to go see John. I guarantee
you it's the best Elis show
you ever saw." The Queen of
country music. Kitty Wells.
says of it. "A great showman.
a great show. It is one of the
best I've ever seen."
The band that supported
Mr. Beardsley was mixed
with vast amounts of talent.
Some of his band members
have played for Reba
McEntire. George Strait.
\'ince Gill. Little Jimmyi
Dickens. and many others.
His band represented a long
history of strong musical
talent. When it comes to
the female backup vocalists.
Elvis would have been
proud. Those two ladies
were beautiful, talented, and
great singers; their charm
and their smiling faces
brightened the whole stage.
To those beautiful ladies.
John and his band. you
create joy in what you do and
I hope you will be blessed in
the future with your singing
and song careers.
The show wouldn't
have been the same without
the sound and lighting
operators. Thanks for all of
their hard work and great
personality you showed
to everyone that walked
through the door. Special
recognition goes to the
person that sold the tickets
and made the popcorn-
none other than John
Beardsley's wife. Because
of her. Elvis introduced
his friend. Trey. during his
performance and allowed
Trey to participate. Trey was
so shocked that his name
was mentioned: when the
spotlight hit him he froze!
Can you believe it-Trey
silent and still! John asked
Trey about a few songs Elvis
sang during his career and
Trey just stood there. Bless
his heart. After they took the
spotlight off of Trey. he told
me everything there was to
know about those songs!
Again, thank you. John, the
staff, and the band for a
great experience. I would
reconunend to anyone, if
you go through Nashville,
you must stop off to see
this show-you will not be
disappointed.
As you listen to the songs
Elvis sang and his impact on
people in general, it affects
people in so many ways. I
can understand why people
were crying at his grave site


even though he died over
twenty years ago. You never
know what song may have
impacted their lives. Those
tears reminded me of what
impact Elvis had on me. I
started thinking back as I
glanced at Graceland one
last time...
It was August 3, 2005


when I left the Bay County
Court House and made the
journey to my home where
my two sons awaited me.
My father, Bo John Lester,
was there waiting for my
return. When I walked
through the door, my father
said, "You have to go take
care of Trey." I walked back
to his bedroom and he had
Elvis playing on his CD
player. I gathered Luke, my
six year old, and sat on the
floor. As I held Luke, I told
them I was not successful in
convincing the judge to have
them live with me. I told
them their mother and I
loved them very much, but I
had done everything I knew
to convince the judge that
the best choice was for them
to live with their father. My
mother had already told
Trey the news. I tried to
hold back tears, but I could
see the loss in Trey's face.
He had started to organize
a celebration sleepover
with his friends because he
thought he would be living
with me. Trey and I clung
to each other and I could
not hold back the tears
for long. We both cried. He
said, "Daddy, I have picked


out a song for you. Would
you like to hear it?" I said,
"Yes." He reached over and
changed the song that was
playing and he stood very
still and just looked at me.
The song he played was "Are
you Lonesome Tonight" by
Elvis Presley. His face was
sad, but I realized at that
moment my little boy just
moved a little closer to being
a young man. I said, "Trey,
that song is so sad." He said
in his broken voice, "It's a
sad time, daddy." I broke
down even more as we both
looked at each other. Then,
Trey started singing another
Elvis Presley song, "Don't
cry daddy, daddy please
don't cry."
As our family 'left
Graceland, I looked back at
the mansion one last time
and said to myself, "Thank
you Elvis for your inspiration
to those in this world, brit
most of all thank you fotr
your songs of life, meaning,
joy, and happiness. You're
still alive in the hearts and
minds of people all around
the world, especially in th.e
heart of a little boy name
Trey Lester."


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Bare-Bones Budget Proposals



Are Lean Fare for Mexico Beach


By Marie Logan
Star Staff Writer
Mexico Beach's first
budget workshop for
the 2006-07 fiscal year
began on a grim note last
Thursday.
The meeting dealt with
just the city's enterprise
funds water, sewer, and
sanitation. No capital funds
had been included in the
budgets, because a work-
shop to discuss just capital
funds for all departments
was being scheduled.
Water Funds
In introducing the water
department's proposed
budget, Mexico Beach city
clerk Deborah McLeod
stated to the city council,
"This preliminary budget


has been cut to the bone."
It contained no capital
funds for major purchases,
and no significant raises
for employees of the water
department.
Bottom line: the city's
current rate structure for
its water funds does not
generate enough money for
operations.
This has been the case
since the city installed a
new water and sewer sys-
tem in the late 1990s.
McLeod explained the
proposed budget, which
contained the following rec-
ommendations:
Decreasing the salary
line for 2006-07 byremoving
allotments for two adminis-
trative employees' salaries
from the water fund (25


percent for Troy Williams,
Public Works Director, and
10 percent for Henry Flack,
City Administrator).
According to Flack, the
historical trend has been
to allocate portions of cer-
tain salaries from a num-
ber of sources (i.e., vari-
ous department budgets)
instead of from a single
source.
"We have stopped this
practice this fiscal year,"
said Flack, explaining that
he had suggested that "this
should stop for three to five
years to get these enterprise
funds healthy and see what
the real costs are."
No longer paying for
overtime from the water
fund as in the past, which
decreases the proposed
budget overall by $130,000
from last year.
Limiting engineering
fees by producing in-house
plans to go out for bids
for jobs traditionally han-
dled by a single engineering
firm.
Increasing retirement
benefits for employees with
the addition of the Florida
Retirement.
At this point McLeod
interjected that the retire-
ment was one of the main
items that the city must
keep because so many city
employees had said that if
the city did not offer it, they
would be forced to leave.
McLeod offered the
council three options for
balancing the water fund
from user fees, which, by
Florida law, is the only way
a city's water fund can be
funded and balanced.


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Preliminary Budget for water, sewer, sanitation

Customer Bill Using Opetion that balances FY07 Budget


Cost to customer 4,000 gallons:
Current
Water (option 2) $23.24
Sewer (option 3) $32.00
Taxes: $1.63
Sanitation $21.77


Total Bill:


The options would
affect all users of city
water, including about 600
accounts in Gulf County.
Only two of the options
would actually produce a
positive cash flow.
According to McLeod,
"The city has been running
at a deficit for so long, we
have no choice but to raise
rates."

Sewer Funds
The proposed budget
for the city's sewer fund
was, again, "bare bones,"
said McLeod, as she deliv-


$27.36
$39.52
$1.92
$21.77


$78.64 90.57


ered figures to the council.
Just like the water
fund, no capital funds were
included in the proposed
sewer budget, and overtime
was excluded.
According to the report,
$48,000 in sewer fund
expenses are an annual
expense for the city's Gulf
Breeze loan, with, another
$44,000 combined annu-
al expenses covering four
other loans and bonds.
McLeod said she had
challenged the Gulf Breeze
bond holder, but it was
"not open to negotiation.


Tuesday, July 25, 4 p.m. Central Time
pre-agenda meeting for the August 1
city council meeting
Wednesday, July 26, 4 p.m., Central
Time
second budget workshop on city enter-
prise funds
Thursday, July 27, 4 p.m. Central Time
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To change the bond would
mean refinancing it," said
McLeod. "We had an ana-
lyst look at it before, and
,we were told it was not fea-
sible to refinance the bond
at today's prices."
"This [sewer fund] ha,
been a traditional 'catch-
all' for a lot of expenses,"
McLeod told the council.
"For this year we're sepa-
rating out the items that do
not belong in this budget,
and putting them entirely
where they do belong."
Another change within
the new proposed sewer .
budget: all public works
personnel who need sup-
plies and other items for
the department will have to
go to McLeod to verify the'
need and order it.
In the past, McLeod ''
said, the city did not have a
formal purchasing plan in
place, and also did not buy
in bulk.
"Someone just made a
phone call and ordered it," ,,
she reported.
Council member Curtis
Dale strongly urged the .,
council and Williams to ,
look' at bhilko purchases
and 'consider working with 7
some other municipality to "
buy supplies at bulk rate.,"-
Dale then offered his ser-
vices to investigate this idea
for the city. ,
McLeod reported that
in the preliminary budget,,
sewer user fees increase 52 ,
percent with an addition-
al 17 percent allotted for
growth, with approximately ,;
300 units expected to come.
on line soon. .
"This represents the
necessary increase in rev- -
enues to balance FY 07's '
budget with no capital," she
said.
Of the three options
presented to the council for
the proposed sewer budget,
only the third option cov-
ered expenses.

,Sanitation Funds
All agreed that garbage -
was a major issue in the
city, but Mexico Beach has
no choice but to take its,,-
garbage to the Bay County
incinerator, explained
Mayor Al Cathey.
He then asked "do we
need to find another meth-
od instead of constantly
sending [our] trucks all the
way to U.S. 231 to dump?"
McLeod's report
showed that sanitation
user fees had increased by
3 percent, due to penalty
revenues and a growth fac- .
tor of 2 percent. Sanitation -.
expenditures had increased -
by 5 percent from the pre-
vious fiscal year because of,
again, the allocation of the
two salaries, health insur-
ance and retirement ben-
efits.


.l ., l Operating expenditures
12 Iin sanitation had increased
by 13 percent due to the
Aa -gi inclusion of almost $45,000
in reserve funds to pur-
chase a new garbage truck
SI. in the near future.
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Mexico Beach 2004-2005 Audit Finally Arrives


By Marie Logan
Star Staff Writer
After a four month
delay, the preliminary audit
for the city of Mexico Beach
has finally arrived.
It covers fiscal year
2004-05, which ran October
1, 2004 through September
30, 2005, and includes the
last nine months of former
mayor Kathy Kingsland's
second term, plus the first
four months of deceased
mayor Chuck Risinger's
first term.
Kingsland was mayor
of Mexico Beach from
June 2001 to June 2005.
Risinger took office in
June, 2005, serving until
his death May 14, 2006. Al
Cathey, mayor pro tem at
the time of Risinger's death,
became mayor of Mexico
Beach for the remainder
of Risinger's term, which
ends June, 2007.
In a letter dated June
30, from auditors Carr,
Riggs & Ingram, LLC, of
Panama City, the auditors
stated that Mexico Beach
is not in a state of financial
emergency and no deterio-
rating financial conditions
were noted.
However, the auditors
gave a lengthy list of rec-
ommendations and chang-
es that the city needed to
make immediately in ref-
erence to money handling
procedures and records:
1) Timely filing of pay-
roll tax returns "Payroll
tax returns during the year
were filed incorrectly and
not timely filed, which
resulted in significant pen-
alties and interest" of more
than $9,000.
2) Record storage and
retrieval "During our audit
we noticed that account-
ing records could not be
located when needed. The
causes of the problem were
numerous:
Lack of clearly speci-
fied system for filing
records;
.- Failure off those who
removed records frominthe,
files to indicate who took
the record;
Failure to return the
record to the files ormisfil-
ing when it was returned;
Lack of specific poli-
cies for removing prior year
records -from the files to a
designated storage space;
The result was that
employees spent nonpro-
ductive time searching for
needed documents. This
condition could also pres-
ent problems when we or
government agencies need
documents in support
of tax returns and other
reports subject to audit."
31 Timely depositing of
funds "Deposits for col-
lections are not being made
daily and intact. Such pro-
pedure is a vital part of a
good internal control sys-
tem," noting one example ini
which a payment in March
2005 was not deposited
until February 2006.
4) Timely requesting of
funds "Grant funding is
required to be requested
pn a timely basis," noting
one example bf funds from
a 2005 contract only being
noticed as "not requested"
during the audit in March
2006.
5) Personnel files
should be maintained for
each employee "While
conducting our audit, we
noted that many person-
nel files contain data that
is either old or incomplete.
Maintaining current per-
sonnel files is an important
Internal control."
6) Software ""During
the previous year and in
(the current year, the city
continues to encounter
S extensive problems .with.
Sthe accounting software
program it uses. It appears
there are inherent limita-


tions in the software that
results in certain post-
ings and transactions to
be improperly recorded in
the general ledger. We rec-
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options for new account-
ing software packages and
implement a change as
soon as practicable."
7) Accounts payable
- "The detailed listing of
year end accounts payable
maintained by the city was
incorrect. It appears some
accounts payable on the
listing were actually prior
year expenses, and there-
fore recorded twice and
other expenses listed on the
city's detailed listing were
never recorded in the gen-
eral ledger as an account
payable."
8) Need to improve cap-
ital assets records "There
continues to be deficiencies
in the city's maintenance
of its property records for
land owned by the city. The
city does not have a detailed
and complete listing of land
owned or the carrying val-
ues of the land."
9) Internal control
- "Separation of certain
accounting and administra-
tive duties among employ-
ees, which is recommended
as an effective internal con-
trol procedure, was inad-
equate at the city...The city
should separate duties so
that no one individual has
control over all phases of a


transaction..."
10) Deficit fund bal-
ance "The sewer fund con-
tinues to report a deficit
in operations. The deficit
amounts were $111,715 at
September 30, 2005 and
$193,924 at prior year end,
and $365,095 in fiscal year
2003."
Prior city audits con-
tained recommendations
for changes in methods and
procedures, but not to the
extent of this audit:
Year ended Sept. 30,
2002:
Two reportable condi-
tions were disclosed during
the audit but none of the
conditions was reported as
a material weakness and
both were corrected;
No instances of non-
compliance material were
disclosed during the audit;
No reportable condi-
tions in internal control
over major programs were
disclosed during the audit;
The city did not quali-
fy as a 19w-risk auditee.
Year ended Sept. 30,
2003:
Two reportable con-
ditions were disclosed
during the audit and both
were considered material
weaknesses; the city began


working on correcting the
conditions;
No instances of non-
compliance material were
disclosed during the audit;
No reportable condi-
tions in internal control
over major programs were
disclosed during the audit;
The city did not qual-
ify as a low-risk auditee,
and it was determined that
the City was "not in a state
of financial emergency";
Although the city
reported a deficit for the
sewer enterprise fund in
2002-2003, the unreserved
fund balance in the general
fund was sufficient to cover
the reported deficit. The
fund deficit was attributed
to repaving expenditures
related to sewer system
upgrades;
Current year audit
recommendations included
changing cash management
and grant activity, arid sev-
eral internal control defi-
ciencies. All problems were
addressed and corrected by
the city.
Year ended Sept. 30,
2004:
Recommendations
made in the preceding
annual financial audit
report had been satisfacto-
rily addressed by the city,
except for continuing prob-
lems with capital assets
records and several ques-
tions of internal control;
Current year recom-
mendations were for bet-
ter software to eliminate
recurring problems with
accounting, timely filing
of accounts, and listing
accounts payable correctly,
all of which were being cor-
rected by the city.
Again, the City was
determined not to be in
a state of financial emer-
gency.


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Village Dr. Lot size 40x 98. MLS #105310. $389,000.
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Mexico Beach city clerk
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for volunteers to work as poll
workers during September
primary and November
general elections.
According to information
published by the Bay County
Supervisor of Elections Mark
Anderson, a poll worker
must:
Be a registered voter in
Bay County;
Be available for the entire
election day, approximately 6
a.m. to 8:30 p.m.;
Attend a one-hour
orientation class which
includes a test;
Attend poll worker
training classes before
elections.
Variable schedules are
provided for both orientation
and training classes.
Retirees under the Florida
Retirement system must
allow a full year's lapse prior


to working as a poll worker.
Poll workers are needed
every year for state, county,
federal and municipal
elections.
Prior to each election the
Supervisor of Elections will
train all poll workers, who
include clerks, touchscreen
specialists, inspectors, and
deputies.
Each worker will be
trained in the operation of the
election voting equipment,
plus the assigned duties and
responsibilities as a member
of the election board of the
specific precinct.
The training is mandatory
and varies from one to
four hours. There is also
a certification process that
clerks and touchscreen
specialists must complete.
Responsibilities of poll
workers include:
Reporting to his or her
assigned precinct at 6 a.m.


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Preparing the precinct
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Greeting the voters,
verifying their registration,
and providing them with the
appropriate ballot;
At the end of the day,
closing the precinct and
preparing election materials.
fro delivery to the Elections
office.
Poll workers are paid
according to duties, ranging
from $100 to $130, plus $10
per hour during training.
People who meet the
requirements and are
interested in working as poll
workers can go to Mexico
Beach City Hall, 118 North
14th Street, to fill out an
application. All applicants
must supply birth date, social
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How Important Is One Vote?



Throughout history, numerous elections have been decided by just a few,

even one vote. Consider:

In 1649, one vote caused Charles I of England to be executed.

In 1845, one vote brought Texas into the union.

In 1876, one vote gave Rutherford B. Hayes the Presidency of the U.S'-

In 1923, one vote gave Adolph Hitler leadership of the Nazi Party.

In 2000, the presidential election was decided by less than 600 votes.

In 2000, the position of mayor for Panama City was decided by seven

votes.

In 2004, a Springfield commissioner race was decided by one vote.


School Board


its high property values.
Last month, the state
overestimated the county's
property value increase by
nearly $800 million, using a
formula that analyzed trends
over the previous one or two
years, when the housing
market skyrocketed.
The state readjusted the
county's required local effort
in early July when it received
the county's preliminary tax
rolls, dropping the millage
rate by .068, instead of the
more than half a mill decrease
projected earlier.
During Thursday's
meeting, schoolboard member
Charlotte Pierce commended
Worley for identifying the
state's mistake early in the
budgeting process.


"Her ability to recognize
this has saved us some
heartache and problems
today," Pierce said.
Superintendent Tim
.Wilder added additional
accolades.
"With all that hard work,
you make it look easy, and I
know' it's not. We appreciate
it," he told Worley.
The public is encouraged
to attend a public hearing on
the tax increase and proposed
budget to be held at 5:15
p.m. on Aug. 1 at the Gulf
County School Board office,
150 Middle School Road, Port
St. Joe.
In other business:
.Sue Gannon, the
district's human resources
coordinator briefed the board
on the status of the summer
teacher search.
As of last Thursday,
the district, had filled 31
open positions, with 12
filled ,by county teachers
who requested' a change in
assignment.


Gannon reported that
out of the 31 positions filled
approximately half of the
teachers would be working
out-of-field. All had plans to
receive their certifications in
their new assignments.
A teacher can only teach
out of field for three years.
Assistant
superintendent Bill Carr
reported that he had managed
to .reduce the district's
garbage bill by $826.46.
He accomplished this by
coordinating with the city,
eliminating two dumpsters
and relocating -one.
School board member
George Cox negotiated with
Emerald Coast Credit Union
to provide new teachers
entering the school district
loans up to $2,000.
Carr told the board
that Gulf County Unity
Community Developnment. an
organization selected to run
the summer food program,
ceased providing meals as of
the first of July.


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AVoluntary Pre-K teacheil
had been forced to pay out
of pocket for her students'
meals, and was reimbursed
by the school distinct.
"Next year, we'll try this
a / little differently," Carr
pledged.
All district instructional
and non-instructional
employees will break in the
new school year with a kick,
off party at Wewahitchli
Elementary School on Aug.
1. !
The kick-off will feature
breakfast, lunch, remarks
from a motivational speaker
and, sessions fpr employees to
discuss their plans with their
grade-level and -department
colleagues.
The district held a similar
kick off last year.
"It's always a fun time and
a week after that, it's back to
the books and gettmg ready
for school." Wilder said.


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City Awards Bids for Water Projects


By Despina Williams
Star Staff Writer
"Fifteen million dollars in
15 minutes."
In this way, Port St. Joe
city commissioner John
Reeves summed up the result
of a Tuesday special meeting
in which two hefty bids were
awarded for city water proj-
ects.
Last week, the board


agreed to allow city engineers
time to examine five bids for
the Long Avenue water main
extension.
Taking Mayor Frank Pate's
instruction to accept "the low-
est and best bid," Preble Rish
representatives advised the
board to approve a $166,775
bid from Gulf Coast Utility
Contractors in Southport.
Reeves expressed his res-


ervations about the contract-
ing firm, saying that he'd never
heard of them, and could not
personally vouch for their
work.
"Just because they're
bonded doesn't mean they're
going to do the best job,"
Reeves said.
When city manager Lee
Vincent assured Reeves that
the city's engineers would con-


require the district to develop
water resources, including a
regional perspective and over-
sight. The plan will also assist
local governments and utilities
in arranging for water supply,
including infrastructure con-
struction and facility opera-
tions for distribution.
Thus far, the district has
conducted workshops with
water supply utilities and
other interested parties in
Franklin County and plans to
hold additional workshops
later. Stakeholders will receive
advance drafts of the Regional
Water Supply Plan, and at least
one public meeting will be
conducted with the Governing
Board before approval. Also,
the plan will be distributed via
the District's website, www.
nwfwmd.state.fl.us by staff
and at public meetings.


duct an inspection of the con-
tractors' work, Reeves said he
did not mean to hold up the
project any further.
The board voted '4-0 to
accept the bid. Commissioner
Rachel Crews was not pres-
ent.
The board also unani-
mously agreed to award
Marshall Brothers contractors
a $13,360,000 bid to complete
a 2.5 million gallon per-day
capacity surface water plant.
The new water plant will
tap into the city-owned fresh-
water canal as the Northwest


Florida Water Management
District pushes coastal com-
munities to move away from
the underground Floridan
Aquifer.
Reeves stated that the
board had originally conceived
of the plant as costing approxi-
mately $8 million and asked
Vincent if the price was con-
servative.
Vincent noted that a
Northwest Florida Water
Management District grant and
additional state funds would
lessen the city's financial bur-
den, and assured the board


Action taken last month
will help secure future water
needs for Franklin and Gulf
counties.
The Northwest Florida
Water Management District
Governing Board on June
i 22 initiated a Regional Water
Supply Plan that will help the
two counties access funds
and employ plans for, meet-
ing projected drinking water
demands.
The plan will permit the
district to initiate alterna-
tive water supply and water
resource development proj-
ects, funded through the state
legislature's Water Protection
and Sustainability Program.
"Our concern is increased
salinity in coastal public sup-
ply wells, due to continued
and increased withdrawals
from the Floridan Aquifer,"
said Ron Bartel, director of
the NWFWMD's Division of
Resource Management. "Plan
implementation will ensure
that potable water is available
for generations to come."
The district has already
assisted the city of Port St. Joe
with buying the Gulf County
Water Supply Canal as a pub-
lic surface water source. The
canal is an existing diversion
'that served a how defunct pulp
mill. The district also drilled
-.test wells in Franklin County
to assess whether inland wells
could be used to serve the
coastal area.
Within three years, we
hope to develop a sustainable


and cost effective water supply
that will meet regional needs
at least through 2025," said
Joyce Estes, vice-chair of the
district governing board. "The
issue is that, as you approach
the Gulf of Mexico' less fresh
water is available, reducing
the long-term viability of pub-
lic wells for water supply."
Population for Region V of
.the District's seven water sup-
ply planning regions, is pro-
jected to increase from under
20,000 to almost 30,000
between 2005 and 2025. This
would require developing an
additional 2.35 million gallons
a day for this area of special
concern.
The plan will identify pre-
ferred alternative water sourc-
es based on quality, cost, feasi-
bility and resource protection.
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that he had made every effort
to reduce the price tag.
In other business:
*The board agreed to
award the Dixie Youth Girls
Softball League 15 and under
division $500 towards their
trip to the World Series in
Alexandria, Va.
"You don't get to make that
trip but once in a lifetimee"
said commissioner Benny
Roberts.
*At their first budget
workshop following the spe-
cial meeting, commissioners
examined a proposed millage
rate less than the rollback
rate.
Last year, the board
approved a rate of 5.17 mills.
The proposal would reduce
that figure to 4.15.


Contract Negotiations Begin at

Arizona Chemical's Port St. Joe Plant


Officials at Arizona
Chemical's Port St. Joe plant
today announced they will
begin negotiations on a new
labor agreement with the
local union Local 836 of
the International Chemical
Workers Union.
The current labor agree-
ment expires on August 19,
2006.
Arizona Chemical, head-.
quartered in Jacksonville, Fla.,
has six manufacturing plants
in the U.S., and five in Europe.
The company is a global sup-
plier of pine chemicals to the
adhesives, inks and coatings


and oleochemicals markets.
Arizona Chemical also has
research and development
capabilities and a network of
sales offices throughout the
world. The company employs
more than 1500 people.
Celebrating more than
75th year, Arizona Chemical'
(www.arizonachemical.com),
a company of International
Paper, is a global leader in
pine chemistry. The com-
pany is headquartered in
Jacksonville, Fla., and sup-
plies high-quality pine chemi- .
cals to the adhesives, inks and
coatings, and oleochemicals


markets. Arizona Chemical
has 11 manufacturing facili-
ties worldwide located in
Panama City, Pensacola and
Port St. Joe, Fla.;. Savannah
and Valdosta, Ga.; Dover,
Ohio; Bedlington and Chester-
le-Street, England;Niort,
France; Oulu, Finland; and
Sandarne, Sweden. Arizona
Chemical also has research
and development capabilities
and a network of sales offic-
es throughout the world. The
company employs more than
1,200 team members.


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PUBLIC NOTICE


A Public Hearing will be held at the Planning
and Development Review Board Meeting
on Monday, August 7, 2006 at 6:00 RM.
central time and at the Wewahitchka Board
of City Commission Meeting August 14,
2006 at 6:45 RM. central time. Both Public
Hearings will be held in the Wewahitchka
City Hall, located at 109 South Second
Street, Wewahitchka, FL 32465. The Public
Hearings will be to discuss and act on the
following, to wit:


Small Scale Land Use Change:
Charles Mayhann, Parcel #02388-
00R, changing Lot No. 9 from
residential low densityto mixed
commercial/residential. Subject
to all development regulations re-
quired by the City of Wewahitchka,
FL.


The public is encouraged to attend and be
hear on these matters. Information prior to
the hearings can be viewed at the City Hall
in Wewahitchka.

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2006 Bayou Bash to Award Grand Prizes, Door Prizes, Cash Prizes, and Surprises!


The 4th Annual Bayou
Bash Benefit Fishing
Tournament is scheduled for
July 29th, 2006, but don't
wait for the last Saturday in
July to start getting involved.
"The festivities are finalized
and the fund-raisers have
already started," said pre-
senting sponsor and hostess
Donna Spears.
"It took over three hours
to give away all the prizes at
last year's Bash. This year,
we've added Grand Prizes to
the mix, but ticket sales for
the Grand Prizes are limited
so those wanting a chance to
win big should act fast!"
Those Grand Prizes are
on display right now at Half-
Hitch Tackle in Port St. Joe,
Bluewater Outriggers in Port
St. Joe, and Howell Tackle
in St. Joe Beach. Prize tick-
ets are available at those
locations and from Donna
Spears Realty (850-227-
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'Just a $5 donation gives
you a good chance to win
some great stuff," said Mark
Moore of St. Joe Shrimp.
"The Deluxe Boat Package
at Half-Hitch is worth over
$700 and has everything
any fisherman/boater could
want or need. The deluxe
pier cart at Howell Tackle is
loaded with every bell and
whistle they could think of
and is worth over $400.
The Outdoor Fire Pit that
Kilgore's Brick Pavers and
Tile donated and has on dis-
play at Bluewater Outriggers
goes for over $650.00 and
would look really good in
my backyard. I'm buying
as. many tickets as I can!"
Grand Prize drawings will
be held after the weigh-in on
Tournament Day. Lucky tick-
et holders need not be pres-
ent to win Grand Prizes.
"The Grand Prizes alone
are valued at over $1,750,
but that's just the tip of the


iceberg at the Bayou Bash,"
said Donna Spears. "We can't
put a value on the door priz-
es yet, because donations
are still coming in."
Tickets for door prizes
are just a $1.00 donation
each, and will be available
to fishermen and the non-
fishing public on July 29th
at tournament headquarters
(St. Joe Shrimp at Simmons
Bayou on C-30).
"I wasn't able to fish
last year," said April Hicks,
"but my husband Chris and
I came out for the weigh-
in, made a $20.00 dona-
tion toward door prize tick-
ets, and must have won 4
or 5 prizes worth at least
$250.00. It seemed like
everyone there won some-
thing.",
Door prize drawings will
be held after the weigh-in
on Tournament Day. Ticket
holders must be present to
win door prizes.


With all the prizes given
away annually at the Bayou
Bash, and all the freebies
tournament participants
receive just for signing up
(t-shirts, hats, koozies, din-
ner, goodie bag, and more),
it's easy to forget how great
the awards are for winning
fishermen. The 2006 pay-
out for winning fishermen
is the biggest yet, "and Half-
Hitch Tackle has generously
donated gift certificates to
nearly double the number
of prize-winning places. The
official 2006 Bayou Bash
total purse is $7,500 and
will be distributed as fol-
lows:
ADULTS
(14 and over)
SPECKLED TROUT: 1st -
$1,500.00; 2nd $700.00;
3rd $400.00; 4th -
$250.00; 5th $150.00; 6th
$100.00; 7th $75.00;
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Registration & check-in, weigh-in, mullet toss, awards ceremony and victory celebration will be held atthe,St. Joe Shrimp
Company at Simmons Bayou south of Port St, Joe on C-30 A / Eligible fishing waters include St, Joe Bay and surrounding
waters- see map on back of registration form for details / Raffle tickets are available at Half-Hitch Tackle (for Deluxe Boat
Package), Bluewater Outriggers (for Outdoor Fire Pit), and Howell Tackle of St. Joe Beach (for Deluxe Pier Cart).


REDFISH: 1st $1,000.00;
2nd $450.00; 3rd -
$150.00; 4th $100.00;
5th $75.00; 6th $50.00
SPANISH MACKEREL: 1st
$750.00; 2nd $350.00;
3rd $150.00; 4th -
$100.00; 5th $75.00; 6th
$50.00
CATFISH: 1st $200.00; 2nd
$100.00; 3rd $50.00
CHILDREN
(13 and under)
SPECKLED TROUT: 1st -
$100.00; 2nd-$75.00; 3rd
$50.00; 4th $25.00
REDFISH: 1st $75.00; 2nd
$50.00; 3rd $25.00
SPANISH MACKEREL: 1st -
$75.00; 2nd $50.00; 3rd
$25.00
CATFISH: 1st $50.00; 2nd
$25.00
The Bayou Bash is full
of surprises this year, as
well. Kids who participate
will receive goodie bags
stuffed with additional gear.
A bonus fish category (adults
and kids eligible) will be
announced at registration
and check-in on Tournament
Day, with the winner to be
awarded a special prize by
Kristy Dorman of Capital,
City Bank. Paradise Coast
Vacation Rentals is sponsor-
ing a Mullet Toss at 7:30pm
to be held right on Hwy. C-30
A (to benefit the Gulf County
Sheriff's Youth Camp).
Local favorite Buddy
Hamm will be performing
live. Commissioner Benny
Roberts and Crew will be
serving delicious BBQ.
"It's a lbt to squeeze'
in to one day," said Donna
Spears, "but everyone has a
great time and it benefits' a


wonderful cause!"
Proceeds from the 2006
Bayou Bash will benefit
the Gulf County Domestic
Violence Task Force. This
deserving organization pro-
vides legal services, reloca-
tion aid, counseling, and
shelter for victims and chil-
dren, and desperately needs
funding. Your support,
through sponsorship or
participation, will be greatly
appreciated.
Tournament check-in
and registration are from
6:00am through 9:00am at
St. Joe Shrimp on
Saturday, July 29th. Weigh-
in: 6:00pm. Mullet Toss:
7:30pm. Awards
Ceremony: 8:00pm. Victory
Celebration: 8:30pm until
late. St. Joe Cab Co. will
be on hand with free rides
home for over-enthusias-
tic celebrants. Registration
forms complete with offi-
cia1 tournament rules and a
map showing eligible fishing
waters are available at St.
Joe Shrimp, Donna Spears
Realty, and local tackle shops
including Half-Hitch Tackle,
Bluewater Outriggers,
Howell Tackle, and Scallop
Cove. Registration forms will
also be available at check-in.
Entry fees are $30.00 for
adults and $15.00 for chil-
dren 13 and under.
Individuals or business-
es interested in sponsoring
the 2006 Bayou Bash or
volunteering on tournameAt
day should contact Donna
Spears Realty at (850). 227-
7879.


