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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2017$1.00Vol. 94 No. 98

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Special to the Floridan

Jackson County Emergency Managementhas issued a freeze watch for late tonightthrough Sunday morning.

The forecast is calling for tempera-tures to stay between 28 and 32 degreesfor three-to-eight hours. The windchill will be mid-to-upper 20s Sundaymorning.

Freezing temperatures are dangerous for

pets, plants and people who are vulner-able to the cold, so taking precautions isadvised.

Some cold-weather precautions rec-ommended by the American RedCross include wearing layers of light-weight clothing, gloves and a hat to staywarm; and bringing pets indoors or,if they can’t come inside, making surethey have enough shelter to stay warm.

Another common bit of advice is to bringcold-vulnerable plants inside.

According to the National WeatherService, Sunday’s weather will be sun-ny and temperatures will eventuallyreach 52, before dropping down to31 degrees that night. Monday willalso be sunny and the high will benear 61, before dropping down to 40 thatnight.

Stay safe during weekend cold snap

From staff reports

Christmas is a time of tra-ditions and giving and Mari-anna Health and Wellnessshowed this spirit Fridaywhen they donated toys tothe Jackson County ChristmasFund.

According to Lisa Pueschel,office manager for MariannaHealth and Wellness, they letcustomers pay for their officevisit with a new, unwrappedtoy this week. The office hasbeen doing this for at least

eight years.This year, approximately 250

people brought in toys and afew donated money.

The Jackson County Christ-mas Fund helps hundreds ofchildren during Christmas,but this year more familiesneed help, said Voncille Wil-liams, the fund’s communitycoordinator.

The organization helpsfamilies by either giving themcoupons that can be usedto purchase food or toys, orthrough community spon-sors, like Marianna Healthand Wellness, that collect toysor the Buffalo Soldiers, whosponsor families.

Marianna Health &Wellness donates toysto families in need

Light up the nightLight up the night

From staff reports

Enviva, the company that op-erates a wood pellet plant inthe Cottondale area, is in a newmulti-year partnership with theAmerican Forest Foundation,The Nature Conservancy andothers to help private landown-ers across the Florida panhan-dle in three ways.

The goals are to help themengage in practices that lead to-ward certification that their for-ests are sustainably managedand which help restore longleafpine forests as well as improveoverall wildlife habitats on theirlands, according to a press re-

lease issued by the partners thisweek.

The efforts will concentrateon 16 counties across the Flor-ida panhandle, with a specialfocus on the area surroundingCottondale.

Company officials say the ef-fort was launched in responseto a report released by AFF lastyear indicating that 87 percentof family forest owners — in-cluding those across the Southand in the panhandle — saythat protecting and improvingwildlife habitat is a key reasonwhy they own land. The report

Enviva, others partner to assist land owners

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Enviva, the company that operates the wood pellet plant near Cottondalehas entered into a new multi-year partnership to help private landowners.See ENVIVA, Page 5A

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The Christmas light show at the White family’s home, at 2956 Caledonia St., Marianna, has become a traditional sign of the season.

See LIGHTS, Page 5A

From staff reports

Holiday lights are going up all aroundJackson County. Marianna, Graceville,Grand Ridge, Sneads, and other localmunicipalities have put up their mu-nicipal displays. Townspeople are also

getting in on the act.On a good stretch of State Road 69

South in Grand Ridge, for instance,homeowners pick up where the citylights leave off. Several houses onthe west side of the road keep thelight show going on past the railroad

tracks. After that string of lit homes,there’s a long patch of darkness as theneighborhood gives way to farm-land stretches. But then, as driv-ers approach Grand Ridge

Holiday displays making spirits bright around Jackson County

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Pictured are Leann Frestick, Michelle Adams, Lisa Pueschel, Dr. MichaelBennett, Voncille Williams, Terri Busby and Amy Hand. Not in pictureare Dr. Daniel Bontrager and Karen Griffin.

Local business spreading christmas cheer

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From the Archives: 1973

Today in HistoryToday is Saturday, Dec. 9, the

343rd day of 2017. There are 22days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:On Dec. 9, 1892, “Widowers’

Houses,” Bernard Shaw’s firstplay, opened at the RoyaltyTheater in London.

On this date:In 1854, Alfred, Lord

Tennyson’s famous poem, “TheCharge of the Light Brigade,”was published in England.

In 1917, British forces capturedJerusalem from the OttomanTurks.

In 1935, the DowntownAthletic Club of New Yorkhonored college football playerJay Berwanger of the Universityof Chicago with the DAC Trophy,which later became known asthe Heisman Trophy.

In 1940, British troops openedtheir first major offensive inNorth Africa during World WarII.

In 1942, the AramKhachaturian ballet “Gayane,”featuring the surging “SabreDance,” was first performed byRussia’s Kirov Ballet.

