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By Press Room Staff

CHIPLEY – Washington County News and Holmes County Times Advertiser has a new editor at their helm with the arrival of Wil-liam "Kevin" Boyer, effective October 14.

Prior to stepping into the role, he served as the city reporter of Milton and has acted as an assis-tant editor at Santa Rosa’s Press Gazette in Santa Rosa County. As a reporter, Boyer focused on local commu-nity issues and committed himself to ethical, honest reporting. Press Gazette Publisher Jim Fletcher said the Santa Rosa’s loss would be Chipley’s and Bonifay’s gain.

“When Kevin joined our staff, he truly hit the ground running,” Fletcher said. “In no time at all, he familiar-ized himself with all the stories in our area and all the players within those sto-ries. He quickly made Santa Rosa his adopted home and became known for writing fair and impartial stories. I'm certain he will do the same at his new journalis-tic home. I won't be looking for a "new Kevin" because, quite frankly, I couldn't do that. Instead, I will look for someone who is at least equally dedicated."

Nicole Barefield, pub-lisher of the News and the Times-Advertiser, said she was excited to have Boyer come on board and looked forward to working with him on improving the paper.

I’m pleased to welcome Kevin aboard as the new editor of the News and Times-Advertiser,” Bare-field said. “I believe he will bring a fresh energy and commitment to providing relevant and timely news and content important to our local communities.

B a r e f i e l d s a i d B o y e r had a strong background in community news and f e a t u r e - r e p o r t i n g a n d was capable of managing multiple media platforms t o , " e n s u r e o u r a u d i -ence receives the most up-to-date, fair and accu-rate reporting for their home communities."

Boyer was named editor of the papers following former editor Jacqueline Bostick, who served as editor for a year and a half and a part-time reporter a year prior.

"I have thoroughly grown from the small-community experience Washington and Holmes counties has offered up over the years," Bostick said. "Capturing the prog-ress of this area has been more than a duty - but a very special ever-giving oppor-tunity to me. I am confident Boyer will continue the quality of journalism both papers have delivered to the local communities for several decades."

Bostick will continue her career in journalism at The News Herald in Bay County, where she has been a resi-dent since 2010.

Prior to his career in jour-nalism, Boyer served as an educator for eight years. He earned his Associates of Arts in English from Pensacola State College and a Bach-elors of Arts in English and Journalism from University of West Florida.

A native of Pensacola Fl., he has been involved in several communities in Florida and Alabama with his church, Community of

Christ, where he serves as an ordained minister.

Boyer said his goal for the papers is to be able to pro-vide more local community news and be a presence in the community.

“My only real goal is that I am an asset to Washington County News and Holmes County Times and to the community,” Boyer said. “These papers have a rich history in the providing local, ethical, relevant news to the community. I am eager to work with Nicole to continue that tradition as best I can.”

He said he believes that community involvement is key to the community papers success and he is encouraging the residence to get involved with the paper. He said he is encouraging readers to stop by and see him and to also send letters to the editors about local issues and to contact him on anything they feel needs to be addressed.

“The main point is, this is the community’s paper,” he

said. “It’s not my paper, it’s theirs. I want to hear from them. I have an open door policy and I want to know what they have to say.”

Boyer said he plans to go around the community reg-ularly and have “coffee with the editor” to give the com-munity the chance to talk with him on issues around the community. He said he would love to feature more stories about members of the community in the "Cel-ebrate Community" section and build on the sports of the community. To do that, he said he needs the help of the community.

"We are a small town paper," he said. "It's vital that the community be willing and desiring to con-tribute local content. My mission is that when the community does contrib-ute they know the material they contribute will be given every consideration."

William "Kevin" Boyer can be reached at [email protected] or at 850-638-0212 ext. 4006.

Boyer named editor of News and Times Advertiser

K. William Boyer will be taking over as editor of the Washington County News and Holmes County Times following former editor Jacqueline Bostick’s departure to return to Panama City News Herald as a reporter. Boyer previously worked for the WCN and HCT’s sister paper, Santa Rosa Press Gazette in Milton, Fl,. [CONTRIBUTED PHTOTO]

“My only real goal is that I am an asset to Washington County News and Holmes County Times and to the community. These papers have a rich history in the providing local, ethical, relevant news to the community. I am eager to work with Nicole to continue that tradition as best I can.”

William “Kevin” Boyer

A traffic stop in the Noma com-munity led to the arrest of a Boni-fay man the evening of Wednesday,

October 9.A deputy with the Holmes

County Sheriff’s Office initiated the stop shortly before 10 p.m. in the area of Bush Road and Baxley Road, according to the report.

A records check through dispatch revealed the driver, identified as 25-year-old Jesse A. Hughes, did not have a valid driver’s license.

Hughes gave consent for a search of the vehicle, during which the deputy found rolling papers, a digital scale, and a glass pipe which contained a white crystal-like sub-stance that tested positive for methamphetamine.

Hughes was arrested and charged with posses-sion of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Traffi c stop yields drug arrest

Times-Advertiser Staff

Erickson announces bid for District 5 seat

BONIFAY - The chairman of the Holmes County Board of County Commissioners has filed for another term.

Erickson, who repre-sents District 5, made the announcement last week via his self-funded social media page. The four-year term Seats 5, 3, and 1 are up for election in 2020.

Qualifying dates are June 8 to June 12, 2020. Qualifying packets may be picked up at any time, but must be sub-mitted within those dates.

For more information, visit www.holmeselections.com.

Erickson announces bid for District 5 seat

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COMMUNITY

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Chipola to host First Responder Day and Career Fair

MARIANNA – Chi-pola College will host First Responder Day and a Career Day from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, October 17 in the Chipola Public Service building. The public is invited to attend from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Representa-tives from all areas of law enforcement, corrections, fire-fighting and emer-gency medical services will be on hand to share career information with the public. Chipola instructors will be available to enroll stu-dents in Law Enforcement, Corrections, Fire-fight-ing or EMT/Paramedic

programs. For more infor-mation call Darwin Gilmore at 850-718-2270.

PDL Class of 2020 to host concealed weapon class

PONCE DE LEON - Holmes County Sheriff’s Office will present a Con-cealed Weapons Class at 6 p.m., Friday, October 18, at Ponce de Leon High School, located at 1477 Ammons Road, in Ponce De Leon. Sheriff John Tate will instruct the class, which is expected to last about two hours. This class will meet the firearms training class requirement mandated by the Florida Department of Agriculture concealed weapon permit applica-tion. The class is open to ages 18 and up; however the minimum age to be granted a permit from the state is 21. Participants

ages 21 and up may bring their own gun and rounds or use those provided by the sheriff’s office.

Participants under the age of 21 are asked to use the provided gun and rounds. No pre-registration is required, and the cost is $25 per person. All proceeds will benefit the Ponce de Leon High School Class of 2020.

Register Family Reunion to be held

NOMA – The Register Family Reunion will be held Saturday, October 19 at the Noma Community Center. Doors will open at 9 a.m. and lunch will be served a noon. Bring a favorite covered dish. There will be door prizes. For more information call Anthony Register at 850-547-5600 or Lori Register Burlew at 850-547-3473.

C O M M U N I T Y E V E N T S

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MONDAY

10 a.m.: Holmes County Council on Aging senior Bingo. For more informa-tion, call 850-547-2345.10 a.m.: Washington County Council on Aging (Chipley) exercise. For more information, call Andrea at 850-638-621611 a.m.: Holmes County Council on Aging senior lunch. For more informa-tion, call 850-547-234511:30 a.m.: Washington Council on Aging (Chipley) senior dining. For res-ervations, call 638-6216. Donations accepted.6-7:30 p.m.: Salvation Army Domestic Violence and Rape Crisis Program (SADVP) hosts a domestic violence support group at the SADVP Rural Outreach offi ce. For more informa-tion, call Emma or Jess at 415-5999.

TUESDAY

9a.m.: Washington County Community Traffi c Safety Team Meeting (Third Tuesday of each month) in the WCBOCC conference room. For more informa-tion call Renae Rountree at 850-638-1314 or Lynne Abel at 850-638-62039:30 a.m.: Letter Learners; Washington County Public Library, Chipley Branch. For more information, call 850-638-131410 a.m.: Holmes County Council on Aging Movie Day. For more information, call 850-547-234510 a.m. Home Extension

Club Meeting/Luncheon; Hinson’s Crossroads Fire Department.11 a.m.: Holmes County Council on Aging senior lunch. For more informa-tion, call 850-547-234511:30 a.m.: Washington Council on Aging (Chipley) senior dining; For res-ervations, call 638-6216. Donations accepted.Noon: Chipley Kiwanis Club meeting.12:30 p.m.: Washington County Council on Aging (Chipley) Games and Activ-ities. For more information call Andrea at 638-62165:30 p.m.: Chemical Addiction Recovery Effort group; Caryville Baptist Church Fellowship Hall, For more information, call 850-326-0886.

WEDNESDAY

9:30 a.m.: Baby Storytime; Washington County Public Library, Chipley Branch. For more information call 850-638-131410 a.m.: Holmes Council on Aging Games and Activi-ties. For more information, call 850-547-234510 a.m.: The Vernon His-torical Society Museum is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Meetings are held the fourth Wednesday of the month at 2 p.m.10 a.m.: Washington County Council on Aging (Chipley) exercise. For more information, call Andrea at 850-638-621610 a.m. to noon: Holmes County Healthy Start Safe Beds Make Safe Babies SIDS class (fourth Wednes-day of each month) at Florida Department of Health in Bonifay. For more information call 850-614-6043

10 a.m. to noon: Wash-ington County Healthy Start Safe Beds Make Safe Babies SIDS class (fourth Wednesday of each month) at Florida Depart-ment of Health in Chipley. For more information call 850-845-510610 a.m. to 11 a.m.: Holmes County Healthy Start Parenting 101 classes (fi rst, second and third Wednesday of each month) at Florida Department of Health in Bonifay10 a.m. to 11 a.m.: Wash-ington County Healthy Start Parenting 101 classes (fi rst, second and third Wednesday of each month) at Florida Department of Health in Chipley10:30 a.m.: Car Seat Safety Classes (fi rst Wednesday of each month); Florida Department of Health Holmes County. For more information, call 850-614-6043 ext 248.10:30 a.m.: Car Seat Safety Classes (fi rst Wednesday of each month); Florida Department of Health Washington County. For more information, call 850-845-5106, Ext 144.11 a.m.: Holmes County Council on Aging senior lunch. For more informa-tion, call 850-547-234511:30 a.m.: Washington Council on Aging (Chipley) senior dining; For res-ervations, call 638-6216. Donations accepted.12:30 p.m.: Washington Council on Aging (Chi-pley) Dominoes. For more information, Call Andrea at 850-638-62164 p.m. to 6 p.m.: Holmes County Tobacco Cessation Classes, (second Wednes-day of every month) at Doctors Memorial Hospi-tal. For more information,

call James Lewis at 850-224-93407 p.m.: Depression and Bipolar Support Group meets at First Baptist Church educational annex building in Bonifay. Call 547-4397.