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Cashand prizes will be awarded to fishermen in two divisions(adults & children13andunder)for SpeckledTrout (onefish
weight), Redfish (mostspots), Spanish Mackerel (one fish weight), and Catfish'(aggregate weight of all caught by single .
fisherman) / Prizes will be awarded in three divisions (adult men, adult women, and children13 and under) for the mullet toss.


Why? l ax Pri es, Good Food, Live Musi& Charty

Enjoy a fantastic day of fishing, an exciting weigh-in, lots of prizes, BBQ dinner from Commissioner Benny Roberts & Crew,
a fund-raising mullet toss, and live music by Buddy Hamm at the weigh-in and victory celebration / Prizes will be awarded as
follows:Troutladults-8 places, 1st place $1,500.00; Trout/kids-4 places; Redfish/adults- 6 places, 1st place $1,000.00;
RelishIkids- 3 places; Spanish Mackerel/adults 6 places, 1st place $750,00; Spanish Mackerel/kids 3 places; Catfish/
adults'- 3 paces, 1st place $200 00; Catfish/kids -'2 places (prizes for adults will be cash or gift certificates prizes for,
kids willbe gift certificates-prizes for the mullet toss will be gift certificatesand merchandise) / Raffle and door prizes, too!


How? Show Up, Sign Up, Hook Up and Hang Out!

: .To receive Official Tournament Rules and Entry Forms by mail or to sponsor or volunteer for this event, call Donna Spears Realty
at 227-7879, Rules and Entiy Forms will also be available at Half-Hitch Tackle, Bluewater Outriggers, Howell Tackle of St. Joe
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On July 15th St. Joe Track
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at FSU Track in Tallahassee.
The competing athletes were
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Celeste Chiles Shot Put
2nd, Long Jump 5th, 100
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Madison Wilson Shot
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Girls Bantam Division
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Fall Registration
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soccer season will be held Wewahitchka. Practices will
on Saturday August 5th and be held once. or twice weekly,
August 12 from 9 am until depending upon age group.
noon, at the STAC House.' Practice times arid locations
*The STAC House is located will be :arranged between
-on 8th street in Port St Joe. coaches and parents. Teams
Boys and Girls ages 4 to 'based in Apalachicola and
14 (8th grade) are invited to Wewahitchka will practice
play soccer. Players must be in their "home" towns. Most
at least 4 years old before games will be held in Port St.
i August 1 in order to play. No Joe on Saturday mornings
experience is necessary. between 8 am and noon.
Last year we had over Some games will be held on


weekday evenings. Practices
will begin during the week
of August 21 and game will
begin in early September.
Coaches training and
referee certification will
be held in late August or
early September. If you are
interested in coaching or
refereeing, please sign up at
the time of registration. Team
sponsors are also. needed.
The registration fee is $45
per child. A parent or legal
guardian will be required


to, sign the paperwork at
registration.
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another great season. Come
join us!
Coaches, referrers
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"What am I
i supposed to do?"
NEXTEL he wondered.
"My motor blows
Sup [last week]
and now I got
wrecked. I don't
know what else
to do."
The Cup
drivers- will have
nest weekend off
and it would seem that it is a
much needed break for some of
them. The will be back August
8th at Indianapolis Motor
Speedway aka The Brickyard.


Rookie Denny Hamlin
has now won both races
this year at Pocono. Hamlin
led 151 of the 200 laps in
the race.
Black flag for Tony
Stewart early in the race
for losing his temper with
Clint Bowyer and knock
him into Carl Edwards.
After the race s
Stewart said that '
Dale Earnhardt Sr.
raced that way all of
his career and if he NEx
was alive it would
still be allowed.
"Four guys
ended up having
a bad day because
one guy couldn't be
a little patient and
use a little give-and-
take," Stewart said.
"There is only a handful of guys
that don't get it but the problem
that they are in good race cars
and they don't run up front
enough to learn from the rest of
us how to race up front.""I've got
to choose my words carefully --
if it weren't for the respect of the
sport and the people watching
and his team, he'd be out there
bleeding right now," Edwards
fumed. "That's so frustrating.
How can a person make it this
far in life being such a jerk?"
Dale Earnhardt Jr. was
wrecked by Dave Blaney and fin-
ished 43rd. Jr stayed away from
reporters for over 30 minutes*
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Harvick led 149 laps of the
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"We've come pretty close
here a couple times in the trucks
and never were able to finish it
off," said Harvick, who picked
up his first career win at the
track. "It was just an awesome
day, not just for me but for all
of RCR. All these guys built
brand new short-track cars and
to have it come down to myself
and Clint, that was pretty awe-
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Pos. Driver Make
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4. Reed Sorenson Dodge
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Little Captain


Long did not speak again
for two years, except during
night terrors where he'd cry
for his mother. Burrill slept
near her son and tried in vain
to console him.
A doctor who evaluated
Long determined that he
suffered from post-traumatic
stress and separation
anxiety.
"His brain just shut
down," Burrill said.
Long began talking again
at age four, when he called
his mother over to the couch
and told her he loved her. He
.spoke normally for the next
two years.
According to Burrill,
Long began stuttering at age
six, the day before he was
to return for another court-
ordered visitation.
Embarrassed by his
speech, Long withdrew
inward. The thought of


speaking to a stranger filled
him with anxiety, and his
grades in school plummeted.
His shyness had become
debilitating.
In her e-mail to the
pirates, Burrill described that
day in the park as a turning
point.
Through their simple acts
of kindness, the pirates had
brought back the fun-loving
boy she had been unable to
reach.
The pirates discussed
Burrill's e-mail a few weeks
later during their annual
pirate debriefing.
Each pirate recalled
meeting Long in the park.
They remembered his
eagerness to participate in
the day's events and how
hard he'd struggled to meet
their demands.
"As we went around the
group, every one of us had


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interacted with him and
it was just really special,"
remembered Tommy Davis.
Pirates Send a Present
from the Sea
In her e-
mail, Burrill
told the
pirates that
herfamilywas
staying in a
Mexico Beach
rental house.
Wanting to '.
do something
special for
Long, the 4
p i r a t e s
hatched a
plan.
Tommy
and Carol
Davis found
a jewelry
box shaped
like a pirate
chest and
filled it with
treasure a
sword, beads,
photos of
the crew and
other pirate '- ,
goodies.T A. "
Th ey
wrapped it in
a weathered Michael join
piece of
brown paper
and tied it with a string of
rustic twine.
Dressed in plain clothes,
the couple took the package
to the rental home.
At the park, the pirates
had told Long that they were
embarking that evening on
their ship, the Merry Wench.
Because Long had never
seen the Davises out of
costume, they would tell him
that they were travelers who
met the pirates in Mexico, and
were delivering the, treasure
chest on their behalf.
As it turned out, Long


was not home when Tommy
and Carol arrived, but he
believed their story.
For the next few weeks,
Long carried his treasure
chest wherever he went.
Pirates who E-mail
The pirates continued
to communicate with Long


re-mailed that he hoped the
pirates were okay.
Tommy Davis replied with
a fantastical tale of Capt.
Reid's heroism. Reid, said
Davis, had sailed through the
eye of the storm and brought
his crew to safety.
'"That's why Capt. Jack


date.
With time, Arnold's friends
and co-workers understood
the reason behind his strange
lapses into pirate-speak.
"The word's getting out,
so it's becoming a little less
conspicuous," said Arnold.
Occasionally, the pirates
slipped up.
Lamberson
sent e-mails
from his
personal
account
instead of his
Capt. Reid
account;


ied the pirates for a group photo at this year's Independence on the Coast festival.


throughout the year.
Long e-mailed them
frequently, inquiring about
their newest adventures and
general well-being.-
The pirates replied in
character and blind-copied
their e-mails to the rest of the
group to keep their stories
consistent.
Lamberson,, a self-
described "detail guy,"
consulted maps of Africa to
make his adventure tales
seem authentic.
"If you're going to
lie, you've got to lie with.
accuracy," he quipped.
During the tumultuous
2005 hurricane season, Long


walks the way he does,
he's still getting over his
seasickness," Davis wrote.
A project manager for
an engineering firm, Arnold
could not check his e-mail
as often as the others, so
he gave Long his cell phone
number.
When Long's name
popped up on his phone,
Arnold quickly transformed
into Greybeard.
"Arrgh, Michael, how' you
be?"
A bachelor, Arnold
often found himself in the
uncomfortable: position of
speaking in a pirate brogue
in front of an unsuspecting


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Arnold was
caught off
guard when
Long asked
him about
a recent
tr easu r,e
hunting
expedition.
Most
of the time,
the pirates
managed
to make
things right
with quick
thinking and
ingenuity.
Long -was
willing to
overlook
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Burrill
monitored Long's e-mails,
and sent frequent updates on
her son's activities.
When she reported that
Long was having trouble in
school, the pirates shared the
life lessons they'd learned at
sea.
"If he's having difficulty
in school, we'll tell him how
difficult we thought school
was it's a lot like sailing the
ship, you've got to keep on
course," said Arnold.
The pirates encouraged
Long to study hard and
eat his vegetables. In their
letters, they called him "Little
Captain."
Long soaked in the
wisdom of his newfound
friends. He printed each of
their e-m'ails on letter-size
,paper and :posted- them, in
chronological order, on a 17-
fo.t wall in his, bedroom.
When he found an e-mail
out of sequence, he took them
all down and started over.
A Mother's Gratitude
In 'her e-mails, Burrill
reported on the markeOi
'changes in Long's behavior.'
His conduct grades
in school improved, he
now volunteered for public
speaking assignments and lie
was more outgoing than he'd.
been in years.
Long's teachers marveled
at his new-found confidence,
and Burrill gave the pirates
all the credit.
Burrillbelieved the pirates
restored Long to his former
self, and helped her come tb
terms with her feelings for.
Long's father.
"I gave up all 'of th4t
bitterness and hatred that
was consuming me," said
Burrill. "Not 'only did they
bring back this boy that I was
trying to love out, but they
gave the family their mom
back."
".The pirates were
overwhelmed by Burrill's
letters.
"You'd cry sometimes
reading them because you
realized how much better
things are at home, and how :a
simple gesture we did would
make such a big impact,"
said Lamberson. "It just blew
our minds."
Back for the 4th
The pirates worried
that their act was placing
undue pressure on Burrill.
They didn't want her to feel
obligated to make the long
trip to Port St. Joe every July
4.
But Burrill had made
her 2006 Independence Day,
plans months in advance. *
"This year, there was
no question where we were
going," said Burrill.
The pirates promised
to make Long an honorary
member of their crew, and he
was eager to slip into his red
and white striped Greybeard
pants, a Christmas present

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Little Captain From Pge 12A


from Arnold.
The pirates planned to
meet at the Marina on July
4 at 2 p.m. to board their
vessel. They asked Long to
ride with them and carry the
pirate flag ashore.
With no funds available
to rent a pirate ship, the
pirates were sailing on Bill
Kennedy's aptly named boat,
the Uncivil.
To prevent Long
from seeing them drive to
the Marina in their cars,
Lamberson told Burrill to
wait until 2:10 before arriving
at the Marina.
Unfortunately, Arnold
didn't get the memo, and he
greeted Long and his mother
while standing outside his
pick-up truck.
Long was too excited to
notice. He ran up to Arnold
wearing his look-a-like pants
and a huge grin.
The pirates told Long that
the Merry Wench had broken
down outside the Cape and
they caught a ride to shore.
On board the Uncivil,
Lamberson altered his
traditional pre-invasion
ritual. He instructed the
pirates to keep in character
and nixed his "It's Showtime"
pep talk.
Lamberson slipped only
once, calling Davis "Tommy"
instead of "Jack," but Long
did not seem to notice.
Once in the park, Long
fulfilled his pirate duties. He
handed out beads, helped
with the booth, and greeted
the crowds.
When children came to
him with their treasure maps,
he told them the spots where
treasure had been found.
"He was approaching
:other children and interacting
with them just as we had
,interacted with liim," said
,Carol Davis.
The crew noticed a
'change in Long's personality.
They described him as more
outgoing and more talkative.
'His stutter even seemed less
pronounced.
"I think you can see more
of the little boy now," said
Arnold.


To thank the pirates
for all they had done for
him, Long presented them
a special gift: a driftwood
plaque adorned with photos,
shells and seahorses.
"It was just very special,"
said Arnold. "He's just a very
special little boy."
Other Michaels
As he sailed into Frank
Pate Park this July 4,
Lamberson was preoccupied
by a single thought.
"On board, I realized that
it wasn't all about Michael
now," said Lamberson.
Long's story helped
Lamberson realize that his
work as a pirate could have a
greater impact.
"We feel like there's a lot
of kids that need what we
offer," he said.
Lamberson calls his new-
found mission a "ministry."
He hopes to nurture children
-who, like Long, are "a little
behind the scenes, a little
.shier," and make a lasting
impact in their lives.
"I told the pirates, There's
going to be other Michaels in
the park this year and we're
going to look for them,'" he
said.
Though not all of his
fellow pirates are comfortable
with the term, Arnold also
describes his work as a
"ministry."
"What we're finding is
there's a tremendous need
out there," said Arnold, who
recounted a memorable
experience at last year's St.
Andrews Pirate Festival.
Though all the pirates
know Long's remarkable
story, they do not all know
the story of another young
child whose life was touched
by a pirate.
S In St. Andrews, Arnold
found himself being shadowed
by 'a young girl and he wasn't
sure why.
The girl, named Chloe,
followed him throughout the
day and finally summoned
enough courage to approach
him.
Arnold spoke to Chloe
in his pirate brogue and
she seemed to relax in his


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Later, Chloe's mother
pulled Arnold aside.
"Her mother told me that
her father had hung himself
six months before and I was
the first guy that she'd taken

up with," said Arnold.
"After you hear that, it's
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Arnold has been in
contact with Chloe's mother.
and hopes to see her again
at the St. Andrews Pirate
Festival this fall.
His experience with
Chloe underscored the lesson
he'd early learned from Long
- that pirates can make a
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the crowd at the 2006 festival.


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"I'm finding other children
that are extremely touched
by our presence. It's become
a very special role to play."
Something to Believe In
Burrill keeps two pirate
scrapbooks one for herself
and one for Long.
Hers contains names
Long has never heard, names
like Scott Lamberson, Bud
Arnold and Carol and Tommy
Davis.
She plans to show her
son the scrapbook when the
time is right.
Burrill knows that Long
cannot sustain his belief
in pirates much longer. He
is 11, an age when most
children have lost their faith
in fairy tales.
The pirates have offered
Burrill their support when the
day arrives, but are willing to
let the fantasy continue.
"Let him believe as long


as he wants to believe, and if
we. need to sit down and tell
him why we did this we will,"
said Lamberson.
When the truth is finally
told, Lamberson hopes Long
will join his pirate band, and
help further their ministry.
"If he understands it's
pretend, we'll say, There
might be a kid in this park
that you need to help this
year,'" Lamberson said.
Burrill believes her son
will accept the truth with
some sorrow, but knows that
he will always feel a special
bond with his pirate friends.
"I think there will be
a little sadness that goes
with that, but he's going to
love them that much more,
knowing what they did for
him.
"He's never going to
forget."


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are planning a Key West to by both th
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to coincide with the Florida flag will s:
governor election campaigns. lions of juv
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tional forcing of commercial 1. Edu,
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and waste of the state's marine of Powers,
resource. acting alone
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from the southern most tip of constitution
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Capital's steps, where upon form.
arrival, three flags that will 2.Shar
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zens it governs since 1999.
3. Expose the FWC's gross
and intentional mismanage-
ment of our state's resources
using the court proven exam-
ple of 98 million juvenile fish
unnecessarily being killed and
wasted for every seven million
pounds of legal fish brought to


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By Marie Logan
Star Staff Writer
It's sort of like Sisyphus, chained forever to
the mountain, trying to roll the great boul-
der uphill for eternity, or so it seems.
In this case the city of Mexico Beach plays
Sisyphus, the need to rebuild the beach after
major storm damage is the boulder, and the
sand, well, the sand really is a mountain.
Last year, the city of Mexico Beach built
an emergency sand berm from the east side of
the city canal to just east of Toucan's to try to
protect the beach, the houses, and two motels
lining the coast after Hurricane Dennis hit in
July.
This year, the city is building a second
berm, a storm protection berm, trying to shore
up the beach before another major hurricane
hits.
But with the work 90 percent complete,
the Florida Department of Environmental
Protection (FDEP) gave Chris Forehand, vice
president of city engineering firm Preble-Rish,
verbal notification that the almost completed
berm was not acceptable, even though the
berm's original design and location had been
approved and permitted by both FDEP and
Florida Fish and Wildlife (FWL).
According to a letter from FDEP to Forehand
on July 13, the city, FDEP and FWL represen-
tative Dr. Robbin Trindell, discussed the berm
project because of the "discovery that the berm
was being constructed in such a manner that it
interfered with sea turtle nesting by obstructing
the free passage of hatchlings back to the water
and altering the beach topography."
The letter acknowledged that the work in
progress had been permitted, but that "staff
had determined that the location of berm
immediately adjacent to the shoreline, while
consistent with the permit plans filed with the
permit application, does not meet the landward
location requirement ... interfered with sea tur-
tle nesting, and does not provide the longevity
and stability of a storm protection berm located
in a more landward location...
"Staff also finds that the berm's proximity
to the waterline creates ideal conditions for the
erosion of its seaward slope and the creation


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of scarps cut into this slope," the letter con-
tinued.
To correct the problem, Mexico Beach
must now relocate the berms (already con-
structed) to landward locations immediately
adjacent to the emergency berms constructed
last year, while avoiding areas within a 10-foot
radius of marked sea turtle nests, or working
in any manner that would disturb the several
nests scattered through the project area.
The city also must submit a completed sea
turtle ":.htmg plan and work with FWL to cor-
rect non-compliant isea turtlel lights within the

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The following candidates have qualified for


upcoming primary and general elections in


Gulf County:


County Commission,
District 2
Jerry Pridgeon (Dem)
Tom Semmes (NPA)
Billy Traylor (Rep)

County Commission,
District 4
Nathan Peters, Jr. (Dem)

School Board, District 1
Martin Eric Bidwell (NPA)
Danny Little (NPA)

School Board, District 2
George Cox (NPA)

School Board, District 5
Charlotte Pierce (NPA)
John Wright (NPA)

U.S. Senator
Leroy Collins, Jr. (Rep)
Floyd Ray Frazier (NPA)
Katherine Harris (Rep)
William "Will" McBride
(Rep)
Peter Monroe (Rep)
Brian Moore (NPA)
Bill Nelson (Dem)
Belinda Noah (NPA)


Lawrence Scott (WRI)
Bernard Senter (WRI)
Roy Tanner (NPA)

U.S. Representative
Allen Boyd (Dem)

Governor
Karl C.C. Behm (NPA)
Piotr Blass (WRI)
Bob (WRI)
Glenn Burkett (Dem)
Carol Castagnero (Dem)
Charlie Crist (Rep)
John M. Crotty (Dem)
Jim Davis (Dem)
Richard Paul Dembinsky
(NPA)
Tom Gallagher (Rep)
Max Linn (REF)
W. Papa-Roqui Maneiro II
(WRI)
Omari Musa (WRI)
Vernon Palmer (Rep)
C.C. Reed (WRI)
John Wayne Smith/
James J. Kearney (NPA)
Rod Smith (Dem)
Michael W. St. Jean (Rep)
Atlee Yarrow (WRI)


Attorney General
Walter "Skip" Campbell
(Dem)
Merrilee Ehrlich (Dem)
Bill McCollum (Rep)

Chief Financial Officer
Milt Bauguess (Rep)
Randy Jdhnson (Rep)
Tom Lee (Rep)
Alex Sink (Dem)

Commissioner of
Agriculture
Charles H. Bronson (Rep)
Eric Copeland (Dem)

State Senator, District 6
Alfred "Al" Lawson, Jr.
(Dem)

State Representative,
District 6
George Mac Brogdon
(WRI)
William Earl Fisher, Jr.
(Rep)
Ray Guillory (Dem)
Janice L. Lucas (Dem)
Jimmy Patronis (Rep)
Steve Runion (WRI)


Cameron Skinner (Rep)
Lee Sullivan (Rep)

Supreme Court Justice
Fred R. Lewis (NOP)
Barbara Joan Pariente
(NOP)
Peggy A. Quince (NOP)

District Court of Appeal,
District 001
Edwin B. Browning, Jr.
(NOP)
Brad Thomas (NOP)
Peter D. Webster (NOP)

Circuit Judge
Circuit: 014 Group: 003
Richard H. Albritton
(NOP)

Circuit: 014 Group: 008
Glenn L. Hess (NOP)

Circuit: 014 Group: 011
Christopher N. Patterson
(NOP)
Elijah Smiley (NOP)


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was named a Circle of Life
Award Honoree. Covenant
Hospice was recognized
for its innovative program
that improves the care of
patients near the end of
life or with life-threatening
conditions.
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celebrates programs across
the nation that have made
great strides in palliative
and end-of-life care. The
awards are supported by
the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation in Princeton,
N.J and are sponsored
by the American Hospital
Association, the American
Association of Homes and
Services for the Aging,
the American Medical


Association and the National
Hospice and Palliative Care
Organization. Covenant
Hospice is one of seven
organizations honored this
year by the Circle of Life
Award Program.
Covenant Hospice, a
not-for-profit organization,
currently serves 35 counties
throughout South Alabama,
Northwest Florida and the
Big Bend area of Florida.
In 2005, Covenant served
over 5,000 terminally ill
patients and their families.
Covenant Hospice was
chosen by a selection com-
mittee made up of lead-
ers from medicine, nurs-
ing, social work, and health
administration. The com-
mittee focused on innova-
tive programs that respect


patient goals and prefer-
ences, provide comprehen-
sive care, acknowledge and
address the family or care-
givers' concerns and needs,
and build systems and
mechanisms of support to
continue the program for
future patients and caregiv-
ers.
"It's a privilege to be
recognized for the work
and ideas we feel are so
important to our com-
munity. This is an award
for everyone involved with
Covenant Hospice, and we
hope the success of our
program helps inspire oth-
ers in this area," said Dale
0. Knee, President & CEO
of Covenant Hospice.
This is the seventh
year for the Circle of Life


Award. For more informa-
tion on the Circle of Life
Award, visit www.aha.org/
circleoflife.
Covenant Hospice is a
not-for-profit organization
dedicated to providing com-
prehensive, compassion-
ate services to patients and
loved ones during times of
life-limiting illnesses. The
focus of Covenant Hospice
is to enable its patients to
live as fully and comfort-
ably as possible, to provide
dignified palliative care, to
assist patients' loved ones
in coping with end-of-life
issues and the eventual
death of the patient, and to
improve care for all patients
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From The Port St. Joe Lions Den


Greetings to the readers
of the Star from the Port St.
Joe Lions Club. Our club
is one of many thousands
of Lions Clubs in the
world. The official title
of what you know as the
Lions is the International
Association of Lions Clubs.
Lions Clubs are community
service organizations and
their motto is "We Serve".
Many associates Lions
with services that provide
.assistance to those who


such as local scholarship
funds for worthy students,
funds for community youth
athletic teams, and hearing
aids, to name but a few.
Our club strives to use our
assets in a way that serves
the broadest part of our
community. It is my hope
that this monthly column
about our activities will
educate our community
as a whole about Lionism
and our Port St. Joe Lions
Club.


July 5th meeting featured
a presentation by Steve
Brinkmeyer, coach of the
Dixie Ponytails girls' youth
softball teams. Three
teams from Port St. Joe
were tournament eligible.
The Lions Club voted to
donate $300 for each team,
a total of $900. Our July
12th meeting guests were
Sandy Quinn and William
Thursday, coaches for
boys youth baseball. Two
Port St. Joe teams were


President of Gulf Coast
Community College. Port
St. Joe Lions Club has
had a close relationship
with the college and their
scholarship program.
Our Lions Club was most
pleased to provide a
scholarship endowment gift
of $25,000 to the college
for worthy students. At
our third and final meeting
of the month the Lions
voted to cook scallops for


are visually challenged in So what did we do in tournament eligible and the the annual Ciamer 01 T
some way. That has been July? Jimi Anderson was club voted to $300 for each Commerce Scallop Festival, 4
the major feature of Lions, elected the club president team. Our distinguished as a community service for 'Nj a. T urns.
but these clubs assist the along with new officers and guest of that meeting the chamber.
community in many ways a board of directors. The was Dr. Bob McSpadden, TwitNbe hang a Diney Prncess party t the park in Hneyvly 31, 2006. Shle
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prohibit the Supreme Court
and other federal district:
and appeals courts from
ruling on cases challenging


the constitutionality of the
Pledge of Allegiance. This
legislation passed by a vote
of 260 to 167., ,
The Pledge Protection
Act was introduced in
response to a 2002 decision
by the U.S. Court of Appeals
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our patriotism and
commitment to this great
country. I was proud to
vote today to protect our
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nation's statement of
shared national values."


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The Satellite Refill Pharmacy at the Base Exchange has been
renovated and will be open for business July 24. All refill opera-
tions at the Main Clinic will be terminated at that time.
The Refill Pharmacy operating hours .are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
Monday Friday. The automated refill call-in number is 283-
7177 or (800) 356-5273.
New Thrift Shop Hours
New hours are: Tuesday and Thursday only from 9:30 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m. No consignments will be accepted unless you are
permanently changing station in or out. For details or appoint-
ments, call 286-5888.
Limited Space at the Marina
There is limited parking at the Beacon Beach Marina due
to the pavement of the parking area. The public boat launch
is closed; however, the private boat launch will be available for
usage for all Tyndall patronage. The Marina Grill is open. The
estimated completion date of construction is July 28. For any
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project area.
-At a special meeting held
last week to discuss the berm
situation, Mexico Beach mayor
AL Cathey told the city coun-
cil -that he had received half
a dozen telephone calls from
people complaining that the
berns blocked public beach
access at the street ends. He
said the way the sand was
being piled at the access points
-was "not leaving an opening for
beach access with these great
humps of sand in the way."
Council members bat-
ted around several ideas, one
being to cut tunnels from
the access points through
the mountains of sand, but
that idea was nixed because,


according to Forehand, coun-
cil member Curtis Dale, and
Mexico Beach city administra-
tor Henry Flack, those tunnels
would create channels for the
tide to wash in and out and
carry the sand right back out
to the water.
Flack was also concerned
that FEMA would balk at pay-
ing their share of the berm con-
struction if the city built such
tunnels, and Troy Williams,
Mexico Beach Public Works
Director, said the workers had
already had to dig tunnels in
front of several houses to allow
beach access.
The mayor said since the
berm was 90 percent com-
plete when FDEP changed the


rules, the city would rework
the berms under emergency
procedures, "looking at using
local construction people to
move the sand hopefully at
$10,000 to $15,000 instead of
the original $55,000 bid."
Given the current situa-
tion, the bid is no longer valid,
according to Flack.
Cathey closed the meeting
by setting a one week deadline
of Friday, July 28 to see if the
berm work was nearly fin-
ished, or if the city needed the
additional 30-day, penalty-free
extension that FDEP agreed to
give because of the extra work
required.


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FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT PUBLIC NOTICE

USDA .Rural Development has received an application for financial assistance from
Gulf County Association for Retarded Citizens, Inc. for the construction of a new office
and training facility in Port St. Joe, Florida. An Environmental Assessment has been
conipleted by USDA Rural Development concerning the construction of this new office
and training facility.

USDA Rural Development has determined that the proposal will not significantly affect
the quality of the environment for the proposed new office and training facility to. be
located on Water Plant Road in Port St. Joe, Florida. Therefore, USDA Rural Development
will not prepare an environmental impact statement for the proposed action.

Copies of the Environmental Assessment can- be reviewed or obtained at the USDA
Marianna Area Office, 2741 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 5, Marianna, Florida 32448.

Any person who feels this determination is in error should submit a written statement
outlining the specific environmental concerns to USDA Rural Development, 2741
Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 5, Marianna, Florida 32448 within 15 days of the date of
this 'notice.

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Publish July 13 & 20. 2006


When a storm ap-
proaches, and lightning
is present: '
-Stay away from
open high ground and
isolated trees.
-Stay away from.wa-
ter, including lakes and
rivers. Stay off the beach
and out of boats.
-Do not seek shelter
in a convertible car or
golf cart. .4
-Stay away from
doors, windows and all
metal objects, including '
pipes and faucets.
-Stay off corded tele-
phones and away from
all electrical devices,
like televisions and corn-
puters, iPods, DVD and s-1
CD players. ,' '


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Sun & Hot Weather Safety
-Wear sunglasses at all times during the day.
especially on the beach.
-Always wear a hat in the sun.
-Stay out of the sun in the hottest part of
the day: 10:00 am 2:00 pm.
- Be careful of heat stroke and drink lots of
water (not alcohol)!
-Never leave a child or pet in an unattended
vehicle, especially with the windows partially
or fully closed.
-Do your most strenuous activities at a cooler
time of day, never in the middle of the day.
-Dress in loose, lightweight, light-colored
clothing.
-Always use sunscreen to avoid a sunburn.
Remember to re-apply sunscreen regularly.


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Available now for adop-
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Bay Humane Society -
Pepsi, a nice jack russell
male pup (pictured), Rosco,
a chocolate lab male pup
about 7 months old, Prince
a yellow lab male, Hound
pups 5 1/2 months old (1st
shots), Molly a nice white
pit bulldog female.Jeter a
grown black lab male, Betsy
a 5 1/2 months old hound
mix, Jasper a 6 1/2 months
old bulldog pup, always kit-
tens! Come See.
Please remember to visit
Faith's Thrift Hut, Thursday,
Friday and Saturday.