In 1958, the anti-communistJohn Birch Society was formedin Indianapolis.

In 1962, the Petrified Forestin Arizona was designated anational park.

In 1965, Nikolai V. Podgornyreplaced Anastas I. Mikoyan aschairman of the Presidium ofthe Supreme Soviet, a job hewould hold for almost 12 years.“A Charlie Brown Christmas,”the first animated TV specialfeaturing characters fromthe “Peanuts” comic strip byCharles M. Schulz, premieredon CBS.

In 1975, President GeraldR. Ford signed a $2.3 billionseasonal loan-authorizationthat officials of New York Cityand State said would prevent acity default.

In 1984, the five-day-oldhijacking of a Kuwaiti jetlinerthat claimed the lives of twoAmericans ended as Iranian

security men seized control ofthe plane, which was parked atTehran airport.

In 1987, the first Palestinianintefadeh, or uprising, beganas riots broke out in Gazaand spread to the West Bank,triggering a strong Israeliresponse.

In 1992, Britain’s PrinceCharles and Princess Dianaannounced their separation.(The couple’s divorce becamefinal in Aug. 1996.)

Ten years ago: A young manonce affiliated with a missionaryschool shot nine people atthe school near Denver anda megachurch in ColoradoSprings; four of the victims diedand the gunman killed himself.A British Columbia pig farmeraccused of being Canada’s worstserial killer was convicted ofsix counts of second-degreemurder; he was sentenced to lifein prison without the possibility

of parole for 25 years.Five years ago: U.S. special

forces rescued an Americandoctor captured by theTaliban in Afghanistan; a NavySEAL, Petty Officer 1st ClassNicolas D. Checque, was killedduring the rescue of Dr. DilipJoseph. Same-sex couplesin Washington state beganexchanging vows just aftermidnight under a new state lawallowing gay marriage. Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera,43, and six others were killedin a plane crash in northernMexico.

One year ago: The WhiteHouse said President BarackObama had ordered intelligenceofficials to conduct a broadreview of election-seasoncyberattacks, including theemail hacks that rattled thepresidential campaign andraised fresh concerns aboutRussia’s meddling in U.S.elections. South Koreanlawmakers impeachedPresident Park Geun-hyeover an explosive corruptionscandal, a stunning and swiftfall for the country’s firstfemale leader.

Thought for Today“All sins are attempts to fill voids.”

— Simone WeilFrench philosopher (1909-1943)

2A ◆ SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2017 JACKSON COUNTY FLORIDAN ◆ www.jcfloridan.comWAKE-UP CALL

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A look back at local history aschronicled in the Jackson County

Floridan.

Hunting matters sparkhot debate

“You’re looking at five men who aredamned if they do and damned ifthey don’t,”Jackson County Com-mission Chairman Don Price told astanding-room-only group of morethan 140 persons on hand Fridayin the circuit courtroom to argue

— heatedly, as it turned out — thepros and cons of redistricting deer

hunting in the county.Tempers flared, but when it wasall over — at least 30 people had

their say — the only thing that hadchanged was the time of day.The situation most recently

emerged on Nov. 27, when about 15property owners from the northeastpart of the county appeared beforethe county commission and asked

for help in controlling deer hunt-ing. They complained of unsafe

shooting, trespassing and the use ofuncontrolled hunting dogs.

During follow-up at a Dec. 7 meet-ing, property owners’ complaints

were met with hunters arguing thatmost hunters respected others’rights and a small percentage of

“black sheep” could be blamed forincidents described by owners.

An ordinance from Gadsden Countywas used as an example of whatmight be passed here, but J.M.

Rogers of the Jackson County Con-servation Club said his group wasopposed to it. Commissioner Fred

Williams said he feared it would seta precedent toward restricting the

right to bear arms.A committee was formed to studythe issue and possible solutions.—JACKSON COUNTY FLORIDAN,

SUNDAY, DEC. 9, 1973

THE SUN & MOONSunrise..................6:22 a.m.Sunset ...................4:39 p.m.Moonrise ...............12:00 a.m.Moonset ................12:40 p.m.

Gasless Sunday continuesAmericans facing the prospect of another “Gasless Sunday” filled their tanks

Saturday and rearranged travel plans to avoid getting caught short on thehighway.

An Association Press spot check showed the majority of service station own-ers again planned to comply with President Nixon’s request for a voluntary

ban on gasoline sales from 9 p.m. Saturday to midnight Sunday.Last Sunday — the first since Nixon made his plea — about 80 percent of the

nation’s 220,000 service stations shut their pumps.—JACKSON COUNTY FLORIDAN,

SUNDAY, DEC. 9, 1973

Wallace to run againGov. George C. Wallace has made up his mind to run for an unprecedented

third term as governor. He has told friends he plans an active campaign nextyear despite the paralysis caused by a 1972 assassination attempt.