THURSDAY

9 a.m. to 11 a.m.: Amazing Grace Church USDA Food Distribution, every third Thursday (Holmes County residents only). For more information, call 547-0190.9 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Money Sense at Goodwill Career Training Center; all 638-0093; every third Thursday9 a.m. to 1 p.m.: First Thursday Benefi ts program staff will be at Washington County Council on Aging. For more information, call 850-638-6216.10 a.m.: Holmes County Council on Aging Games and Activities. For more information, call 850-547-234510:30a.m.: Letter Learners; Washington County Public Library, Sunny Hills Branch. For more information, call 850-638-131411 a.m.: Holmes County Council on Aging senior lunch. For more informa-tion, call 850-547-234511:30 a.m.: Washington Council on Aging (Chipley) senior dining; For res-ervations, call 638-6216. Donations accepted.Noon: Washington County Chamber of Commerce luncheon (every third Thursday) at Northwest Florida Community Hospi-tal Specialty Center.Noon to 2 p.m.: Holmes County Tobacco Cessa-tion Classes fourth (fi rst Thursday of every month) at Holmes County Health

Department. For more information, call James Lewis at 850-224-934012:30 p.m. Washington Council on Aging (Chipley) BINGO. For more infor-mation, call Andrea at 850-638-62161 p.m.: Care Givers Support group, third Thursday of each month at the First Presbyterian Church on 5th Street in Chipley. For more information, call Recie Cul-pepper at 850-566-2553.2 p.m.: Writers Group meets the fi rst Thursday of each month (unless a holi-day) at the Chipley Library3 p.m.: Holmes County Historical Society (second Thursday of each month). The public is invited to attend.5:30 p.m.: Chemical Addiction Recovery Effort group Caryville Baptist Church Fellowship Hall. For more information, call 850-326-0886.5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.: Washington County Tobacco Cessation Classes (second Thursday of each month) at Wash-ington County Health Department. For more information, call James Lewis at 850-224-93406 p.m. to 8 p.m.: Wash-ington Council on Aging in Chipley Advanced Line dancing. For more infor-mation, call Andrea at 850-638-62167 p.m.: T.O.P.S. Library Annex Building 330 Harvey Etheridge Street in Bonifay. Call Linda Fowler for more information at 547-36557 p.m.: William Dunaway Chapter of the National Society Sons of the American Revolution (fi rst Thursday of each month) at Jim Buffet and Grill in Marianna

FRIDAY

6 a.m.: Men’s Breakfast and Bible Study at Hickory Hill Baptist Church in Westville.9:30 a.m.: Make Way for Playday at the WCPL Chipley Brach. For more information call 850-638-1314.10 a.m. to noon: Holmes Council on Aging provides bingo, exercise, games, activities, hot meals, and socialization. For more infor-mation call 850-547-2345.10 a.m.: Washington County Council on Aging (Chi-pley) exercise. For more information call Andrea at 850-638-6216.10 a.m. – 2 p.m.: Washington County Historical Society open. For more informa-tion call Dorothy Odom at 850-638-0358.10:30 a.m.: Washington County Public Library (Chi-pley) "Knitting with Looms" third Friday every month. For more information call 850-638-1314.11 a.m.: Holmes County Council on Aging senior lunch for more information call 850-547-234511:30 a.m.: Washington Council on Aging (Chipley) senior dining; For reser-vations, call Andrea at 850-638-6216. Donations accepted.3:30 p.m.: Bead Class every second Friday at Laurden-Davis Art Gallery. For more information, call 703-0347.6 p.m. to 8 p.m.: 50+ senior singles, widowed or divorced meet on the last Friday of the month at Eastside Baptist Church. Come join the fun for games, prizes and snacks. For more information, call 850-272-6611.8 p.m.: Alcoholics Anony-mous open meeting at Chipley Presbyterian Church.

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W ell-respected U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle called the consequences of a poorly crafted state law “an administrative nightmare.” And, yet,

the legislation has poleaxed the voter-approved constitutional amendment meant to restore voting rights to felons who complete their sentences.

Now, these ex-felons are unsure whether they can vote, whether they owe any money, and, if so, how much — or how in the world they can find out. Clerks of court are unable to figure out whether the ex-felons are eligible because of a sketchy state Department of Corrections (DOC) system. And elections supervisors are using voter registration forms that are different from confusingly rewrit-ten ones used by Florida’s Department of State.

Hinkle’s alarming observation came last week as he was presiding over a hearing on a federal lawsuit from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the other voter rights groups. They’re asking Hinkle for a quick stop to the law, which went into effect July 1, until their larger challenge of the law’s constitutionality can be resolved.

The judge ought to conclude what has already become clear to many: that the statute was con-ceived in bad faith, and has created such a mess that it should be scrapped as soon as possible.

The implementation law, fashioned along party lines by the Republican-controlled Legislature and signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, requires freed felons to pay all court fines, fees and restitution before being eligible to vote — finan-cial conditions that come uncomfortably close to being a modern poll tax, that scandalous inven-tion of the Jim Crow South that kept generations of black Americans away from the ballot box.

We don’t believethese barriers are what 65 percent of Florida voters thought they were vot-ing for last year when they approved Amend-ment 4, which aimed to erase one of the longest-running voter-suppression laws in the United States — a lifetime ban on voting for ex-felons unless they received a commutation from the governor and the Florida Cabinet.

Dan Smith, a University of Florida politi-cal science professor, testified he had iden-tified nearly 550,000 people who had completed their sentences. More than 80 percent owed some outstanding legal finan-cial obligation of $500 to $5,000.

The new law has created such outrage that prosecutors in Florida’s four largest counties are actually scrambling to find an end run around it. They’re looking to separate an ex-felon’s fees and fines from his sentence, turning them into civil penalties or community service hours. Hinkle should strike down GOP lawmakers’ unjust and unworkable assault on Amendment 4.

But until matters are settled in court, the state’s four-member clemency board should listen to Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, the only Democrat among them, and get busy restoring civil rights to more than 10,000 ex-offenders on a waiting list.

Fried has called on her fellow members — DeSantis, Attorney General Ashley Moody and Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis — to use the board’s powers as it did under Gov. Charlie Crist.

A version of this editorial first appeared in the Palm Beach Post, a sister paper with GateHouse Media.

Clemency board needs to get busy

My one year ago story

If you’re from the Florida Panhandle - or have friends who are - you’ll see a lot of “One year ago...” posts. That’s because sec-ond only to 9/11 (third after that and the shooting of JFK for those who are old enough to remem-ber 1963), I daresay Hurricane Michael is the event that stands out most for us in the “I remem-ber exactly where I was when...” conversation. Only it wasn’t a split second, nor a span of minutes or even hours. This event brought aftereffects still seen now, a year later. It’s little wonder we want to share our stories. Here’s mine.

I was sitting by my daughter’s bedside at Children’s of Alabama as she was receiving chemo. Back home, my oldest two daughters, both nurses, were in the midst of caring for patients they had evacuated from the facility where they worked in Panama City. They communicated with me until they couldn’t - experiencing the Category 5 storm as a Cat 3 when it hit the city they had evacuated to 90 miles away from the direct hit. Their story is amazing, but it’s not mine to tell - and I would just get sidetracked by telling you all how incredibly proud I am of them both. If you know Amber Leighanne Patino or Taylor Nicole

Perryman, you should ask them about it sometime.My son was with Amber and Taylor’s signifi-cant others, and it would be days before I could reach any of them or my brother or elderly parents. I had to trust in God that they were safe, trust in the preparations they had made ahead of the threat. Meanwhile, I continued to sit with my child as she received her cancer treatment - and remotely served in my position as Public Information Officer for Holmes County Sheriff’s Office, as well as in the same capacity for Holmes County Emergency Management, as requested by the state’s action team. I churned out press releases, social media posts, and other updates for both agencies. While other communication systems were down, I took messages from Facebook and Twitter and relayed them to the amazing HCSO dis-patchers so that requests for well-ness checks and for food, water, and medical attention were routed to the correct people. I say all that to say this: What I saw from my co-workers during this time was nothing short of extraordinary. The Sheriff, deputies, dispatch-ers, jail staff, and even office staff worked around the clock, catch-ing what brief sleep they could to ensure the safety and security of the county. In addition to “normal

duties,” they delivered food and water and helped clear roadways and other areas of debris. Holmes County’s EMA, EMS, firefight-ers, and prison staff did the same.Rank, scheduled off time - None of that mattered. Everyone pulled together for the good of the com-munity. Meanwhile, their families did what they had to do to hold down their respective households, understanding the nature of the job. I can’t imagine what kind of strength that takes, especially for young mothers. As everyone kept going, doing what had to be done, I kept thinking about Fred Rogers telling the story of how his mother would always say of scary events that we should look for the helpers, look for the ones running toward the danger to keep others safe. This time last year, none of us had to look any farther than our own community. And as we con-tinue to recover from the monster that was Hurricane Michael - even though the rest of the nation was quick to forget - I know many of us fear having to live that night-mare again. But take comfort in knowing that if we once again see disaster coming, our helpers are not far behind, faithful and ready to keep our community safe.

Carol Wyatt Bonifay

L E T T E R T O T H E E D I T O R

I n 2017, Rene Perez, of 28-time Grammy and Latin Grammy Awards winner

Puerto Rican band Calle 13, documented his journey to connect the results of an ances-try DNA test to his personal development as a musician.

In the documentary, the troubadour Residente (a Span-ish noun meaning "resident") awakens a universal story of the resilience of people press by wars and attacks, and the continual trauma that awakens the inner fight all but buried in each person individually. From it all, he made songs.

As the women wailed from the six percent of Native American ancestry (by way of bitter-cold Mongolia), the drummers drummed dust from the depressed grounds of West Africa - from which Residente traced 10 percent of his ances-try. The remainder of his DNA came from Eastern European countries and Spain, culminat-ing with the continuous cav-alcade of percussive sounds that is distinct to Puerto Rico.

The essence of his music was simple: The pressures people endure as a collective can be managed when people unify; individually, each person has the opportunity to wage a sure fight to become better than the circumstances they find themselves in collectively.

The rising of the rose out of the concrete - so to speak - is available to the individual and the collective. The music told the story of resilience.

Washington and Holmes counties know what resil-iency is. Unless we forget:

Washington County's Madi-son "the dragon slayer" Wilson is now a Chipley High School senior after panting a fiery breath of fight against the suf-focating threats of cancer.

Holmes County's Angela Steely held tight to a search for a kidney transplant - and is now mov-ing forward in great health.

This kind of resiliency is a col-lective tone for both counties.