St. Joseph Bay Humane Society is an Equal Opportunity
Employee. We are looking for part time help six days a
week.
3 hours in the morning and 2 hours in the afternoon.
Pay $7.00 an hour. For more information please contact
Carolyn Lee at 227-1103.
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Garden of the Month


The home of David and
Faye Thompson, 200 '7th
Street, Mexico Beach, has
been chosen as the Garden
of the Month by the Sea
Oats and Dunes Garden
Club. The Thompsons are a
military family, having lived
in many states before settling
in Callaway, then moving to


Mexico Beach in 1992. Faye
is Membership Chairman of
AARP.
A beautiful pink crape
myrtle is the focal point of
the front lawn. A magnificent
weeping willow, along with
two maples (one red, one
silver) and two Sago palms
complete the picture. A
quaint 'old-fashioned well,
built by David,
adds further
interest to
the spacious
lawn. The
inviting porch
contains
rocking chairs
and, a lounge
ibeckoning one
to sit relaxing
and enjoying
Nf the beauty of
nature.
Beautiful
hydrangeas
and roses form
Sa hedge on the
Sright--. of the-
beautiful pink
brick home,
with a think,
well-kept
hedge of holly
,bordering the
left. A coral
vine clinging
to the building


peeks out from
the rear o: the
building.
H u g e .

carrying .
a variety
ofplants i
add a '
touch of .y- .
whimsy "I 0 .
to the .~
overall 'i-
picture.
T h e ..
lot line S
abounds
with roses.
periwinkles. '"-l
hibiscus, zinnias
and other volunteer
plants. Faye inherited her
love of gardening 'from her
grandmother and mother
and many of her plants have
been transferred from their
gardens.
In. strolling through the
arbor in the side yard, one
is delightfully led into an
unexpected treat. This area
contains peach, fig, .citrus,
pecan, guava, banana trees,
and others too numerous to
mention. A huge pear tree
hangs with ripe fruit. A large,
cultured scuppernong, vine
provides a delicious and ample
'supply of scuppernongs for


the Thompsons and
their friends. In
the middle of
1 the garden
is a large
vegetable
garden.
Faye said
that many
of the,
vegetables
w e, r e
volunteer
from the '
previous
year. A
huge, sweet
potato patch,
wat ermelons,.
pepper, peas,
strawberries, snap beans
that have been staked, and
tomatoes in neat rows have
used every available inch of
space.
David has built a potting
shed along with an adjoining
'mulch bed that is very
-convenient and helpful 'in
caring for all their gardening
endeavors.
The large back yard is a
true haven that is constantly
being improved and changed
to satisfy the owners' wishes.
A tour of the Thompson's
yard is a real pleasure that
Sone finds interesting as well
as pleasant. The Thompsons


Donald Allen

'6, Hodges
Donald Allen Hodges,
i 68, passed into heaven on
Saturday, July 22, 2006 after a
brief battle with cancer, under
the care of Hospice Savannah.
Mr. Hodges was born on
'November 6, 1937 in Long
County, 'GA to Julian Vivian
Hodges and .Eula McCall
Hodges. He was a resident
Sof Hinesville, GA and more
recently of Mexico Beach, FL.
He was a former member of
Gum Branch. Baptist Church
Sfor over 25 years where he was
ordained a Deacon in 1994.
',More recently Mr. Hodges was
a member of First Baptist
Church, 'Port St. Joe, FL.
Mr. Hodges served his
country in the U.S. Navy for 20
years. Upon his retirement in
1975, Mr. Hodges andhis family
settled in Hinesville where he
has owned and operated Don
Hodges Electrical Corp. for
the past 30 years.
Mr. Hodges was preceded
in death by his father, Julian
Vivian Hodges, and two. of his
children, Maggie Deana Hodges
and Robert Allen Hodges.
He is survived by his wife of
38 years, Lois Curling Hodges'
of Hinesville; his mother, Eula
McCall Hodges of Hinesville;
his three daughters and their
families, Kellyand GregPerusse
and children Deana, Rachel
and Michael of Houston, TX,


Kimberly and Allen Garcia and
children Andrew, Christina,
Krystle, Maggie and Joseph
of Bossier City, LA, and Leigh
Anne and Bill Jordan and
children Ethan and Patrick 'of
Memphis. TN; three brother
and sisters-in-law, Jerry
Hodges of Savannah, Milton.
(Mickey) and Helen Hodges of
Hinesville, Julian and Merry
Hodges of Hinesville; and
several nieces and nephews.
Mr. Hodges was close to his
wife's family which includes
her mother Audrey Curling,
her sisters, Rose White Sheila
Curling and husband Tom
Bronson, and Betty Mills of
Virginia Beach, VA and their
children.
Donald was a good son, a
good husband, a good father,
and a good friend but most
importantly he was a "Born
Again Christian." He will be
greatly missed by all who
knew him.
Visitation was held 6:00-
-8:00p.m., Monday, July 24,
2006 at Carter Funeral Home
Ogelthorpe Chapel.
Funeral. services were
2:00 p.mi., Tuesday, July 25,
2006 at Carter Funeral Hbme
Ogelthorpe Chapel with Rev.
Brent Vickery officiating.
Burial will be in Elim Baptist
Church Cemetery with full
military honors.
The family has asked
that any memorials made
in .his honor be made to
Hospice Savannah, PO Box


13190, Savannah, .GA 31416
or Hospice of the Emerald
Coast, 2925 Martin Luther
King BLVD., Panama City, FL
32405.
Carter Funeral Home
Ogelthorpe Chapel in charge
of arrangements.


Elizabeth Barron
,Mrs. Elizabeth Barron,
affectionately known as "Lil
Mama", was born
December 14, 1919 in
Conecuh County, Evergreen,
Alabama to Joe, Likely' and
Emma Williams Likely., She
accepted Christ at an early
age and was raised in the
Baptist faith. As a young adult
during the early forties, Mrs.
Barron moved to Cincinnati,
Ohio where she joined .the
First Baptist Church of College
Hill and served faithfully in


the choir and the women's
auxiliary. Mrs. Barron later
met and married the late
Reverend Julius Barron, Sr.
She was a licensed
beautician and practiced her
craft until 1998. She was
known among her family and
friends for her crocheted gifts.
In 1999
Mrs Barron was moved to
Port St. Joe, Fla due to failing
health, and remained until her
demise.
Preceding her in death
was her parents, her husband,
one brother, and three sisters.
Mrs Barron leaves to mourn:
her sons Ellis Likely (Lil) of
North Vernon, Indiana; James
Nearon of Las Vegas, Nevada;
:Ray Likely, ( wife Minnie) of
Port St. Joe, FL; Walter Likely
(Alice) of Long Beach, Calif; her
step-son. Julius Barron Jr. of
Ohio; one sister -Mrs. Rozener


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Jones of Evergreen, Ala.; eight
grand children; twelve great-
grand children, two .special.
friends- Mrs. Shelton and Mrs.
Pleart of Cincinnati, Ohio and a
host of nieces, nephews, and
friends.
She will be taken to
Cincinnati, Ohio for funeral
services and interment.
Local services were
provided by Comforter Funeral
Home.

Phyllis Messina
Phyllis Messina, 67, of
Chamblee, GA, died July 16,
2006. She was a loving wife to
Charles Messina for 46 years,


also surviving are her daugh-
ters, Cynthia Weaver, and
Sabrina Lee; 6 grandchildren
3 brothers, Ronald Keel, Gary
Keel, and Terry Keel ; sister,
Sandra Wright. Funeral ser-
vices were held Tuesday, Ju,ly
18th at 3 pm at the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saints, Glenridge Ward, 6449
Glenridge Dr. NE, Sandy
Springs, with Bishop Stephan
Van Sant officiating. In lieu
of flowers, contributions may
be made to the charity of your
choice. The graveside service
was held at 2:00 p.m. EDT
Thursday, July 20, 2006 in
Magnolia Cemetery


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Whether done in infancy or later in life, baptism

is a treasured rite in many churches.


By PAUL ASAY
Freedom News Service
In the biblical book of Mark, Jesus wades
into the Jordan River to be baptized by his
cousin, John. It's considered the beginning of
Jesus' adult ministry.
Jesus was an adult when he was baptized.
Today, baptisms are dominated by children.
Some are infants, baptized days after birth.
Others are older, with baptisms accompanied
by Sunday school parties or celebratory din-
ners.
Regardless, baptism remains what it was
from the days of Jesus: a new beginning a
symbolic start for a lifelong journey of faith.
Amy Mae Kelly, 6, is in her Sunday best
a plaid dress with ribbons and a smile that
won't go away.
She'll change clothes soon, into a bath-
ing suit and white robe. Her father, Ben, will
lead her into the baptistery behind the stage
at Pulpit Rock Church in Colorado Springs,
Colo., where she'll wade into the warm water
and confess her faith to hundreds of friends
and strangers. Then her father will hold her
nose and tilt her back, and the water will fold
over her. She'll come up dripping, raised by her
father's hand. She'll hear the applause dimly
through water-filled ears.
She knows what to expect. But as she's
talking and smiling, just 20 minutes away from
her baptism, she confesses that she's a, little
nervous.
Still, she wants to be baptized. Why?
"Because Jesus commanded it," Amy Mae
says. "Because he did it."
In many Protestant churches, particularly.
evangelical ones like Pulpit Rock, baptism is
the ceremonial pivot point of Christian faith.
Many are baptized as children. Their lives as
"sinners" may not extend much beyond pilfer-
ing a roll of Life Savers or fibbing to their par-
ents. Still, anyone who is baptized symbolically
and publicly sheds his or her sinful ways for a
new life focused on Jesus, his teachings and his
redemptive power.
"They have to be old enough to have a
personal relationship with Jesus," says Bonnie
Aldrich, Pulpit Rock's children's pastor.
Churches like Pulpit Rock don't perform
,infant baptisms. People baptized there have
to "understand and believe," according to the
church's Web site ~ lwww.pulpitrock.com).
But the age at which children are allowed
to make such decisions varies from church to
church.
A few, like the Mennonites, rarely baptize
someone who isn't in his or her midteens or

By PAUL ASAY
Freedom News Service
McKenna Donohue won't remember her
baptism,
She was 2 months old when she was bap-
tized a wriggling, naked baby in her father's
hands. McKenna was immersed in a water-filled
plastic tub at Holy Apostles Catholic Church in
Colorado Springs, Colo.; the Rev. Paul Wicker
brushed water across her head, saying "I bap-
tize you in the name of the Father, and of the
Son, and of the Holy Spirit."
S She was then anointed with a sweet-smell-
SIng mixture of olive oil and balsam called
chrism, signifying that McKenna has entered
-Christendom's holy community.
If children are innately spiritual, as some
experts say, baptism is often the first step in
Christianity to giving that spirituality direc-
Lion.
Infantbaptismis one ofRoman Catholicism's
Seven sacraments and a treasured rite in many
Protestant denominations as well. Although its
inain participants are sometimes just days old,
` baptism draws on some of Christianity's most
Ancient, most resonant themes.
S. McKenna's immersion represented the
; death and resurrection of Jesus. The water
poured on her head washed away her sin. The
white garment McKenna wore symbolized puri-
ty. And the chrism placed on McKenna's head
'nointed her as part of God's "royal priest-
Shod" the same kind of anointing performed
on Israel's kings hundreds of years before
Jesus was born.
"The smell (of the chrism) just stays with
her," said her mother, Lisa Donohue. "I didn't
want to bathe her."
Infant baptism has been part of Christianity
t since at least the third century. It's not intended
to give infants a nonstop, one-way ticket to
heaven, according to the Donohues, who teach
classes on baptism at Holy Apostles. Rather,
baptism is a boarding pass: Whether those bap-
Y tized stay on the train is up to them.
"Baptism is where it all starts," said Sean
D onohue, McKenna's father. "It's the initiation
Stihat begins this journey."
SBy having their child baptized, parents
t vow to raise that child in the Catholic faith.
d Godparents present at most Catholic bap-
t tisms commit to being good spiritual exam-
Sples for the child.
At Holy Apostles, other Catholics in the
Parish make an unspoken commitment, too,
Sby ceremonially welcoming that child into a
Broader faith-based community. Just as babies
, are invisibly marked with a cross at their bap-
' tism ceremony, so parishioners turn to one
Another and mark each other's foreheads with
invisible crosses.
S Parents who balk at going to Mass regularly


FIRST UNITED >
METHODIST CHURCH
Constitution and Monument Port St. Joe
(850) 227-1724
Contemporary Service 9:00 a.m. Rev. Malcolm "Mac" Fulcher
Sunday School: 10:00 a.m. PASTOR

Morning Worship: 11:00a.m. Wi
Methodist Youth Fellowship: 6:00 p.m Minister of MmsidYouth
Evening Worship: 7:00 p.m. Deborah Loyless
All Times are EST Director of ChildrenMinistries


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AGE OF UNDERSTANDING: Matthew Egeler,
12, prepares to be baptized by his father, Dan.
People baptized at Pulpit Rock Church have to be
old enough to "understand and believe."

beyond. Other denominations or churches say
a child should be in grade school.
Pulpit Rock doesn't have an age limit.
That church, like most others, gives class-
es to those who want to be baptized. Children
learn that baptism doesn't guarantee a spot in
heaven or wash away sin. They needed to make
a commitment to Jesus beforehand, and the
commitment is the important thing.
But they're told baptism is an important
public display of faith a graduation cer-
emony, of sorts, into the Christian community.
They learn that baptism is one of Christianity's
holiest traditions, and that it's a symbolic way
to say that they've been "born again."
"It's like when Jesus died and rose again,"
says Bethany Egeler, 9, of the baptism's symbol-
ism. Going under the water is death. Coming
up again is new life.
Bethany and her brother, 12-year-old
Matthew, are getting baptized together by their
father, Dan.
"You're showing everyone that you're com-
mitted to following Christ for the rest of your
life," Matthew says.
Rachel Shaffer, 10, will be the first into the
baptistery on this Sunday. She says she's not
nervous. "But I think my dad is," she adds.
Pulpit Rock believes parents as a child's
primary spiritual teachers should baptize
their own children.
This is not common practice; many church-
es require that a, pastor perform the ceremony.
But at Pulpit Rock, the extra involvement
makes a child's baptism a particularly powerful
moment for the parents.
"I'm very excited," said Ben Kelly, father of
Amy Mae. "Everything else can be taken away,
but this can't."


YOUNGEST OF THE FAITHFUL: Blaze Caudill,
6 months, is held in front of the congregation by
his father, Dan, as he is baptized at Holy Apostles
Catholic Church by the Rev. Paul Wicker Infant
baptism is one of Roman Catholicism's seven sac-
raments.

might want to wait on baptism, the Donohues
say, until they're ready to commit to faid] them-
selves. Baptism, they say, should not be an item
to be checked off a spiritual "to-do" list.
And, they add, it's OK to wait a bit.
Before the Second Vatican Council in the
1960s, most Catholics were, taught that unbap-
tized children were destined for hell. For many
new parents, the first stop out of the delivery
room was their local parish, where they hur-
riedly performed a baptism ceremony.
Today, the Catholic Church doesn't doesn't
tell parents where unbaptized babies might
wind up in the afterlife, according to the'
Donohues.
"We don't pretend to know God's heart and
grace," Sean said.
For Catholics, baptism isn't about choos-
ing whether to follow the faith. The "choice"
is made years later with another sacrament,
confirmation.
Lisa Donohue believes that McKenna's bap-
tism illustrated how she will someday meet her
maker there: naked and needy. "Children are
so dependent on their parents," she said later.
"That's how we -should come to God."


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Oak Grove Assembly of God
David A. fernandez. Pastor
Office: 850-227-1837 'Parsonage: 850-229.6271
613 Madison SteePort Port t. Joe, fC
Schedule of Services
Sunday Wednesday
Sunday School 945am Mld Week Meal. 5:00pm
Morning Worship 10:45am VMid Week 1ible Study 6:15pm
X.ds on the Move lO:45am .Mnistry In actionn 6:15pm
Cross Training Vouth 6:15pm
Men's .Ministry. Monday 6:30pm
Cadlesi .inisstr- Tuesday- 7:00pm
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Mike Wesibroc
Pastor


Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.
Evening Service 7:00 p.m.
Discipleship Training 6:00 p.m.
k, Wednesday Prayer 7:00 p.m.


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Monday, Thursday, Friday: 9:30 am
Wednesday: 5:30 pm
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2420 Long. Avenue Port St. Joe, Florida 32456
(850) 229-9596


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Sunday Evening Worship ........ ... 6 p.m.
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SundqStool: 10:15 a.m. CST
Open Hearts. Open minds. Open doors.
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10:30 Sunday Morning Hwy. 98
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Romans 16:16

The Wewahitchka Church of Christ
Meets At 2241 Hwy. 71 South, Wewahitchka
(1/4 Mile North of the Overstreet Road)
(850) 639-5401
Sunday Bible Study 9:00 a.m. CT
Sunday Worship 10:00 a.m. & 5:00 p.m. CT
Wednesday Bible Study 7:00 p.m. CT


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311 Columbus St. St. Joe Beach, FL 32456
A LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE LORD
SUNDAY: General Assembly 9:45 a.m. Bible Study all ages 10 a.m.
Morning Worship 11 a.m. Evening Worship 6 p.m.
WEDNESDAY: Choir Practice 6 p.m.
Prayer Meeting & Youth Group 7 p.m.
"0 taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in Him.'
Please accept this invitation to join us in worship. God bless you!
Pastor David Nichols
Church 647-5026 Home 769-8725



First Baptist Church>
102 THIRD STREET PORT ST. JOE

Brent Vickery, Pastor
Buddy Caswell, Minister of Music & Education
Michael Rogers, Minister to Students
Sunday School ... ........ 9:45 am
Worship Service ......... 8:30 & 11:00 am
Disciple Training . .. ..... 6:00 pm
Evening Worship .... ......... . 7:00 pm
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First Baptist Church
MExico BEACH
Located at 823 N. 15th St., Mexico Beach
Corner of 15th '- California 648-5776
SCHEDULE OF SERVICES
Worship Sundays at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
Bible Study Sundays at 9:00 a.m. (all ages)
Wednesday Prayer and Bible Study at 6:30 p.m.
Please note, all times central
Reverend Eddie LaFountain


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SC C Dr. Bill Taylor, Pastor

Sunday School .......................... 9:30 a,m.
Sunday Fellowship................... 10:30 a.m.
Sunday Morning Service ........ 11:00 a.m.
Sunday Evening Service ............6:00 p.m.
Tuesday Night (Bay St. Joseph) 6:30 p.m.
Thursday Firehouse Fellowship .... 6:00 p.m.
801 20th Street Port St. Joe 229-6707
Home of Faith Chrimnan School

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EPISCOPAL CHURCH

800 22nd STREET, PORT ST. JOE
8:00 and 11:00 a.m. (EST) Sunday School 9:45
Child Care Provided for at 11:00
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Meeting Schedule for Local Government
Gulf County School Board
The School Board meets once a month,
typically the second Tuesday of the month,
though during the summer that schedule is
subject to change. Meetings are typically con-
ducted at district offices located on Middle
School Drive in Port St. Joe, though during the
school year the board conducts one monthly
meeting at high schools at each end of the
county.
The School Board's next regularly sched-
uled meeting is at 2 p.m. ET on June 30 in the
board meeting room. This meeting will mark
the end of the fiscal year. The board's initial
budget meeting will be held 2 p.m. ET on July
20.
Postings of all School Board regular and
special meetings and workshops can be found
at the district offices.


City of Port St. Joe
The Port St. Joe City Commission con-
ducts regular meetings twice a month, on the
first and third Tuesdays of the month at 6 p.m.
ET in the Commission meeting room on the
second floor of City Hall on Cecil G. Costin
Blvd. near Reid Avenue.
Postings of all City Commission regular
and special meetings and workshops can be
found at City Hall.
City of Wewahitchka
The Wewahitchka City Commission con-
ducts regular meetings twice a month, on the
second and fourth Mondays of each month at
6 p.m. CT in the first floor meeting room at
City Hall.
Postings of all City Commission regular
and special meetings and workshops can be
found at City Hall on Second Street.
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Movie Nights Coming to Mexico Beach and Gulf County


By Marie Logan
Star Staff Writer
It might not be the old
drive-in movie, but it will be
drive up, park, and walk to an
outside movie screen.
The Mexico Beach
Community Development
Council (MBCDC) and the Gulf
County Tourism Development
Council (TDC) have teamed to
present outdoor movies to res-


idents and visitors of Mexico
Beach and Gulf County, tenta-
tively beginning in August.
"We'll shortly be showing
"movies in the park" at several
locations," said Lynn Marshall,
president of MBCDC. "It will
be a fun family night where
you can bring snacks or a pic-
nic basket and the family for a
good movie."
"We'll be testing the equip-


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ment next week," added Paula
Pickett, director of the Gulf
County TDC. "If it all works,
then we will go forward."
The setup consists of a 10
by 16 foot projection screen
and projection equipment,
which will be moved to dif-
ferent locations in the area to
give everyone an opportunity
to enjoy a movie out of doors.
The movies will all be


free and open to the public,
and the two groups plan to
offer the viewings year round,
weather permitting.
Pickett said public inter-
est will drive the movie selec-
tion, which will be a mix of
recent movies and classics, all
family oriented.


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conducts regular meetings twice a month, at 6
p.m. ET on the second and fourth Tuesdays of
each month in the Commission meeting room
located in the Robert Moore Administrative
Building next to the County Courthouse on
Cecil G. Costin Blvd.
Postings of all regular and special meetings
and workshops can be found at the Robert
Moore Administrative Building.
City of Mexico Beach
The Mexico Beach City Council conducts
its regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. CT on
the second Tuesday of each month in the Civic
Center located behind the business district on
30t" and 31st Streets.
Postings of all regular and special meet-
ings and workshops can be found at City Hall,
located on 144m Street, or the Civic Center.
County Economic Development Council
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information contact the EDC at 229-1901.
Budget Hearings
Local residents and taxpayers should be
aware that summertime brings the budget pro-
cess to government entities around the area. All
the listed governmental bodies will be conduct-
ing budget workshops and hearings throughout
the coming months.
We will post the times and places of all
budget meetings, but the information will also
be available at the locations listed for finding
meeting and workshop agendas.
A note to civic organizations and
other groups in the area: submit meet-
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JULY
Timber Island Yacht Club Youth Fishing Class
and Tournament, July 8, Timber Island Yacht Club,
Carrabelle
Fourth Annual Bayou Bash Fishing Tournament,
Port St. Joe, July 29


AUGUST
Third Annual Port St. Joe High School Athletic
Department Golf Tournament, St. Joseph Bay Golf and
Country Club, Aug. 5
MBARA Annual Kingfish Tournament, August 25-
26, Mexico Beach


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SEPTEMBER
Music in the Park, Each Thursday night at 6 pm (CT)
in Sunset Park, Mexico Beach
Annual Scallop Festival, Labor Day Weekend, Port
St. Joe
Beach Blast Olympic Triathlon & Duathlon,
September 23, Beacon Hill Park, Great sports event
involving swimming, biking and running. More infor-
mation: www.TheBeachBlast.com.
The event will bring hundreds of visitors to the area.
Volunteers needed. Come support local athletes!
Annual Kingfish Shootout, Sept. 25-26, C-Quarters
Marina, Carrabelle


Everything You Need To Know About The Area, But Didn't Know


To Ask: Summer Tourist Tips No. 6


- Area Rules and Beach


Etiquette: The Beaches, Part I, Mexico Beach to St. Joe Beach


By Marie Logan
Star Staff Writer
Some general information
about this lovely area you are
enjoying will help you navigate
the "ins and outs" of beach life
a little more easily.
The Beaches
The area known as The
Beaches runs for nine uninter-
rupted miles along the Gulf
Coast, between Tyndall Air
Force Base and Port St. Joe.
While both geographically and
in spirit Mexico Beach, Beacon
Hill and St. Joe Beach are
the same, technically there are
several important differences.
Mexico Beach is actually
i* n the most southeastern cor-
ner of Bay County, the county
that encompasses Panama
/ City and Panama City Beach.
Mexico Beach was incorpo-
rated as city in 1963, and the
city limits run east-west for
three miles, from just east
of the forests of the St .Joe
Company and. Tyndall Air
Force Base on U.S. 98, to the
county line at the junction of
U.S. 98 and County Road 386,
at the Lookout Lounge.
Both Beacon Hill and St.
'Joe Beach are in Gulf County,
Which runs from the Lookout
Lounge along U.S. 98 for
about 30 minutes east toward
Apalachicola.
Time Zones
Mexico Beach is in the
Central Time Zone, while
Beacon Hill and St. Joe Beach,
as well as Port St. Joe, Cape
San Blas, and Indian Pass are
all in the Eastern Time Zone.
The time zone line is at
the junction of CR386 and U.S.
9'8, at the Lookout Lounge.
All of Bay County is in the
Central Time Zone, while Gulf
County wanders in and out of
both time zones. For instance,
Overstreet is in Eastern while
Wewahitchka is in Central.
Law Enforcement, Fire
and Medical Care
Mexico Beach has its
own police, fire and emer-
gency medical services, while
Beacon Hill and St. Joe Beach
are served by the Gulf County
Sheriff's Department and
Florida Highway Patrol. St.
Joe Beach has a volunteer fire
department and Gulf County
EMS provides medical help,
plus ambulance service for all
three communities.
However, in the way of all


small rural areas, all the com-
munities, from Mexico Beach,
Overstreet, St. Joe Beach,
Port St. Joe, White City, even
Wewahitchka, Dalkeith, and
Cape San Blas help each other
during emergencies.
Speed Limits,
Crosswalks, Highway Safety
In Mexico Beach the speed
limit changes with the major
seasons. From Memorial Day
weekend (the last weekend
in May) through Labor Day
weekend (the first weekend in
September), the speed limit is
35 miles per hour. From just
after Labor Day through fall,
winter and spring, the speed
limit is 45 miles per hour.
Through Beacon Hill and
St. Joe Beach, the speed limit
remains 45 miles per hour
year round.
The entire length of The
Beaches is a no-passing zone.
That includes the state-wide
restriction of passing on the
right, along the shoulder of the
road, as well.
For those not familiar with
the law, it is illegal to pass any-
one on the right if there is not
a regulation second lane to the
right. It is illegal to pass on
the right by crossing the solid
white line, which marks the
shoulder of the road.
Five crosswalks were
recently installed in Mexico
Beach at various points along
U.S.' 98. Both pedestrians
and drivers need to pay close
attention along U.S. 98. By
Florida law, vehicles must stop
if people are already inside the
crosswalks, but pedestrians
cannot, by law, simply step
out into the crosswalk in front
of oncoming traffic. It's liter-
ally a "two-way street" type of
situation.
Visitors, especially pedes-
trians trying to cross U.S. 98
or parking along U.S. 98, need
to remember that U.S. 98 is a
federal/state highway and the
primary route in this area.
During tourist season and
with the added construction,
about 20,000 vehicles travel
on U.S. 98 each day, including
18-wheelers, dump trucks and
log trucks, not to mention the
usual array of delivery trucks,
RVs, campers, large pickup
trucks towing big boats, and
vacationers driving slowly try-
ing to find their accommoda-
tions or just looking at the
water.
People parking beachside
along U.S. 98 must be particu-


larly vigilant about physically
holding onto their children,
because there is absolutely no
room for error when getting
out of or into cars parked
along the highway.
Pedestrians must hold
onto children while crossing
U.S. 98 at any point, and no
one should try to run across
the highway while wearing flip-
flops. If you do lose your
shoes while crossing U.S. 98,
do not stop in the road to
try to retrieve your shoes, or
anything else you might have
dropped. Finish crossing the
highway and then wait until
traffic clears to go back into
the road to retrieve items.
Beach Public Access
There is ample public
beach access to The Beaches
all along U.S. 98. In Mexico
Beach, public walkovers are
at the junctions of every street
and U.S. 98. The wooden
beach walkovers are all handi-
capped accessible, but the
access points that are simply
sand are not easily traversed
by crutches or wheelchairs. .
In Beacon Hill and St. Joe
Beach, public beach access is
available, from west to east:
Across from the Lookout
Lounge, just over the Gulf
County line at CR 386;
At the public beach walk-
over across from Beacon Hill
Park;
Across from Express
Lane in Beacon Hill, along the
east side of the gray condos.
Beginning, at Ward Street
in St. Joe Beach, all the beach
access points are well-worn
trails across the dunes. Please
stay on these paths to avoid
damaging the unmarked
dunes.
Handicapped Facilities
In Mexico Beach, all city
facilities, including the city
pier (37th Street), city park
(22nd-20th Streets), and all
public restrooms, are wheel-
chair accessible.
Wheelchair access to the
beach is available at the mari-
nas and at the wooden beach
walkovers.
In Beacon Hill, the munic-
ipal park and beach walkover
are wheelchair accessible. St.
Joe Beach has no specific
wheelchair accessible loca-
tions.
Dogs on The Beaches
Mexico Beach does not
allow dogs anywhere on its


beaches.
If you want to walk your
dog, you need to cross the
county line at CR286 (Lookout
Lounge). Beacon Hill and St.
Joe Beach allow dogs on the
beaches with their owners.
However, Gulf County does
have a leash law and dogs are
required to be leashed at all
times.
Dog owners also need to
remember that the beaches
are public places, and need
to carry some type of "pooper
scooper" with them to pick up
after their pets. There are gar-
bage cans at the end of each
municipal boardwalk, so dis-
posal of waste is no problem.
The easiest thing to do is
to carry several plastic bags
(from grocery or variety stores)
with you when you walk your
dog.
Place one corner of the bag
over your hand (the remainder
of the bag is covering your
arm), pick up the waste with
your covered hand and, while
holding the waste in your
hand, pull the rest of the bag
over your hand, enveloping
the waste inside the bag. Then
simply tie off the bag, trapping
the waste in that corner of the
bag, and you can use the bag
for one more cleanup. When
you get back from your walk,
toss the bag in the trash.
Beach Public Restrooms
Mexico Beach has public
restrooms in four locations
along U.S.98:
At Toucan's Restaurant's
east parking lot, directly across
from Express Lane;
At Sunset Park on the
west side of the El Governor
tower;
At the west entrance to
town at the bend in Canal
Parkway as you turn the corner
along the marina. The white
building is set back about 50
feet and is right next to the
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Municipal Park, between 22nd
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access and parking off 7th
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Beacon Hill has a public
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the public beach boardwalk.
St. Joe Beach does not have
any public restrooms.
Parks/Playgrounds
Mexico Beach has a lovely
little public park, on the north
side of U.S.98, between 22nd
and 20th Streets (across from
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Officer Hal Webb
working with Investigations
apprehended two subjects
at St. Joe Bay. Investigators
observed the two making
more than one trip to their
vehicle dropping off scallops.
Officer Webb waited on the
subjects to come back in on
their last trip and discovered
they had between 10 and 12
gallons of whole scallops in
the shell. The scallops were
seized and the appropriate
citations issued.
FRANKLIN COUNTY
On July 7, Officer Travis
Huckeba was on routine water
patrol in the Apalachicola
River system. Officer Huckeba
saw a small fishing vessel
tied up near the bank and
decided to perform a safety


Tourist Tips

and find your way to its and
base. The park surrounds the Beach
water tower.
The park holds a nice chil- B
'dren's playground with swings S
and a sand pile, a tiny pavil-
ion, picnic tables and little S
charcoal grills, plus a tennis about
court and a basketball court, enjoy
You have to supply the equip- the "i
ment. a little
Now at Mexico Beach's
.City Pier (37th Street), there B
is a tiny park-like area leading T
-onto the pier. In addition to etique
the public restrooms, it has a people
picnic table and an outdoor, walk-(
open shower. S
Beacon Hill has a 40- beach
acre park on the north side first
of U.S.98. You can't miss it beach
since it is the highest point are v
in Beacon Hill. The old light- tected
house beacon sits on top of the It
hill at the park, and shines out sea o
across the water at night. any t
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park featuring a paved walk- walkii
ing track and nature trail, It
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ball and shitffleboard courts: dunes
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children's play-area, public have
restrooms, a pavilion, and a beach
!boardwalk down the hill to are n
U.S. 98 for easy beach access. points
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directly across the highway mate
from the park. mark
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equipment inspection. He
secured his vessel alongside
the fishing vessel and asked
the operator onboard for
a sound producing device.
The operator only muttered
to himself. Officer Huckeba
repeated his question two
more times and got the same
muttering response. Officer
Huckeba noticed empty beer
bottles in the vessel and
could smell the distinct odor
of an alcoholic beverage. The
subject had slurred speech
and seemed confused when
asked to do anything. Officer
Huckeba performed field
sobriety tasks on the subject
and found him to be impaired.
The subject was transported
to the Franklin County Jail
where he was administered a
breath test to determine the


level of alcohol in his system.
The subject was found to
be over the .08 limit set by
statute and was charged with
boating under the influence
of alcohol.
On July 8, Chief of Staff
Officer Sabra' Thornton and
Lt. Steve Thomas were on
routine land patrol in the
Apalachicola River Wildlife
Environmental Area when
they saw a subject that they
knew had an outstanding
warrant for possession of a
firearm by a convicted felon.
After confirming the warrant,
the subject was arrested and
booked into the Franklin
County Jail.
Officers Hank Forehand
and Don Walker were on water
patrol in the Apalachicola
area when they conducted a


JEA boarding on a long-line
vessel. While running checks
on the crew, it was discovered
one of them was giving a false
name due to warrants out
of Georgia. When his real
identity was figured out, the
subject ran off the vessel and
was captured after a short
foot chase through the streets
of downtown Apalachicola.
Georgia refused to extradite
and the subject was booked
on giving false identification
and resisting arrest without
violence.
Officer Hank Forehand
conducted a vessel check on
a vessel in the East River
and found two subjects in
possession of alligator meat
without permits. Both were
charged.