After the gubernatorial election, the governor will turn his thoughts to the1976 presidential election. Both Wallace and his most trusted friends say no

decision has been made yet about a possible bid for the Democratic nomina-tion.

—JACKSON COUNTY FLORIDAN,SUNDAY, DEC. 9, 1973

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JACKSON COUNTY FLORIDAN ◆ www.jcfloridan.com SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2017 ◆ 3ALIFE IN JACKSON COUNTY

Saturday,December 9, 2017

BIRTHDAYSAllison Buie

Donald WilliamsGraham Lawrence Tyler

Hutch Elliot BrandesJeffery Pittman Jr.

Tayler Johnson

IN MEMORY OFDonnie Roy Phillips

Sunday,December 10, 2017

BIRTHDAYSAiden Yeomans

Dax MorenoDonna Taylor

Laura Day KnowlesRiley McKinley

Adkison

IN MEMORY OFR.A. Griffin

Monday,December 11, 2017

BIRTHDAYSByron Bennett

Jeremy BennettKaycie RileyKelsie Riley

Kyle StricklandLinda Hatcher

Lynn McKeithanMason Zimmerman

Robby GriffinStone Sullivan Tyler

Tammy T. Raley

IN MEMORY OFAngela Baxter

BIRTHDAYSANNIVERSARIESANNIVERSARIES&

CELEBRITYBIRTHDAYS

Saturday, Dec. 9:Actor Kirk Douglas is 101.Actress Dame Judi Denchis 83. Actor Beau Bridgesis 76. Actor John Malkov-

ich is 64. Actor DavidAnthony Higgins is 56.Songwriter and former“American Idol” judgeKara DioGuardi is 47.Actor Joshua Sasse is30. Olympic gold andsilver medal gymnastMcKayla Maroney is

22.Sunday, Dec. 10:Rhythm-and-bluessinger Ralph Tavares is76. Country singer JohnnyRodriguez is 66. Actor-director Kenneth Branaghis 57. Rock musician MegWhite (The White Stripes)is 43. Actress Raven-Symone is 32.Monday, Dec. 11:Actress Rita Moreno is 86.Actress Lynda Day Georgeis 73. Rock musician MikeMesaros (The Smither-eens) is 60. Rapper-actorMos Def is 44. ActressKarla Souza is 31. ActressHailee Steinfeld is 21.Tuesday, Dec. 12:Former TV host Bob Bark-er is 94. Gymnast-turned-actress Cathy Rigby is 65.Rock musician NicholasDimichino (Nine Days) is50. Actress Sky Katz (TV:“Raven’s Home”) is 13.

The Associated Press

Birthdays, anniversaries and memorials areprovided by the Pilot Club of Marianna Inc.

The Pilot Club of Marianna is a group of executive, business and pro-fessional leaders working together to improve the quality of life in our

community and throughout the world. For more information aboutPilot or the Pilot Club community birthday calendar, call Claudia

Smith at 482-7507.

Tuesday,December 12, 2017

BIRTHDAYSAshley Pelt

Donny PendletonHarry DinhamZeb Saunders

Week of Dec. 11 - 15

Monday,December 11BreakfastMini WafflesFruit ChoiceMilk Choice

LunchChoice of:Chicken Nuggets & DinnerRoll or Grilled CheeseSandwich

Sides:Maple Glazed CarrotsCrunchy Celery SticksFruit ChoiceMilk Choice

Tuesday,December 12BreakfastBacon Egg & CheeseBiscuitFruit ChoiceMilk Choice

LunchChoice of:Nachos Supreme orChicken Fajitas

Sides:Cheesy Refried BeansVeggie Side SaladFruit ChoiceMilk Choice

Wednesday,December 13BreakfastCinnamon RollFruit ChoiceMilk ChoiceLunch

Choice of:Cheesy Bread Sticks

Sides:Romaine Side SaladBroccoli & CheeseFruit ChoiceMilk Choice

Thursday,December 14BreakfastSausage BiscuitFruit ChoiceMilk Choice

LunchChoice of:Cheeseburger Meatloafwith Roll & BreadedChicken Sandwich

Sides:Garlic Mashed PotatoesFresh Broccoli Tree FloretsFruit ChoiceMilk Choice

Friday,December 15BreakfastFrench Toast SticksFruit ChoiceMilk Choice

LunchChoice of:Pepperoni Pizza, CheesePizza or Fish Nuggets anda Dinner Roll

Sides:Crunchy Carrot SticksSouthern Green BeansFruit ChoiceMilk Choice

School

CHIPOLA FALL NURSING GRADUATES

Chipola College celebrates the accomplishments of students who completed the As-sociate Degree Nursing program in the fall semester. From left, are: (front) SavannahSizemore, Tasheana Brown, Kaitlyn Johnson, Haley McCroan, Hailey Tew, Jessica Mc-

Cusker, Annie Wilson, Meshae Hall, Shawna Donofro, (back) Kaylee Messer, Elizabeth Platt,Ashley Harris, Shannon Woods, Bethany Shelley, Jeffrey Register, Chelsey Weiler, Colby Tan-ner, Tiffanie Clark, Britney Willard, Haley Boggs and Elizabeth Krauser.