The area's gem, the 79 Cor-ridor, which ties Bonifay, Holmes, and Washington counties to a boundless eco-nomic development, is not only fully-funded, but is has an authority that is recognized as its own governmental entity.

To be clear, in order to achieve substantial growth, it is more than a matter of holding out until things change, as Executive

Director of Washington County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Ted Everett preached at the start of storm recovery efforts. Each city, county, or entity would need to actively pursue their goals, he said. And he was right. Now a debt-free Washington County is on its way to establishing a regional disas-ter complex to serve the Pan-handle and neighboring states.

Holmes County is upgrading its jail, pursuing a new emer-gency medical services station, undergoing numerous road improvement projects, and moving toward implement-ing a multi-hundred thousand dollar beautification plan.

Out of unfortunate events that strike at the individual and the collective, from drug abuse problems to natural disasters, our communities still find the heart to host rodeos, plant trees, celebrate the opening of new businesses in downtowns, throw huge festivals, the list goes on.

Much like Residente, and the snapshots of stories I covered here in Washington and Holmes counties, as I move on to continue my own journalistic journey to something unknown - some-thing special that came out of struggle and difficult circum-stances - I look forward to crack-ing the concrete and watching the dust dance beneath my feet.

Thank you.

Resilience: Drum and wail on

Jacqueline BostickJacqueline Bostick

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CHATTAHOOCHEE — B u i l t o n t h e b l u f f s overlooking the Apala-chicola River and Lake Seminole, not far from the Georgia state line, Florida’s State Hospi-tal is a treasure trove of Florida history.

One of the gems in that treasure trove is the Apalachicola Arse-nal Museum, part of the h o s p i t a l ’ s s p r a w l i n g campus.

The Florida Channel recently featured the Apalachicola Arsenal Museum on the Florida Channel’s Historical Markers series.

T i e d t o t h e A r s e -nal Museum in many ways is Linda Kranert, museum coordinator and grants specialist with the Florida Department of Children and Families. Kranert arrived in Chat-tahoochee in 1992 when her husband took the position of general coun-sel at the hospital.

Kranert landed a job as a medical unit supervisor and during orientation visited what was then referred to as the “mat-tress factory,” one of the many uses for the build-ing over the years.

Kranert fell in love with the dilapidated building, though it was slated for demolition. She soon started boning up on the building’s history.

Built as a powder mag-azine from 1832 to 1839, the building is one of three remaining build-ings from the original complex.

The former officer’s quarters are now part of

the hospital’s adminis-trative buildings and the former carriage shop, where cannons were stored, is now a music therapy building.

Kranert was instru-mental in finding funding to restore the former powder magazine.

“There’s too much his-tory to just let go,” said Kranert, who convinced hospital administrators to seek grant funding to restore the old building.

The magazine was one of three buildings located just outside the original Apalachicola Arsenal, a federal armory built during the height of the Second Seminole

War. The arsenal origi-nally featured several

b u i l d i n g s s h e l t e r e d behind a 9-foot-high,

30-inch-thick perim-eter wall that encircled

the four-acre complex. The arsenal contained a five-story shot tower along with workshops, storage areas, barracks, officers’ quarters and other buildings within the wall; but two powder magazines and a settler’s store were built outside, according to historian Dale Cox.

T h e a r s e n a l a n d its valuable stores of gunpowder, paper car-tridges, muskets and cannon were comman-deered by Florida militia troops just days before the state seceded from the Union in January 1861.

Three months later, Southern forces fired on Fort Sumter in South Carolina, starting the Civil War.

A f t e r t h e w a r , t h e powder magazine did service as a mattress fac-tory, morgue and wooden coffin factory.

Though Kranert later moved to Orlando, she r e t u r n e d t o C h a t t a -hoochee and picked up where she left off.

O f f i c i a l l y a p a r t -time employee, Kranert devotes countless volun-teer hours to the museum, which serves as a com-munity center, hosting monthly Lunch and Learn sessions, art exhibits and a collection of museum and hospital-related his-torical exhibits.

“I truly hate to see historic areas fall apart and history forgotten,” Kranert said. “I do what I do for the community because I like to see it become alive again and to bring joy to those who live here.”

Treasure trove of history waits in former arsenal

This historical marker is in front of the Apalachicola Arsenal Museum, which is on the grounds of the old Florida State Hospital in Chattahoochee. [CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS]

This young museum visitor was caught admiring and touching one of the cannon balls found at the old arsenal, a portion of which has been transformed into a museum on the grounds of the old Florida State Hospital in Chattahoochee. [CONTRIBUTED PHOTO]

One exhibit inside of the Apalachicola Arsenal Museum is of these toilets from the fi rst penitentiary, which was on the same grounds. [CONTRIBUTED PHOTO]

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By K. William Boyer Washington County News and Holmes County Times |850-638-0212 ext. 4006 [email protected]

WASHINGTON COUNTY — Washington County News would like to congratulate the honor roll students of Wash-ington County Christian Schools on their achieve-ment for the first quarter of the academic school year.

A c c o r d i n g t o t h e i r w e b s i t e , W C C S w a s organized in 1995. The school is is a private, nondenominational, n o n p r o f i t C h r i s t i a n school with high aca-demic standards from a Christian perspective. Students from K3-12th

grade use the Abeka curriculum emphasizing a solid structured pro-gram building towards college preparation. in addition to their normal studies in English, math, science, and social stud-ies, the school said they also offer a full program of art, music, as well as a developing sports pro-gram as well as a bible program.

"Along with Bible sto-ries, students of all ages memorize a significant amount of Scripture and learn traditional gospel s o n g s , " t h e s c h o o l ' s website said. "Our goal is to reach all students with the gospel message and lay a solid foundation for their lives."

From WCCS, please

join WCN in congratulat-ing the following:

First Grade A’s• Adrian Brock• Allison Hobby• Zaire Kuchy• Annslee Newton• Janelle Pettis• Emma Shannon• Kyla Walker• First Grade A/B’s• Summer Hadley• Gracelyn Pierce

Second Grade A’s• Maci Dickens• Avery Rotello• Second Grade A/B’s• Arabella Barajas• Hudson Cleveland

• Easton French• Aiden Jackson• Jake Motos• Kensington Naker• Graem Odom• Edward Thornton

Third Grade A’s• Hailey Baker• Jaci Dickens• Jake Finch• Blake Motos• Chianne Savell• Armanii Simmons• Ethan Williams

Third Grade A/B’s• Noah Boles• Robbie Boyette• Ryan Hall• Jaylianna Ortiz

• Kyndal Owen• Jacob Stevenson

Fourth Grade A’s• Mercee Rutherford• Teddi Thornton• Analee Woodham• Fourth Grade A/B’s• Gabriel Halderson• Janiya Ortiz• Hannah Perez• Hunter Whittal

Fifth Grade A’s• Lydia Palmer• Fifth Grade A/B’s• Emalee Souders• Ava Stevenson

Sixth Grade A’s• Hayden Bennett• Alaina Finch

• Emma Hill• Brenlea Thornton• Sixth Grade A/B’s• Douglas Wolter

Seventh Grade A’s• Isabella Thornton• Seventh Grade A/B’s• Peyton Whittal• Madilyn Hill• Nate Motos• Carson Thornton

Tenth Grade A/B’s• Kaylen Hagan• Sydney Hagan• Raelynn Simpson

E l e v e n t h G r a d e A/B’sBrandi RegisterT-welfth Grade A/B’sLogan Curry

Washington County Schools salute honor roll students

COMMUNITY AND SCHOOLS

October

17: Report cards go home30 – November 1: Fall Break – Students, Teachers & 10 M. Non-Instructional Personnel OUT

November

4: Classes Resume27-29: All Personnel OUT27: Paid Holiday for Teachers

December

23 – January 2, 2020: 12 Mo. Personnel Out

January 2020

6: Classes Resume for

Students & All Personnel return to work9: Report Cards Go Home20: Students & All Person-nel OUT/Paid Holiday fro Teachers

February

17: Students & All Person-nel OUT/Paid Holiday for Teachers

March

10: End of 3rd Grading Period20: Early Release Day/Pro-fessional Development17: Report Cards GO Home23-27: Spring Break – Stu-dents & All Personnel OUT30: Classes Resume

2 0 1 9 - 2 0 2 0 H O L M E S C O U N T Y S C H O O L C A L E N DA R

“Trivia Fun” with Wilson Casey, Guinness World Record Holder from Wood-ruff, S.C., is published in more than 500 newspa-pers across the country. Comments, questions or suggestions? [email protected]

1. How many inches wide is a standard gymnastics balance beam?3, 4, 5, 62. Steamers, long-necks and cherrystones are types

of?Lobsters, Scallops, Floun-der, Clams3. Where is “Up in Annie’s room” on a dartboard?Double bullseye, Triple 5, Double 1, Triple 94. Whose common-law spouse was Deborah Read Rogers?Hancock, Hamilton, Frank-lin, Jefferson5. Where is the Automotive Hall of Fame?Michigan, Ohio, New York, Toronto6. Which of these isn’t called an ocean?Mediterranean, Southern, Indian, Atlantic ANSWERS: 1. 4, 2. Clams, 3. Double 1, 4. Franklin (Ben), 5. Michigan (Dearborn), 6. Mediterranean (Sea)

T R I V I A F U N

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STATE AND REGIONAL

One year aft er Hurri-cane Michael, county looking at problem-atic properties

By Jim Thompson315-4445 | @[email protected]

PANAMA CITY — Subtly but surely, Bay County officials are making property owners aware that building code enforcement is coming back, one year after Hurricane Michael devastated a wide swath of the eastern Florida Panhandle.

Bay County was particu-larly hard-hit by the Category 5 storm as it blew ashore on Oct. 10, 2018. In Panama City, the vast majority of structures were either damaged or destroyed by the storm. Additionally, Tyn-dall Air Force Base, a major local employer and economic driver, was all but destroyed, although it is clawing back toward even-tually hosting as many as three squadrons of F-35 stealth fighter jets. Yet even today, a drive across the county reveals many buildings still roofed with blue tarps, Federal Emergency Management Agency sites still hosting residents in trailers, and other people still in makeshift living arrangements.

As residents have struggled to make their own homes livable, or

have relied on other temporary living situations, code enforce-ment hasn’t necessarily been a particular focus of county government. But a year after the storm, that laissez-faire approach is being modified.

“We are going to have to start doing code enforcement again,” Valerie Sale, Bay Coun-ty’s communications director, said Monday. But, she added, as those efforts ramp up, “our intention is to be as compas-sionate as we can.”

An initial focus for the county, Sale said, will be addressing bank-owned homes — residences that have come into banks’ inventories

as the result of foreclosure sales — along with abandoned properties. The first step in addressing those situations, Sale said, will be to contact the property owners to determine their intentions for those prop-erties. Doing so likely will take some time, Sale explained, due to the “significant amount of due process (legal requirements) involved.”