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Beach Etiquette: The
ies, Part II

ly Marie Logan
tar Staff Writer

3ome general information
I this lovely area you are
ing will help you navigate
ns and outs" of beach life
e more easily.

leach Etiquette
here is a certain "beach
ette" pertaining to where
e should and should not
on any beach.
ea oats, sea grasses and
h morning glories are the'
line of defense against
* erosion, and as such
ery important and pro-
.
t is illegal to remove any
ats from any section of
beach, or to harm the
ats in any way, including
ng on them.
is also illegal in many
s to walk across the
themselves.
)ver time, multiple trails
been established on the'
es, and in the area there
numerous public access
s to the beach.
lease use only the legiti-
dune walkovers and
ed public beach access
s, and the well-defmed
in the more remote

lease do not cut through
one's private yard or garage
e a beach walkover con-
d to a private dwelling.
is trespassing. Find a
c access to the beach.
lease remember to clean


up after yourself and your fam-
ily. This includes taking with
you any soiled baby diapers,
beer cans, especially any glass
containers, all food wrappings.
This applies particularly to the
plastic rings holding six-pack
cans, of beer and soft drinks.
If you absolutely must take
these six-pack rings onto the
beach, cut the individual rings
in half. Otherwise. seabirds,
turtles and some fish get these-
plastic rings trapped around
their beaks, heads, bodies,
etc., and ultimately die a very
horrible, slow death.
One of the great delights
of strolling along any beach is
looking for shells and other
"stuff.",
The Beaches have an inter-
esting, assortment of shells
that wash up, but you need to
know which shells to take, and
which ones to leave behind.
It is illegal to take any
"live" shells from any Florida
beach. "Live" shells are those
in which a creature lives,
whether the occupant is the.
original "owner" or 'not; So if
any critter is visible, gently
place the shell back on the
sand.
This applies to sand dol-
lars and starfish, as well. If
you pick up either a sand dol-
lar or a starfish, turn it over
and very. very gently run your
finger across its alv'eolae. or
tiny "tentacles." If these "tenta-
cles"- move at all-on their own,
the starfish or sand dollar is
still alive, and you should gen-
tly place it back in the surf.
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after they have washed ashore.
Do not let children handle
them or dogs sniff and paw
on them. If you are stung, get
medical help.
Also be careful not to han-
dle, any dead fish that wash
ashore, especially puffer fish
and baby sharks. Both types
of fish have either sharp quills
or sharp scales that can cause
nasty wounds, even if the fish
are dead.
It is actually illegal to
remove any part of migratory
water fowl from the beach,
including pelican feathers lying
in the sand. This is not strictly
-enforced along The Beaches.
but be aware of removing sea
gull and pelican quills from
the beach when you are in any
state park. The rangers may
confiscate them and, while


Words From the Coast

The Fourth of July has come and gone. A good time was had
by all and the first annual lighted parade of boats was held at
Port St. Joe marina. If you missed it, next year promises to be
even bigger and better.
One potential problem was noticed. If we had not had two
watchful crew members aboard our boat, we might not have
seen several small boats that were anchored with no navigation
lights on.
Since we live here, we knew these were not partially sub-
merged rock piles. But the only way we could make out what we
were seeing was by the light of the exploding fireworks. Many of
these little boats were pontoon boats with lights so puny (if they
were on), that you couldn't see them anyway.
One problem is that people don't realize navigation lights
must go on at sunset. It is not an option. When was the last time
you checked your nav lights to make sure they were working?
Night vision can be tricky. It is hard to judge distances, and it is
easy to be fooled by optical illusions, especially where there are
lots of lights, such as near a city. Picking out the lights of a mov-
ing background of dozens of lights is very difficult, if not impos-
sible. Poor or defective lights will probably not be seen.
We have to take lighting seriously because operating at night
is dangerous. Many people have poor night vision, or lack the
visual perception that is needed to operate safely at night. This
visual perception is a skill, not just good vision, to be able to
quickly pick out lights and identify what they are.
Many people who operate boats at night don't know what
they are doing. Ask them about taking a bearing of an oncoming
boat based on display of lights, and a lot won't know what you
are talking about.
Be safe on the water. There are lots of Coast Guard Auxiliary
courses available to teach you to be safe on the water.
As the skipper of the ship, you are responsible for the
safety of your passengers. If you haven't briefed your passengers
regarding safety and life preservers, you will be held a fault in
case of injury or death.
If you would like to find out how to learn more information
or have a complimentary vessel safety check of your boat, just
call Curtis or Marcia Low at 647-3858 and we will be glad to
check safety items with you. Should you need safety equipment,
the inspection form will permit you to buy needed equipment at
a discount.
Marcia S. Low
Coast Guard Auxiliary
Flotilla 1-9, Panama City Beach, Florida

Watch out for alligators in river
floodplains. around lakes, marshes,
swamps, ponds, drainage canals and
ditches. Never approach an alligator, never
offer food to one, and keep all pets and
small children away frpm them.


(See TOURIST TIPS on Page 9B)


PUBLIC HEARINGS.TO AMEND THE GULF

COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN

The Gulf County Planning and Development Review Board will hold Public Hearings Monday, Au--
gust 10, 2006 at 8:45 A.M. E.T., and The Gulf County Board of County Commissioners will hold
Public Hearings Thursday, August 17, 2006 at 6:00 RM. E.T., in the Gulf County Commissioners
Room in the Robert M. Moore Administration Building to review for transmittal the corrective test
and map amendments to Ordinance 2006-04, Ordinance 2006-06 and the proposed new text
and map amendments to the Gulf County Comprehensive Future Land Use Map for the follow-
ing:
4. Public Hearing Transmittal of a Large Scale Land Use Change St Johns Village of Gulf
County, Inc. St. Johns Village Parcel ID #01368-800R & 01369-OOR'
107.52 acres in Section 35 & 36 Township 3 South, Range 10 West, Gulf
County, Florida Changing Agricultural Land Use to Residential Low Den-
sity.
5. Public Hearing Transmittal of a Large Scale Land Use Change Jerald D. Gaskin Parcel
ID #01570-0OOR & 01553-0OOR 143.54 in Section 11, Township 4 South,
Range 10 West, Gulf County, Florida Changing Agricultural Land Use to
Residential Low Density.
6. Public Hearing Transmittal of a Large Scale Land Use Change Buckhorn Development, LLC
Buckhorn subdivisions Parcel ID #01186-100R & 01186-300R 136.17
acres in Section 24 & 25, Township 3 South, Range 10 West, Gulf County,
Florida Changing Agricultural Land Use to Residential Low Density.
14. Public Hearing Transmittal of a Large Scale Land Use Change Ralph Rish Parcel
ID#02977-050R and Parcel, ID# 02977-100R 26.05 acres in Section
17, 18, 19, 20, Township 7 South, Range 10 West, Gulf County, Florida
Changing Agricultural to Mixed Commercial/Residential.
Public Hearing New Text Amendments
Public Hearing Corrective Text and Map Amendments to Ordinance 2006-04 and Ordi-
nance 2006-06

This hearing and transmittal pursuant to Section 163, F.S.
All interested parties may.appear at the meeting to be heard regarding the consideration of the
comprehensive plan test and map amendment corrections and revisions. Text copies will be
available at the Gulf County Planning Department

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Beach Fires, Other Lights
On The Beach at Night
As far as enjoying bonfires
on the beach at night, again,
you need to cross the county
line into Gulf County.
Mexico Beach does not
permit fires on its beaches,
but Beacon Hill and St. Joe
Beach do.
Just use standard camp-
fire safety. Make sure you are
well down on the sand, near
the waterline and not near the
sea oats. Keep the fire size
manageable, be very aware of
the wind, and be absolutely
sure that the fire is completely
extinguished when you leave.
Please remove all cans,
bottles, garbage, etc. when you
leave. Again, trash contain-
ers are conveniently placed at
.every beach walkover for your
convenience.
While talking about remov-
ing trash from the beach,
remember that it is turtle sea-
son through October 31, and
each piece of trash, plastic
rings, fishing tackle is a huge
-problem for sea turtles coming
ashore to nest.
As for beach fires and
other, lighting on the beach
at night, again, remember the
turtle rules: do not build
fies or use any lights of any
kind, including flashlights on
the beach anywhere near a
marked turtle nest. In fact,
lights anywhere on the beach-
es are a danger to turtles and
hatchlings. They will focus
on your artificial light and not
move toward the water, which
they must do to survive.

Turtle Nests
Please remember that
you must not engage in any
activity close to marked turtle
nests. This includes setting
up camp, placing and using
chairs or picnic tables, allow-
ing children to play or dogs to


romp. Turtle nests are strictly
off-limits.
Marked turtle nests will
be surrounded by four stakes
and yellow 'crime scene" tape,
and covered with a piece of
heavy wire screening that can-
not be removed. Turtle nests
are protected by federal law
and anyone interfering with
the nest, the adults or the
hatchlings will be prosecuted.

Beach Driving
Driving on the beach any-
where within The Beaches area
is definitely a no-no.
To drive on the beach in
Gulf County, you must pur-
chase a beach driving per-
mit from the Gulf County Tax
Collector's Office in the county
court house on Cecil Costin
Boulevard.
Currently, costs are $15
per year for Gulf County resi-
dents or Gulf County prop-
erty owners; $150 per year for
non-residents or non-property
owners.
AT the time pf permit pur-
chase, you are given a detailed
map of access points and driv-
ing areas. For long-time beach
drivers, the access point at
the Stump Hole is now closed
and access and driving to the
peninsula is severely limited
after the 2004-05 hurricane
seasons.
Anyone driving on the
beach needs tb be very 'aware
of turtle nests and stay far
away from them. Driving at
night, especially during turtle
season, is strictly prohibited.

Beach Flag. Warning
System, Lifeguards, Rip
Tides
The Beaches do not pro-
vide lifeguards anywhere along
their beaches. Signs stating
this are posted at most munic-
ipal beach walkovers, and
swimmers enter the water at
their own risk.
Everyone should watch


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the weather reports or the
"boat and Beach" forecasts on
television each morning to see
what the water conditions are
for the day. There is a sys-
tem of colored flags placed on
the Panama City beaches early
each morning to alert people
of wind and water conditions.
These flags and conditions are
discussed on both Channel 7
(WJHG-TV/NBC) and Channel
13 (WMBB/ABC) morning
news programs, as well as
on local access channels 4
(Mexico Beach) and, 12 (Port
St. Joe/Cape San Blas/Indian
Pass).
It is in your best interest
and safety to watch for this
information. Even though the
forecasts are for the Panama
City area beaches, the same or
similar wind and water condi-
tions are probably going to be
present at The Beaches and
Cape San Blas.
Mexico Beach does get
dangerous rip currents on
occasion, especially around the
marina canal/old pier area.
The new-statewide beach
flag warning system is:
Green flag: Low hazard,
conditions are favorable for
swimming, swim at your own
risk;
Yellow flag: Medium haz-
ard, swim with caution;
Red, flag: High hazard,
swimming not recommended;
Double red flag: Danger.
water closed to the public;
Purple flag: Caution,
marine pests present. Marine
"pests" can be anything from
jellyfish to sharks.

Boat Launch Ramps
Things have changes in
Mexico Beach with the iftro-


From Page 8B


duction of all the condos front-
ing the city marina, on both
sides of the highway.
You can launch your yacht
from the city boat ramp in
Mexico Beach, across from
37th Street and the city pier.
It is currently very tricky
to launch a boat here, because
the ramp is hemmed in by
construction. There is very
limited boat trailer parking
just across U.S.98, but the
city now has a new boat trailer
parking lot at the west side of
town.
Head west over the bridge
at the very west end of town,
and just past the bridge, turn
right, or north, onto the gravel
road and immediately turn
right, following the canal on
your right. This is the new city
boat trailer park and it has
ample space for boaters.
There are no public boat
launch ramps in Beacon Hill
or St. Joe Beach. The next
public ramps are in Highland
View, under the big bridge
(Tapper Bridge), and in Port
St. Joe at Frank Pate Park at
the south end of 5th Street.
The Mexico Beach Canal
has a 5 mile per hour speed
limit and a "No Wake" rule.
One additional note: wave
runners must stay in restrict-
ed area, 1,000 feet offshore.

City Pier/Fishing Regs
Mexico Beach has a city
pier that is open to everyone.
It is wheelchair accessible,
located at the south end of
37th Street.
Many people need a license
to fish off the pier.and jetties.
Licenses 'can be purchased at
local bait and tackle shops.
S The money collected from
saltwater fishing licenses is
used to improve, and restore
fish habitat, and for marine
fisheries research, law enforce-


ment, and public education on
marine resources.

Surf Fishing
Anyone who is not a
Florida resident needs a non-
resident license to surf fish.
Florida residents don to need
a license to fish from land.
Caution: Be careful around
surf fisherpeople. They rarely
tag or mark their fishing lines
so passersby can see the actu-
al line running from the rod
toe the water.
If you are walking along
the beach, it is in your best
interest to walk behind any
surf fisherpepson to avoid gar-
roting yourself on the invisible
.fishing line.
Also be very aware of surf
fisherpeople who are cast-
ing while you walk behind
them. Very few fisherpeople
pay attention to passersby
and people strolling by are
frequently hooked when the
surf fisherpeople cast back-
ward in preparation for the
forward arc. Next week: Part
II Indian Pass to the Cape.


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PUBLIC NOTICE

A Public Hearing will be held at the Planning and Development Review Board (PDRB) meeting on Thursday, August 10, 2006 at 8:45 a.m.
EST, and at the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) meeting on Thursday, August 17, 2006 at 6:00 p.m. EST. Both public hearings will
be held in the BOCC Meeting Room at the Robert M Moore Administration Building, 1000 Cecil G. Costin Sr. Blvd., Port St. Joe, Florida. The
public hearings will be to discuss and act on the following:

1. Continuance of the July 17, 2006
2. Final Plat Approval B.J. Heard & Chris King Baywoods Parcel ID #06230-OOOR 4.5 acres in Section 25, Township 8 South, Range 11
West, Gulf County, Florida- a maximum 11 unit development subject to all Federal, State and Local development regulations, state and
unstated.
3. Preliminary Plat Approval Edward Bish Gulf Coast Ranches Parcel ID #0332 -175R 40.84 acres in Section 32, Township 7 South,
Range 10 West, Gulf County, Florida a maximum 16 unit development subject to all Federal, State and Local development regulations,
stated and unstated.
4. Public Hearing Large Scale Land Use Change St. Johns Village of Gulf County, Inc. St Johns Village Parcel ID #01368-80OR &
01369-OOOR 107.52 acres in Section 35 & 36, Township 3 South, Range 10 West, Gulf County, Florida Changing Agricultural Land Use
to Residential Low Density.
5. Public Hearing Large Scale Land Use Change Jerald D. Gaskin Parcel ID# 143.54 in Section 11, Township 4 South, Range 10 West,
Gulf County, Florida Changing Agricultural Land Use to Residential Low Density.
6. Public Hearing Large Scale Land Use Change Buckhorn Development, LLC Buckhorn subdivisions Parcel ID# 01186-1OOR & 01186-,
300R 136.17 acres in Section.24 & 25, Township 3 South, Range 10 West, Gulf County, Florida Changing Agricultural Land Use to
Residential Low Density.
7. Adjourn the July 17, 2006 meeting and Call to Order the August 10, 2006
8. Final Plat Approval Hargraves Engineering Bay Colors Parcel ID #06245-OOOR 3.78 acres in Section 36, Township 8 South, Range
11 West, Gulf County, Florida a maximum 15 unit development subject to all Federal, State and Local development regulations, stated
and unstated.
9. Final Plat Approval Libby Owens Our Tara Estates Parcel ID# 01 359-370R & 01359-365R 10 acres in Section 36, Township 3 South,
Range 10 West, Gulf County, Florida a maximum 28 unit development subject to all Federal, State and Local development regulations,
stated and unstated.
10. Final Plat Approval Coastal Pines, LLC Cottages at Coastal Pines Parcel ID #03323-170R 40.07 acres in Section 32, Township 7
South, Range 10 West, Gulf County, Florida a maximum 43 unit development subject to all Federal, State and Local development regula-
tions, stated and unstated.'
11. Preliminary Plat Approval William J. Rish a subdivision Parcel ID# 06268-750R 5.06 acres in Section 7, Township 9 South, Range
11 West, Gulf County, Florida a maximum 8 unit development subject to all Federal, State and Local development regulations state and
unstated.
12. Variance Steve Newman Parcel ID #06287-185R .10 acre in Section 22, Township 9 South, Range 11 West, Gulf County, Florida
Permission to encroach into side setback 8 inches.
13. Variance Steve Newman Parcel ID #06287-295R .10 acre Section 22, Township 9 South, Range 11 West, Gulf County, Florida Per-
mission to encroach into side setback 2 inches.
14. Public Hearing Large Scale Land Use Change Ralph Rish Parcel ID#02977-050R & Parcel ID#02977-100R 26.05 acres in Com-
mercial/Residential. .
15. Public Hearing Comprehensive Plan/EAR Text and Map Amendments
16. St. Joe/Arvida for WindMark Beach DO/PDP
17. Staff ,

The Public is encourage to attend and be heard on these matters. Information prior to the meeting can be viewed at the Planning and Building
Department at 1000 Cecil G. Costin Sr. Blvd., 301.


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For a list of supplies, con-
tact the school office at 229-
6707.
There are still positions
available in many of our class-
es. Feel- free to stop by for
registration and enrollment
papers. Faith Christian School
is a ministry of Faith Bible
Church. Both the church and
school are located at 801 20"'
Street in Port St. Joe.


Public Hearing for Presidential

Search Held at GCCC
The Gulf Coast Community College Presidential Search
Committee will hold a Public'Hearing on August 3, 2006 in the
Jules Sarzin Lecture Hall of the Russell C. Holley and Herbert P
Holley Lanugage and Literature Building on campus.
The purpose of the hearing is for the Presidential Search
Committee to receive public input regarding the qualities, the
college should seek in its next president. Following the hearing,
the committee will begin developing a presidential profile..
The Public Hearing is scheduled for Thursday, August 3,
from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., and is open to the public.
For additional information, contact Wanda Luckie at (850)
872-3816,- or e-mail wluckie@gulfcoast.edu.



School Supply List


Parents and Students,
We do not have a supply
list for Port St. Joe Middle
School students. You will need
notebook paper, pencils, three
prong notebooks, and lock for
-your locker. You may carry a
backpack to school, but must
leave it in your locker during
the school day. Those stu-

Wewa Middle

School
Wewahitchka Middle
.School would like to invite
all parents and students to
an Open House at WHS/WHS
lunchroom, August 3, 2006 at
6:00pm. Students will receive.
their schedules, lunch num-
bers, and have an opportunity
to meet teachers. Hope to see
everyone there!!
Karen Turner
WMS Guidance Counselor


Grades Online
Parents,
You are able to monitor
your child's grades online.
Go to www.vulfkl2.fl.is and
click on:
a. for the parents
b. view grades online
c. click here to begin
You will need to enter the
student ID arid PIN' Code and
then select Port St. Joe Middle
School. r
If you do not have a PIN.
Code, please call 227-3211
after August 7th to 'make an
appointment. You will need to
sign a release and show proof
of identity.


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dents who have PE will need to
purchase a PE uniform from
Coach Lacour when school
begins.
On the first day of school
your teachers will let you
know of other supplies you
may need.
Have a great summer


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* Reasonable tuition rates, fees, with
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* Close communication with parents


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Documatica Legal
Forms Inc. has announced
the release of a novel legal
kit designed specifically for
victims of schoolyard bul-
lying. The kit, which fea-
tures logs to record bullying
events, and an online form
to convert the records into a
legal Notice of Harassment,
is customizable for any
common law jurisdiction
in the United States and
Canada. The forms will
be freely available to the
public at www.documatica-
forms. com/bullying.
"Every week, we hear
about tragedies occurring
as a result of bullying,"
says Christie Foreman,
Legal Writer. "It's time for
us to stop these events
before they start, by mak-
ing sure that parerits and
schools know the bullying
is happening." The notice,
designed to be served to the
bully's principal, teachers,
and parents, summarizes
the bully's actions and cor-
.relates them with violations
of 'criminal or civil law.
Upon delivery, the recipient
is obligated to address the
situation, or face increased
liability.for the bully's behav-
ior. Currently, 47 states and
several Canadian provinces
have some form of parental
liability legislation in place.
"This kit is revolution-
ary, in that it provides a
much-needed legal and
political recourse for vic-
timrs of severe harass-
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says Jeff Dare, Manager of
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will be worth the effort," he
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Current statistics indi-
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American schools is occur-
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cy. It is estimated that 30%
of U.S. students in grades
six to ten are involved in
bullying, either as victims
or aggressors, and 60% wit-
ness bullying at least once a
day. Furthermore, a study
by the U.S. Department of
Education found that 75%
of school shootings occur
as violent reactions to bul-
lying. In the long term, sev-
eral sources report that
bullying can lead to mental
health problems, anxiety,
depression, and even sui-
cide.
The N6tice of
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Tyndall Federal Credit

Union to Host Ty's Back-


2-School Celebration

Tyndall Federal Credit Union's Tyndall Savers Program' .
will be hosting "Ty's Back-2-School Celebration" on Saturday
July 29, 2006 from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Panama City
Mall-Center Court.
Tyndall Savers is an award-winning financial program for
children and teens. This youth program is represented by its
mascot, Ty, the Tyndall Turtle.
Upon opening an account with as little as $5, children will,
receive a backpack with school supplies inside. Children can' -
also have a free photo taken with Ty, the Tyndall Turtle, wheri
he appears throughout the day.
For further details, please contact Susie Price at (850)
769-9999 or toll-free at 888-8963255, extension 8476, or by
e-mail at sprice((tyndall.org.


Volleyball Practice Starts

Port St Joe High School, Lady Sharks Volleyball will start
Monday, July 31, at 4:00 p.m.
Practice will be in the gym. Important team information will
also be given out that day. It is very important that you attend.
Our first game is August 15. If you need more information
please contact Coach Taylor at 229-6177. See you Monday.


Port St. Joe High School
Lady Sharks Volleyball 2006-07


Date
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PM (EST) and the second game (2vs3) will start at 7:00 PM
(EST). The'district finals will be held Thursday, October 19,
also at Port St. Joe, starting at 6:00 PM (EST).


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The 2006-2007. school
year is about to begin! The
summer staff has been busy
preparing for the new year.
As a reminder, teachers
return on Tuesday, August 1st.
Orientation is Thursday,
August 3rd. Pre-school stu-
dents will meet through the
morning and afternoon (call
the office for times and details).
Parents of elementary, middle,
and high school grades will
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valuable lessons for young learners involve socialization skills, not academics.


Story by THERESA WALKER
and JENNIFER PINNER
Freedom News Service
Parents expect their kids to
be doing homework. They'll even
ask their children's educators to
give homework. They want their
children to learn, to keep up.
But what if the child is only
3 or 4?
Believe it or not, Norayma
Cabot, education coordinator for
Head Start in Orange County,
Calif., gets homework questions
from a lot of preschoolers' par-
ents.
"One of the things we tell
them is once they get into kinder-
garten they're going to have home-
work, and 'it's going to be things
they don't want to do dittos,
and trace-this-trace-that," Cabot
says. "We tell parents the best
homework you can do with them
now is play with them."
As she speaks, four little boys
who attend Jeanne Hardy Head
Start in Huntington Beach, Calif.,
run around in fireman outfits,
dipping pieces of plastic tubing
in water before running over to
a playhouse covered with yellow
and red paper that looks like
flames. One boy shouts "Fire!"
They all point their pretend hoses
at the house and scrunch up their
mouths to make noises like water
shooting at the flames.
Cabot asks them a question:
"What are you dressed as?"
"Firefighters," they answer.
"Firefighters, yes," she says.
"Muy bien."
This is how children learn
at this age, Cabot says, but often
parents will come and say, "All
they're doing is playing teach
them their letters."
With everybody from the
president to the parent pushing
schools and students to improve
academic performance, the tykes
are feeling the pressure, too.
Yet educators who work with
young children want parents and
the wider community to know that
drilling kids on their ABC's and
1-2-3's to ensure success in pre-
school is the wrong lesson.
The emphasis needs to be
more on socialization than memo-
rization, they say. At that age,
knowing how to share Is more
important than knowing how to
spell. I
It's sad to think of a 4-year-,
old getting kicked out of school,
-but preschoolers are three times
as likely to be expelled as kids
in any other grade, according to
a report last year from the Yale
Child Study Center.
From state to state, preschool
to preschool, bad behavior led to
failure.
The report,
"Prekindergartners Left Behind,"
was the first nationwide look at
the expulsion rate in state-funded
prekindergarten programs pub-
lic schools, Head Start, for-profit
child care, and community pro-
grams. Researchers found that 7
of every 1,000 preschoolers ages


3 and 4 get expelled.
"I've worked with a lot of par-
ents that come into my group, and
one of the reasons they are there is
their child has been kicked out of
preschool or is about to be kicked
out," says Brett Patterson, a psy-
chologist who works with an early
childhood education program.
"It's not basic skills that get
a kid kicked out of preschool,
it's more the lack of redirection,"
says Patterson, who coordinates
teacher training. "Its what's hap-
pening afterward when the teacher
comes to deal with it, (such as)
running out of the classroom, foul
language."
The Yale Child Center study
found that preschools that provid-
ed intervention or other therapeu-
tic services, such as Head Start,
had the lowest rate of expulsions.
School readiness is a goal
common to policy-makers, educa-
tors, parents and the community.
But how to define it?
"Parents are very much aware
and very caught up in readiness.
They're doing a lot of pre-emp-
tive academic drilling," says
Joyce Jones, director of St. Paul's
Preschool in Tustin, Calif., who
also teaches courses for school
administrators at Orange Coast
College. "We call it 'drill and kill.'
Parents are getting more and
more stressed out about readi-
ness. Readiness for preschool and
kindergarten what does that
look like?"
At St. Paul's, where 240 pre-
schoolers are enrolled in morning
and afternoon sessions, school
readiness looks like this to Jones:
A child who is able to sit and be
engaged in "circle time" when the
teachers read or play music to the
group. A child who can follow a
schedule and routine. A child with
some sense of self-help skills, who
can put toys away, help clean up.
At the other end of the spec-
trum, 4-year-old Sam Albertson
furrowed his brow and rubbed
his left eye with a small fist as he
counted red dots on a page as part
of his second math lesson at a
Kumon Math and Reading Center
in Gilbert, Ariz.
It was just one part of his
40-minute session, which also
included a chunk of time devoted
to teaching the boy how to read.
His mother Kelli wants him
to be able to read by the time he
starts kindergarten.
"I want him to have an easier
time in school and be ahead of
the game," Albertson said. "I don't
expect him to be a genius. I just
want to give him that extra help."
She is part of a national trend:
Parents who enroll their children
in pre-kindergarten classes and
tutoring prior to sending them to
kindergarten.
"For parents that come here
and start early, they're already
looking way into the future," said.
Barbara Penaloza, owner and
instructor at the Gilbert Kumon
center.
Many parents, such as


Albertson, have their sights set on
college preparatory high schools
or prestigious colleges and schol-
arships. This is a way for their
child to have an edge over the
competition, Penaloza said.
But some early childhood edu-
cation specialists are concerned
about parents pushing their chil-
dren further along in school cur-
riculum at younger ages.
Pam Powell, assistant pro-
fessor of teaching and learning
at Northern Arizona University,
said the topic is a controversial
one and parents should consider
whether the child is ready for cer-
tain goals such as learning to read
before kindergarten.
"There may be children who
are ready and eager to read before
they go to kindergarten and others
it may be tough for," said Powell,
formerly a teacher in the Gilbert
Unified School District. "How do
you decide which child is which?
It's not like there's a recipe right
for everyone."
Powell favors balancing play-
time with learning time when
teaching prekindergartners. She
encourages parents to take their
time and let their child learn
through methods designed for
their development level.
"We need to be cautious of
being competitive with our chil-
dren," Powell said. "Each child
is an individual, and each child's
development is individual."
At the Kumon center, Penaloza
said students run through various
drills until they master basic math
and reading skills.
"There's no fun and play.
They do number boards, drills
for words and math cards pretty
much right after the other," she
said.
Growth in tutoring programs
offered by Kumon and Sylvan
Learning Centers has skyrocketed
over the past three years.
The international Kumon
Math and Reading Centers reports
a 115 percent rise in enrollment
for students ages 4 to 6 since
2003.
Sylvan Learning Centers
report about a 40 percent enroll-
ment increase in the same age
group in the same period. Sylvan
created a beginning reading pro-
gram for 4-year-olds three years
ago after many parents across the
country requested it.
Reasons for the growth vary,
but officials with the centers agree
that more rigorous academic stan-
dards in public schools play a part
in the demand.
"With the schools being held
to higher state standards, (the kin-
dergarten curriculum) is moving
more quickly and it becomes sink
or swim," said Amy Shumway,
executive director of three Sylvan
Learning Centers in Arizona.
"Parents are very proactive (and
often say), 'No matter what my
child is going to have to do, I
want to make sure they're going
to be able to be successful and get
through'"


The question remains: Do
kids today misbehave more? The
lack of comprehensive studies
such as the Yale report makes it
hard to answer.
It may be that behavior con-
sidered acceptable in less struc-
tured preschool settings of the
past is now termed misbehav-
ior. A fidgety 4-year-old who can't
sit still and complete a work-
sheet becomes a disruption, says
Sharon Seidman, president of the
Orange County Association for the
Education of Young Children and
a professor of child and adoles-
cent development at California
State University, Fullerton.
"I would suggest that children
today may well be misbehaving
more because we are placing them
in more situations that encourage
misbehavior."
Seidman helped conduct
research on primary teachers' pri-
orities for early childhood educa-
tion.
"This research clearly
showed that local kindergarten
to third-grade teachers are more
concerned about children's social
skills than their academic abili-
ties as they enter public school,"
she says.
In a recent national survey
sponsored by Gymboree, a retailer
that conducts childhood develop-
ment sessions, preschool teachers
said their chief concern is that
parents don't know how to pre-
pare their children for school and
lack knowledge of child develop-
ment.
The three most important
skills the teachers cited for a
child's success in preschool:
1. Verbal communication
skills
2. Ability to follow directions
3. Ability to participate in
group activities.
Number and letter recogni-
tion, along with color and shape
recognition, fell to the bottom of
their list.