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TALLAHASSEE — Florida home-owners who insure their propertythrough a state-created insurancecompany will see an average 6.6percent increase in their multi-perilcoverage next year, regulators an-nounced Wednesday.

But thanks to Hurricane Irma, theincrease will be pushed back threemonths to May 1. The state Office ofInsurance Regulation was supposedto approve Citizen Property Insur-ance Corporation’s rate request in

September, but delayed the decisionafter the state was slammed by Irma,the first major hurricane to hit Flori-da since 2005.

The degree to which the rates willincrease depends on where propertyis located. Some of the most populat-ed areas like Miami-Dade, Browardand Palm Beach will see average in-creases topping 10 percent.

But regulators didn’t increase ratesin the Florida Keys, the area hit hard-est by Irma, instead directing Citi-zens to analyze lessons learned afterthe storm.

“The Office of Insurance Regula-tion’s 2018 rate order balances theneeds of policyholders facing chal-lenges from Irma with its responsi-bility to maintain a healthy propertyinsurance market,” Chris Gardner,chairman of Citizens’ board of gover-nors, said in a news release.

Citizens was created by state leg-islators to act as the state’s insurerof last resort when Floridians can-not get coverage from private com-panies. Many of the corporations’customers live along the coast or inSouth Florida.

State-created property insurer will raise rates

During a rare fastfood stop amidsta whirlwind day

of holiday shopping, wewaited while a gray-haired,elderly woman carried ourorder to us in the drive-thru lane. The womanwas thin, almost brittle,but very attentive to herduties.

Though it was a chillyday, she stood patientlynext to us as we quicklychecked the order. Thefood was still hot and theorder was exactly correct.She seemed pleased thatwe were well served.

I reached into my purseand found a bill andhanded it toward her. Shestepped back, raised her

hand, and said, “Oh no,this is part of my job.” Ipushed the bill at her. “Iknow,” I said, “but we ap-preciate you, and besides,it’s Christmas.” Tentatively,she accepted the tip. Thenshe said, “Thank you somuch. It’s a wonderful ges-ture.” She was genuinelygrateful. I smiled and said,“Happy holidays.”

All around us, everyday, our peers labor insimilar fashion. It is morethan pathos; it is the newparadigm of Americanretirement. Few 70-year-olds working this type ofservice industry job envi-sioned that their goldenyears would includedelivering fast food orders

to people parked in drive-thru lanes. But accordingto a 2017 study by theBureau of Labor Statistics,almost ten percent of fastfood workers are 65 orolder. And the median ageof fast food workers hasclimbed to 31.5.

To be sure, it is honor-able and honest work.And I applaud anyonewho performs a necessaryand legal function in oureconomy. That said, it maynot be the type of activitywe picture for ourselves,our relatives or our friendsat that age. For many, itmay be the only job thatthey can get, or one wouldsurmise they might beemployed elsewhere. Sowhat does that say aboutour economy?

It says that higher educa-

tion and constant retrain-ing is a vital requirementof competing success-fully in the job market forworkers of all ages. It saysthat livable pensions arerapidly disappearing. Itprobably says that many ofus haven’t saved enough.And it speaks to a broadereconomic issue. Everysenior holding a fast foodjob is likely competingwith a young person forthe same position. Thatcreates more unemployedyouth who need to workand to begin paying intothe Social Security systemso they can earn their ownretirement benefits yearsfrom now.

Margaret R. McDowell, ChFC®,AIF®, author of the syndicated

economic column “Arbor Outlook,”is the founder of Arbor Wealth

Management LLC (850-608-6121,www.arborwealth.net), a fiduciary,“fee-only” registered investment

advisory firm located near Destin.This column should not be consid-

ered personalized investment adviceand provides no assurance that

any specific strategy or investmentwill be suitable or profitable for an

investor.

Aging workers, holiday pathos and Don HenleyARBOR OUTLOOK

MargaretMcDowellArbor Outlook

The family situationsare so serious in ourworld today that

it’s crucial that we put astrong effort into improv-ing our most importantunit of society.

Being a parent isn’t oneof the easiest things in theworld, but it is one of themost important respon-sibilities we can have.There are families withboth parents in the home,single parents running thehome, grandparents beingresponsible for the leader-ship in the home and, insome cases, relatives orguardians taking care ofthe family in the home.In any scenario, havingcaring, responsible peoplein charge of the function-ing of a family is invalu-able. One of the mostimportant reasons is thatthere are more influencesaround our children dur-ing this time in our historythan ever before.