Addressing a more specific circumstance, Sale said the county is continuing to work with Shelly Summers and her husband, Sam, who in the days after Hurricane Michael opened up their rural acreage off Camp-flowers Road, a dozen miles

northeast of Panama City, to people needing a place to stay. In the intervening months, the property became an assemblage of tents and other temporary structures, along with an out-door showering facility and portable toilets.

At its most densely populated, the Summers’ tract was home to three dozen people, all fed by the couple, and Shelly Summers estimates that since the hurri-cane, the property has hosted a total of 100 people.

As of last week, about a half-dozen people were living on the property, and Shelly Summers said she and her husband would continue to welcome any indi-vidual or family displaced by the hurricane, as long as they are willing to abide by three simple rules: “No drinking, no drugs, no drama.” Summers is work-ing to transform the tract into a more permanent housing solu-tion for people displaced by the hurricane. However, her latest plan, including an architect’s documentation, was rejected by the county, fueling unfounded rumors that Bay County officials were moving to shut down the campsite.

One concern for the county, according to Sale, is that the tract is within the watershed for Deer Point Reservoir, the county’s primary water source,

and additional development creates the potential for pollut-ing the reservoir. Sale rejected suggestions that the county has been looking specifically to close down the Campflowers Road site. But she did point out that there are other potential resources available for people living on the property, or con-sidering the possibility of living there. “We certainly want to help those folks,” Sale said. Some nonprofit organizations, and FEMA, have visited the campsite, she noted.

Also available to residents of the site and to the wider com-munity, Sale pointed out, is the Community Resource Center. Housed in the Bay County Library, the center is a one-stop-shop for connecting people with a number of nonprofit organiza-tions that can provide assistance in hurricane recovery and other needs, Sale explained.

In the meantime, Sale said, the county is “still very much trying to have a dialogue” with Summers.

For her part, Summers is not yet particularly concerned about county action against her proposal.

“They turned down the cur-rent blueprints, but not the whole project, that I’m aware of,” Summers said in a Monday text message.

Bay County ramping up code enforcement

The News HeraldStaff reports

FOUNTAIN — The Bay County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a man who attempted to rob a Fountain pastor at gunpoint Sunday.

According to the sheriff’s

o f f i c e , t h e m a n h u n t f o r R a y m e G o d -f r e y w a s s t i l l u n d e r -way Monday morning.

A s h e r i f f ’ s o f f i c e p r e s s

r e l e a s e s t a t e s G o d f r e y allegedly attempted to rob the pastor of First Baptist Church of Fountain at gun-point around 8:49 a.m. on Sunday.

He was interrupted by a female parishioner who called 911 as Godfrey ran

into a nearby wooded area.Law enforcement is cur-

rently looking for him in the Singer Road area near the Bay County/Washington County line.

The sheriff’s office is working with the Washing-ton County Sheriff’s Office

and the Florida Highway Patrol. Bay County Emer-g e n c y S e r v i c e s i s a l s o providing assistance.

Anyone with information on the location of Godfrey is asked to call 911. He is still considered armed and dangerous.

Search underway for man who tried to rob Fountain pastor at gunpoint

Godfrey

Reessie, who declined to give her last name, stands in front of her makeshift dwelling at Shelly Summers’ tent community in her backyard on Thursday. Before moving into the tent, Reessie was living in her truck. [JOSHUA BOUCHER/THE NEWS HERALD]

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SPORTS

By Tyler Waldrep@tylerwaldrep [email protected]

There wasn’t much for Florida State coach Willie Tag-gart to smile about after No. 2 Clemson (6-0, 4-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) handed the Seminoles (3-3, 2-2 ACC) a 45-14 loss on Saturday. Per-haps the only good thing that came out of it was the laps the team ran on Sunday.

“Marvin (Wilson) made the team run yesterday for pout-ing, for having their head down on the sideline because that’s what we said we weren’t going to do,” Taggart said. “So, hold-ing his teammates accountable to what we said we were going to do was big.

“And guys, they did what he asked them to do. We’re going to run for this. I’m like, yes! Hell, I’ll run with you.”

After last year’s 59-10 loss to Clemson, Taggart said he felt like some of his players quit on the team during the game. Florida State trailed the Tigers by 28 points at the half both last year and on Saturday.

In 2018, the Seminoles seemed to show up late to their next two games as well. Both North Carolina State and Notre Dame scored 17 unanswered points to start the game. Those teams led 27-14 and 32-6 after the first half.

To be fair, the Wolfpack and the Irish were both ranked, No. 21 and No. 3, respectively. So it wasn’t shocking to see the Seminoles drop both of those games.

On Monday, Taggart said his players had already left the latest loss to the Tigers in the past.

“We have leaders on this team that won’t allow what happened last year to happen again,” Taggart said. “And again, we saw that yester-day in practice. Just the way Marvin Wilson and James (Blackman) and those guys stepped up, Cory Durden, and things they were saying to their teammates.”

W i l s o n , i n p a r t i c u -lar, seemed to impress his

head coach with his vocal leadership.

“To see a guy like Marvin Wilson, who we all see go out and give 100 percent every single game, stand up and chal-lenge his teammates to play for that Seminole on their chest, that was great to see,” Tag-gart said, “and (he) demanded that nobody go out there and

not play for that Seminole head that’s on their chest.”

The Florida State coach said he was also proud of the fight he saw out of his defense at the end of the second quarter starting with safety Hamsah Nasirildeen’s interception of Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence at the Florida State 36-yard line.

The Tigers got the ball back almost immediately, but they failed to score despite running three plays inside the Florida State 5-yard line. An intercep-tion gave Clemson the ball back at the FSU 15-yard line, but the defense held once again and forced Clemson into a missed 24-yard field goal attempt.

Based on Taggart’s remarks,

the film-watching session ended there.

“We kind of watched the first half of the Clemson game and just seeing the mistakes that we made, and then we bury that film and moved on to Wake Forest,” Taggart said.

Speaking of the Demon Deacons (5-1, 1-1 ACC), they dropped out of the Associated Press Top 25 (they were No. 19) after they fell 62-59 to Louisville on Saturday.

Only 32 teams in the coun-try are rushing for more yards per game than Wake Forest (209.5). The Demon Deacons also move pretty quickly. Their offense averages 14.8 more plays per game than Florida State.

“It’s pretty unique in what they’re doing,” Taggart said. “They’re running the zone read but it’s really slow. The tailback and the mesh with the tailback and quarterback is really slow in how they do it, and you’ve got to be disci-plined. If you get out of a gap, the running back’s going to crease you or the quarterback will take off and run.”

FSU leaves latest loss in the past

Florida State head coach Willie Taggart watches his team before the start of an NCAA college football game against Clemson Saturday in Clemson, S.C. [AP PHOTO/RICHARD SHIRO]

Clemson’s Travis Etienne (9) runs out of the tackle attempt by Florida State’s Akeem Dent during the fi rst half of an NCAA college football game Saturday in Clemson, S.C. [AP PHOTO/RICHARD SHIRO]

By Stephen WhynoThe Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Thanks to some superb pitching, the countdown is on to the Wash-ington Nationals' first World Series appearance in franchise history.

Up 2-0 on the St. Louis Car-dinals in the NL Championship Series after near no-hitters from Aníbal Sánchez and Max Scherzer, the Nationals turn to historically strong playoff pitcher Stephen Strasburg in Game 3 Monday with the change to take a stranglehold.

"They're getting quick outs. They're constantly ahead in counts," Nationals closer Sean Doolittle said Sunday. "Those kinds of things are kind of things that, when you're down there in the bullpen, you see that, and you feed off that energy. So

when your number gets called, you basically want to do the same thing. You want to pick up where they left off and get the ball to the next guy."

Washington has used just seven pitchers in its first seven postseason games, a startling figure in an era of quick triggers and rotating relievers: Scherzer, Strasburg, Sánchez, Doolittle, projected Game 4 starter Pat-rick Corbin and relievers Daniel Hudson and Tanner Rainey.

It has worked so far. But manager Dave Martinez can't guarantee he's able to keep the same rotation throughout the rest of this series and beyond.

"I'm hoping that this contin-ues, but there might become a moment where somebody goes five or six innings and we have to do something else," Martinez said. "When that happens, we'll have the matchups ready for the

in-game decisions."Strasburg takes a 1.32 career

postseason ERA to the mound for the first Championship Series game in the nation's capital. The big right-hander, making the organization's much-criticized 2012 Strasburg Shutdown look better over time, is 2-0 in the playoffs this fall.

"For me, it's trying to focus on what you can control, disre-gard what you cannot control," Strasburg said. "And that really comes down to executing a game plan, taking it one pitch at a time, and just trying to make as many good pitches as possible and letting the chips fall as they may."

St. Louis batters swung and missed at 11 pitches in the opener and 21 in Game 2. The Cardinals look perplexed at the plate not long after putting up 10 runs in the first inning of their

Division Series clincher against Atlanta. St. Louis totaled one run and four hits — just one for extra bases— in the first two games against Washington and is batting .070.

"There's a little bit of we could do a little better, but the other side of that is they've done really good," third baseman Matt Car-penter said. "On our side we've got to find a way. It isn't going to get any easier."

Cardinals manager Mike Shildt refused to reveal his Game 3 lineup until Monday. It's possible he makes a tweak, but after analytics showed his hit-ters aren't chasing the ball out of the strike zone at a higher rate, St. Louis is ready to stay the course without major changes.

"I understand we're in a sprint mode with being in a series like this, but also trusting your guys is pretty important," Shildt

said in the visiting clubhouse Sunday. "One play, one thing could turn this thing completely around. We believe that, and we feel comfortable and confident with how this series will go."

Teams that have taken a 2-0 lead on the road in a best-of-seven series have gone on to win 88% of the time in MLB history. The first step toward bucking those odds for St. Louis is sending 23-year-old ace Jack Flaherty to the mound in Game 3, and there's no short-age of belief in what he can do in what should be a raucous atmosphere.

"He's in a big spot, but I don't think there's any spot too big for him," St. Louis center fielder Dexter Fowler said. "We've had our back against the wall basi-cally all season. We've come back and excelled. That's what we're accustomed to doing."

Strasburg on hill as Nats seek 3-0 NLCS lead

WCN/HCTA staff report

W A S H I N G T O N A N D H O L M E S C O U N T I E S - Sports. It's one of those things that all Americans - regard-less of our diversities - will

get behind. And in Washing-ton and Holmes Counties, not only will we get behind it, but we are engulfed in it.

Washington County News and Holmes County Times-Advertiser are currently

searching for an energetic sports writer to cover high school football and other sports in both counties. If you are interested, contact the editor at

jbostick@chipleypaper.

com or 850-630-6167.In the meantime: Due to

limited staffing, we regret we are not able to make all the local sporting events, but we welcome any help ensur-ing Holmes and Washington

County athletes are recog-nized for their hard work! If you have sports photos or stats you'd like to share with your fellow fans, please send information to: [email protected].