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the county simply because of the bed tax. MONTH 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2
The bed tax, unlike its name may imply,
is not a tax on actual beds, but a tax on each October $6.669-62 $11,258.16 *$5,1i
dollar spent for lodgings in Mexico Beach and
Gulf County. The tax is then applied to tourism November $1,720.85 $11,591.22 $3,21
development, such as promotions of all kinds,
beach maintenance, parks upkeep and facili- December $4,311.74 $4,886.60 $5,29
ties, special events, professional'services, and
operating expenses for the two tourism devel- January $4,408.14 $4,493.06 S5 02
opment councils.
The Gulf County bed tax was implemented February $5,502.62 $9,157.46 $8,74
in 2000, at two cents per dollar spent on any *
rental under six months in duration. March $5,502.62 $11,763-18 $22,45
In February, 2002, the Gulf County bed
tax was increased from two cents to three April $12,564.09 $13,827.' 9 19 3(
cents. With budget workshops currently in
progress for the 2006-07 fiscal year, changes May $9,746.25 $11,033.37. $18,39
are planned for the Gulf County Tourism |
Development Council (TDC) budget, including June $21,339.78 $29,133A16 $50,49
a one cent increase in the bed tax.
The proposed one cent increase will be July $29,463.43 $33,190.44 $51,5W
applied directly to the St. Joseph .Peninsula
beach re-nourishment project that some penin- August $11,299.67 $14,764.33 $23,1(
sula voters approved in a July 6 mail-in vote. I
If approved, the one cent bed tax increase Septemrber 58.573 43 57.113 T $iS2.44
will help pay for the $10 million re-nourish-
ment of a nine-mile stretch of the Gulf side TOTAL S5121,102.24 $162,211.28 $225,33
beach along the St. Joseph Peninsula, from the
Stump Hole area to the state park at the north
end of the peninsula. YEAR TO 1999-2000 j 2000-2001 j 2001-2
Paula Pickett, Director of the Gulf County DATE $50,425.931 $78,010.241 $87,72
TDC, said the Gulf County bed tax has been
highly successful, allowing the county to send
representatives to trade shows and other pro-
motional events nationwide, and bringing in
visitors from" across the country. This figure does not relfect 2 large managemer
In 2004, the county, through the TDC, pub-
lished a dnewly-revised visitor's guide, paid for





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200Z 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006
31.02 $8,765.21 $10,707.16 $15,963.50 $13,063.80
75.67 $7,090.11 $9,426.22 $9,368.19 $8,198.26
99.78 $5,242.46 $6,381.20 $8,639.98 $9,151.40
C1 54 $8,529.06 !$11,383.19 $11,545.15 $13,755.60
6.97 S9 920 70 514 385 48 $13,456.54 $11,959.09
55.88 $21,165.64 $22,042.98 $34,141.49 $19,440.69*
96 89 $24 899 55 $26,720.99 $25,233.90 $45,946.03
16.89 S27 603 39 $31,606.49 $37,324.74 $32,634.68
95.59 $54,683.75 $60,020.62 $66,579.96
61.77 555 877 71 $75,431.92 $75,516.82
09.25 $37,284-41 $31,776.84 $21,049.68
S9 63 $14.843 13 S19 891 52 515.56431
10.98 $275,905.12 $319,774.61 $334,384.26 $154,149.55

002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2206
'4.74| $113.216:12 $132,653.71 $155,673.49 $154,149.551



it companiesthat were late with payments as of 5-1-06.


in part by bed tax dollars and part by the Gulf
County Chamber of Commerce.
"This brochure has been a big factor in
bringing in more visitors," said Pickett. "We
were able to produce a top-quality piece, which
won a silver ADDY award and was the basis for
the 2005 state visitor's guide."
The St. Joe Company, the TDC, and Richard
Henderson, a well-known Atlanta graphic artist
and long-time resident of Indian Pass, com-
bined forces to produce the guide, said Pickett,
"Dick Henderson, through his exceptional tal-
ents, put us on the map in grand style."
For the upcoming fiscal year, the guide will
be totally revamped, said Pickett, using the
artistic talents of another well-known resident,
Chuck Creasy.
The Tourism Development Council has,
since its formation, operated out of a tiny
office in the Gulf County administration annex.
Pickett, one part-time assistant, and one full-
time public relations person are employed by
the TDC, and their salaries are paid from bed
taxes.'
While some months' revenues fluctuate
widely from year to year, total yearly bed tax
revenues have steadily increased each year in
Gulf County, even with severe hurricane sea-
sons in 2004 and 2005.
_- Taxes are calculated on the fiscal year
schedule, from October through the following
September.
According.to Pickett, the breakdown of the
proposed 2606-07 Gulf County TDC spending
plan, paid for wholly with bed tax revenues, is
as follows:
25 percent = beach nourishment
50 percent = promotion. marketing, adver-
tising. etc.
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Just across the county
line, Mexico Beach bed tax
revenue is used similarly to
Gulf County.
The Mexico Beach
Community Development
Council (MBCDC) was formed
in 1998, at the same time as
the bed tax was implemented.
The CDC has had two
presidents, J. Patrick Howard
and the current president,
Lynn Costin Marshall.
From its inception, the
Mexico Beach bed tax was
set at three percent, and is
used to fund Marshall's posi-
tion and that of one part-time
employee.
Like Gulf County, Mexico


Beach uses its bed tax funds
for advertising, promotions,
special events, facilities and
maintenance, and operating
expenses.
About $12,000$ 14,000 of
the funds are spent each year
for postage to mail Mexico
Beach's visitor's guide to inter-
ested people nationwide.
A large portion of the
funds goes to maintain the
Mexico Beach canal, said
Marshall, which connects the
city's marina to the Gulf on the
west end of town.
None of the bed tax dol-
lars have been used to pay for
the emergency beach berms
that the city constructed dur-


2001-2002 Bed Tax 2002-2003 Bed Tax 2003-2004 BedTax
October $5,952.46 October $7,492.05 25.86% October $8,431.06 12.53%
November $4,724.29 November $5,467.92 15.74% November $5,561.88 1.72%
December $4,473.77 December $4,903.36 9.60% December $5,096.24 3.93%
January $5,460.29 January $6,074.24 11.24% January $7,316.68 20.45%
February $6,742.48 February $7,142.22 5.93% February $9,523.76 33.34%
March $12,837.68 March $12,919.17 0.63% March $13,034.15 0.89%,
April $13,282.28 April $14,196.00 6.88% April $15,377.47 8.32%
May $14,697.34 May $18,853.42 28.28% May $17,952.48 -4.78%
June $28,481.76 June $33,307.09 16.94% June $28,916.33 -13.18%-
July $30,848.21 July $33,914.62 9.94% July $38,254.72 12.80%;
August $15,508.90 August $17,090.26 10.20% August $13,772.49 -19.41%
September $9.520.35 September $9.008.20 -_538% September $9,753.09 8.27%
$152,529.81 $170,368.55 11.70% $172,990.35 1.54%

2004-2005 Bed Tax 20052006 Bed-ax
October $8,820.77 4.62% October $7,770.67 -11.90%
November $6,572.34 18.17% November $6,759.02 2.84%
December $5,781.87 13.45% December $5,071.74 -12.28%
January $7,701.52 5 26, January $7,390.33 -4.04%
February $8,864.46 -6.92% February $8,815.11 -0.56%
'March $15,97287 22.55% March $14,702.17 -7.96%
April $16.36724 6.44% April $16,5564 1.15%
May $18,639.17 3.83% May $19,040.12 2.15%
June $31,208.86 7.93% June $0.00 -100.00%
July $35579.62 -6.99% July $0.00 -100.00%
August $12,675.28 -7.97%. August $0.00 -100.00%
-September $8.812.71 -9.64% September $0.00 -100.00%
$176,996.71 2.32% $86,105.20


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ing and after the 2004 and
2005 hurricane season.
Neither are bed tax dollars
paying for the current berm
construction, which is being
financed in part by Federal
Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) and Florida
Department of Transportation
(FDEP) grants and loans.
Because the number of
units from which bed taxes are
collected is so much smaller
in Mexico Beach, its bed tax
revenues do not rise as much
or as rapidly each year as Gulf
County, as seen in the accom-
panying chart.


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The Star, Port St. Joe, FL Thursday, July 27, 2006 3(


Shoppers cashing in on



tax-free holiday


By Andy Meinen
Florida Freedom
Newspapers
Melinda Womble
pushed her shopping cart
down an aisle Sunday at
Target. Womble held a
list of supplies includ-
ing Kleenex, scissors
and pencils her third-
grade daughter, Kayla,
needed for the upcom-
ing school year.
On Saturday, a tax
holiday' on school sup-
plies started and will
end July 31. Customers
won't pay taxes on cloth-
ing and books less than
$50 and school supplies
less than $10 dollars.
Womble of Blountstown
waited until the tax-free
period to do her back-to-
school shopping.
"Every little bit helps. It
all costs too much anyway,"
she said, pointing to a pack
of five brightly color pencils
which cost $4.99.
Children, parents and



Cape


Target employees, wearing the hol
red polo shirts, hustled Shi
through the school-supply Journe
section at the store off State City M
77. Special displays hold- in on
cloth

Merchandise or l
have
qualifying Time
for tax-free holiday: ofoA
*Clothing: $50 or less the s
Shoes: $50 or less ed c
free.
*Accessories: $50 or less sever
*Books: $50 or less wore
* School supplies: $10 or less "Tax
left c

in sa
ing crayons, notebooks and said.
folders filled the area. Cas
Julie Jenson, the browse
human resources manager depart
at Target, said the store has Sears.
seen an increase in sales "I
since Saturday. tax-free
Other stores also are shoppi
experiencing a rise in cus- add up
tomers taking advantage of



Sites to


iday.
oppers *packed
;ys at the Panama
all looking to cash
tax-free shoes and
ing.
If a shoe costs $49.99
ess then they don't
to pay taxes," said
Dthy Vedros, manager
urneys.
sign hanging above
tore's doorway alert-
ustomers to the. tax-
holiday. Vedros and
ral other employees
white T-shirts with
Free" on the upper
hest.
We've got a big surge
ales so far," Vedros

ssandra Olivas
ed through the shoe
ment on Sunday at

always wait till the
e holiday to do any
ing, because taxes
,"' he said.




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Auctioned


Business News


The Leading
Producers Round
Table (LPRT)
of the National
Association of
Health Underwriters
(NAHU) is proud to
announce that Ross
E. Tucker, CLU,
RHU of Tucker Life-
Health Insurance
& Annuity, Inc. has
qualified to receive
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Leading Producers Presidents
Council Award as a Lifetime &
Qualifying Member for 2006.
Demonstrated professional
excellence in the sale of health


and related insur-
ance products is the
criterion for mem-
bership in this elite
group of "LPRT"
sales and sales
management lead-
ers. Only a small
percentage of health
insurance agents
achieve this presti-
gious award.
The National
Association of


Health Underwriters (NAHU),
founded in 1930 represents
health and disability insur-
ance professionals through-
out the United States and the


world. NAHU members serve
the health insurance needs of
over 100 million people.
The agency has served the
area since 1984. Mr. Tucker
graduated from FSU in 1973
and has been an insur-
ance agent for 25 years. He
is a RHU (Registered Health
Underwriter) which denotes
both educational and field
experience in health insur-
ance competency, and CLU
(Chartered Life Underwriter),
which likewise denotes both
educational competency and
field experience in life under-
writing, considered to be tan-
tamount to CPA in accounting.


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-Stay away from water, including lakes and rivers. Stay off the
beach and out of boats.
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By Daniel Carson
Florida Freedom
Newspapers
For the second time in
less than a year, a Gadsden,
Ala.-based company is auc-
;tioning prime real estate in
Gulf County.
J.P King Auction Co. has
announced it is holding an
Aug. 5 auction of 14 Cape San
*Blas home sites in the Cape
Isle Preserve subdivision on
County 30E.
Company spokesman Carl
Carter said 10 of tih sites are
waterroint parcels, with a lot
of th-ose measuring at least .5
acres. The other four sites will
Shave beach access and water
'views.
Total acreage for the sites
-is 6.64 acres, Carter said.
"Each home site will be
sold as an individual par-
cel," Carter said, although he
added that buyers can group
parcels.
The sites' building areas
are located behind the Coastal
'Construction Control Line,
'according to the company,
allowing owners to build with-


out seeking approval from
the -Florida Department of
Environmental Protection.
Real estate developer Tim
Dodson owns the property.
Carter said Dodson lives
in Atlanta, and owns other
Florida properties.
He said the company's
. previous Gulf County land auc-
tion, held in November 2005,
attracted a sizable crowd.
At that auction, 812
acres of property along Little
Wetappo Creek and Overstreet
Road sold for more than $5.5
million, a(cordiln to the com-
pany's Web site
Most of that acreage was
zoned agricultural and located
about 10 miles from the coast-
line and northeast of Mexico
Beach.
The Cape San Blas auc-
tion starts at 10 a.m. EDT at
the property, with individuals
required to present a cashier's
check of $20,000 to partici-
pate.
Carter said that there
would be another auction later
in the day, as Dodson also will
sell his luxury home in Santa


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"We'll go to Cape San Blas,
auction the home sites, and
then jump in the car and drive
over," Carter said.
'He said the Santa Rosa
Beach sale will take place at
6 p.m. at Dodson's Four Mile
Village home. The Santa Rosa
Beach residence sits on 1.39
acres and includes a pool with
two waterfalls.
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You can see a doctor

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Walk-in patients

are welcome!

Evening and weekend hours are now available at
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New hours are:
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Saturday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Pediatrician also available for appointments.

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We look forward to serving you and your family.
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Citizens Board Approves Continuing Builder's Risk


Citizens Property
Insurance Corporation's,
board of governors decided
Friday to continue covering
builder's risk insurance poli-
cies after state and mdustry
officials said the coverage was
critical to Florida's economy.
"Our action today is a-
serious, response to the mar-
ket," said Bruce Douglas,
board chairman at an emer-
gency teleconference meet--
ing. "The economy of Florida
needs :an interim plan to get
it through." .


"We will not cancel any
existing policies." Douglas
said. :
The boardof governors
' voted unanimously to con-
tinue writing new policies
policies until Dec. 31 and to
renew existing policies. The,
policies will be at actilarily
sound rates.
- The new rates will be
,higher. said Bob Ricker. pres-
ident of Citizens. The total
rate increase has not been
calculated, he said.,
The board's ,dedi-


sion came .after Florida
Chief Financial Officer Tom,
Gallagher, Office of Insurance
Regulation Commissioner
Kevin: McCarty and a num-
ber of builders said Citizens
needed to continue its cover-
age. .
Citizens board members
voted -at a' June meeting to
began scaling back coverage'
after an OIR request in May
to "'Justify" 'writing the poli-
cies, which cover construc-
tion-projects until they receive
a certificate of occupancy.,


Citizens notified OIR
there appeared to be no
specific requirement that
Citizens write the builder's
risk policies.
Citizens stopped writing
new policies July 15 and had
planned to stop renewing pol-
icies on Nov. 1.
Citizens writes these poli-
cies for., wind drainage in high-
risk- areas along the Florida.
coast.,
Members also voted 'to
discuss .the issue 'again at,
their November board meet-,


ing to see if private-sector
companies had entered the
- market and increased the
availability of builder's risk
policies. ,
Board ",members, also
approved a motion to provide
coverage for about 70 con-
tinuing care residential cen-
ters in the state..
The board said the cen-
ters, which often have largely
residential structures that
also house medical or reha-
bilitation cepRters, would be
eligible for. coverage as com-


Coverage

mercial-residential struc-,
tures.
But the coverage would
.be limited' to buildings where
at least 75 percent of total
building space is defined as
residential.
Citizens- must file rate
changes and plans with'OIRto
put the coverage into effect.
For more informa-
tion, contact: Rocky Scott.
Public Information Manager
Citizens Property Insurance
Corporation 850-513-3774
(office) 850-513-6595 (cell).


Northwest Florida State



PartksReceive $12,5 Million


--Senator Charlie Clary
backs additional funding for
park facilities--
TALLAHASSEE The
Florida -Department of
Environmental, Protection's
(DEP) Florida .Park Service
received an additional S12.5
million in the 2006,2007 bud-
get. to--expand and develop
five state parks in Northwest
Florida. Spearheaded .by
Senator Charlie Clary, the
funds will improve Blackwater
River State Park. Camp Helen
State .Park, Eden Gardens
State' Park, Heiderson Beach
State Park and Topsail Hill
Preserve State Park.
"Florida State Parks offer
something for everyone, from
nature-based recreation to.
historic and cultural sites,"
said DEP Secretary Colleen M.
'Castille. "With Senator Clary's
support; Northwest Florida
state parks can expand and
Improve their facilities to
become more accessiblle to
visitors while presenting the
area's pristine natural resourc-.
es."
The additional funding-
will be used for park projects
such as: --


Blackwater River
State Park, almost $1.8 nil-
lion The park will renovate
the campground and construct
a -new tool storage building
and two picnic pavilions.
Camp Helen' State
Park, $1.6 million Funds
will be used to stabilize the
historic structures, including
the recreation hall and four
cottages.
Eden Gardens State
Park, $1.5 million The fund-'
ing will'allow the park to relo-
cate the entrance road and
construct'new picnic areas.,
i Henderson Beach
State Park, $1.5 million The
park will construct an addi-
tional day-use area for visitors.
to enjoy. .
Topsail Hill Preserve
State Park, almost $7, million
- Funds will be used to repair
roads, expand the camp-
grounds and improve camp-
ground sewer access..
"It has been a ,privi-
lege for the last six years to
work with the.,,Department
of Environmental Protection
to support our nationally
awarded state parks system,"
said Senator. Charlie Clary "I
'* '- ,ft


thought that it was important
in my last year to make sure
that the parks in my area that
were devastated by the recent
storms were able to recover
and welcome our many con-
stiruents from this state and
visitors to experience ...the
real Florida."
The first two-time Gold
Medal winner honoring the.
nation's best state park ser-
Vice, Florida's state park sys-
tem is one of the largest in
the country with 159 parks
spanning more than 725,000
acres and 100 miles of sandy
white beach. From swimming
and diving in Florida's rivers
and springs to birding and
fishing.or hiking and riding on
natural scenic trails, Florida's
state parks offer year-around
outdoor activities for all ages.
Battle reenactments and Native
American festivals celebrate
Florida's unique history, while
art shows, museums and light-
houses offer a window into
Florida's cultural heritage.
For more information
about Florida State Parks, visit
www.FloridaStateParks.org


Market Research Report On CAFTA-DR Countries

Is Now Available, Bronson Announces


A market research
report on the sLx nations of
the Central American Free
Trade Agreement (CAFTA-,
DR), which includes the
Dominican Republic, is now
available to Florida's agri-
cultural industry, Florida
Agriculture Commissioner
Charles HI. Bronson
announced today.
The study -- one of the
largest consumer research
projects ever undertaken by
the Florida Department of
Agriculture and Consumer
Services -- includes an exam-
ination of retailers and eco-
nomic growth, along with
other pertinent information
that will provide insight
into the region and assist
with sales opportunities for
Florida's agricultural indus-
try. .
"When early discus-,
sions regarding the Central
American Free .Trade
Agreement began in mid-
2004, I directed our market-
ing staff to begin developing
a series of missions to help
Florida's agricultural pro-
ducers better understand the
region, consumers, trends
and potential sales to these
markets," Bronson said.
"With a combined pop a-


tion'ofmore than 48 million,
we should not underestimate
the potential buying power of
the area."
The CAFTA-DR study
provides, a broad spectrum.
of information for seg-
ments of Florida's agricul-
tural industry to utilize as
they expand sales into this
region. .CAFTA-DR signatory
nations include Costa Rica,.
the Dominican Republic,
Honduras, El Salvador,
Guatemala and Nicaragua
"Through this on-the-
ground intelligence, we have
gained considerable insight
into shoppers' receptiveness
to imported agricultural
products," Bronson said.
"This information, should
assist our state's agricultural
producers as they develop
strategies for marketing to
this region."
Much of the data was
gathered during a pilot mar-
keting campaign involving
the PriceSmart warehouse
shopping club, which has
24 outlets .in 11 countries
in the Caribbean, Central
America and the American
Virgin Islands. .The pilot
program, which -began in
November 2005 and finished
in May 2006, featured sev-


eral Florida commodities
including tomatoes, bell pep-
pers, strawberries and citrus
juices.'
The Florida Department
of Agriculture and Consumer /
Services' Division of
Marketing and Development
Sexamines regions throughout
the globe to ascertain market
potential, product penetra-
tion, obstacles and how best
to introduce Florida agricul-
tural products to consumers,.
About 100 nations routinely
import agricultural products
from Florida, with net sales
exceeding $1.3 billion annu-
ally. The division routinely
partners with retailers, gov-
ernment agencies, grower
associations and agricultural
companies to help penetrate
new markets, develop 'exist-
ing markets, and expand
overall sales in markets
throughput the United States
and the world. The .com-
bined impact of these mis-
sions and campaigns have
generated more than $1.1
billion in sales during the
last four years and produced
over 34 billion 'consumer
impressions for -the "Fresh
from Florida" logo that rep-
resents Florida agricultural
products globally.
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NOTICE OF PROPOSED


TAX INCREASE





The Gulf County School Board will soon consider a

measure to increase its property tax levy.



Last year's property tax levy

A. Initially proposed tax levy............$12,446,408

B. Less tax reductions due to Value

Adjustment Board and other assessment

charges....................... .......... ............. $82,788

C. Actual property tax levy............... $12,363,620

This year's proposed tax levy .......... $12,814,353



A portion of the tax levy is required under state law in

order for the school board to receive $ 3,499,002 in

state education grants. The required portion has in-

creased by 5,90 percent,.and represents approximately

eight tenths of the total proposed taxes.



The remainder of the taxes is proposed solely at the

discretion of the school board.



All concerned citizens are invited to a public hearing on

the tax increase to be held on August 1, 2006 at 5:15

p.m., at the Gulf County School Board, 150 Middle

School Road, Port St. Joe, Florida.



A DECISION on the proposed tax increase and the

budget will, be made at this hearing.


NOTICE OF TAX FOR SCHOOL

CAPITAL OUTLAY
The Gulf County School Board will soon consider a measure to impose a
.405 mill property tax for capital outlay projects listed herein.

This tax is in addition to the school board's proposed tax of 4.005 mills
for operating expenses and is proposed solely at the discretion of the school
board.

THE PROPOSED COMBINED SCHOOL BOARD TAX INCREASE FOR BOTH
OPERATING EXPENSES AND CAPITAL OUTLAY IS SHOWN IN THE
ADJACENT NOTICE.

The capital outlay tax will generate approximately $1,117,987.00 to be used
for the following projects:

CONSTRUCTION AND REMODELING
Gulf Academy

MAINTENANCE, RENOVATION, AND REPAIR
HVAC Systems
.Lighting
Paving
Port St. Joe Elementary
Port St. Joe Middle School
Port St. Joe High School
Wewahitchka Elementary
Wewahitchka High School
Wewahitchka Middle School

MOTOR VEHICLE PURCHASES
Purchase of Three (3) School Buses
Purchase of Two (2) Vehicles

NEW AND REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT
School Furniture and Equipment
Data Processing Equipment and Software
Communications Equipment
Maintenance Equipment,

PAYMENT FOR RENTING AND LEASING EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES AND
SITES
One (1) Year Rent of Portable Classroom

PAYMENT OF COSTS OF COMPLIANCE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL STATUTES
AND REGULATIONS
Restore- Borrow Pit

All concerned citizens are invited to a public hearing to be held on August
1, 2005 at 5:15 p.m. at the Gulf County School Board meeting room, 150
Middle School Road, Port St. Joe, Florida.

A DECISION on the proposed CAPITAL OUTLAY TAXES will be made at
this hearing.


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PROPOSED
Local Effort-
Discretionary


MILLAGE LEVY:
3.419
0.510


Supplemental Discretionary
Capital Outlay


0.076
0.405


TOTAL MILLAGE:


CAPITAL TOTAL ALL
ESTIMATED REVENUES: GENERAL FUND SPECIAL REVENUE DEBT SERVICE PROJECTS FUNDS
Federal Sources 80,000.00 1,542,200.90 1,622,200.90
State Sources 4,079,302.00 11,620.00 71,500.00 955,723.00 5,118,145.00
Local Sources 11,405,649.00 442,500.00 .40,000.00 1,750,762.00 13,638,911.00
TOTAL SOURCES 15,564,951.00 1,996,320.90 111,500.00 2,706,485.00 20,379,256.90
Transfers In 558,674.00 600,000.00 1,158,674.00
Fund Balance (July 1, 2006) 850,228.15 26,343.60 1,350,979.94 .919,268.91 3,146,820.60
TOTAL REVENUES & BALANCES 16,973,853.15 2,022,664.50 2,062,479.94 3,625,753.91 24,684,751.50

EXPENDITURES
Instruction 8,938,500.99 751,789.90, 9,690,290.89
Pupil Personnel Service 597,092.00 125,684.00 722,776.00
Instruction Media Service 333,409.59 3,392.00 336,801.59
Instructional & Curriculum 233,328.57 144,603.00 377,931.57
Instructional Staff Training 218,150.00 90,849.00 308,999.00
Instruction Related Technology 148,192.00 148,192.00
Board of Education ,170,217.00 170,217.00
General Administration 524,519.00 23,112.00 547,631.00
School Administration 1,183,780.00 1,183,780.00
Facilities Acquisition & Construction 2,306,563.91 2,306,563.91
Fiscal Service 224,692.00 224,692.00
Food Service 820,355.00 820,355.00
Central Service 163,351.00 163,3.51.00
Pupil Transportation Service 983,716.00 ,36,771.00 1,020,487.00
Operation of Plant 1,558,874.00 1,000.00 1,559,874.00
Maintenance of Plant 688,769.00 688,769.00
Community Service '. .0.00
Debt Services 328,272.50 328,272.50
TOTAL EXPENDITURES 15,966,591.15 1,997,555.90 328,272.50 2,306,563 91 20,598,983.46
Transfers Out 1,158.674.00 1,158,674 00
Fund Balance (June 30, 2007) 1,007,262.00 25,108.60 1,734,207.44 160,51600 2,927,094.04
Total Expenditures, Transfers & Balances 16,973,853.15 2,022,664.50 2,062,479.94 3,625,753.91 24,684,751.50


THE TENTATIVE, ADOPTED, AND/OR FINAL BUDG
AUTHORITY AS A PUBLIC RECORD.


ARE ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE A NG


SCHOOL BOARD OF GULF COUNTY

HISTORICAL SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC DATA

(TEN-YEAR SUMMARY 1995-96, 2001-01, 2005-06


Total Revenue
Federal, State, and Local
20,000,000 16,788,988 18,595,692
1,5.o00 o "o- 13,241,576
10,000,000
5,000,000 -

,1995-96 : 2000-01.' 2005-06

Fixed Capital Projects
Total Revenue for Fixed Capital Outlay
2,750,000 2,609,496
2,250,000 -
1,750,000 1,513,185
1i250,000 880,883
750,000
250,000 i
1995-96 2000-01 2005-06

Number of Students
S 'otal Unweighted FTE Students
3,000 -
2,323 2,175 2,263'
2,000 -




0
1995-96 2000-01 2005-06
Number of Employees
Total Number of Employees

S291 301




100 -


1995-96 2000-01 2005-06


Operating Revenue
Total Current Operating Revenue
15,186,622 15,274,060
15,000,000 -

10,000,000

5,000,000
0
S1995-96 2000-01 ,2005-06
Debt Service
Total Revenue for Debt Service '

850,000 712,136
650,000 -
450,000 311,668
250,000 -89,181
50,000 I "M i
-1995-96 2000-01 2005-06

Revenue Per Student
operating Revenue divided by Unwreighted FTE Students.

8,000 6,983 6,749


4,000 -
3,000 -
2,000 -
1,000 -
1995-96 2000-01 2005-06

Teaching Personnel
Total Number of Instructional Personnel
300 -


100 -


0


1995-96


2000-01


2005-06


Total current operating revenues have been reduced by Workforce Development funds in
the amount of $211.,972 in order to provide comparability in the calculation of current
operating revenue per UFTE. This adjustment is'necessary due to the exclusion of-adult
programs from UFTE beginning in 1998-99.


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BUDGET SUMMARY

THE PROPOSED OPERATING BUDGET EXPENDITURES OF GULF COUNTY DISTRICT SCHOOL

BOARD ARE 5.00 PERCENT MORE THAN LAST YEAR'S TOTAL OPERATING EXPENDITURES

FISCAL 2006-2007


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By: Kay Kelly
The sixth principle of xeri-
scaping is the appropriate use
of lawn areas. I believe the key
to this is the word 'use'. There
are places where lawns are
incredibly useful, as well as
places where the lawn makes
no sense whatsoever.
The problems with sim-
ply blanketing a property with
grass and calling it a day are
worth repeating. The environ-
mental impact of having grass
is directly proportionate to the
fastidiousness of the property
owner. In plainer language,
you type A personalities who
must have the perfect, lush
lawn with no weeds are much
harder on the environment.
A lawn like that requires the
use of herbicides, pesticides,
and chemical fertilizers, all of
which are contributing to the
pollution of groundwater, not
to mention needing copious
amounts of irrigation water.
It is possible to have a nice
lawn without these pollutants,
and without wasting water, but
the people skilled in accom-
plishing this are too few to
count. (If you ever find one,
you'd better give him the keys
to your kingdom... he's that
valuable.) On the other hand,
if you are more relaxed about
having a yard. that is simply
green, and not too picky about
what's mixed in with the grass,
then your contribution to pol-
lution is more likely limited to
the carbon emissions from the
mower and weedwhacker. I'm
not anti-lawn.
I admire thick, beauti-
ful grass. It is a wonder-
ful erosion controller, for one
thing, and filters oil and other
pollutants out of stormwater.
Grass provides oxygen, has a


wonderful cooling effect on the
atmosphere, and has a posi-
tive effect on mental health.