In a computerized,

cellphone, iPad and highlytechnical world, it is moreimportant than ever thatour children have a strongbase filled with commonsense, respect for othersand a love and reverencefor God. If we, the lead-ers of our families, startteaching our childrenwhile they are youngabout the good, positivequalities of life, they willalways have somethingto lean on during toughtimes.

As is often written bythis writer, we must slowdown and take the timeto communicate withour children and youngpeople. Our children needstrong leadership, notparents, grandparents andguardians acting like bud-

dies and running part-ners, who try to pleasethem at their every whim.

By the way, grandpar-ents are often the mostvulnerable when it comesto spoiling our children.Sometimes it’s tough tell-ing our children they can’tdo certain things or gocertain places, but, in thelong run, they will highlyappreciate the disciplineshown to them duringthe early years of theirlives.

We live in a world wherepornography, vulgarity inmusic and vicious, terrify-ing games are right at ourfingertips. The interest-ing thing about it is thatour children and youngpeople — with their sharpminds — know how to op-erate the technology andinventions better thanmany adults.

One of the ways to com-bat, or at least neutralize,some of these traps in lifeis to keep our children

involved in refreshing,uplifting and fun-filled ac-tivities that will keep themaway from some of thepitfalls and clutter that isinfiltrating so many of ourchildren’s minds. We can’tbe with them all the time,but we can give them astrong foundation, whichwould be a major factorin some of their decisions,now and in the future.

Peer pressure and cu-riosity have always beenfactors in life, but we needto be reminded that peerpressure can also be usedin a positive way. No mat-ter how bad a situationmight be, when respectfor God, family and truefriends is part of our lives,we can always bounceback.

Thomas Vincent Murphy issyndicated online via LifeTalk

Radio and Loud Cry Radio. He is awriter, arranger and producer of

music, and the author of “Wake UpCrazy World.” He can be reached at

[email protected].

On family responsibilityThomasVincentMurphy

Murph’s Positive Reflections

Murph’s Positive Reflections

“In these days, when darkness falls early…People rush home…to the ones they love;You better take a fool’s advice…and take care of your own;‘Cause one day they’re here…and the next day they’re gone.”

“In a New York Minute”as performed by Don Henley


CAPE CANAVERAL —America's first black astro-naut, Air Force Maj. RobertLawrence Jr., finally got fullhonors Friday on the 50thanniversary of his death.

Several hundred peoplegathered at Kennedy SpaceCenter to commemorateLawrence, who almost cer-tainly would have gone onto fly in space had he notdied in a plane crash onDec. 8, 1967.

The crowd includedNASA dignitaries, astro-nauts, fellow Omega PsiPhi fraternity members,schoolchildren, and rela-tives of Lawrence andother astronauts who havedied in the line of duty.

Lawrence was part of aclassified military spaceprogram in the 1960s calledthe Manned Orbiting Lab-oratory, meant to spy onthe Soviet Union. He diedwhen his F-104 Starfightercrashed at Edwards AirForce Base in California.He was 32.

Astronauts at Friday'stwo-hour ceremony saidLawrence would have goneon to fly NASA's spaceshuttles and that, after hisdeath, he inspired all theAfrican-American astro-nauts who followed him.

Like Lawrence, RobertCrippen was part of theAir Force's program. It wascanceled in 1969 without asingle manned spaceflight,prompting Crippen andother astronauts to moveon to NASA. Crippen waspilot of the first space shut-tle flight in 1981.

With a doctoral degreein physical chemistry — ararity among test pilots —Lawrence was "definitelyon the fast track," Crippensaid. He graduated fromhigh school at age 16 andcollege at 20.

"He had a great futureahead of him if he had notbeen lost 50 years ago to-day," Crippen said.

Lawrence paved theway for Guy Bluford, whobecame the first African-American in space in 1983,Dr. Mae Jemison, the firstAfrican-American wom-an in space in 1992, andCharles Bolden Jr., a space

shuttle commander whobecame NASA's first blackadministrator in 2009. Nextyear, the InternationalSpace Station is gettingits first African-Americanresident: NASA astronautJeanette Epps.

Another former African-American astronaut, Win-ston Scott, said his ownshuttle rides into orbitwould not have happenedif not for a trailblazerslike Lawrence. In tributeto Lawrence, a jazz lover,Scott and his jazz band ser-enaded the crowd with "FlyMe to the Moon" and othertunes.

Betty Smith

1921 - 2005We miss you!

Your Loving Husband, and Children

In LovingMemory

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Year Born: ________________________________

Year Died: ________________________________

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On Saturday, December 23, 2017, the Floridanwill publish its annual In Loving Memory page.