WCN/HCTA seeks Sports Writer

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REFLECTIONSLOOKING BACK IN THE HOLMES COUNTY NEWS:Here’s a glance at the top stories for October 17, 1958

Source:www.onthisday.com

1758

Noah Webster, lexicographer (Web-ster's Dictionary), born in West Hartford, Connecticut (d. 1843)

1847

Charlotte Brontë's book "Jane Eyre" published1859

Abolitionist John Brown leads 21 in raid on federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Viringia

1875

Brigham Young University is founded in Provo, Utah.

1916

Margaret Sanger opens 1st birth control clinic in the US at 46 Amboy St, Brooklyn1924

American writer ("Gone with the Wind") Margaret Mitchell divorces 1st husband Berrien (Red) Upshaw

1936

Lou Gehrig, is voted AL MVP by BBWAA

1939

George Kaufman and Moss Hart's "The Man Who Came to Dinner" pre-mieres in NYC, running until 1941 for 739 performances

1940

Dave DeBusschere, NBA forward (NY Knick)/last ABA commissioner, born in Detroit, Michigan

1942

Aaron Copland and Agnes de Mille's ballet "Rodeo," premieres in NYC

1957

Queen Elizabeth & Prince Philip visits Williamsburg Virginia

1959

George Marshall, US army general, dies at 78

1968

Americans Tommie Smith (gold 19.83 WR) and John Carlos (bronze) famously give the Black Power salute on the 200m medal podium during the Mexico City Olympics

O N T H I S DAY

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Holmes County Times-Advertiser | Wednesday, October 16, 2019 B1

CELEBRATE COMMUNITY

By Hazel Wells Tison

I t’s been too hot and dry this summer for fish-ing to be much good,

plus we aren’t physically up to the rigors of a river fishing trip, but we can still reminisce about fish-ing trips of the past.

In our early married years, we often went fish-ing on Saturday, usually with my husband’s brother, Tom, the career fisherman. I don’t mean he fished for money. I mean he lived in such a way that nothing interfered with his fishing.

All we had to do to get ready was gather some worms the evening before, pack some sardines or Vienna sausage and crack-ers, get up before the crack of dawn and be off. If we went to Berry Hewett Land-ing, Morrison Springs, Pine log Creek or Spears Fish Camp, all we needed was a cane pole, earthworms or red worms, some no. 6 hooks, a few extra corks, line, and lead sinkers (for me) and rods & reels, plas-tic worms, and flies for the

fly rod. We could rent a boat and paddle at one of the locations for a dollar or dollar and a half a day if we got there early enough.

After the children came along, my days of fish-ing were very limited, but the Tison men still enjoyed the freedom of renting a skiff whenever they chose to fish or they fished from the bank. Before too long, however, the rental boats disappeared as more and more people owned their own. Jack’s first boat was a one-man boat that he built himself from a design used (maybe invented) by Mr. Terrell Creel.

It is in two parts that fasten together with gate hinges and can be carried by one strong man to the trunk of the car and trans-ported to the fishing spot. I had thought that Uncle Jim Brock had perfected that unique design so that Aunt Jessie could drive him to the river and pick him up in her car (He didn’t drive), but Mr. Creel corrected me on that misconception. Uncle Jim borrowed Mr. Creel’s

originally designed boat and never returned it, so he just built himself another one. My Dad always said that if Uncle Jim missed a day going fishing, he’d have to go twice the next day.

Then Jack got more ambi-tious and built himself a 12 foot wooden skiff

And bought a 3.5 horse-power Evinrude motor from the late Wallace Donaldson. Then Later he upgraded to a 25 Horsepower Johnson which he and our sons or he and Coach Segers got a lot of use from, adding a trolling motor as finances allowed.

Then after our children were all out of the nest, finished college and on their own, he advanced to a 15 foot bass boat with a 45 HP Yamaha motor. Then a fishing trip became a major undertaking.

Finding a partner, get-ting the boat ready, check the motor which has been collecting dust for months,assemble tackle, life preservers, bait and etc took a day. After a fish-ing trip then there was the clean up: drain, clean and

store the boat and clean the catch if there was any.

I remember my first ever fishing trip. It was on my 5th birthday and Aunt Annie Ellis, not a real aunt but a little lady who lived with my grandparents for a long time, took me and my cousin Wilma to Gum Creek within walking dis-tance of our home. We only caught red eyes and perhaps a few red bugs and briar scratches, but it made indel-ible memory for me that at age five I was a significant person worthy of attention.

Jack relates a fishing story from his childhood. He and a friend slipped off from home and went fishing in one of the two “ponds” where Northdale Subdivi-sion is now located. It was close enough to home that they could hear the fam-ily calling and calling them, but they kept fishing. When they decided to go to the house they picked black-berries for awhile and ate them, smashing some and rubbing them on their lips and around their mouths, Then they returned home

to their parents angry ques-tions, “Where were you?” “We were picking blackber-ries” was Jack’s reply, but just then his friend came around the corner of the fence with his fishing pole over his shoulder and it was pay up time for Jack.

During my growing up years, a Wells fishing trip was mostly to the Choc-tawhatchee River usually to Dykes Eddy. Snoring earthworms was part of the ritual. Daddy would take a stake, drive it into the ground and rub the axe head over the “stob,” setting up a vibration that caused the earthworms to come to the surface. Finding the fat crawlers was more fun than any Easter egg hunt. I think Caryville still has their “Worm Fiddling Festival.”

Today about all we can manage is to buy a few worms or take some light bread and ball it up and go down to the family’s farm pond and tease the turtles, but that’s about more excitement than we can handle now. Fishing is mostly a pleasant memory.

H A P P Y C O R N E R

Going a-fi shing ain’t like it used to be

By Kevin [email protected]

CHIPLEY — The Westerner Apparal Shop celebrated its 40th Anniversary this year. The store, founded buy Rondey Sewell,opened in September 1979.

Rodney Sewell was just 21 when he opened his Western apparel shop in an old gas ser-vice station in September 1979.

He saw it as a way to supple-ment the hard life of farming

row crops and cattle. Forty years later he has a

thriving retail business, still carrying famous lines like Wrangler and Levi with which he started, as well as large selec-tion of top brand boots, hats and outdoor gear, all at his current Hwy. 90 location -- across the street from his first store-front. Now his family helps run this business, and he still farms cattle and crops!

Congratulations on your achieving 40 years of success!

Westerner celebrates 40 year anniversary

Right: The store held a customer appreciation event recently to celebrate the anniversary: pictured from left are: Paula Jones, Mika Collins, Rodney Sewell, daughters Erica Anderson and Jessica Vaughn (front), Dee Thomas and Jessica Thames. [CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS]

Above: An old photograph shows store founder Rodney Sewell on the fi rst day of his current Westerner location.

September 2019

Micah Keith Redmon and Angela Elaine Yost

Pippin Douglas Lance and

Taylor Elizabeth WalsinghamJustin Prentice Brannon and

Vanessa Katherine HamiltonMichael Lee Johnson and

Kristina Barbara Ann Roark

Dennis Odell Johnson and Joyce Mary Jochen

Hunter Wayne Outler and Adrienne Luebano

Matthew Tyler Ladon

Stephenson and Katie Michelle Odom

William Eugene Corbin Jr. and Carolyn Louise Harrison

Allison Buel Pitts and

Jennifer Lynn HainesJustin Ryan George and Leah

Kathryn MillerJW Garner and Tabatha

Leighvonne Holloway

H O L M E S C O U N T Y M A R R I AG E S

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B2 Wednesday, October 16, 2019 | Holmes County Times-Advertiser

By Melissa EricksonMore Content Now

A heart attack gender gap exists, and it’s kill-ing women. “Absolutely, there’s a gender gap,” said Dr. John Osborne, an American Heart Asso-ciation spokesman and director of cardiology at State of the Heart Cardiol-ogy in Dallas. Reasons for the disparity in awareness, diagnosis and treatment

include symptoms that are misunderstood or ignored as well as medical bias, Osborne said. Recently released research from the British Heart Foundation estimated that more than 8,200 women in England and Wales died between 2003 and 2013 as a result of receiving worse treatment than their male counter-parts for heart attacks. While the research focused on women in another

country, the gender gap affects women in the United States, too, Osborne said. Common killer Car-diovascular disease is so common that it kills 40% of Americans, Osborne said. It is the leading cause of death in America and in most developed countries. “Cardiovascular death kills more Americans than the next seven causes of death combined — and that includes cancer. Not to say

one disease is worse than another, but more women with breast cancer die from cardiovascular disease than from breast cancer,” Osborne said. The common symptoms of a heart attack include crushing pressure, tightness or squeezing in the chest or arms that may radiate to the neck or throat, nausea and sweat-ing. “Two-thirds of men suffer what I call the ‘Hol-lywood heart attack’ with these classic, textbook heart attack symptoms,” Osborne said. However, only one-third of women who have a heart attack exhibit these symptoms, Osborne said. Instead of the chest grab, the symp-toms women experience are often a little “suspi-cious,” he said.“They can be very non-specific. It can feel like fatigue, feel-ing tired, shortness of breath. In other words, it

can feel like everyday life. The symptoms are less in your face. It makes diag-nosis much more difficult,” Osborne said. Women can easily mistake these more subtle symptoms for the cold, flu or a virus, he said.

“There’s also system-atic bias,” Osborne said. Instead of diagnosing a possible heart attack, doctors may ask women experiencing these symp-toms if they feel panicked, stressed or upset. Age factor Tobacco use, high blood pressure, high cho-lesterol and diabetes/prediabetes are all risk factors of cardiovascular disease that can be con-trolled. Age cannot.“Age is the biggest, most powerful risk factor and it’s not fix-able,” Osborne said. The age factor also contributes to the heart attack gender gap. The risk of heart attack in men spikes around 55,

Osborne said. On the other hand, the risk of heart attack for women doesn’t increase sharply until 65, possibly because of hor-monal changes, he said. “Women are protected for about 10 extra years. The way people think about it is, there’s a sort of adverse bias. When a man of 45 experiences symptoms doctors are more likely to diagnose a heart attack than with a woman of 45,” Osborne said. Over time, the risk evens out, and by 65 the risk of heart attack is equal for men and women, he said.“Women should have a very low thresh-old. If you feel something you think may be a heart attack, get it checked out,” said Osborne, who has examined numerous female patients who thought they had a cold or the flu but an EKG test revealed they had suffered a heart attack.

Understanding the symptoms of heart attacks in women

FOOD & HEALTH

By Melissa EricksonMore Content Now

Parents are concerned with all kinds of dangers facing their children, from online bullying to buck-ling up in the car, but one topic is being overlooked, experts say. New research shows that a majority of parents do not consider children being hit by trains to be a problem, despite the fact that in the United States every five days a child is killed in a train collision.