It feels good under bar
Unlike many other grouse
ers, grass can be walk


without hurting it. It provides
a soft, cushy environment for
kids to play on. And if your
child happens to be a dog,
dogs prefer to 'use' grass too,
if you know what I mean.
Coming back around to
the appropriate use of lawn
areas, environmental edu-
cators are trying to impress
upon us the lesson that less
is better. Children (and dogs)
may increase the need for lawn
area, so a play area for them is
*1 very appropriate. If you enjoy
being outdoors, an entertain-
ment area with nice grass is
appropriate (and oh so trendy,
decked out with today's out-
door furniture and cooking
facilities). Other than that,
grass seems to be chosen as
a groundcover largely for aes-
thetic reasons. And, though
I hate to say this, because we
sometimes lack the imagina-
tion to think of alternatives,
grass is easy, and relatively
x. inexpensive in the (very) short
.- '. term.
e.e, r Let's look at some of
the places where the use of
grass is not appropriate. That
includes, first and foremost,
.' any area where it is difficult to
maintain. Tight corners, nar-
row strips, and steep inclines...
any such place where a lawn-
S;.'. mower can' t easily go should
not be planted with grass. I
t.- tend to go a bit ballistic when
., I see new landscapes installed
in commercial settings, like
parking lots, where someone
S\ saw fit to plant twelve square
feet of grass, and a tree. When
I the tree is established t he
irrigation to it could be turned
off, but oh no, that grass will
e toes. have to be watered forever.'
ndcov- Almost as bad is that little
:ed on skinny strip of sod off byitself


that is used to 'finish' an area.
Landscapers like to usegrass
around mulched beds to set
off a planting, but when it
involves constant mowing
and watering of a small, tight
space, more attention should
have been paid to the overall
design.
To reduce the problem of
off-site pollution, it might be a
good idea to rethink the use of
grass against streets and drive-
ways. Buffering these impervi-
ous surfaces with landscaped,
mulched beds would help
filter pesticides and, nitrates
from fertilizers that would oth-
erwise wash away with hard
rains.
Your lawn will be healthier
if grass clippings are left to
return to the earth. Make your
turf area large enough to allow
that, without blowing the clip-
pings into the shrubbery or.
into the street.
Having a nice lawn -is a
luxury that most of us can


afford, but we can also have
too much of a good thing. For
a very long time, landscape
designers have incorporated
some nice beds around a prop-
erty, and used grass as a filler
for the rest. Today, designers
are learning to think about
hardscapes and appropriate
lawn areas first, and using the
trees, shrubs, and groundcov-
ers as fillers for the rest of the
property.
As gardeners and hom-
eowners, we may be living with
a grass yard that has been
there, since way back when,
complete with thin patches
where the trees have grown
and created too much shade,
pocked with the exposedhroots
from those trees, and costing
more time, .money, and water
to maintain than we care to
admit. It is not too late to
change, if only we are willing
Questions? Comments?
Opinions? Email me at
kc.kelley(5)mchsi.com


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the beach flag

system and know

surf conditions

before you go into

the water!


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Charming 3 BR 2 BA House in Port St. Joe built
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boredom -

By Jason Alderman
My parents never talked,
about money at home and like
so many of us, I had to learn
about it on my own, often mak-
ing youthful mistakes along
the way. Take this opportu-
nity with the kids home from
school this summer to instill
in them your knowledge and
values about money. It's a les-
son that, will last them a life-
time.
You don't need to make
learning about-money a boring
form of home-based summer
school. If you make it fun, do
it together and integrate it in
your daily life, your kids are
bound to be more receptive.
Help them help you.
Just because the kids are on
summer break doesn't mean
your regular errands disap-
pear. Look for age-appropriate
tasks they can do for a price
- in addition to any allowance-
related(, responsibilities they
may already have. If you've got
yard work or grocery shopping
to do, get your kids to help -
it's a great way to spend more,
time together and provides
an opportunity to teach them
important money management
skills.
Plant the savings bug
early. Americans have a per-
sonal savings rate of minus
0.5 percent, the lowest since
the Great Depression. If your
kids don't learn the value of


and learn a few things


saving from you, possibly they
never will. Teach them about
"a rainy day" as early as pos-'
sible by have them save a por-
tion of their earnings. You can
sweeten the deal by matching
a portion of their savings your-
self, much as your employer
matches your 401(k) savings.
Teach kids what things
really cost. When your parents
said, "Money doesn't grow on
trees,", they weren't trying to
interest you in horticulture.
Try these ideas:
Take the kids shopping
and let them help compare
prices and value. Explain
how discounts and cou-
pons work, and ask for their
ideas on how to reduce the
total bill.
Teach younger, children
the ,basics of money, such 'as
different denominations and
how to count change after a
purchase.
Involve older kids in plan-
ning vacations by researching
travel costs online, calculating
gas mileage, estimating hotel
bills, etc.
When planning a major
purchase like a house or car,
have them help research and
comparison shop, and explain
how sales tax, loans and real
estate broker commissions
work.
,Get rid -of the junk. Most
of us -have closets bursting
with things we no longer use


or want. Hold a garage sale,
sell it on eBay or donate your
goods to charity and give the
kids cash for their portion of
the tax write-off. The Salvation
Army has a helpful online
tool for calculating the write-
off value of donated items at
www.salvationarmy.org under
"Donate receipts valuation
guide."
Don't forget the fun. Many)
family friendly websites have
interactive financial education
games you can play with your
kids. Visa USAs free personal
finance site, Practical Money
Skills. for Life, www.practi-
calmoneyskills.com, includes
interactive games like Financial
Football and Ed's Bank that
teach math and financial skills
in a challenging, fun way. The
site also features a parent's
resource section that can arm
you with facts and suggestions
on how best to talk to your
kids about money.
So help your kids and
yourself have a more enjoy-
able summer by ,getting
involved in their financial edu-
cation.
Jason Alderman directs
the Practical Money Skills for
Life program for Visa USA.
More information about par-
ent/children -activities and
other personal finance tips
can be, found at http://www.
practicalmoneyskills.com.


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Established 1937 Serving Gulf county and surrounding areas for 68 years


The Star, Port St. Joe,, FL Thursday, July 27, 2006 7


PUBLIC NOTICES


THE FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL
CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR GULF COUNTY,
FLORIDA

IN RE: The Estate of
FLORENCE WYNELL
PRITCHARD,
CASE NO.:06-53PR
Decedent.
/

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
I The administration of the
Estate of FLORENCE WYNELL
PRITCHARD, File No. 06-53PR ,
is pending in the Circuit Court
of Gulf County, Florida, Probate
Division, the address of which
is 1000 Fifth Street, Port St.
Joe, FL 32456. The name and
address of the Co-Personal
Representatives and the Co-
Personal Representatives' attor-
ney are as set forth below.
ALLINTERESTED PERSONS
ARE NOTIFIED THAT:
All persons on' whom this
Notice is served who have
objections that challenge the
qualifications of the Personal
Representative, venue, or
jurisdiction of this Court, are
required to file their objections
with this Court within the lat-
ter of three (3) months after the
date of the first publication of
this Notice or thirty (30) days
after the date of service of a copy
of the Notice on them.
All creditors of the Decedent
and other persons having claims
or demands against Decedent's
Estate on whom a copy of this
Notice is served, within three
(3) months after the date of the
first publication of this Notice
must file their claims with this
Court within the latter of three
(3) months after the date of the
first publication of this Notice or
thirty (30) days after the date of
service of a copy of this Notice
on them.
All creditors of the Decedent
and persons having 'claims or
demands against Decedent's
Estate must file their claims
with this Court within three (3)
months after the date of the first
publication of this Notice.
ALL CLAIMS, DEMANDS,
AND OBJECTIONS NOT SO
FILED WILL BE FOREVER
BARRED.
The date of the first pub-
lication of this Notice is July
20, 2006.
Co-Personal Representative:
Karen Rollins
230 South Duck Avenue
Wewahitchka, FL 32465

Co-Personal Representative:
Sandra Oltz
6302 Boatrace Road
Panama City, FL 32404

Timothy J. McFarland; Esquire
P.O. Box 202
326 Reid Avenue
Port St. Joe, FL 32456
FL Bar No.: 0984868
(850) 227-3113
Attorney for Co-Personal
Representatives
Publish July 13, 20, August 3,
& 10 2006.

PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that
Bayou Storage, pursuant to
FS83.806, will dispose, of or
offer for sell after 07/31/06,
the miscellaneous items belong-
ing to the following, tentants:
Art Jonas; Jeffery Stuart; John
'Dellolmo. Unit-contents may be
re- deemed by owner prior to
07/31/06 for cash only.
Publish July 20 & 27, 2006

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT, FOR
GULF COUNTY, FLORIDA
PROBATE DIVISION

IN RE: The Estate of -
ROBERT JOSEPH SR.
Division Probate
deceased.


NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The administration of the
estate of Robert Joseph Sr.,
deceased, whose date of death
was November 23, 2003, and
whose Social Security Number is
261-20-8845, is pending in the
Circuit Court for Gulf County,
Florida, Probate Division; the
address of which is 100 Cecil
G. Costin Sr. Blvd. Rm 148,


Port St. Joe, Florida 32456. The
names and addresses of the
personal representative and the
personal representative's attor-
ney are set forth below.
All creditors of the decedent
and other persons having claims
or demands against decedent's
estate on whom a copy of this
notice is required to be served
must file their claims with this
court WITHIN THE LATER OF
3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME
OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION
OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS
AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE
OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE
ON THEM.
All other creditors of the
decedent and other persons hav-
ing claims or demands against
decedent's estate must file their
claims with this court WITHIN 3
MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF
THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF
THIS NOTICE.
ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED
WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS
SET FORTH IN SECTION
733.702 OF THE FLORIDA
PROBATE CODE WILL BE
FOREVER BARRED.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE
TIME PERIODS SET FORTH
ABOVE, ANY. CLAIM FILED TWO
(2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER
THE DECEDENT'S DATE OF,
DEATH IS BARRED.
The date of first publication
of this notice is July 20, 2006
Attorney for Personal
Representative
/s/J Mark Fisher
Florida Bar No. 494992
148 Miracle Strip Parkway SE
Suite 2
Fort Walton Beach, Florida
32548
Telephone: (850) 244-8989

Personal Representative:
/s/Jacquelyn E. Joseph
1001 N H Street
Pensacola, Florida 32501
Publish July 20 & 27, 2006

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT, FOR
GULF COUNTY, FLORIDA
PROBATE DIVISION

IN RE: The Estate of
ORIN SCHOELLES,
CASE NO. 06-42 PR
Division Probate
deceased.
/

NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The administration of the
estate of ORIN SCHOELLES,
deceased, whose date of death
was April 16, 2006, is pend-
ing in the Circuit Court for
Gulf County, Florida; Probate
Division, the address of which is
1000 Cecil G. Costin, Sr. Blvd.,
Rm. 148, Port St. Joe, FL 32456.
The names and addresses of the
personal representative and the
personal representative'sattor-
ney are set forth below.
All creditors of the decedent
and other persons having claims
or demands against decedent's
estate on whom a copy of this
notice is required to be served
must file their claims with this
court WITHIN THE LATER OF
3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME
OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION
OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS
AFTER THE DATE, OF SERVICE
OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE
ON THEM.
All other creditors of the
decedent and other persons hav-
ing claims or demands against
decedent's estate must file their
claims with this court WITHIN 3
MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF
THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF
THIS NOTICE. I
ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED
WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS
SET FORTH IN SECTION
733.702 OF THE FLORIDA
PROBATE CODE WILL BE
FOREVER BARRED.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE
TIME PERIODS SET FORTH
ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TOW
(2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER
.THE DECEDENT'S DATE OF
DEATH IS BARRED.
The date of first publication
of this notice July 20, 2006.
Attorney for Personal
Representative:
/s/SEAN W. SCOTT, ESQ.
3233 East Bay Dr, Suite 104 ,
Largo, Florida 33771-1900
Telephone: (727) 539-0181
Florida Bar No. 870900


SPN: 01212383

Personal Representative:
/s/DIANNE WALLACE
334 Bay Street
Port St. Joe, Florida 32456
Publish July 20 & 27, 2006

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that the Gulf County Board of
County Commissioners will hold
a public hearing to consider
adoption of an Ordinance with
the following title:
AN ORDINANCE RELATING
TO THE LEVY OF A SIX CENT
PER GALLON GASOLINE AND
FUELS TAX, (THE "LOCAL
OPTION GAS TAX"); AMENDING
ORDINANCE 89-4 BY
EXTENDING THE TERM OF THE
LEVY OF .THE LOCAL OPTION
GAS TAX; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
The public hearing will be
held during the Gulf County
Board of County Commissioner's
meeting on Tuesday, August 8,
2006 at 6:00 p.m. est. in the
County Commissioner's meeting
room in the Robert M. Moore
Administration Building, Gulf
County Courthouse Complex,
Port St. Joe, Florida.
All interested persons
may appear and be heard
with respect to the proposed
Ordinance. If a person decides
to appeal any decisions made
by the Gulf County Commission
with respect to any matter
considered at this hearing, he/
she will need a record of the
proceedings and that for such
purpose he/she may need to
ensure a verbatim record of the
proceedings made and which
would include any, evidence
upon which the appeal is to
be based.
A copy of the proposed
Ordinance is available for
inspection on weekdays between
the hours of 9:00 a.m. est., and
5:00 p.m. est. at the Office of
the Clerk of Court, Gulf County
,Courthouse, 1000 C.G. Costin,
Sr., Blvd., Port St. Joe, Florida,
32456.
BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
GULF COUNTY, FLORIDA
BY: CARMEN L. McLEMORE,
CHAIRMAN
Publish: July. 27, 2006 and
August 3, 2006
Ad #2006-086

NOTICE TO RECEIVE SEALED
BIDS
BID NO. 0506-25

The Gulf County Board of
County Commissioners will
receive bids from any person,
company or corporation inter-,
ested in providing the following
service:
Financing of a 2006 Ford
F350 4x4 Rescue Truck
with Utility Body, in the
amount of $43,376.00.
Financing will be for a
term of five (5) years, with
first payment due one (1)
year after establishment of
loan.
Please indicate on the enve-
lope YOUR COMPANY NAME,
that this is a SEALED BID, and
include the BID NUMBER.
Bids will be received until
Friday, August 4, 2006 at 5:00
p.m. E.T., at the Office of the
.Clerk of Circuit Court, 1000
Cecil G. Costin, St. Blvd.,
Room 148, Port St. Joe, FL
32456, and the bids will be
opened, at this location on
Monday, August 7, 2006 at
10:00 a.m.; E.T.
The Board reserves the right
to reject any and all bids.
BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
GULF COUNTY, FLORIDA.
By: /s/ Carmen L.
-McLemore, Chairman
Attest: /s/ Rebecca L. Norris,
Clerk -
Ad #2006-087
Publish: July 27 & August
3, 2006

BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS

GULF COUNTY, FLORIDA

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
for


AUDITING SERVICES

RFP NO: 0506-26

The Gulf County Board of
County Commissioners (the
"County") is requesting qualifi-
cations from
firms or individuals for the
provision of professional Audit
Services.

RFP DEADLINE: August 11,
2006
RFP OPENING: August
14, 2006

Late submittals received
after the fore mentioned dead-
line date, either by Mail, or oth-
erwise, will not be considered
and returned unopened. The
time of receipt will be deter-
mined by the time received
in the Clerk To The Board of
County Commissioner's office.
It is the sole responsibility of the
firm for assuring that the RFP is
received in the clerk's office by
the designated date and time.
No faxed, electronic or oral RFP
will be accepted.
To be considered, Firm/
Team must submit an original
and ten (10) copies of RFP in
a sealed envelope or package,
clearly marked with the Firm/
Team's name and address, and
the words "Audit Services: RFP
NO: "0506-26" addressed to:
Gulf County Board of County
Commissioners, Gulf County
Clerk of Court, Room 148, 1000
Cecil G. Costin Sr., Blvd., Port
St. Joe, FL 32456. RFP's will be
received until 5:00 p.m., E.T.,
on Friday, August 11, 2006.
RFP's will be opened on Monday,
August 14, 2006 at 10:00 a.m.,
E.T. in the same office.,
Copies of required infor-
mation for the RFP, Financial
Statements and Budgets are
available in the Gulf County
Clerk of Court's office, Room
148, 1000 Cecil G. Costin Sr.,
Blvd., Port St. Joe, FL 32456,
Monday-Friday,,9:00 a.m., E.T.
to 5:00 p.m., E.T.
The Gulf County Board of
County Commissioners reserves
the right to reject any or all bids
deemed in the best interest of
the County.
GULF COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS -
By: /s/ Carmen L. McLemore,
Chairman
Attest: /s/ Rebecca L. Norris,
Clerk
Publish: July 27 & August 3,
2006
Ad #2006-088

STATE OF FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF
COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
NOTICE OF INTENT TO FIND .
tH GULF COUNTY
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
AMENDMENTS ADOPTED BY
ORDINANCE NO. 2006-04,
SECTIONS 4-11, EAR BASE
AMENDMENTS
IN COMPLIANCE
AND THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN AMENDMENTS
ADOPTED BY
ORDINANCE NOS. 2006-
04, SECTION 3, EAR BASE
AMENDMENTS, ORDINANCE
2006-05, WETAPPO CREEK
AND ORDINANCE 2006-06,
CUMBIE
NOT INCOMPLIANCE.
DOCKET NO. 06-1ER-NOI-
2301-(A)-(N)

The Department gives
notice of its intent to find
the Amendment(s) to the
Comprehensive Plan for Gulf
County, adopted by Ordinance
No(s). ORDINANCE NOS. 2006-
04, SECTION 3, EAR BASE
AMENDMENTS, ORDINANCE
2006-05, WETAPPO CREEK
AND ORDINANCE 2006-
06, CUMBIE, on April 11,.
2006, ,NOT IN COMPLIANCE,
and Ordinance No(s). 2006-
04, Sections 4-11. Ear Base
Amendments on' April 11, 2006
IN COMPLIANCE, pursuant to
Sections 163.3184, 163.3187
and 163.3189, F.S.
The adopted Gulf
County Comprehensive.
Plan Amendment(s), the
Department's Objections,
Recommendations, and,
Comments Report (if anyl, and


the Department's Statement of
Intent to find the Comprehensive
Plan Amendment(s) Not In
Compliance will be available
for public inspection Monday
through Friday, except for legal
holidays, during normal bust-.
ness hours, Gulf County BOCC
Administration Building 1000
Cecil G. Costin Sr., Blvd., Room
3, Port St. Joe, Florida 32456.
Any affected person, as
defined in Section 163.3184,
F.S., has a right to petition
for an administrative hear-
ing to challenge the proposed
agency determination that
the Amendment(s) to the Gulf
County Comprehensive Plan
are In Compliance, as defined
in Subsection 163.3184(1), F.S.
The petition must be filed within
twenty-one (21) days after pub-
lication of this notice, a copy
must be mailed or delivered
to the local government and
must include all of the infor-
mation and contents described
in Uniform Rule 28-106.201,
F.A.C. The petition must be
filed with the Agency Clerk,
Department of Community
Affairs, 2555 Shumard Oak
Boulevard, Tallahassee, Florida
32399-2100. Failure to timely
file a petition shall constitute
a waiver of any right to request
an administrative proceeding
as a petitioner under Sections
120.569 and 120.57, F.S. If
a petition is filed, the purpose
of the administrative hear-
ing will be to present evidence
and testimony and forward
a recommended order to the
Department. If no petition is
filed,thisNotice of Intent shall
become final agency action.
This Notice of Intent and
the Statement of Intent for
those amendments) found Not
In Compliance will be forward-
ed by petition to the Division
of Administrative Hearings
(DOAH) of the Department of
Management Services for the
scheduling of an Administrative
Hearing pursuant to' Sections
120.569 and 120.57, F.S. The.
purpose of the administra-
tive hearing will be to pres-
ent evidence and testimony
on the noncompliance issues
alleged by the Department in its
Objections, Recommendations,'
and Comments Report and
Statement of Intent in order to
secure a recommended order for
forwarding to the Administration
Commission.
? Affected persons may peti-
tion to intervene in either pro-
ceeding referenced .above. A
petition for intervention must.
be filed at least r .-rt. (20)
days before the i.r I hear-
ing and must include all of
the information and contents
described in Uniform Rule 28-
106.205, F.A.C. Pursuant to
.Section 163.3184(10), F.S., no
new issues may be alleged' as
'a reason to-find a plan amend-
ment not in compliance in a
petition to intervene filed more
than twenty one (21), days after
publication of this notice unless
the petitioner establishes good
cause for not alleging such new
issues within the twenty one
(21) day time period. The peti-"
tion for intervention shall be
filed at DOAH, 1230 Apalachee
Parkway, Tallahassee, Florida
32399-3060, and a copy mailed
or delivered to the local gov-
ernment and the Department.
Failure to petition to intervene
within the allowed time frame
constitutes a waiver of any right
such a person has to request
a hearing pursuant to Sections
120.569 and 120.57, F.S., or to
participate in the administrative
hearing.
After an administrative
hearing petition is timely filed,
mediation is available pursuant'
to Subsection 163.3189(3)(a),
F.S., to any affected person who
is made a party to the pro-
ceeding. by filing that request
with the administrative law
judge assigned by the Division
of Administrative Hearings.
The choice of mediation shall
not affect a party's right to "an
administrative hearing. -
-s- Valerie J. Hubbard, AICP
Director
DI.i:-.:.r. of Community
Fluiear.eng
Department of Community


Affairs
2555 Shumard Oak Boulevard
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-
2100
Publish: July 27, 2006

NOTICE OF INTENDED
ACTION THE GULF COUNTY
SCHOOL BQARD
Purpose and Effect: The Gulf
County School Board propos-
es to amend and adopt pol-
icies, as provided for in the
Administrative Procedures Act,
for the purpose of bring said
policies into compliance with
Florida Statures and State
Board of Education Rules.
Summary: The following is a
brief description of each pro-
posal change.
Code of Conduct
Student Progression Plan
Economic Impact: The pro-
posals will result in no direct
costs associated with implemen-
tation.
IF REQUESTED, A HEARING
WILL BE HELD AT:
Time: 10:00 a.m., ET
Date: August 15, 2006
Place: Port St. Joe High
School
100 Shark Drive
Port St. Joe, FL. 32456
The entire text of the proposed
rules can be inspected during
regular office hours at the Office
of Instructional Services, 150
Middle School Road, Port St.
Joe, FL.
Special legal authority under
which the adoption is autho-
rized and the law being imple-
mented and interpreted are
made specific.
The addition and changes are
proposed by Sara Joe Wooten,
Assistant Superintendent of
Instruction' and approved for
consideration by Tim Wilder,
Superintendent.
Amendments: See Above
Publish July 27, & August
3,2006

NOTICE OF INTENDED
ACTION THE GULF COUNTY
SCHOOL BOARD
Purpose and Effect: The Gulf
County School Board propos-
es to amend and adopt pol-
icies, as provided for in the
Administrative Procedures Act,
for the purpose of bringing
said policies into compliance
with Florida Statutes and State
Board of Education Rules.
Summary: The following is a
brief description of each pro-
posal change.
Table of Contents
2.11 Orientation of Board
Members
2.70 Prohibiting
Discrimination, Sexual and
Other Forms
2.80 Reporting Child Abuse
2.95 Wellness Policy
3.201 Performance Grade
Schools ,
3.40 Safe and Secure
Schools '
3.51 Copying of Public
Records
3.60 Flag Display and
Pledge.
3.68 Background Screening
for Contractors
3.80 Schpol Volunteers
4.70 Home Education
Program
5.11 Admission to
Kindergarten
5.12. Admission to First
Grade
5.13 Homeless Students
5.16 Foreign Exchange
Student Admission
5.20 Student Assignment
5.30 Student Control
5.31 Zero Tolerance For
School Related Crimes
5.62 Administration, of.
Medication .
5.63 Students With AIDS or
HIV Disease
5.70 Student Records
5.80 Athletics
5.81 Drug. and Alcohol,
Testing of Student Athletes :
i 4 i Errployment of
'-_.r...: *.: .:. -. Not Full Time
L rr-pi *:,:: 7
6..144 Educational
Paraprofessionals and Aides'
6.145 Substitute Teachers
6.15 Assisting Teachers to
Become Highly Qualified
6.16 Appointment or
Employment Requirements
6.21 District Certificates
'6.30 Violation of Local,


State, and/or Federal Laws
6.33 Alcohol and Drug-Free
Workplace
6.36 Complaints Against
Employees
6.502 Approval of Leaves
6.543 Illness or Injury-in-
Line-of-Duty Leave
6.61 Employees with HIV,
AIDS or Other Communicable
Diseases
6.75 Whistleblower
Protection
6.80 Name and Address of
Employee
6.914 Use of Sick Leave by
Family Members
7.36 Indebtedness Created
Against a School or the School
Board
7.60 Audits
7.65 Antifraud
7.70 Purchasing and
Bidding
7.701 Bid Protest
Resolution
7.71 Selecting Professional
Services
8.10 Safety
8.44 Summer Nutrition
Program
8.501 Protests of
Construction Contract Bids .
8.51 Renovations or
Remodeling of Facilities
8.61 Telecommunications
Plan, FIRN2 and Internet Use
8.70 Management
Information System
8.80 Record Retention and
Disposal
9.21 School Reports
Economic Impact: These pro-
posals may result in direct costs
associated with implementa-
tion.
IF REQUESTED, A HEARING
WILL BE HELD AT:
Time: 10:00 AM EDT
Date: August 15, 2006
Place: Port St. Joe High
School
100 Shark Drive
Port St. Joe, FL 32456
The entire text of the proposed
rules can be inspected during
regular office hours at the Gulf
County School Board Office,.
150 Middle School Road, Port
St. Joe, FL.
Special Legal authority under
which the adoption, is autho-
rized and the law being imple-
mented and interpreted is made .
specific., .,
The addition and changes are
proposed by Bill Canrr, Assistant
Superintendent for Business
Services and approved for
consideration by Tim Wilder,
Superintendent.
Amendments: See above
Publish July 27, & August 3,
2006

GULF COUNTY SCHOOLS
NOTIFICATION OF RIGHTS
UNDER FERPA
FOR ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE
AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
The Family Educational
Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
affords parents and students
over 18 years of age. ("eligible
students") certain rights with
respect to the student's edtica-
tional records. These rights are:
(1) The right to inspect and
review ,the student's educa-
tion records-within 45 days of
the day the School receives a
request for access.
Parents or eligible students'
should submit to the School
principal or designee a writ-
ten request that identifies the
records) they wish to inspect.
The School official will make
arrangements for access and
notify the parent or eligible stu-
dent of the time and place where
the records may be inspected.
(2) The right to request the
amendment of the student's
education records that the par-
ent or eligible, student believes
are inaccurate. .
Parents or eligible students
may ask the School to amend a
record that they believe isinac-
curate. They should write the
School principal or designee,
clearly identify the part of the
record they want changed, and
specify why it is inaccurate. If
the School decides not to amend
the record as requested by the
parent or eligible student, the
School will notify the parent or
eligible student of the decision
and advise them of their right to
a hearing regarding the request
for amendment. Additional


information regarding the hear-
ing procedures will be provided
to the parent or eligible student
when notified of the right to a
hearing.
(3) The right to consent to
disclosures of personally iden-
tifiable information contained in
the student's education records,
except to the extent that FERPA
authorizes disclosure without
consent.
One -exception, which per-
mits disclosure without 'con-
sent, is disclosure to school offi-
cials with legitimate educational
interest. A school official is a
person employed by the School
as an administrator, supervi-
sor, instructor, or support staff
member (including health or
medical staff and law enforce-
ment unit personnel); a person
serving on the School Board; a
person or company with whom
the School has contracted to
perform a special task (such
as an attorney, auditor, medi-
cal consultant, or therapist);
or a parent or student serving
on an official committee, such
as a disciplinary or grievance *
committee, or assisting another
school official in performing his
or her tasks:
A school official has a legiti-
mate educational interest if the
official needs to review an edu-
cation record in order to fulfill
his or her professional respon-
sibility.
Upon request, the School
discloses education records
without consent to officials of
another school district in which
a student seeks or intends to
enroll.
(4) Parents or eligible stu-
dents have the right to' file
a complaint with the U.S.
Department of Education con-
cerning alleged failures by the
School District to comply with
the requirements of FERPA The
name and address of the office
that administers FERPA are:
Family Policy Compliance
Office
U.S. Department of
Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20202-
4605
Publish, July 27, & August 3,
2006

FLORIDA EDUCATIONAL
EQUITY ACT

The School Board of Gulf
County adheres to the provi-
sions of the Florida Educational
Equity Act prohibiting discrimi-
nation in admission, employ-
ment, and treatment of stu-
dents. The provisions" of this
act are in compliance with all
Federal regulations. Specifically,
the Florida Educational Equity
Act states: "No person 'in this
state shall, on the basis of race,
ethnicity, national origin, gen-
der, disability, or marital status,
be excluded from participation
in, be denied the benefits of,'or
be 'subjected to discrimination
under any public K-20 educa-
tion program or activity, or in
any employment condition or
practices, conducted by a pub-
lic educational institution that
receives or benefits from federal
or state financial assistance."
(Section 1000.05, F.S.)
Any violations of the pro-
vision of the Act should be
reported to:
Bill Carr
Assistant Superintendent
for Business Services'
Gulf County School Board
150 Middle School Road
Port St. Joe, Florida 32456 .
Telephone (850) 229-8256
or (850) 639-2871/
The School Board has
adopted a grievance proce-
dure to resolve complaints of
discrimination. A copy of this
procedure is available in each
school office, and in the Office of
the Superintendent of Schools
which is located at 150 Middle
School Road. Port St. Joe, FL.
Members of the employee bar-
gaining unit may use the con-
tract grievance procedure refer-
ring to Article VIII, Section 2.
Publish July 27, 2006


Gulf County Board of County Commission Minutes


PORT ST. JOE, FLORIDA
MAY 9, 2006
REGULAR MEETING
The Gulf County Board of
County Commissioners' met
this date in regular session
with the. following members
present: Chairman Carmen L.
McLemore, Vice Chairman Bill
Williams, and Commissioners
Billy E. Traylor, Nathan Peters,-
Jr., and Jerry W. Barnes.
Others present were: Coun-r
ty Attorney Timothy McFarland,
ClerkBeckyNC.:.rr.: C'ep.r ',-ert.
Kari Summers, Clerk Finance.
Officer Carla Hand, .Chief Ad-
ministrator Don Butler, E.D.C.
Director Alan McNair, Hum an
Resources Director Denise Man-
uel, Planner David. Richardson,
Sheriff's Office Deputy Larry
Hightower, Solid Waste Director
Joe Danford, arid T.D.C. Direc-
tor Paula Pickett.
Chairman McLemore called.
the meeting to order at 6:01
p.m., E.T.
Commissioner Barnes
opened the meeting with prayer,
and Chairman McLemore led
the Pledge of Allegiance to the
Flag.
C.D.B.G. OVERSTREET
WATER SYSTEM
Judy Peacock, Planning
Manager for Florida Depart-
ment of Community Affairs,
and Debbie Boyett appeared
before the Board to present a
C.D.B.G. check to the County,
in the amount of $638,500.00,
for water lines and hook-ups in
the Overstreet area for low and
moderate income people.
CONSENT AGENDA
I Commissioner Peters mo-
tioned to' approve- the follow-
ing Consent Agenda items, and
Commissioner Williams sec-
onded the motion, based .on re-
moval of pages '35-44 (Item.#3)
and page 62 (Item #10). Com-
missioner Williams discussed
the invoices received, from the
Sheriffs Office for prisoner
medical bills, in the amount of
$3,642.75 for medical bills and
$819.16 for. prescriptions. After
further discussion, the motion
passed unanimously.
1. Minutes April 25,
2006 Regular Meeting