If you would like to pay tribute toa loved one who you have lost, send the

following information along with aphoto and payment of $20.00 to:

In Loving Memoryc/o Jackson County Floridan

4403 Constitution LaneMarianna, FL 32448

or drop by our office at this same locationbetween the hours of 8:00am and 5:00pm.

Deadline is Monday, December 18, 2017, at 5:00pm.

As we look toward ourfuture we also reflecton the past and the

people that contributedso much in our lives.

4230 Hospital Drive, Suite 209 / Marianna, FL 32446 / 850.526.6711 / www.jacksonhosp.com

We welcome Board Certified Nurse Midwifeand Advanced Registered Nurse PractitionerStefanie Barnes to Chipola Surgical & MedicalSpecialties - OB/GYN.

Stefanie began her career as a Labor and Delivery nurse at ChristianaHospital and then worked as a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit nurse at

Al DuPont. In 2013, she earned a Master’s of Science in Nursing from TheFrontier School of Nursing - Midwifery in Kentucky. As she finished her degree,

she was recruited by a large Delaware OB/GYN practice where she delivered over 300babies. In addition to obstetrics, Stefanie provides well-care, contraceptive care, menopausal andtotal woman care for patients ages 12 and older.

Stefanie’s practice philosophy focuses on the overall health of her patients including a balancedapproach to diet, psychological wellbeing, wellness checks, and communication. She listens to herpatients and understands the many aspects that affect a woman’s health whether she is enteringadolescence, starting a family, premenopausal or post menopausal. Stefanie is married to ChristopherBarnes, and they live in Marianna with their three children.

Stefanie joins Dr. Orlando Muniz, Dr. Ricky Leff, and D. Michelle Baber, ARNP, with Chipola Surgical& Medical Specialties. The practice is located in Suite 209 in the Hudnall Medical Building at 4230Hospital Drive, Marianna. Stefanie is accepting new OB and gynecological patients.

For more information or toschedule an appointment, pleasecall 850.526.6711.

Stefanie Barnes, CNM,ARNP Joins the Practice

Growing Healthier@jacksonhospfljackson-hospital

4A ◆ SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2017 JACKSON COUNTY FLORIDAN ◆ www.jcfloridan.comSTATE & LOCAL

Bridge club resultsThe Marianna Duplicate

Bridge Club announceswinners of the gameplayed Dec. 4:

» First place - JoannSchade - Ramona Wright.

» Second place - ArminKunkler - Martha Cauthen.

» Third place - Jane San-garee - Judy Redmon.

» Fourth place - ElaineYost - Libby Hutto.

» Fifth place - Bill Lies -Doris Ottinger.

» Sixth place - AlleneBaker - Frances Subalesky.

» Seventh place - BobbieFenster - William Boyen-ton.

The Marianna BridgeClub, sanctioned by theAmerican Contract BridgeLeague, plays every Mon-day, 1 p.m., at St. Luke’sEpiscopal Church, 4362Lafayette St., in Marianna.Anyone is welcome toplay or observe. For moreinformation and partners,call Libby Hutto at 850-526-3162.

Results are on theInternet at http://thecom-mongame.com/ClubWeb-Host/129312/.

AARP TaxAidevolunteers neededin Jackson County

AARP is looking fortax volunteers in theMarianna area. Interestedvolunteers will be trained(in January) with InternalRevenue Service tax mate-rials to help low-to-mid-dle-income people withtheir individual incometax returns.

In return, volunteers areasked to spend at leastfour hours a week helpingat an AARP volunteer site,from Feb. 1 through April18.

For more information orto volunteer, contact theAARP Volunteer coordina-tor for Jackson and Cal-houn counties, Bob Flynn,at [email protected] can register onlineat www.aarp.org/taxaide,or call 1-888-687-2277, orcontact the IRS by email [email protected].

Chipola to holdaudition workshop for

‘Little Mermaid’Chipola College Theatre

will hold a free auditionworkshop for Disney’s“The Little Mermaid,” Sat-urday, Dec. 16, from noonto 2 p.m., in the Center forthe Arts.

The free workshopwill include music andchoreography to help ac-tors prepare for the openauditions for Disney’s“The Little Mermaid” onSunday, Jan. 7, at 2 p.m.,and Monday, Jan. 8, at 6p.m. The show will runMarch 1-4, 2018.

In the Disney tale, teen-age mermaid Ariel is fas-cinated with life on land.On one of her visits to thesurface, which are forbid-den by her father, KingTriton, she falls for a hu-man prince. Determinedto be with her new love,Ariel makes a dangerousdeal with the sea witchUrsula to become humanfor three days. But whenplans go awry for the star-crossed lovers, the kingmust make the ultimatesacrifice for his daughter.

For audition informa-tion, call 718-2227 oremail [email protected].

From staff reports

Local Briefs

First black astronaut honoredon 50th anniversary of death

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In this June 30, 1967 photo, Maj. Robert H. Lawrence Jr., thefirst black astronaut in the U.S. space program, is introduced.