"Parents don't really see it as an issue. Seven out of 10 parents are not con-cerned at all," said Morag MacKay, research director of Safe Kids Worldwide, a nonprofit working to pre-vent childhood injury.

The report, "Railroads: An Often Overlooked Danger to Children," highlights two main cir-cumstances that result in tragedies: collisions at railroad crossings and trespassing. Nearly all of these incidents are preventable.

Less than half of parents reported that they had even talked to their chil-dren about railroad safety, and an equal number said they didn't know whether the issue was covered in school. Half of parents also admitted to taking risks around railroads."I don't

think that it's consciously being overlooked," said Chantez Bailey, director of communications and marketing for Operation Lifesaver, the largest rail safety organization in the United States, founded by Union Pacific Railroad. "Sometimes it may just be a message that par-ents believe their children already know, and assume they completely under-stand the rail dangers on the tracks. "But we know we can't assume that our children are fully aware of the dangers. They may not understand that it's actu-ally illegal and considered trespassing to walk on the tracks. They may not real-ize how long it actually takes for a train to come to a complete stop," Bailey said."Railroad tracks are a right of way and pri-vate property. The No. 1 reason for this is safety," MacKay said. "Trains take a very long time to stop, about a mile, so if they can see you they can't stop on time."While commuter trains run at regularly scheduled times, freight trains are less predictable, she said. Many people are also not aware of a train's overhang, which is about three feet on either side of the tracks, MacKay said."For families that live near railroad cross-ings and cross regularly

as pedestrians, on bikes or in cars, when you are stopped by a train take it as a perfect opportunity to have a conversation about railroad safety. Talk about why we stop, why we don't try to go around the gates and what is safe behavior around tracks," MacKay said.Safe Kids and Union Pacific recommend the following tips to help prevent railroad-related injuries:

• Only cross train tracks at a designated crossing marked by a sign, lights or a gate.

• If lights are flashing or the gate is down at a rail-road crossing, wait for the train to pass completely, the gates to lift and the lights to stop flashing before crossing the tracks. Do not try to rush across and beat the train. Trains may be closer and faster than you think, or your car may stall or get stuck on the tracks.

• Allow enough space for your vehicle to completely clear the entire railroad crossing, not just the tracks, before you attempt to cross.

• Remember "heads up, devices down" when you cross the tracks.

• Don't be tempted to walk along the train tracks. It might be a shortcut, but it is dangerous and not worth the risk.

Basics of railroad crossing safety

Special to Holmes County Times

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Many people adhere to "clean" diets by only eating food in their natural state and avoiding processed foods. According to NPR, though these types of diets help people lose weight, there may be an unintended consequence. Orthorexia nervosa, a phenomenon coined by Dr. Steven Brat-man, describes the anxiety dieters feel as a result of their strict clean eating and how food preferences can take over people's lives. Dieters suffering from orthorexia nervosa might avoid certain social events in an effort to avoid a situ-ation where they won't be able to find the "right" foods. "People would think they should cut out all dairy and they should cut out all lentils, all wheat," said Bratman. "And it dawned

on me gradually that many of these patients, their primary problem was that they were ... far too strict with themselves."Sondra Kronberg, founder and executive director of the Eating Disorder Treat-ment Collaborative, says that, clean eating diets can be very healthy until they begin to interfere with one's quality of life. Although the eating disorder stems from the desire to eat clean, not to be thin, sometimes diet-ers with orthorexia nervosa will miss out on essential nutrients in an effort to be healthy. Those who suspect they might have orthorexia nervosa or another eating disorder should seek pro-fessional help and reach out to friends and family.

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Breaks and recover-ing from hibernationFor many, one's desire to exer-cise and their body's ability

to perform ebbs and flows. According to U.S. News and World Report, it's important to give yourself a break and listen to your body. When it's time to stop hibernating, however, here is a list of ways to think about working out that might help. Remember-ing the good times you had when you were working out and felt in-shape can help motivate you to get off the couch. Likewise, finding a community can push you along. To make the transi-tion back easier, switch up your routine and set a low bar for yourself. There's no reason to attempt an intense workout right away.

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By K. William BoyerWashington County News and Holmes County Times | 850-638-0212 ext. 4006 | kboyer@chipleypaper | @kboyerWHCNews

WASHINGTON AND HOLMES COUNTY — As part of our efforts for com-munity ountreach, we will be asking our readers to send in photos and sto-ries they find from around the community. If you have re out and about and you see something you think would make a great photo, take a a picture and send it in to us. We will consider featuring it in the paper and on our web-site. If you think you have a story that needs to be shared, contact our edi-tor, William Boyer, at [email protected] to discuss your idea.

Every Wednesday, we will feature photos by community photographers as part of our new feature, "Candid camera around Washington and Holmes County ."

Thanks to this weeks community photographers: Heather Rountree, Cheryll McCall, Chase Finch, Keith Hudson, Winston Hudson, Raquel Harris and Aimee Moss.

This photo of

community resident Racquel

Harris shows

what she said is her

morning view on

her property

in the community.

This photo of sunset over Chipley was taken by community resident Cheryl McCall. [CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS]

This photo which captures the spectacular sunset backdrop was taken by community resident Chase Finch.

This photo of an alley in downtown Chipley was taken by photographer Keith Hudson.

This photo of Wright’s Creek was taken by community photographer Winston Hudson.

Candid camera Around Washingtonand Holmes County

This photo of Cooks Mill Pond in Washington County was taken by community photographer Aimee Moss.

This morning sunset in Holmes County was taken by community photographer Heather Rountree.

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Wynell Arrant Paul, age 89, passed away October 5, 2019 in DeFu-niak Springs. Wynell was the daughter of John Angus Arrant and Mahala Padgett Arrant. She was a graduate of Ponce De Leon High School and lived her early years in Holmes County, moving to DeFuniak Springs when she was eighteen.

Wynell was pre-ceded in death by her parents, her husband Joel Paul Sr., one sis-ter Annie Ruth Arrant Gillis (Ray), one brother Angus G. Arrant, and two great grandsons.

Wynell is survived by two daughters, Margaret Boor (Wayne), of West End, North Carolina; Sarah Paul of Norcoss, Georgia; and one son Joel Paul Jr. (Darlene) of DeFuniak Springs, Florida; one sister Jes-sie Arrant Simmons (David) of Pensacola, Florida; six grandchil-dren, Brian, Joseph, Jennifer, Micah, David and McCaid; and seven great grandchildren; sister in law Joan Arrant.

A time of visitation was held from 1:00

- 2:00 PM, Wednes-day, October 9, 2019 at Clary-Glenn Funeral Home; 230 Park Avenue, DeFuniak Springs, Florida 32435. Funeral service was held at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, Octo-ber 9, 2019 at Clary-Glenn Funeral Home, with Reverend Dean Penzo and Reverend Tim Burnham officiating. Burial followed in Mag-nolia Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the First Baptist Church of DeFu-niak Springs, Florida, 216 Live Oak Ave E, DeFuniak Springs, Florida 32435. You may view obituaries, offer condolences and sign the guest book at www.clary-glenn.com. Clary-Glenn Funeral Homes & Crematory is entrusted with the arrangements.

W Y N E L L A . PA U L

Dorothy Kubay ‘Dot’ Carroll, age 95, of Boni-fay, Florida died Oct. 8, 2019. A graveside

service was held Satur-day, October 12, 2019. Peel Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

D O R O T H Y K . C A R R O L L

Mrs. Carol Ann Peters, 71 of Bonifay, Florida died on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019, at her home in Bonifay, Florida. Born Thursday, Sept. 30, 1948 in Indianapolis, Indiana, she was the daughter of the late Robert Hamke and the late Eva Cooney Hamke.

Surviving is her hus-band, Larry Peters of Bonifay, FL , brother, Robert Hamke, of NC, sister, Karen Sue Bakeeff of Orlando, FL.

Carol was a very lov-ing person. She always saw the best in everyone

and was willing to help anyone. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends.

Memorialization was by cremation with Sims Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

C A R O L A . P E T E R S

Linda Mae Register, age 75, of Bonifay, Flor-ida died Oct. 9, 2019.

A graveside service

was held Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. Peel Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

L I N DA M . R E G I S T E R

Mr. Ernie Lee Gil-lis, 61 of Westville, Florida died on Thurs-day, Oct. 10, 2019, at Southeast Health in Dothan, Alabama.

Mr. Gillis was born on Thursday, July 24, 1958 in Bonifay, Florida. He is preceded in death by his parents Make Gillis and Eula Forehand Gillis, brother, Lester Gillis and sister Carolyn Cooper.

Surviving is his wife of 41 years, Kim Cul-lifer Gillis of Westville, FL, son, Eric Gillis and wife Amber of Westville, FL, daughters, Heather Craft and husband Glenn of Westville, FL and Erica Purvis and husband Derrick of Samson, AL, brothers, Jimmy Gillis of West-ville, FL and Donny Gillis of Bonifay, FL; 6 grand children, Kaitlyn Craft, Darryl Purvis, Elisha Gillis, Zeke Gil-lis, Rylee Purvis, Gavyn Purvis and numerous

nieces and nephews.Mr. Gillis was loved

by his many fam-ily and friends.

A Funeral service was held at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019 at Mt. Pleasant Assem-bly of God Church with the Rev. Eric Gillis and Rev. James Lamb officiating. Interment was in Campground Cemetery, Westville, FL with Sims Funeral Home directing. The family received friends from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019, at Mt. Pleasant Assem-bly of God Church.

E R N I E L E E G I L L I S

OBITUARIES

Mrs. Wynelle Fore-hand Steele, age 85, of Bonifay, Florida passed away Oct. 7, 2019 at Bonifay Nurs-ing and Rehab Center. She was born Sept. 13, 1934 in Bonifay, Florida to the late Hez-zie Forehand, Sr. and Myrtle Pate Forehand.

In addition to her parents, Wynelle was preceded in death by her husband, Richard Steele and a brother, Ralph Forehand.

Mrs. Steele is survived by four sons, Michael L. Steele and wife Wanda of Fountain, FL, Ron Verhine and wife Carol of Naples, FL, Don Verhine of Chipley, FL and Jack Steele and wife Patrice of Wesley Cha-pel, FL; one daughter, Lynn Lance and husband Jim Bozarth of Chi-pley, FL; one brother, Hezzie Forehand, Jr. and Fran Forehand of

Jacksonville, FL; one sister, Bernice Mit-chum of Bonifay, FL; 12 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and serval nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 11, 2019 in the Peel Funeral Home Chapel. Interment followed in the New Smyrna Assembly of God Church Cemetery with Peel Funeral Home directing. The family received friends one hour prior to the service from 10 to 11 a.m. at Peel Funeral Home Chapel.

W Y N E L L E F. S T E E L E

BONIFAY — Bethle-hem United Methodist Church Homecoming will be Oct. 27th. Singing will begin at 10:30 a.m. until 10:55. Worship service will begin at 11:00 a.m.