2. Appointment Gulf
Coast Workforce Development
Board Members


3. Invoice Ausley
& McMullen, P.A. Gulf Pines
Hospital Bankruptcy (#46580
*$141.03 to be paid from Ac-
count #21111-33000)
'Bay Medical Center
H,.C.R.A. (#06001-00834' *
$526.07 / #06008-00120 *
$2,631.12 to be paid from Ac-
count #51462-31500) '
County Attorney Timo-
thy McFarland (April, 2006 *,
$6,808.44 to be paid.from Ac-
count #21314-31100)
Dolomite, Inc. Canoe Lane
at Indian Pass (#90685/#90686
/#90712/#90734/#90735/#90
736 $869.04 to be paid from
Account #41141-63000 Sec-
ondary Road & Bridge Funds)
Preble-Rish, Inc. Court-
house Roof Replacement
(#64510 $35,276.09 to be
paid from Account #71012-
62100) .
Preble-Rish, Inc. Mos-
quito Control Building Mod.
(#64522 $2,850.00 to be paid
from Account #42834-62100)
Prisoner/Inmate Medi-
cal Bills (Bay Medical Center
$702.00 /. Bay Medical E.R.
Physicians $960.00 / Bay Ra-
diology Associates $59.00 /
Buy-Rite Drugs $840.75|/ Ste-
-ven Goodwiller, M.D. $834.00
/ Gregory Grantham, D.M.D.
$185.00 / Dr. Robert King
$60.00 to be paid from Ac-
count #21111-31400)
Runiberger, Kirk &.
Caldwell General Employment
Matters (File #G214-107990 *
Invoice #698505 $260.00 to
be aid from Account #21111-
31200)

4. Policy Personal
Cell Phones (County Employees)

5. Purchase Request
Beaches Fire Department (5
MSA SCBA Units from Ferrara
Fire Apparatus $9,000.00 to
be paid from Account #32122-
64001) Purchase Request Pub-
lic Works (One Extended Cab 4
x 4 Pickup Truck through State
Contract from Garber Ford Mer-
cury, .Inc. / funds budgeted in
2005-06) /

6. Refunds Building
Permit Fees (James Townsend *
$1,969.14)


7. Resolution Au-
thorizing execution of the lease.
purchase documentation for
the backhoe loader for the Sol-
id Waste Dept. (approved' on
4/25/06 Bid #0506-20)}

RESOLUTION NO. 2006-15

WHEREAS, County of Gulf,
FL (the "Governmental Entity"),
a body politic and corporate
duly organized and existing as
a political subdivision, munici-
pal corporation or similar public
entity of the State of Florida (the
"State"), is authorized by the
laws of the State to purchase,
acquire and lease personal
property for. the benefit of the
Governmental Entity and its in-
habitants and to enter into con-
tracts with respect thereto; and
WHEREAS-, in order to
acquire such equipment, the'
Governmental Entity proposes
to enter into a lease-purchase
transaction pursuant to 'that
certain Governmental Equip-
ment Lease-Purchase Agree-
'ment (the "Agreement") with
Caterpillar Financial Services
Corporation, the form of which,
has been presented to the gov-
erning body of the Governmen-
tal Entity at this meeting; /
NOW, THEREFORE, BE
IT AND' IT IS HEREBY RE-
SOLVED:
Section 1. Approval of Docu-
ments. The form, terms and
provisions of the Agreement and
all other schedules and exhibits
attached thereto are hereby ap-
proved in substantially the form
presented at this meeting, with
such insertions, omissions and
changes as shall be approved -
by counsel of the Governmen-
tal Entity or other members
of the governing body of the,
Government Entity executing
the same, the execution of such
documents being conclusive evi-
dence of such approval; and the
persons holding the titles listed
below or any other officer of the
Governmental Entity who shall
have the power to execute con-
tracts on its behalf are hereby
authorized and directed to exe-
cute, acknowledge, countersign I
and deliver the Agreement and
all exhibits attached thereto,
and the Secretary/Clerk of the
Governmental Entity is hereby
authorized to attest to the fore-
r


going and affix the seal of, the
Governmental Entity to such
documents.
Section 2. Other Actioris
Authorized. The officers and
employees of the Governmental
Entity shall take all action nec-
essary or reasonably required by
the, parties to the Agreement to
carry put, give effect to and con-
summate the transactions con-
templated thereby and to take
all action necessary in confor-
mity therewith, including, with-
out limitation, the execution
and; delivery of any closing and
other documents required to be
delivered in connection with the
Agreement.
Section 3. No General Li-
ability. Nothing contained in
this Resolution, -the Agreement,
or any other instrument shall
be construed with respect to
the Governmental Entity as in-
curring a pecuniary liability or
charge upon the general credit
of the Governmental Entity or
against its taxing power, nor
shall the breach of any agree-
ment contained in this Reso-
lution, the Agreement, or any
other instrument or document
executed in connection there-
with impose any pecuniary li-
ability upon the Governmental
Entity or any charge upon its
general credit or against its tax-
ing power, except to the extent
that the payments payable un-
der the Agreement are special
limited obligations of the Gov-
ernmental Entity as provided in
the Agreement.
Section 4. Authorized Sig-
natories. Following are the true
names, correct titles and speci-
men signatures of the incum-
bent officers referred to in the
foregoing resolution:
Carmen L. McLemore,
Chairman
Section 5. Effective Date.
This Resolution shall be effective
immediately upon its approval
and adoption. This Resolution
was adopted and approved on
May 9, 2006.

(End)

8. S.H.I.P. Construc-
tion Assistance (Linda S: Farmer
- $25,000.00)

9. Special Projects
Payments as follows:


Dist. 1 Howard Creek Fire
Department -' Health Fair Dona-
tion $100.00
Dist. 2 Howard Creek Fire
Department Health Fair Dona-
tion $100.00

Dist. 3 Howard Creek Fire
Department Health Fair Dona-
tion $100.00

Dist. 4 -Howard Creek 'Fire
Department Health Fair Dona-
tion $100.00

Dist. 5 Howard Creek Fire
Department Health Fair Dona-
tion $100.00

(End)

10. Utility Permit/Ease-
ment Water Line (Long Avenue
to Garrison Avenue)

(End)

PUBLIC- HEARING AIRBOAT
ORDINANCE ST. JOSEPH
BAY

Pursuant to advertisement
to hold a public hearing to con-
sider adoption of a proposed
ordinance regulating the opera-
tion of airboats and aircraft on
St. Joseph Bay in Gulf County,
County Attorney McFarland read
the proposed ordinance by title
and called for public comment.
There being no public comment,
Commissioner Barnes motioned
to adopt the following-titled or-
dinance. Commissioner Traylor
seconded the motion, and it
passed unanimously.

ORDINANCE NO. 2006-13

AN ORDINANCE OF GULF
COUNTY, FLORIDA, REGULAT-
ING .THE OPERATION OF AIR-
BOATS AND AIRCRAFT ON ST.
JOSEPH BAY; PROVIDING FOR
A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION;
AND PROVIDING AN EFFEC-
TIVE DATE.

*Complete Ordinance on file
with Clerk*

COURTHOUSE ROOF/JAIL
ROOF

Chief Administrator Butler
discussed that the Architect


who designed the Courthouse
roof has the plans ready to ad-
vertise for bids. He also stated
that the jail roof is leaking, and
he had the Architect give a cost
estimate for budget purposes to
put the same style roof on the
jail facility and to include the
new addition. Chief Adminis-
trator Butler reported that- the
estimated cost is $275,000.00
to $300,000.00. He recom-
mended hiring an Engineer to
do the work for the jail roof (in'
the amount of $20,000.00 to
$25,000.00), and the County
could advertise both jobs at the
same time. Commissioner Wil-
liams motioned to approve this
recommendation. Commission-
er Traylor seconded the motion,
and it passed unanimously.
Commissioner Traylor motioned
to amend the General Fund
budget by reducing Reserves
and increasing the appropriate
line item to pay these engineer-
ing .costs. Commissioner Wil-
liams seconded the motion, and
it passed unanimously.

M.S.T.U. REFERENDUM DATE

Chief Administrator Butler
discussed that the Board ap-
proved the M.S.T.U. election
date as June 27, 2006, and stat-
ed that he and T.D.C. Director
Pickett met with the Supervisor
of Elections, and recommended
that the date be changed to July
6, 2006. Chief Administrator
Butler requested permission to
send a letter to the Supervisor
of Elections Griffin, notifying
her of the date change. County
Attorney McFarland then read a
proposed resolution calling for a
bond referendum for the Cape
San Bias Bayside area. Com-
missioner Barnes motioned to
adopt the following resolution,
and Commissioner Williams
seconded the motion. The mo-
tion then passed 4 to 1, with
Commissioner Peters voting no.

RESOLUTION NO. 2006-16

A RESOLUTION OF THE
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMIS-
- SIONERS OF GULF COUNTY,
FLORIDA,- CALLING A BOND
REFERENDUM WITH RESPECT
TO THE CAPE SAN BLAS BAY-
SIDE MUNICIPAL SERVICES
TAXING UNIT FOR THE ISSU-


ANCE OF LIMITED GENERAL
OBLIGATION BONDS TO FI-
NANCE BEACH RENOURISH-
MENT; AND PROVIDING AN EF-
FECTIVE DATE..
WHEREAS, Gulf County's
beachfront is a County treasure
*with tremendous economic, es-
thetic and environmental impor-
tance; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best
interest of the citizens of Gulf
County residing within the Cape
San Bias Bayside Municipal
Services Taxing Unit (the "Bay-
side MSTU") created by Ordi-
nance No. 2005-25 of the Board
of County Commissioners of
Gulf County, Florida, enacted
December 13, 2005 (the "Ordi-
nance") that all appropriate ac-
tions to maintain, and renourish
such beachfront be. undertaken;
and
WHEREAS, the enhance-
ment and renourishment of
such beachfront constitutes a
municipal service, to residents
residing within the Bayside
MSTU; and
WHEREAS, the Board of
County Commissioners of Gulf
County desires to submit to
the qualified electors of Gulf
County residing within the Bay-
side MSTU the question as to
whether or not Limited General
Obligation Bonds should be is-
sued to fund the renourishment
of beachfront as described in the
Ordinance; -
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMIS-
SIONERS OF GULF COUNTY
FLORIDA:
Section 1. A u-
thority for this Resolution. This
Resolution is adopted pursuant
to Chapter 100, Florida Stat-
utes, as amended; Chapter 125,
Florida Statutes, as amended;
Art. VII, Section 12, Florida
Constitution, the Ordinance,
and other applicable provisions
of law.
Section 2. Bond
Referendum Election on Beach
Renourishment.
a. Bond Referendum
Election. A bond referendum
election of the qualified electors
residing in the Bayside MSTU
in Gulf County is hereby called
to be held on July 6, 2006 to
determine whether or not the
issuance of Limited General Ob-
ligation Bonds in an aggregate


principal 'amount not exceed-.
ing $ 12,000,000.00, payable
from ad valorem taxes levied at
a rate not to exceed six mills (6
mills) on all taxable 'property in
the Bayside MSTU, shall be ap-
proved by such qualified elec-
tors to finance the cost of beach
renourishment.
b. Such purposes de-
scribed above shall also include
other purposes appurtenant,
and incidental thereto.
c., All qualified elec-
tors residing in the MSTU shall
be entitled and permitted to vote
in such bond referendum elec-
tion.
d. The polls will open
in accordance with' law relat-
ing to general elections at the
various voting places from seven
(7) o'clock a.m. until seven (7)
o'clock p.m. on the same day.
Section 3. Autho-
rization of Bonds. Subject and
pursuant to the provisions here-
of, Limited General Obligation
Bonds of Gulf County, Florida
are authorized to be issued in
the aggregate principal amount
of not exceeding $ 12,000,000.00
to finance the cost of the pur-
poses generally described in
Section 2 of this Resolution,
including allocations for admin-
istrative costs, legal fees, fees of
. fiscal agents and all other costs
associated with the issuance of
the Bonds. Such Limited Obli-
gation Bonds maybe issued in
one or more series and shall be '
payable from ad valorem taxes
levied at a rate not exceeding
six mills (6 mills) on all taxable
property in the MSTU, maturing
not later than twenty (20) years.
Such Bonds shall bear interest
at such rate or rates not exceed-
ing the maximum rate permitted
by law at the tine of the sale of
the Bonds.
Section 4. Places
of Voting. The places of voting
and the Inspectors and Clerks
for the polling places for the
bond election shall be the same
places and persons as for gener-
al elections within the County.
Section 5. Official
Ballot. The form of ballot to be
used shall be in substaially
the following:


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3230 Garage/Yard Sales
3240 Guns
3250 Good Things to Eat
3260 Health & Fitness
3270 Jewelry/Clothing
3280 Machinery/ :
Equipment
3290 Medical Equipment
3300 Miscellaneous
3310 Musical instruments
3320 Plants & Shrubs/
Supplies
3330 Restaurant/Hotel
3340 Sporting Goods
3350 Tickets (Buy & Sell)

$We Pay Cash$

We Buy Antiques, Old Jewelry,
Old Toys, Old Anything
Call Monique
850-227-1684


3190 |
Jet 7 Power Chair
needs batteries $2000 Call
850-229-6880.


3220
Cherry entertainment cen-
ter, 81in tall, 46in wide
$500. Oak 9 drawer dress-
er with 2 mirrors $200,
Must sell 850-229-7712



Furniture Sale
& upscale accessories
antique 'dining table &
chairs, coffee table, dress-
er, Karistan rug, nice
framed prints, mirrors, &
etc. 104 Cabell & Hwy 98,
near Constitution Park.
Look for sign, Fri 9a-?, Sat
8a-?," For apt call 850-
229-8414



Sofa & loveseat $50, 2
rocker recliners $25ea,
wooden desk $25,' 53
piece set of Pfaltzgraff
"Tea Rose" dishes $100,
229-9030 evenings







2 Day Huge yard Sale, Fri
& Sat July 28th & 29th,
9a-3p. No Early Birds, fur-
niture, antiques, paintings,
household, items, clothing,,
much much more 401
Ponderosa Pine Rd, Port
St Joe(near St Joe airport).
Watch for signs on C30A &
Hwy 98. Canceled if rain.


R Call 747-5020 o have your business listed here.


$500 Police Impounds!
Cars from $500! Tax Re-
pos, US Marshall and IRS
sales! Cars/Trucks/SUV's/
Toyota's/Honda's/Chevy's/
& More! For Listings, Call
1-800-298-5414 Ext C171. .






OLD MAIDS BY THE BAY
INC cleaning service. Resi-
dential, vacation rental.
Pressure washing. Call
229-1654. Leave message.






Clayton Concrete, Inc.
Concrete Construction
*House Foundations
*Driveways
*Patios
Serving Franklin & Guff'
Counties for 15 years.
Glen Clayton
229-6525/ 653-7352


Carport Sale
The Best Carport, RV Ports
& Metal Bldgs at afforda-
ble prices. Classic carport
12x20 $695. We have all
sizes Call 850-8,19-5093




Do you have
a love one in need of extra
care. Private Duty LPN
will take care of them, in
your home, Nursing home
or Hospital. Have good ref-
erences. Call
850-639-5030 for Brenda



Home Care CNA
with References. Call
850-827-2623. .







**All-Star**
*Beauties*
850-785-0016


Handyman
Port St. Joe Area
*Plumbing
-Electrical
*Painting
*Light Framing
-Yard Work

JOEY BARBEE
850-229-6147
Leave Message


Storm Preparedness
Handyman Services, interi-
or/exterior maintenance &
repairs 850-229-3474 or
8 5 0 -8 6 7 -3 9 9 8
www.fishingportstjoe.com







Airline Mechanic Rapid
training for high paying
Aviation Career. FAA pre-
dicts severe shortage. Fi-
nancial aid if qualify job
placement assistance. Call
AIM 888-349-5387.


Attend College Online
from Home *Medical,
*Business, *Paralegal,.
*Computers, *Criminal
Justice. Job placement as-
sistance. Computer pro-
vided. Financial Aid if qual-
ified. Call 866-858-2121.
www.OnlineTidewaterTech
cornn




Bushhogging
Call Pat & Larry
@648-6652
Responsible Teenager
will provide Lawn service &
odd jobs -at Reasonable
rates, Mexico beach & St.
Joe beach area. 647-5998




BANK
FORECLOSES!
Homes from $10,000 1-3
bedrooms available. HUD,
Repos, REO, etc. These
homes must sell. For List-
ings. Call 1-800-298-5507
Ext. H171.


3230
720 Fortner Rd. in Mexico
beach Sat. July 29, from
7am til noon Ct. Excercise
equipment, yard fountain,
circular saw, batter charg-
er, 6' ladder, area rug,
bedding and lots of good
stuff.
1610 Palm Blvd. PSJ Fri.'
July 28th from 5-7pm and
Sat. July 29th from 8 til
?.Lots of miscellaneous
items



HUGE YARD SALE. 914
16th street. PSJ. Sat. 29th
9am til noon. women's,
men's & children's clothes
and shoes, small table;
home exterior & interior,
doors, small, desk, All
kinds of misc. items.
Moving Sale Fri 28 & Sat
29 7a-2p central, 419 La
Siesta Dr, Mexico Beach,
furniture, tools, jewelry,
new clothes, dishes much
more, cash or local check
Sale, Sat July 29th, 130
2nd St Wewa FL, 9a-1p, In-
side of dental office, lots of
clothes shoes and other
items. Rain or shine



3280
Heavy & Small Equipment
for Boat yard 20 ton travel
lift. Pettibone crane, hyster
forklift jack spends, san-
iders, compressors, drill
press, table siw, 'much
more Call 653-8801 for
more information.



3300



End tables, (2) solid Oak,
Mission Style, dark oak in
color, New, $100 each; (2)
Pedestal sinks, New with
faucet, $60 each; (1) Large
L-shaped desk, solid
wood, New, $700 obo. Call
229-8142.

Steel Buildings
5 ONLY- 25X30, 30x40,
40x50, 45x80, 50x100.
Must Move Now!! Selling
For Balance Owed.
S 1-800-741-9262 Ext 83


Visit the Old Stuff Shop at
479 Hwy. 98 in East Point,
Florida. Old pictures,
wood furniture, couch,
chairs, desks, dressers,
tools, televisions, old bot-
tles, cast nets, We buy sell
or trade. Sell for less!
Open Mon-Sat 11am til
6pm. Call 850-653-5425

WANTED TO BUY
Old Guns, coins, guitars,
and watches. Call
850-227-4122


EMPLOYMENT
4100 Help Wanted
4110 Restaurants/Clubs
4120 Sales/Telemarketing
4130 Employment
Information,


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Administrative


Sales Associate
St. Joe Towns & Resorts is
currently recruiting for
Sales Associates for .their
Windmark Beach develop-
ment in Port St. Joe, FL.
This position requires a FL
real estate 'license, proven
history in selling and or
marketing coastal/resort
properties and 'computer
literacy in data base con-
tact management soft-
ware. This is an outstand-
ing opportunity to become
a part of the JOE team that
will develop 3.5 miles of
beach front property on St.
Joseph Bayl This position
maintains weekend and
holiday office hours.

Please fax your resume to
850-229-7952 or email re-
becca.standige()joe.com.
Equal Opportunity
Employer
Pre-Employment Drug
Screening Required


Incorrect InsertionPolicy
For Classified
In-column Advertisers

All ads placed by phone are read back to the adver-
tiser to insure correctness. The newspaper will as-
sume correctness at the time of the read-back proce-
dure unless otherwise informed.

Please



your ad


Advertisers are requested to check the advertise-
ment on .the first Insertion for correctness. Errors
should be reported immediately.

The News Herald will not be responsible for more
than one incorrect insertion, nor will it be liable for
any error in advertisements to a greater extent than
the cost of the space occupied by the error.

Any copy change, during ordered schedule consti-
tutes a new ad and new charges.

The News Herald DOES NOT guarantee position of
ANY ad under any classification.


4100 '

Automotive


Mad Hatter
Muffler & Auto
Center
Auto Technician
needed with experience.
ASE Master Tech. pre-
ferred. Must have strong
background in. solving
drivability & diagnostic
problems. Unlimited in-
come potential with sal-
ary and Performance
bonus. Full benefit
package with Insurance,
holidays, vacations, and
retirement. No week-
ends. Thomas Drive Lo-
cation. Call Fritz Garrett
at 850-234-5253 ,


Banking

Bayside Savings Bank has
full time teller position
available for our future
Mexico Beach Branch.
Qualifications include cash
handling and customer
service experience, PC
skills and a professional
image. Applications may
be picked up at 202 Marina
Dr. Pt. St. St. Joe FL Drug
Free Work Place


Driver

Bus Driver's Training: The
, Gulf County School Board
has 'immediate openings
for substitute bus drivers.
Training- will consist of 40
total hours including 20.
hours in the classroom
and 20 hours on a bus.
The next driver training
class begins soon. Train-
ing is free if an applicant
drives a bus for Gulf Coun-
ty School Board. All other
applicants for bus driver
training must pay a $52.00
fee. All applicants must be
finger' printed, take a bus
driver physical, and be
drug tested before being
approved by the School
Board as a driver. All li-
censed drivers for the Gulf
County School Board are
eligible for any full time po-
sitions that come available.
If interested or want more
information, call Carolyn at
the Gulf County Adult
School at 227-1744.


Driver

Driver Trainees NEEDED
NOW! No experience re-
quired. Werner Enterprises
has immediate openings
for entry-level semi drivers.
Our avg. drivers earn more
than $36k first year. 60% of
our drivers get home
nightly/ weekly. 15-day
CDL training available in
your area. Call today
1-866-280-5309


Drivers


AN
EARN AS YOU
LEARN
Career!
England Transport
now offers
On-the-job CDL Training
No credit check
No co-signers
No down payment!
Toll-Free
1-866-619-6081


4100


Drivers

USA
READY MIX
Now hiring Class A&B
CDL Ready Mix drivers.
Excellent benefits and
wages. Apply in person
1001 Cecil Costin Blvd.
Port St. Joe, FL
850-229-8858
USA EOE



Drivers

Wanted for .ocal Compa-
ny Home every night. 1
year ex. Clean MVR. Class
A & B license. $300 Sign-
On -Bonus after 90 Days.
769-9136.






General

ARE YOU
RETIRED?
PLAYED OFF?
OR.., OVER AGE
55 AND LOW
INCOME?

Volunteer and paid op-
portunities are available
now, working with Sen-
ior Citizens.
Nutrition Aid
Homemaker
Meals on Wheels
Delivery

We seek committed, so-
cially-conscious, law-a-
biding citizens. If you
are ready to make a dif-
ference in your commu-
nity, call us today.
Gulf County
Senior Citizens
229-8466







General

Gulf County's
Growing Older
Population
Needs YOU!

The fastest growing
segment of our popula-
tion is the age 60 and
older group.
THIS SPELLS JOB
'SECURITY
Come by Gulf County
Senior Citizens Associa-
tion to discuss what is
available and where you
mayfit:

Client homes
Senior Center
Administrative
120 Library Dr,
Port St Joe, 229-8466


4100
General

Ft. Myers, FL medical
manufacturer is seeking an
Experienced Quality Con-
trol Inspector. Inspection
hand tools and CMM ex-
perience required, Vi-
sionScope preferred.
Medical device experience
will be a plus. Fax resume
to 239-225-2233 or mail to
10061 Amberwood Rd. Ft.
Myers, FL 33913.

General

IMMEDIATE
OPENING:
Part Time Maintenance/
Handyman, Full and
Part time Housekeep-
ers,_ and cooks needed
for Geri-Care Assisted
Living and Beacon Villa
Retirement Center. Flex-
ible hours, great work
environment, rewarding
,and meaningful job. We
are looking for a hard
working, committed per-
son who Is comfortable
working with elders.
This employee will re-
port to our Assisted Liv-
ing Administrator. The
right candidate must
pass a background
check and drug screen-
ing. We are an equal
opportunity employer. If
.interested, please call
Deborah. at
850-647-4000 or Kim at
647-9170




Healthcare


Bay St.
Joseph Care
120-Bed, long term care
facility is seeking indi-
viduals who have com-
passion for the elderly
and enjoy working to fill
the following positions:

*Transportation Aide
(part time)
Rehab Technician
(full time)
*Certified Nursing Asst.
(11-7 and 3-11)
Activity Director
(full time)
*Director of Nursing
(full time)

Full-time Benefits
Included:

Medical/Dental/Vision
Insurance
Short Term/Long Term
Disability
*Company Paid Life
Insurance
*Paid Time Off
*401K Retirements Plan
Uniform Allowance
*Attendance Bonus
*Referral Bonus
*Tuition Reimbursement
*Shift Differential

Please Contact:
Carrie Harrison
HR Director
220 9th St.
Port St. Joe, FL
(850) 229-8244 Ext 105
Fax (850) 229-7129


Avon
Earn 50%
-: Now Only $10 for KIT + Free Gift
Call CheriMaxwell
850-653-2137


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4100
General

Cashier
Walker's .Dixie Dandy,
2176 US 98 Hiland
View.Apply in person.

General

Pest Control
Technician
Experience helpful but will
train the right person. Must
have a clean Florida Driv-
ers License. Must be avail-
able to work 40 hours a
week or more if needed.
Apply in person at 321 B
Reid Ave from 9:00-11:30
or 1:00-3:00

Healthcare

CAREGIVERS
NEEDED
Port St. Joe &
Mexico Beach Area
We needcaring & compas-
sionate caregivers to work
in Mexico Beach & Port St.
Joe area. Work times are
based on your availability
and we need to fill 24/7
shifts. Benefits Offered.
Home Instead Senior Care
850-522-1920
or 1-866-575-1920


Healthcare.
The Gulf County Health
Department has one open-
ing for a full-time,
Career Service
(benefits assigned)..
Health Support
Technician
Twelve-Month per Year
Position based in the Port
'St. Joe medical clinic. Fin-
gerprinting and O/T Due
To Emergency Duties Re-
quired. Knowledge of ICD9
and CPT Codes, and med-.
ical clinic experience re-
quired. For information
pertainirng to this position,
.:.:.nii Lesia Hathaway at
8c.0) 227-1276, ext.. 149.
This Agency is accepting
electronic applications
only for this position. Refer
!to Requisition Number
64084154. Closing date is
August-1, 2006.
Apply at:
peoplefirst.myflorida.conri
For assistance, contact:
People First at
1 877.562-7287


General
Laborers needed for
Landscaping Company.
323-1700

Oil-Related
Youngquist Brothers, Inc.
Excellent Job Opportunity
in South Florida! Positions
Available: *Drillers
*Derricks *Floor Hands
Excellent benefits package
available after 90 days.
Fax resume 239-489-4545
or contact Cliff at
239-489-4444. MUST
PASS PHYSICAL & DRUG
TEST. Drug Free
Workplace


ea

Professional

00 Gulf Coast
S ommun. y College


Coordinator, Gulf/ Frank-
lin Center (Port St. Joe)
to supervise the daily func-
tions/ activities of the Gulf/
Franklin Center. Requires
BS degree, MS degree
with exp. in college admin-
istration preferred. Salary
based on degree & experi-
ence. Open Until Filled.
Additional info: http://
dept.gulfcoast.edu/jobs.
GCCC is an EA/EO/M/F/
Vet employer.

Professional

CLOSING
COORDINATOR
Do not miss out on this ex-
citing opportunity to work
for one of Florida's best
employers! WindMark
Beach Sales Center in Port
St Joe has an immediate
opening for a Closing Co-
ordinator. .' Individual
should have previous real
estate closing and title
work experience or mort-
gage experience. Attention
to detail and the ability to
handle multiple tasks in a
fast-paced environment re-
quired. We offer great pay
and ,an excellent benefits
.package! '
Please submit Resume via
fax to 229-7952, email to
rebecca.standige(@joe.
com or visit careers.joe.
com to submit an online
application & resume
Equal Opportunity
Employer
Pre-Employment Drug
Screening Required.


The News Herald is seeking an
individual interested in providing
great service to our customers in the
following areas .

Callaway and Panama City

Individual must have reliable transportation and be
able to work early a.m. hours. This is an independent
-contractor position with part-time hours and full time
earrinng3s Mini-. LcOin. rg necessary.

Come join
The, News Herald Carrier team
and earn above- average $'s while being your own
'boss. Carrier applications accepted:
THE
NEWS HERALD
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4100
General
Reel Repair person P/T.
Experienced, See George
Duren @ Blue Water Out-
riggers. 229-6031. Pt. St.
Joe

Professional
Ft. Myers, FL medical
manufacturer is seeking an
experienced Program En-
gineer. Experience re-
quired using 5 axis milling
centers. Gibbs CAM expe-
rienced preferred. Fax re-
sume.to 239-225-2233 or
mail to 10061 Amberwood
Rd. Ft. Myers, FL 33913
Technical
Ft. Myers, FL medical
manufacturer seeks an Ex-
perienced CNC Machinist.
Experience in 5 axis milling
centers or Swiss machines
required. Fax resume to
239-225-2233 or mail to
10061 Amberwood Rd. Ft.
Myers, FL 33913.

Technical
Immediate Openings for
1st class skilled trades:
Electronic Technicians
Sheet Metal Mechanics
Pipe Fitters Ship Fitters
Welders (FLUXCORE) In-
side/Outside Machinists
Ability to earn up to
$1,600.00 a week, 60+
Hours Available *TOP PAY
and LONG TERM WORK in
INDIANA for Qualified Ap-
plicants* i Other locations
available throughout the
US: AL, FL, VA, MS & LA
**Must be eligible to work
in the U.S. plus have 3
YEARS SHIPYARD OR 5
YEARS INDUSTRIAL EX-
PERIENCE** DO NOT
WAIT! CALL NOW! Con-
tact: 888-269-3381
(Operators available -24
hours) recruiter@ameri
force.com EOE/DFWP,
Se Habla Espanol

Trades






ARCTIC POLAR
Heating & Air, LLC
Lic#RA-0067062
WANTED: Equipment/Duct
Work Installers, Service
Technicians Clean driving
record req.
Must pass background
check
Top Producers=Top Pay
Incentive Bonus Program.
Prior experience a PLUSI
Apply at:1516 E. 11th St
,PC, FL*
Call 850-785-5447 or
850-541-3308
Drug &'Alcohol Free
Work Place. EOE

Trades

TRIM
CARPENTERS
NEEDED.....