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TALLAHASSEE — Dozens of employ-ees with the Florida Legislature, includ-ing the spokesman for House SpeakerRichard Corcoran, have been workingat jobs outside their taxpayer-paid posi-tions.

While some employees have workedafterhours and weekends as waitresses,tutors, photographers and flight in-structors, other have taken the jobs thatcould raise questions about potentialconflicts, according to a review ofoutside employment permission formsfiled since November 2016.

Records requested by The AssociatedPress show that an aide to a Bradentonlegislator was given permission to con-duct "social media" work for a consult-ing company with ties to prominentRepublicans such as Agriculture Com-missioner Adam Putnam, the leadingGOP candidate for governor.

Rep. Jim Boyd said that his aide,Albert Kaminsky, is working after hoursfor the Sarasota firm Political Insights,on social media aimed at boostingBoyd's profile.

"He's boosting my reputation andpresence in the social media sphere,"said Boyd, a veteran House memberwho is leaving office next year but isexpected to then run for the state Sen-ate in 2020.

Campaign records show that PoliticalInsights has been paid nearly $11,000this year by a political committee linkedto Boyd. That same firm has been paid$45,000 by either Putnam or his com-mittee.

The permission forms show that leg-islative employees have taken positionswith colleges and universities that seekmoney from the Florida Legislature.One employee in the House clerk's of-fice works for a dog-grooming businessowned by a lobbyist. Max Flugrath, whoworks in the House Democratic Office,got permission to do graphic designwork, although in his application he

stated that the clients would be "all nonpolitical."

Fred Piccolo, the communicationsdirector for Corcoran, had been work-ing until recently for the company thatowns Florida Politics, a media orga-nization that extensively covers statepolitics and the Legislature.

Legislative rules require employeesto get approval to do outside work butPiccolo, who is paid $110,000 a year, didnot follow that rule.

Celeste Lewis, the deputy chief ofstaff for administration in the House,said that Piccolo had "failed to comply"with House policy, but that it "been ad-dressed and corrected with the employ-ee" and that "going forward" he wouldnot engage in outside employment.

Corcoran, a Republican who isexpected to run in governor and hasat times had a combative relationshipwith the media, did not commentdirectly on Piccolo's outside employ-ment.

Norman Lewis, a University of Floridaprofessor of journalism who doesresearch on media ethics, said Piccoloworking for Florida Politics raisesquestions about the site's motives.

"If a political news site wants to beseen as impartial it would want torefrain from paying anyone who fillsa political role in their day job," Lewissaid. "It's best to leave that a hands-offrelationship."

Peter Schorsch, whose companyoperates the Florida Politics website,said that for more than a year that Pic-colo did basic graphic design work forincluding infographics and was onlygetting paid a "few hundred" dollars amonth. But he said that his news orga-nization did not enjoy a better relation-ship or have better access than othernews organizations that cover Corcoranand the Florida House.

Schorsch also said it was "never myresponsibility" to check with thespeaker's office about Piccolo's em-ployment status.

Moonlighting of legislativeaides may pose conflicts

also indicated that 73 per-cent said they wanted todo more about meetingthose goals in the future.

AFF is a forest conser-vation organization thatspecializes in helping keepfamily-owned forests pro-ductive for wildlife andclean water, as well as forwood supply. Enviva is theworld’s largest manufac-turer of industrial woodpellets.

“We are proud to partnerwith AFF, TNC, and othersto help private forest own-ers certify their forests assustainably managed andto restore longleaf pine for-ests,” said Jennifer Jenkins,Enviva’s Chief Sustainabil-ity Officer. “We have al-ready helped small privateforest owners certify morethan 22,000 acres underthe American Tree FarmSystem. We are excited tohelp increase Tree Farmcertification and long-leaf restoration on privatelands in Florida.”

The project will beginwith a 38-acre demon-stration site, created onThe Nature Conservancy’sApalachicola Bluffs andRavines Preserve, wherelandowners can learnmore about the longleafecosystem and the prac-tices needed to sustain it.In the surrounding area,landowners will be en-couraged to create or im-prove longleaf pine forests,support forest biodiversity,and become certified inthe American Tree FarmSystem. ATFS is a sustain-able forestry certificationprogram specifically de-signed for family and smallforest owners, which is ad-ministered by AFF.

“The Conservancy ispleased to demonstratethe lessons we’ve learnedin nearly 30 years of long-leaf habitat restoration.Private landowners willbe an important part ofbringing this imperiledforest back to prominenceand that starts with techni-cal assistance.” said BrianPelc, Restoration ProjectManager at The NatureConservancy.

Last year, AFF releasedthe Southern Wildlife AtRisk: Family Forest Own-ers Offer a Solution report,

which found that familyforest owners, which ownnearly 60 percent of theforests across the South,including in the Floridapanhandle, are key to en-suring the sustainabil-ity of these woodlands.The report included thepercentages mentionedabove related to landown-er goals.