Dinner will be served at 12:00 noon. Singing will begin again at 1:30 p.m.

Guest singer will be

CHRIS GOLDEN. Speaker for the service

will be the pastor, Dennis Tanton.

Everyone is invited to come and enjoy the day.

Church is located NW of Bonifay, just off Hwy. 177 on 1622 Bethlehem Church Road Bonifay FL 32425.

CHURCH HOMECOMING OCTOBER 27

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OBITUARIES

Ms. Bertha L. Lewis (affectionately known as Sugar Mama) age 60 of Chipley, FL passed away Saturday, September 28 th at the Northwest Florida Community Hospital, Chipley, FL. Sister Bertha Lewis was born on January 04, 1959 in Campbellton, FL. She was the oldest of eight children born to the late Willie E. Robinson Sr. and Mary L. Martin-Robinson. She was con-verted at an early age and joined pleasant Grove A.M.E. Church in Mari-anna, FL. She enjoyed spending time with her family, her friends and especially her grand-children and cooking.

She was preceded in death by her Father, husband: Reverend Louie P. Lewis Jr., her siblings; Shirley Anne Baker and Bruce B. Baker.

She leaves to Cher-ish Her Memories: Nine loving children: Danny Curry (Pamela) of Marianna, FL, Jacque-line Crawford (Jason) of

Crestview, FL, Shelanda Hardrick (Elijah), Chris-topher Hardrick, Phillip Hardrick, Samantha Watford (Earl) and Paul Hardrick (Rosalinda) all of Chipley, FL, Roy Hardrick, Jr., of Dothan, AL, LaEdward Hardrick (Christina) of Chipley, FL; Her Loving Mother: Mary Lee Robinson of Chipley, FL; Her beloved stepchildren: Nicole Lewis, Minister Patrick R. Lewis both of Chi-pley, FL, Tyrone Lewis (Faye) of Brandenburg, KY, and Shanae Boston of Chipley, FL; nine siblings: James E. Robin-son (Michelle), Willie E. Robinson, Jr. (Dot) and Amos E. Robinson, all

of Tampa, FL, Winifred Robinson of Gracev-ille, FL, Thomas Baker (Julie), Labron Marshall and Felicia Prather, all of Tampa, FL; sixty (plus) grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins and many sorrowful friends.

Funeral service was held at 11:00 a. m. Sat-urday, October 12 th at the Yes Lord Deliver-ance Church of God In Christ located at 739 7 th Street in Chipley, FL where Superintendent David Woods, Jr., is pas-tor, with Reverend Joe Tripp eulogist officiat-ing. Interment followed in the Holyneck Church Cemetery with McKin-nie Funeral Home of Campbellton directing. A public viewing was held from 4:00 to 6:00 p. m. Friday, October 12 th at The Shira Sr. and Chelcie McKinnie Memorial Chapel located at 5304 Bowden Hill Road Campbellton, FL.

B E R T H A L . L E W I S

Cyrial Cotton (Bill) Galloway passed away Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019, following a sudden and brief illness. He was 92 years of age. Bill left this life peacefully sur-rounded by his family at his home in Sweet Gum Head, Fla. Born March 26, 1927, to the late Wil-liam Armphy Galloway and Charity Daisy (Cot-ton) Galloway, Bill was the 12th of 14 children. Bill spent his youth in the Sweet Gum Head community – farm-ing his dad’s property and roaming the creek beds and woods with his brothers. As a young teenager while attend-ing Leonia High School, Bill met the love of his life, Willie Helen Com-mander, also of Sweet Gum Head. Thus began a love story for the ages. Following the burning of the Leonia School, Bill and Helen transferred to Ponce de Leon High School. However, before he and Helen could marry, Uncle Sam inter-vened. Bill turned 18 on March 26, 1945. On April 27th, he graduated Ponce de Leon High School (with his sweet Helen by his side) and on May 23rd was drafted into the U.S. Army. Upon comple-tion of basic training from Camp Gordon (now Fort Gordon), Bill was assigned to the Occupa-tion Forces in Fukuoka, Japan. Thanks largely to his keen automo-tive skills, Bill rose to the rank of Motor Ser-geant serving for the Headquarters Com-pany, 1113th Engineer Construction Group. Offered the promise of promotion to Master Sergeant if he’d extend his service, Bill, who was firmly set on return-ing to his much-loved Sweet Gum Head and his beloved Helen, politely refused the offer and was discharged on Dec. 12, 1946. The childhood sweethearts married Aug. 7, 1948, and, except for a short period of time, were life-long residents of Holmes County. In June 1953, after spending some time in a civil ser-vice job at Fort Rucker, Bill graduated Florida State University with a B.S. in Business Admin-istration. In 1954, Bill and Helen both began teaching jobs at Beth-lehem High School. In 1965, after receiving his M.A. in Supervision and Administration from the University of Alabama, Bill became principal at Bethlehem and served in that capacity until he left Bethlehem in 1972. While other jobs in education would come and go, none would ever compare with the joy he received from his work at Bethlehem. Many of the students that Bill and Helen taught and men-tored in those early years became their life-long friends. In his later years, Bill greatly anticipated receiving his invitation to and attending the Bethlehem class reunions where he always felt loved and honored. While still at Bethle-hem, in March 1959, Bill completed construction on a new home in Sweet Gum Head, Florida. He moved Helen and their three sons into their new home, where they would later complete their family with two daughters and live out the remainder of their lives. Following his work at Bethlehem, Bill served in the Holmes County School Administrator’s

Office for one year and then moved to Ponce de Leon School where he served as principal from 1973 to 1981. Bill then returned to the county offices where he served until his retire-ment in January, 1988. Bill was a member of Phi Delta Kappa and an honorary member of the Florida Association of Future Homemakers of America (now FCCLA) and several local FHA and Future Farmers of America (FFA) chapters.In his retirement, Bill continued to give back to his community through his involvement with the Holmes County Devel-opment Commission and Farm Service Agency. In 2017, Bill earned his 65-year pin with the Masonic Lodge at New Hope (where in his earlier days he was also a former Lodge Grand Master). He was instru-mental in the building of the War World II Monument erected in the Leonia Cemetery and served as president of the Leonia High School Alumni Association for more than a decade. Retirement also provided Bill with time to pursue his many hobbies and passions – of which there were many. If you visited Bill, you might find him in his woodworking shop or restoring Model A Fords. Or, you might find him in his home office at his desk carefully pre-paring tax statements for many friends, family and past students. Begin-ning in May, you would find him preparing for the annual week-long Byrd/Galloway fish-ing trip in Apalachicola, FL. Bill was an avid fly fisherman, and he never missed a trip in 40 years. Bill loved Christmas, and spent hours in his living room recliner, care-fully organizing the 39 stockings (representing his children and their spouses, grandchildren and their spouses and great grandchildren) that he would hang on his mantel with spe-cial rigging he designed each Christmas. Other hobbies included coin collecting, doting on his grandchildren and great grandchildren, and attending the annual Galloway family and Leonia School reunions. There are many more little things that became part of the fabric of Bill’s later years – daily breakfast at Two Cous-ins in Darlington, Fla., and later at Crews in Samson, Ala.; back porch talks and story times; fish fries; quail hunts; and visits from his children, grandchil-dren, great grandchil-dren, former students and friends. No matter what he was doing in these later years, his best friend and constant companion was Buddy – his blue heeler mix who was always by his side.

Bill was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 64 years, Wil-lie Helen (Commander) Galloway; his parents, William Armphy Gal-loway and Charity Daisy (Cotton) Galloway; nine brothers (Cleo, Cliff,

W.A., Jr., Murdoc, Reo, Buford, Clyde, Drew, Sr., infant brother, Harvey) and three sis-ters (Celeste Outlaw Bowdoin, Ruby Hutson, and Vallie Riddle).

Bill is survived by his five children and their spouses, Gary Leon Gal-loway and wife Sherron Byrd Galloway of Sweet Gum Head, Fla., Dr. Jerry Brian Galloway and his wife Joy Sheryl (Phil-lips) Galloway of Geneva, Ala., Hilton Cyrial Gallo-way and his wife Martha Hammond Galloway of Enterprise, Ala., Mary Helen Galloway Platt and her husband Dr. Richard Gordon "Richie" Platt of Pensacola, Fla., and Melissa Lynn "Lisa" Middleton and husband Charles Albert "Chuck" Middleton of Dallas, Tex. He is also survived by seven grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren, Sherri Dawn (Galloway) Campbell and husband Donald "Don" Renwick Campbell of Pensacola, Fla., and their children Colton LaDon, Ashton Grace, Evelyn Faith, and Cecilia "CeCe" Love; Eric Leon Galloway and wife Magen Sarah (Madaris) Galloway of Defuniak Springs, Fla., and their children Gage Leon, Hutch Cotton, and Curtis Thomas; Nicole Leigh (Galloway) Sewell and husband Jona-than Andrew Sewell of Samson, Ala., and their children Sawyer Quinn, Zander Drake, Fisher Cole and Vivian Leigh; Jared Brian Galloway of Pensacola, Fla.; William "Will" Garrett Galloway of Montgomery, Ala.; Sarah Leanne (Galloway) Dunaway and husband Tyler Wayne Dunaway of Enterprise, Ala. and their children Bryce Cyrial and Elyse Leanne, and Emily Helen (Gal-loway) Smith and her husband Joshua Phillip Smith of Milton, Fla. Bill is also survived by his sister Ottilia Patricia (Galloway) Andrews of Sweet Gum Head, Fla., his brother Clyde’s wife Dorothy Davis Galloway of Tallahassee, Fla.; his brother-in-law Ernest Gene Commander, Sr. and wife Carolyn Louise (Coursey) Com-mander of Sweet Gum Head and numerous nieces and nephews.

The family wishes to thank his special care-givers, including Van-essa Hamilton, Ruthie Williams and Covenant Hospice – Western Divi-sion, and all the friends who visited Bill through-out the years, especially in his final weeks.

Serving as active pall bearers were Gene Com-mander, Eric Galloway, Jared Galloway, Will Galloway, Tyler Dun-away, and Josh Smith. Honorary pall bearers were Howard Bottoms, Archie D. Byrd, Junior Justice, Eddie King, Bob Moyer, Roger Owen, Wayne Smith, Gary Treadwell, and Hilton Byrd. Officiates are Don Campbell and Jonathan Sewell of Sweet Gum Head Church of Christ in Sweet Gum Head, Fla. The family received visitors Friday, Oct. 11, 2019, at Pittman Funeral Home in Geneva, Ala. from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. The funeral was held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, at the Sweet Gum Head Church of Christ on Hwy. 185 with graveside services at the Tara Cemetery located approx. ½ mile from Hwy 185 on Tara-Cylebrico Road.