FOR PORT ST. JOE AND
MEXICO BEACH AREA.
APPLICANTS MUST PRO-
VIDE OWN TRANSPORTA-
TION, MUST HAVE EXPE-
RIENCE, MUST BE DE-
PENDABLE AND PROVIDE
QUALITY WORK.
GREAT PAY FOR THE
RIGHT APPLICANT.
CALL TRIMMASTERS LLC
LENNY COLLINS
5 85014.-0166 OR
&50.5618.5937


Trades

HVAC Mechanics
& Helpers
(Experienced)
PANAMAA CITY &
MEXICO BEACH AREAS)
Top Pay, Excellent Bene-
fits, Vacation/Holiday Pay,
401K.
Keith Lawson Company
Kendall Clark
(850) 527-5439
KLC is an EOE/AAE/DFWP
Minority Applicants
encourage to apply







Professional
Real Estate Auction Firm
seeking RE Broker to work
Panama City/Port St Joe
area. Huge potential Call
850-622-3791


| 4130
*REMEMBER:*
Ads in this classifica-
tion may or may not re-
quire an investment or
may be multi-level mar-
keting opportunities. We
do not recommend giv-
ing credit card or bank
account information out
over the phone. Always
research the company
you plan to do business
with BEFORE investing.
Advertising Sales Pro
wanted. Top Commis-
sions, experience re-
quired. For phone inter-
view, Mr. Haggerty, 877-
665-6618.
Clerical
Administrative
Earn $12-$48/hour. Full
benefits. Paid training. Var-
ious Government Positions
Available. Homeland. Secu-
rity, Law- Enforcement,
Wildlife and more.
Call 7 days
1-800-320-9353, Ext 2139
Earn Up To $550 Weekly
Working through the gov-
ernment. Part-time, no ex-
perience needed. Call to-
day! 1-800-488-2921 ask
for Dept. L
General

100 WORKERS
NEEDED
Assemble crafts, wood
items, clay, sewing, and
more. Year round work.
Free information packet.
Call for details.
1-801-428-4657, 24 hours.
www.atlanticfamily'
publishing.net
Now Hiring for 2006 Post-
al Jobs $18/hour. starting,
Avg. Pay $57K/ year Fed-
eral benefits, Paid Training
and Vacations. No Experi-
ence Neededl 1-800-
584-1775 Ref #P5101

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I BUSINESS & FINANCIAL
5100 Business
Opportunities
5110- Money Io Lend


REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
710l Homes
7110 Beach Home/
Property
7120 Commercial
7130 Condo/Townhouse
7140 Farms & Ranches
7150 Lots and Acreage
7160- Mobile Homes/Lots
7170.- Waterfront
7180 Investment
Property
7190 Out-of-Town
Real Estate
7200 Timeshare




2 br, 1 ba
Cottage
Located on .25 acre lot
at 605 Marvin Ave, PSJ.
Almost completely re-
modeled and rewired
with beautiful original
hardwood floors, new
carpet, ndw tile, and
new A/C.
!2nd Reduction
$171,000!
Call 850-814-1040.
100 Sunset Cir. PSJ, This
luxurious home offers Bay
view, formal living/dining
rooms, breakfast room,
custom built kitchen
w/appliances, family room,
3 b r, 2 ba, .5 ba w/ mud
room, laundry room, secu-
rity, & sprinkler systems,
hurricane shutters, home
warranty, 2544 sf, $490K,
MLS# 108138 Call Gary
Poole Coldwell Banker
899-1134 or 769-8971
2002 Modular home, 2500
+ sqft. 4 br, 3 ba, acre lot
with 5 sheds. Above
ground, pool, $229,900
Call 639-5460.


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5100
All Cash Business! Local
candy vending route.
$50,000/year potential. 30
machines plus candy.
$5,995. Call now! 1-800-
704-5414

Do you have
the Drive, Desire and Pas-
sion to make some Real
Money Working from
Home?
Act Now! Call
1-800-645-7815
Get Healthy! Get Fit! Get
Paid! Earn $100K in six
months. Call Kev/Jen,
1-800-641-7006 (24 hour
message)
*REMEMBER:*
Ads in this classifica-
tion may or may not re-
quire an investment or
may be multi-level mar-
keting opportunities. We
do not recommend kiv-
ing credit card or bank
account information out
over the phone. Always
research the company
you plan to do business
with BEFORE investing.



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REAL ESTATE FOR RENT
6100 Business/
Commercial
6110 Apartments
6120 Beach Rentals,
6130 Condo/Townhouse
6140 House Rentals
6150 Roommate Wanted
6160 Rooms for Rent
6170 Mobile Home/Lot
6180 Out-of-Town Rentals
6190 -Timeshare Rentals
6200 Vacation Rentals


6100 --



New Metal
Building $1650/month.
2800sf has new office and
bathroom. CalP
850-258-6139
Two Private 2nd Floor Of-
fices with shared reception
and kitchen. Beautiful view
overlooking St. Joe Bay at
Simmons Bayou. Perfect
for real estate office or
small business. $350.00,
monthly per office. Utilities
included. First, last month
rent plus $150.00 deposit
per unit required. Call 850-
229-7799 M-F, 9-4pm.,

America's

Mini Storage


850) 229-8014


BEACH

STORAGE
Day: 227-7200
Night: 647-3882
St l'e Peach


MINI STORAGE


In Port St. Joe


814-7400


PLUS SMALL ENGINE
REPAIRS
NOW AVAILABLE
Climate Control

St. Joe
Rent-All, Inc.
706 First Street
Phone 227-2112
/ MINI-STORAGE \

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On Site Rentals 6 Days
A Week

ASK ABOUT FREE
MONTH'S RENT!





Upstairs 2 br, 1 ba apart-
ment $550/mo. + deposit.
Call 850-648-5052 or
478-983-2206



6120 |
Beach House for rent.
Across the street from des-
ignated beach, awesome'
view! 3 br, 1.5 ba front &
back 'screened porches.
C/HA, great place! $1500
mo. Call 850-227-5301 or
850-227-6297



St. Joe Beach, 3 br, 2 ba,
enclosed garage, gulfview,
beach access, furnished,
$1200 mo., Will consider
lease purchase. Call Bob-
bie@ 258-5261-.







2 br, 2 ba Condo, Availa-
ble Sept 1st. Waterfront w/
Oceanview, with boatslips,
$1500 mo. (352) 636-8000.







2 ba 2 ba New 1st Tear
House for long term rental,
Near Indian Pass, no
smoking or pets, $1500
mo, 214-352-3147




2BR, 1 BA
Home, Just Off Port St
Joe Bay, CH/A, carport,
$700/mo + 1 mo. dep.
Call 678-517-6001




3 br 2 ba, Very Nice MH
on large.corner lot at Over-
street. $900mo. Call 850-
227-4608


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6100


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Cape San Bias : Board-
walk Sub. 3 br. 2 ba, pool,
hot tub, fully furn. $1800
mo. Call 850-229-8593
Cape San Bias Beach
Side Home, 2 br, 2 ba Gulf
View home close to St Jo-
seph's State Park. Broad-
walk to beach, Screened
Porch and two sun decks.
Unfurnished, available for
6 to 12 month lease.
$1200 per month. Call
owner at 843-342-5983, or
a local friend at 850-340-
0628
Gorgeous Bay Sunset
view on CR-30, 2 bdrms,
21/2 baths, wood floors,
custom cabinets, fully fur-
nished, screened porch &
open deck, 6-9 month
lease, $1295 mo, first, last
month rent & $650 security
deposit. on signing. No
pets. 850-229-7799.
Gulf Front, CR30-A, 3br, 3
ba C/HA, multiple decks,
beautiful beach, fully fur-
nished, no pets. $1650
mo/$750 dep call
850-648-5045
Gulfview on C-30
Treasure\ Shores west if
Indian Pass Raw Bar: 2 br
2 ba old FL. Classic
Cottage, newly remodeled,
.scrnd porch, non-smoking
& no pets. $900 per
month, minimum 6 months
lease. Owner is licensed
Realtor. Call Margaret
850-527-6517
Large 3 br, 2 ba, large
yard, close to schools,
$850' mo., Refs required.
(404) 797-7870.
Large airy home in High-
land View area. 3 br, 2 ba,
large living/dining room &.
huge Florida Room. Great
kitchen, carport, rear deck,
fenced yard. $1100 mo.:
Call -850-227-5301 or
850-227-6297

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7100
House only for Sale! Must
be moved. 5746 Hwy 71 (6
miles N. of PSJ). Approx
1400 sf, 3 br,1 ba,hrdwd
floors, C/A, FR stove,
refig, W/D. Ducky Johnson
has moving cost info.
$18,000. Call Mary Lou @
850-227-4625
MEXICO BEACH
Best Deal on the Beach!
Beautiful 2 Br, 3 ba fully
furnished Gulf view
Townhome $389K
770-426-6896
Mexico Beach 3 br 2 ba
MH, nice lot, possible gulf
view, $175K Pelican Walk
Real Estate 850-647-2473
Mexico Beach 3 br 2 ba,
garage, pool, fireplace,
new roof, carpet, fresh
paint, sprinkler system,
$285K, Pelican Walk Real
Estate 850-647-2473
Mexico Beach New
Townhouses, pool starting
$214.900. Pelican Walk
Real Estate 850-647-2473


Overstreet, Florida 3 br, 2
ba located 650 N. Canal
Dr. $1200/month + $1100
deposit. Call 648-5865
Several Long Term Rent-
als Available, starting at
$750 mo. Call Sundance
Realty 850-648-8700.
' St. Joe Beach cottage, 1.5
biks to Gulf. 3 br, 2 ba,
newly redecorated, new
appliances, Lg. screened
porch, shed for RV/Boat.
Pets maybe, No smoking.
227-3453
WeWa: "Magnolia Lodge"'
2br, 1ba waterfront apt.
elec; water, sewer, yard
maint incl. boat ramps &
dock on site. $750.
mo/+$200 dep. Call
850-639-6760.
Wewahilchkoa ? .2r .
with fenced in yard. in
Dalkeith area, close to sev-
eral boat ramps, less than
1/2 mile, off Hwy 71. No
smoking,, no Pets, refer-
ences req'd.. $800
mo/+$500 (1st & last)-
dep, 1 year lease. Call
850-647-2552 /



3 br, 1. ba Mobile Home,
125 Woodley Dr. Wewa, FL
blocks from Chipola ,River,
$595 mo:, (917).650-6452.
Furnished 2 br; 1 ba sin-
.gle wide trailer for rent.
$500/mo + $500 deposit.
Call 850-648-5306
Nice clean 2 br, 2 ba, large
shady, yard with storage
building. 1 block from St.
Joe Bay. Highland View
area. $700 Call
850-227-5301. or
'850-227-6297
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Reduced to
$139,950
Eastpoint, recently re-
modeled 3 br, 2 ba on
large lot, close to boat
ramp, blacktop road,
City water & sewage,
FL. Must sell!'
850-694-4457.
St Joe Beach 2 br TH, re-
modeled, beach access,
239K, Pelican Walk Real
Estate 850-647-2473
St Joe Beach 3 br 2 ba,
CH&A, dedicated beach,
workshop, Carport great
buy, $275K, Pelican Walk
Real Estate 850-647-2473
WeWahitchka 2003 MH
on 180'x190' lot. 3 br, 2 ba
-w/new carpet & metal roof.
Close to schools and boat
ramps. $90K. Call Heather
Harris 850-227-6805 Blue
Water Realty

7-1- 7110

PSJ Beach 115 Coranado
St. 50x125 Ft Lot with old-
er Mobile Home, view
steps to beach, will con-.
sider owner finance Or
property swap. Motivated,
$359K Call 850-647-9214.
Wewahitchka 3 br, 2 ba.
Just 2 blks from Lake Al-
,ice. Approx 1/3 acre w/,
fenced yard .and a variety.
of trees. Call Billy Joe
.Smiley at Port Realty Inc.
850-340-1213


7120



New Metal Building
2800sf includes new office
and bathroom. Priced at
$395,000 Call
850-258-6139



S'7150 1
75x150 lot with util: 2nd
blk from gulf. MH,
front/back porches, w/2 util
bldgs. 24x36 carport New
AC, Roof, flooring. & appl.
$250K Best $ on Beachi
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8110 Cars
8120 Sports Utility Vehicles
8130 Trucks
8140 Vans .
8150 Commercial
816 0- Motorcycles
8170 Auto Parts
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8210 Boats
8220 Personal Watercraft
8230 Sailboats
8240 Boat & Marine
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8310 Aircraft/Aviation
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8340 Motorhomes







Acura Integra '91
79k miles, new tires, very
clean $2600 850-340-1827
Mazda RX8 '04, 8,500 mi-
les, 6 speed, Loadedl;
Lightning Yellow, CD,
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Milsubishi Oullander 03,
4 door, excellent condition,;
new tires, 50K miles,
$15,000 obo 850-387-4357'
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Dodge Pickup '79
green, drives good,
$600, 229-6769







2003 BMW
K1200RS. Excellent, gar-
age kept, rare Piedmont
red. ABS brakes, cruise'
control, heated grips,'
keyed system cases, new.
tires, new 20k' service with.
synthetic lubricant. NADA
Retail $10,470. Asking'
$9,750. Call 850-819-8726

Suzuki
600XK '03 very fast, very
nice bike. First $5000
takes it. Call 850-258-6139 -




Key West 20' 2020WA
Blue Water. Excellent con-
dition 150 Suzuki Out-'
board. Not 'many hours orn
motor. Electronics includ-
.ed. $16,800. For more info:
227-9325



S8220
2003 Yamaha XL800
Waverunner, 3 seater,.
120hp, trailer, cover, rear.
step, one owner, less than
35 hours, selling due to
health, $5800. Call 850-
227-1321.


I 7150



Bayview Lot
in Highland View, on Pom-
pano Street. $129,500.
Call (706) 333-0159.




Eastpoint
1 acre building lot, city
water, sewer, power,
paved road, close to
Bay & boat ramp, ready
to build $80,000 Call
Some Owner Fin. avail.
850-694-4457
Mexico Beach Lot,
175x100, walk to beach,
$189K. Motivated Seller
850-596-2057 or
850-271-1453

St Joe beach 2V1 lots, 1
block from water, $10K
buyer rebate, $535K, Peli-
can Walk Real Estate
850-647-2473



7160
Overstreet Area Mobile
home for sale. Asking
$109K. Some owner fi-
nancing avail. Call
478-960-0800




Residential Waterfront
and water view home sites
'from $150,000. Coldwell
Banker, Residential Real
Estate, Inc. Don Yarbrough
850-527-5887






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ade


Are your eyes protect-
ed against the sun's dam-
aging rays? If not, maybe
it's time you looked into
getting new sunglasses

By ROBBYN BROOKS
Freedom News Service
e lather on sunscreen
when we hit the beach
or wear cover-ups to
protect our skin. We spend
time and money on picking
the right products to keep the
sun's cancer-causing rays from
damaging our bodies.
Why not do the same for
our eyes?
Ultraviolet light is the pri-
mary cause of cataracts and
macular degeneration. You can
even experience sunburn on
your corneas. And just like
skin, your eyes never recover
fully from overexposure to the
sun's rays.
"I didn't know that," said
David Shaw, who spends most
of his, workday as a car sales-
man outdoors. "That's kind of
scary to think about."
Even though the threat of
damage from the sun is very
real, it is preventable if you
shield your eyes.
All sunglasses, however,
aren't created equal.
"There's definitely a big
difference between fashion
eyewear and performance
eyewear,", said Rob Burns, an
optician at Family Eye Care in
Fort Walton Beach, Fla.
Just because you are wear-
ing tinted sunglasses doesn't
mean you are keeping your
eyes safe.
"Most of the inexpensive
glasses you get at kiosks in the
mall at least have a little UV
protection now," Burns said.
"But you have to be careful.
Most of the big frames you
see teenage girls wearing do
almost nothing for your eyes."
In fact, Burns said, wear-
ing dark tinted lenses without
UV protection can actually do
more harm to your eyes.
With dark lenses, pupils
expand to let more light in.
With the light, comes more UV
rays. That means more expo-
sure to UV rays because the
glass isn't UV protective.
So, here's what to con-
sider when you purchase your
shades.
Burns said the first thing
to look for is 98 percent UV
protection or higher. Then try,
to find polarized lenses. That
will cut down and sometimes
eliminate surface glare from
windows, water and other
reflective surfaces. As far as


it goes, its important to mi
sunglasses that fit close to
the face to avoid peripheral
light entering. Mirrored lenses
are also a plus because your
shades will "squint" for you.
All those qualities can usu-
ally be found in glasses from
reputable, .big-name manufac-
turers. But that can mean a
hefty price tag.
Expect to pay anywhere
from $100 to $200 for an
effective pair of glasses.
"It's hard for me to choke
down paying that much for
something I might lose," said
Max Putz, manager of the
Sunglass Hut in Santa Rosa
(Fla.) Mall. "But I look at it
as an investment. You get out
what you put in. And you only
have one set of eyes."
And sometimes that price
tag is beneficial. Putz said
nationwide companies like


In


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Sunglass Hut offer warranties,
If something breaks, the com-
pany can fix it.
"People really need to
shop around," Putz said.
"They need to ask questions.
Some sunglasses don't have
any UV protection and are just
for fashion. And some aren't
optically correct and you will
have a wave or distortion in
the lens."
Just like Burns, Putz said
she sells a lot of polarized
lenses. Golfers, tennis players,
anglers and outdoor enthu-
siasts are the main buyers.
The color contrast is crisper,
makes it easier to track balls
and fish, and makes driving
much safer.
Shaw, who works at Lee
Kia in Fort Walton Beach, Fla.,
can vouch for the polarized
lenses. He said he spends
most of his day out on the lot


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is nicely set back behind the dune line and has two master bedrooms
facing the gulf. X-Flood zone with no flood insurance required. Seller
is offering to pay 2% towards buyer closing costs or for decorating al-
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and the reflection of the sun
off the cars can be "blinding."
"Before I bought the polar-
ized sunglasses I was still
squinting," Shaw said. "These
are much more comfortable
than my old pair and help
me focus on my customers
instead of the environment."
Shaw also said his new
shades definitely help him out
on the golf course.
And you don't have to give
up fashion altogether to pro-
tect your baby blues.
Several. designer brands
offer 100 percent UV protec-
tion coupled with polarized
lenses. The trick is knowving
where to look and trusting
your eye-care professional.
"Go to a store and ask
for help," Burns said. "It's our
job to help you. protect your
eyes."


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Rex Cellular: 850-227-5416
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Sales Information provided by MLS Association


Shade


Lens Material
Polycarbonate. lenses are made of remarkably strong plastic and are 20 times more
impact resistant and three times lighter than glass. Lenses have a scratch resistant coating.
Glass lenses are the sharpest and clearest lenses. Optical-quality glass lenses are
* impact-resistant and more scratch resistant than plastic lenses. They also keep their shape
when heat is applied.
Lightweight glass lenses have the same properties as regular glass but are 20 percent
thinner.
Lens Color
Green lenses provide contrast in low light conditions and reduces eyestrain in bright
conditions. They filter some blue light and protect against glare.
Gray lenses allow colors to pass through the lens evenly, allowing true perception and
the least amount of color distortion. They are easy on the eyes.and best for bright sun. They're
also great for sports and outdoor work.
Brown lenses improve contrast by filtering out blue light and reducing glare. They're
ideal for sports with high glare, such as skiing, boating, driving and fast action sports. They
can be used well in overcast or hazy conditions.
Rose lenses allow high contrast for increased depth perception in low light conditions.
They improve contrast against blue and green objects and are great for golfing.
Lens Treatnients
Internal anti-reflective multi-layerpd coatings on the inside of the lenses absorb the
reflections that hit the lens from behind and from the side,.
Flash treatments make a lens more effective for intense sunlight and glare. A thin
metallic treatment is placed over a regular sunglass lens to create the mirrored look.
SClearseal is a waterproof treatment that allows water drops to retain a spherical shape
once they touch the lens. That action makes it easier to clean the lenses. This treatment is
greal frr waler poris fishing and snow sports.
Polarized lenses have a filter encased w ihin them that traps and eliminates glare from
water or other smooth surfaces. They absorb a argue percentage ol overall light and work well
for boaters and anglers. ,
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CLEARED. 1.11 acre lot located
in Fairway Park Subdivision in
Carrabelle. New development
three blocks from bay and a short
distance to boat launch and golf
course.
MLS # 108377............. $139,500


CHARMING 3BR/2BA home
with spacious kitchen/dining
area, quaint family room w/fire-
place. Ideal neighborhood lo-
cated in Apalachicola. Close to
downtown and schools.
MLS # 201380......... $335,000


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BEAUTIFUL Gulffront home-
site with FEMA located in Money
Bayou. Nice wide beach to enjoy
walking, shelling and horseback
riding.
MLS # 201081........... $1,300,000


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cated in Apalachicola. Wonderful
landscaped :property boasts the
natural look.
MLS # 200076............. $329,000


PRETTY 1.32 acres with lots of
vegetation. Property has an unob-
structed view of the Apalachicola
Bay.
MLS # 107581............. $440,000


EXQUISITE 4BR/4BA home in
the exclusive St. George Plantation
located on St. George Island. This
home features many amenities and
has been extensively redecorated.
MLS # 110802 .......... $1,299,000
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WONDERFUL lot located on St.
George Island. Short distance to
beach.
MLS #108570 ........... $380,000


GiKA.r lot one blocK ott tirgnway
98 located in Lanark. Popular
area due to land elevation and its
close to boat launch and bay.
MLS # 108411............. $125,000


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high elevation and dry. Located on 3.47 acres that adjoins Tate's
in new development in Carrabelle Hell National Forest. Only.02
only three blocks from bay and a miles from the Apalachicola Bay.
short distance to boat launch and This property has many amenities
golf course, including a workshop.
MLS # 107486.............. $144,900 MLS # 200021.............. $399,000
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Watermelon is now more convenient. Here are 10 quick,



delicious things to make with the refreshing fruit


Story by CATHY THOMAS
Photos by NICK KOON
Freedom News Service
Odd as it seems, I like to
stand in line at the supermar-
ket checkout. I'm endlessly
curious about what shoppers
buy.
And over the past few
weeks, I've noticed that more
and more carts contain water-
melon.
Buying a watermelon used
to mandate culinary commit-
ment. Weighing as much as
30 pounds, one of these behe-
moths meant that either you
fed a crowd, or your family
ate it everyday until the crisp
magenta flesh became watery
sludge.
But now consumers pur-
chase it willy-nilly, without
worry about how to use it
up. They buy small pre-cut
watermelon wedges covered
with plastic wrap, or bite-size
chunks in see-through contain-
iers, or in increasing numbers,
mini-watermelons that aren't
much bigger than softballs.
Keith Kato, general man-
ager of produce company
Dulcinea, says sales of its
mini-size seedless Pureheart
watermelons have increased
more than 500 percent over
the past three years.
"We have seen this cate-
gory (mini-watermelons) grow
consistently, and we expect it
to not only grow the overall'
category, but also to become
30 (percent) to 40 percent of
watermelon sales."
Mini-melons (sometimes
labeled "baby" by other pro-
duce companies), average
about 5 pounds, and a hun-
gry watermelon devotee might
cut one in half and devour
the entire half section. The
season peaks April through
September, .but mini-melons
are available year-round.
But convenient size
(whether mini-melons or larg-
er melons that have been cut
into wedges or pieces) is only
part of watermelon's increased
appeal. Over the past few years,
seedless varieties of all sizes
have become commonplace..
Hard, shiny "spit-out" seeds
have disappeared in these
varieties, replaced with, seeds
that aren't developed small,
soft, empty white "pips." A pip
is the portion that surrounds
the seeds in seeded varieties.
The lack of seeds in a
watermelon makes the flesh
firmer and helps it to .stay
fresh longer whether left whole
or cut and refriierated.
Large or 'small, more than
1,200 varieties of watermelons
are grown ',in 96 countries,
according to Stefanie Simek,
marketing and communica-
tions manager at the National
Watermelon Promotion Board
in Orlando. Fla. Some have
red, flesh, while others have
yellow or orange interiors.
A new variety is debuting
this year that has a, surpris-
ing whitish-yellow skin. It's
a midsize model, about. 6 to
8 pounds, seedless with red
flesh, called Golden Dragon.
No matter which seedless
variety you choose, here are
10 fast-but-delectable things to
make with watermelons:


Adapted from National
Watermelon Promotion Board.
2. Balsamic-dream
appetizers:
Place bite-size watermelon
chunks on platter and spear
each with toothpick. Drizzle
with a little fresh lime juice
and balsamic vinegar; serve
with cheese and crackers or
bread slices on the side. Or
for a more elegant approach
used by Chef Rick Tramonto,
author of "Amuse-Bouche"
(Random House, $35), turn
melon cubes into containers.
Cut watermelon into 1 1/2-
inch cubes. Use melon bailer
to scoop a small cavity on one
side. Arrange cavity-side up
on platter and squeeze a little
lime juice on each. Add a little
aged balsamic vinegar to each
cavity and serve.
3. Watermelon gazpacho:,
This cold and colorful
soup makes a great summer-
time starter. Rather than a
tomato base, this gazpacho
uses pureed watermelon.
The pure is augmented with
more traditional gazpacho
ingredients such as. cucum-
ber, bell pepper and celery. It
can be prepared four hours
in advance and refrigerated
(recipe included).
4. Spiked watermelon a
salad or dessert:
Place about 16 cups bite-
size watermelon pieces (about
an 8-pound watermelon) in
large ceramic or glass bowl.
In separate bowl, whisk 1 cup
fresh lemon juice and 2/3 cup
sugar, until sugar dissolves.
Whisk in 1/2 cuip vodka. 6
tablespoons creme de cassis
Black currant liqueurl and
salt to taste. Pour over water-
melon, cover and chill at least,
1 hour or up to 4 hours. Divide
between 8 bowls and sprinkle
with chopped fresh mint.
(Adapted from Bon App6tit
magazine.)
5. Berry-melon smoothies:
' Freeze 2 cups watermelon
chunks. Place watermelon, 1
cup sliced strawberries and
1/4 cup plain or vanilla yogurt
in blender. Cover and blend.
until smooth. Pour into 2 tall
glasses and serve.
6. Spicy snack:
Forget the potato chips -
spicy watermelon can be even


more addictive. Cut water-
melon into bite-size chunks
and sprinkle to taste with
either pico de gallo seasoning
(a' chili-mixture available in'
Latin American markets) or
an Asian chili salt (a mixture,
of salt and chilies available
in Asian markets, such as the
Vietnamese Bon Bon brand).
7. Ice cold and
"sake-fled":
Watermelon and dry sake
(Japanese wine) team up to
make a delicious sorbet. In
a food processor fitted with
metal blade or blender, add
4 cups watermelon chunks,
2/3 cup sugar and 1/2 cup
inexpensive dry sake; process
until smooth. Taste. If too
sweet, add a little fresh lime
juice. Chill thoroughly, then
process in ice cream machine
according to manufacturer's
directions. -
Adapted from "Ripe For
Dessert" by David Lebovitz
(Harper Collins, $34.95).
8. Melon in spiced syrup:.
In medium saucepan,
combine 2/3 cup water and
2/3 cup sugar. Bring to sim-
mer on medium heat, stirring
until sugar dissolves.' Add 1
teaspoon grated fresh ginger,"
1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
and 1 cinnamon stick. Gently
simmer 8 minutes. Cool and
strain. Place 4 cups water-
melon chunks and 4 cups can-
taloupe or honeydew melon
chunks in -bowl. Pour syrup
on melons and gently toss.
Cover and chill. Garnish with
chopped fresh mint and a few
blueberries. If serving as a
dessert, accompany with crisp
cookies.
9. Cheese 'n' melon good
for breakfast or dessert:
Place wedge of chilled
watermelon on plate. Next to-
it place a small wedge-of either
feta cheese or goat cheese.
Make two small piles next to
the cheese, one of walnuts or
candied walnuts. one of dried
cranberries or candied ginger.
10. Curried crab salad on
sleek watermelon
triangles: :
A tangy mixture of cooked
apples and onions team with
curry powder and mayonnaise
to make an. irresistible dress-
ing for the seafood. The salad


sits atop lightly salted water-
melon, which lends sweet-
ness as well as crunch (recipe
included). Cooked chicken can
.be substituted for crab.


Place
4 cups
watermel-
on chunks
in blend-
er; pro-
cess until
smooth.
Transfer to
large glass
or ceramic
bowl. Finely
dice remain-
ing 1 cup
watermelon
and add to
pure. Add
f, remaining
7 ingredients
except gar-
nish. Stir
to combine.
Cover and
refrigerate
until cold,
at least 1 hour or up to 4
hours.
Divide between 4 soup
bowls for larger servings, or 8
small glasses for smaller serv-
ings. Garnish each with dollop
of sour cream, and if desired,
either a small sprig of mint or
a mint leaf.
Nutritional information
(per small serving without gar-
nish): Calories 180 (less than
2 percent from fat), protein 4
g, carbolhydrates 41.7 g, fat Ig
(saturated 0.1g), cholesterol 2
mg, sodium 65 mg, fiber 3.2 g,
Source: Bon App6tit maga-
zine and chef/author Cat Cora


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Watermelon And
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Yield: 4 large servings, or
'8 smaller appetizer servings
5 cups seedless watermel-
on chunks, divided use
1 small cucumber, peeled,
seeded, finely diced
1 medium red bell pepper.
cored, seeded, finely diced
1 medium 'yellow bell
pepper, cored, seeded, finely
diced
I small jalapefio chili,
seeded, minced; see cook's
notes
3 pale green inner celery
stalks, finely diced
1/2 small red onion, finely
diced ;
1/4 cup finely chopped.
fresh mint

3 tablespoons fresh lime
juice
2 tablespoons red wine
vinegar
1/4 teaspoon salt
Garnish: sour cream
Optional garnish: fresh
mint sprigs
Cook's notes: Use caution
!when working with)fresh chil-
.ies; wash hands and work sur-
face thoroughly upon comple-
tion and do NOT -touch eyes
or face. If you prefer a milder
version, use 1/2 of the chili
instead of the whole amount
called for in the recipe.
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Yield: 4 servings
3 tablespoons, extra-virgin
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.2 tablespoons' corecd,'
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Granny Smith apple
1 tablespoon finely
chopped onion
1 1/2 teaspoons mild
curry powder
1 teaspoon water
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chopped cilantro
1 tablespoon finely
chopped fresh mint leaves
Salt and freshly ground
pepper to taste
1 pound lump crabmeat,
picked over to remove carti-
lage; see cook's notes
4 (1/2-inch thick) half-
round watermelon slices
from a large watermelon, rind
removed
2 tablespoons plus 1 tea-
spoon fresh lime juice, divided
use
1 bunch arugula, about 5
ounces, large stems discarded
Cook's notes: Crabmeat
is available in lump, flaked or
claw meat. Lump meat con-
sists of larger, choice pieces
from the body of the crab. If
desired, to reduce calories,
divide ingredients among 6
plates, increasing the amount
of watermelon wedges, but
using smaller amounts of crab
mixture. If you wish, cooked,
cooled (boneless, skinless)
chicken meat can be substi-
tuted for crabmeat.'
Procedure:
In small saucepan, heat
1 tablespoon oil on medium-
high heat. Add apple, onion
and curry powder; cook, stir-
ring occasionally, until onion
softens, about 5 minutes.
Remove from heat and stir in
water. Cool.
Combine cooled apple
mixture and mayonnaise in
blender or food processor fit-
ted with metal blade. Whirl
until smooth. Transfer to
medium bowl. Add cilantro,
mint, salt and pepper. Add
crab and gently fold.
Cut each half circle of
watermelon into 2 triangles.
Place 2 triangles on each of
4 plates. Drizzle watermelon
on each plate with about 1
teaspoon lime juice. Mound
crab on watermelon. In medi-
um bowl, toss' arugula with
remaining 2 tablespoons oil
and 1 tablespoon lime juice.
Arrange arugula around the
watermelon and crab on each
plate; serve.
Nutritional information
(per serving): Calories 467 (39
percent from fat), protein 20.5
g, carbohydrates 47.1 g, fat
19.7 g (saturated 5.8 g), cho-
lesterol 61 mg, sodium 525
mg, fiber 2.1 g
Source: "Food & Wine
Annual Cookbook 2004"
(American Express, $29.95)