C Y R I A L C . G A L L O WAY

October 1, 1969 – October 2, 2019

Dianna was born on October 1, 196 in Panama City, Florida to Charles R. Reeves and Carolyn J. (Janes Reeves) Sasser. She passed into her eternal reward on October 2, 2019 at Tampa General Hospital after a lengthy illness.

Dianna grew up in Chipley, Florida and attended Chipley Pub-lic Schools. She was an alumnus of the Chipley High School Spirit of the Tiger Marching Band where she played flute. She continues her education and received her Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice from Saint Leo Uni-versity in May 2010.

Dianna served in the hospitality industry for many years, most recently as General Manager of Hilton Hotels and Resorts in 2010. She relocated to Georgia for work and to Alabama for law school for awhile, but being a Florida Girl at heart, she returned to the Sunshine State.

Dianna made her home in Brandon, Florida with her husband Todd and their dog Kira. She was a member of Bell Shoals Baptist Church

where her husband is employed. She enjoyed spending time with her beloved dog Kira, visiting with friends of social media and travel-ing with her family.

Dianna is survived by her husband Todd Darden of 14 years; three adult sons, Ryan Evan Fisk of Tampa, Ryder Elias FisK of McLeans-ville, North Carolina and Joshua Christian Alexan-der Fisk of Brandon, Flor-ida; one step son, Bryon Robley of Perry, Georgia; father of her children Rodney Fisk of Panama City, Florida and stepfa-ther of her children, Ken Brown of Falkville, Ala-bama; mother, Carolyn J. Sasser and close friend Charley Hicks of Chipley, Florida; half-brother, Patrick Reeves and wife

Amy of McLeansville, North Carolina; one sister, Jacqueline (Reeves Funderburk) Witt and husband Bill of Chipley, Florida; two stepbroth-ers, William Sasser and wife Jeanne of Chipley, Florida and Erik Con-way and wife Mary of Tallahassee, Florida; three stepsisters, Con-nie Thomas and husband Mark of Chipley, Florida, Cindy Pat Voorhees and husband Jim of Chipley, Florida and Jodi Conway of Tallahassee, Florida; sister-in-law Tina Pogorzala and husband Philip of Valrico, Florida; aunt Anita Stokes of Panama City, Florida and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

She was preceded in death by her father, Charles R. Reeves of Chipley, Florida; step father, Milton Sasser of Chipley, Florida; grand-parents Thomas C. and E. Maude Reeves and Lester E. and F. Lurlene Janes all of Mississippi and brother-in-law Bobby W. Funderburk, II of Mena, Arkansas.

In honor of Dianna’s request, no funeral or memorial servies will be conducted. She will be cremated and requests to be thought of with joy.

D I A N N A LY N N R E E V E S F I S K B R O W N DA R D E N

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For years, analysts warned of an impending “retirement tsunami.” The fear was that a huge cohort of baby boomers would retire, leading to brain drain and workforce shortages, particularly in federal and state government agencies.

Years later, the tsunami still hasn’t arrived — and it probably never will. Older Americans are working in greater numbers than ever before. Some are delay-ing retirement. Others are retiring partially instead of fully.

And still others are “unretiring” after giving retirement a try and real-izing they prefer work. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 19.8% of Americans 65 and older were working as of

July 2019, up from 11.9% 20 years earlier, as are 63.5% of Americans between ages 55 and 64, up from 57.2%.

ZipRecruiter’s online marketplace is seeing larger shares of older job seekers as well. More than 3 in 10 respondents in recent job seeker surveys have been 55 or older, with about 8% over 65.

Data from the ZipRe-cruiter marketplace also show that employers are appealing to retirees, using phrases in job postings like “Perfect for a retiree!” So far in 2019, the share of postings with language inviting retirees to apply has been 12% higher than in 2018. To make positions more attractive to older workers, companies are offering flexible sched-ules or work-from-home opportunities.

Despite the increasing openness of employers to

hiring older candidates, it can be challenging for retir-ees to transition back to the workforce.

Many displaced work-ers who lost their jobs due to the Great Recession or to contractions in their industries are still trau-matized by the experience. Others are intimidated by the prospect of reentering an economy transformed by new technologies.

Many face ageism during the hiring process and beyond.

And not all job markets are equally retiree-friendly. We analyzed jobs posted on ZipRecruiter between January and August 2019 to find the best industries, job titles and cities for retir-ees, based on the volume of postings that explicitly call on retirees to apply. Top industries1. Sales2. Insurance3.

Nursing4. Information

technology5. Driving Top job titles1. Sales represen-tative2. Registered nurse3.

W o r k f r o m h o m e admin4. Business develop-ment manager5. Insurance agentTop cities1. Wash-ington, D.C.2. New York3. Colorado Springs4. Phoe-nix5. Chicago

While aging populations and tightening labor mar-kets are the broad forces pushing employers to recruit older workers, each of the most retiree-friendly metros is responding to a unique set of factors.

For example, the fact that the Washington, D.C., area leads the pack likely has a lot to do with the fact that many military personnel and federal employees are eligible for retirement after just 20 years of service or at age 57.

These young retirees are many of the most experi-enced and highly educated

professionals in their fields, so it makes sense that agen-cies are taking steps to recruit or retain them long past retirement eligibility.

New York’s second-place spot reflects the fact that over the past decade, the number of New York-ers 65 and older increased by 26%, while the state’s overall population grew by just 3%.

Colorado was recently named the best state for aging, according to rank-ings prepared by U.S. News & World Report, partly because its older popula-tion is one of the healthiest and most physically active. Colorado also has a below-average unemployment rate of 2.9%. For employers struggling to fill vacancies, luring active older Ameri-cans off the sidelines and back into the workforce is an obvious recruitment strategy.

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No matter who you are, hunting for a job can be tough. But, when you’re over 50? There are times when it seems downright impossible. Technol-ogy keeps changing, the workforce just keeps get-ting younger (seriously, some of these interns look like they’re 12) and there seems to be an element of age bias among some employers.

You have tons of expe-rience and value to bring to the table. However, you’re concerned that you’ll be consistently overlooked — either

because companies see you as too expensive, too qualified or too close to retirement age.Here are a few tips that can help you more seasoned job seekers.

1. Tailor your resume

This is advice you’ve heard echoed again and again.

Tailoring your resume is absolutely crucial because, while you have a seemingly never-end-ing supply of experience and expertise to offer, employers and hiring managers still only care about the stuff that’s most impressive and most relevant to the job

you’re applying for.I know — you haven’t

worked for 30 years only to touch on the simple highlights in your resume.

Y o u w a n t t o b r a g about everything you’ve accomplished so far — including that com-munity service award you got back in 1989.

However, it’s impor-tant that you only focus on the stuff that’s most relevant to your desired position.

The same holds true for job seekers of all ages: The more you can make yourself seem like the perfect fit, the higher the likelihood of landing an interview (and maybe even the job).

2. Brand yourself

When you hear the word “brand” it’s easy to think of a product — something like a sports car or a hand-bag. But, in the modern working world, you are a brand.To put it in basic terms, branding yourself is a way of identifying your key strengths as an appli-cant, then broadcasting those through tools like social media (think your LinkedIn profile). It gives you a cohesive identity as a job seeker and makes for easy personal promotion.

3. Stay modern

Some rules of the job hunt have remained the

same for years, while others have changed drastically. For exam-ple, you definitely still need a formal resume to apply for jobs. But, if you show up unan-nounced at the office to deliver a hard copy of said resume in person? Well, you’ll immediately look outdated.

It’s important that you stay current on the eti-quette and expectations of today’s job hunt. Don’t move forward with the assumption that things don’t change, because they undoubtedly do. And, failing to keep up to speed will only plant seeds of doubt about your capabilities and

qualifications.

4. Don’t make it an issue

Finally, try not to get too worked up about your age as you’re moving through your job hunt. There will be discourag-ing moments. But, don’t think of yourself as aged out — think of yourself as extremely qualified.You have years of hands-on experience and tons of refined skills that you’re bringing to the table. That’s not a bad thing, so don’t view it as one. If you don’t make your age an issue throughout your search, chances are others won’t either.

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NW Corner of NW 1/4 of NE 1/4 of Section 27, Township 6 North, Range 15 West; thence S 88 degrees 05 min-utes 08 seconds E, 252.0 feet to the Point of Beginning; thence continue S 88 degrees 05 minutes 08 seconds E 200.0 feet; thence S 00 degrees 08 minutes 52 seconds W 718.93 feet to the Northerly R/W line of S.R. #177; thence N 56 degrees 34 minutes 04 seconds W along said R/W 239.13 feet; thence N 00 degrees 08 minutes 52 seconds E, 593.86 feet to the Point of Be-ginning, lying and be-ing in Holmes County, Florida. Less road rights of way.LESS AND EXCEPT the North 350 feet of Lot 3 described above.Notice is also given pursuant to § 45.031(2)(f), Florida Statutes, that any per-son claiming an inter-est in the surplus from the sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the Lis Pendens must file a claim within 60 days after the sale.DATED: October 7, 2019.HOLMES COUNTY CLERK OF COURTClerk of the CourtBy: Nicole EubanksAs Deputy Clerkcc: Holmes County Times-Advertiser via e - m a i l :[email protected] HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Notice of Sale was fur-nished by U.S. Mail on October 7, 2019, to:Chad D. HeckmanHeckman Law Group, P.L.326 Williams St.Tallahassee, FL 32303-6230E - m a i l :[email protected] File No.: 18-481Attorney for PlaintiffJonathon Earl Mims2642 Greg Mallow Ln. Lot 9Bonifay, FL 32425DefendantKatherine Joy Mims2642 Greg Mallow Ln. Lot 9Bonifay, FL 32425DefendantNicole EubanksDeputy ClerkOct 16, 23, 2019

10-3372NOTICE OF TAX DEED APPLICATIONNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That SAMMIE D. OR DONNA G. SIMMONS, the holder of the following certifi-cate has filed said cer-tificate for a tax deed to be issued thereon. The certificate number and year of issuance, the description of the property, and the name in which it was asessed are as follows:Certificate No. 330Year of Issuance 5/31/17Description of Prop-erty:0912.00-000-000-005.100SEC: 12 TWN: 05 RNG: 15 ALL SE1/4 OF SE1/4 LYING EAST OF ST RD #177 DES OR-162/678 & 172/111& 173/452 &173/576-577 OR 2 3 7 / 6 2 4QC-OR515/750Name in which as-sessed: ROBERT A. YEARGIN & NOAH FORREST MCINTYRE.Said property being in the County of Holmes, State of Florida.Unless such certificate shall be redeemed ac-cording to law the property described in such certificate shall be sold to the highest bid-der at the courthouse door on 11/5/19, at 11:00 A.M.DATED this 8/23/2019.Alice VickersAd Interim Clerk of the Circuit CourtHolmes County, Flor-idaDates of publication: 10/2/19, 10/9/19, 10/16/19, 10/23/19.

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