The research leadingto the report also indi-cated that some landown-ers were uncertain aboutwhether they are doing allthe right things, and citedcost as a barrier to pursu-ing some of their habitatmanagement goals.

In response to this, AFFlaunched a series of proj-ects across the South tohelp landowners overcomethese barriers to manage-ment, and address some ofthe major threats impact-ing wildlife habitat and for-est health, such as invasivespecies, drought and wa-tershed management.

“Landowners want to doright by the land; we hearthis from them directlyevery day,” said Tom Mar-tin, president and CEO ofAFF. “But not all landown-ers have the expertise orthe funds to implementthe practices neededto create healthy foresthabitat. But when thesebarriers are removed –when we provide technicalassistance through proj-ects like this, or when theyhave the needed funds,whether from cost-shareassistance or from mar-kets for wood, such as En-viva has created - we seea significant increase inthe landowners taking anactive role in their forestsand in creating the neededhabitat for wildlife.”

Enviva uses small treesand brush to make wood

pellets and in doing soprovides a market for land-owners who are workingto improve forest health.The company says it needsmore of that material, andthat the available amounthas declined in recentyears.

The new partnershipwith AFF, The Nature Con-servancy and other man-agement experts is ex-pected to be a win-win forEnviva and for landown-ers, those involved in theprogram say.

Enviva sees a way to helpitself by helping landown-ers, for instance. The com-pany needs lower-valuetrees to use in creatingenergy pellets. Land own-ers need a market for low-value trees.

The harvesting of lower-value trees in the propermanner can promotegrowth of high-grade treesbecause doing so leavesmore resources avail-able to the more valuabletrees, company officialsexplained. Many stands oflongleaf pine have becomeovergrown in the absenceof that managed harvest-ing tool, they say. As a re-sult, overgrowth shadesout the plant communityon the forest floor and re-duces habitat value.

In helping landownerswith this managementaspect, Eviva can benefitbecause planned thinningputs more small-diameterand low-value wood in themarketplace. Landown-ers can use the incomegenerated by selling theirsmall-diameter and low-value wood to help paythe management costs as-sociated with carrying outtheir habitat sustainabilityphilosophies.

Enviva Holdings, LP, de-scribes itself as the world’s

largest producer of woodpellets, a renewable andsustainable energy sourceused to generate electric-ity and heat. Through itssubsidiaries, the com-pany owns and operates

plants in the SoutheasternUnited States that producenearly 3 million metrictons of wood pellets an-nually, Enviva represen-tatives say. It exports itspellets primarily to power

plants in the United King-dom and Europe thatpreviously were fueled bycoal. The company es-timates that it employsroughly 600 people in therural south.

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Works Department at 850-482-4129 Monday through Fridaybetween the hours of 8:00am and 4:30pm. After hours and weekends,calls are forwarded to the City of Marianna Police Dept. However, you

may contact the Police Dept. directly after hours at 850-526-3125.

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A critical component of our overall safety program is the Sunshine State One-Callof Florida, Inc. (SSOCOF) system. Before excavation of any kind takes place, Statelaw requires that you call SSOCOF toll free number 8-1-1 so that utility lines canbe professionally marked prior to any digging. State law requires you to call at least&A+ 5%// B%'2,6'' 7C?' >B%& ,+& -+(6 &3C, E$6= B65+(6 6@8C$C&2+, &C06' */C86; "%'2,6''7C?' 6@8/%76 A6606,7' C,7 3+/27C?'; .32' '6($286 2' 5(66 +5 83C(46 C,7 A2// *(+$276/+8C&2+, +5 #99 %,76(4(+%,7 %&2/2&26'< ,+& 1%'& ,C&%(C/ 4C'; !+--+, 6@8C$C&2+,'(6)%2(2,4 ,+&2E8C&2+, 8C, (%, &36 4C-%& 5(+- 8+-*/6@ 1+B' 2,$+/$2,4 76-+/2&2+,<grading, directional drilling, and other trenchless technologies, to jobs such as pot3+/2,4< /C,7'8C*2,4< 56,86 C,7 *+'& 2,'&C//C&2+, C,7 '&%-* 4(2,72,4; F6//+A DC4' C,7:or paint marked on thesurface area will be used toidentify underground gaslines.

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plants surrounded by green, live plants may indicatea natural gas leak.

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SMELL: natural gas is colorless andodorless. Therefore, a chemical knownas mercaptan is injected into the systemin order to create a distinct odor, which isuseful in leak detection.

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Interstate 10 ramp, there’sa very large Christmas treein the middle of a field,standing in isolated glory.

And residents along U.S.90 in Grand Ridge are alsoin the spirit of the sea-son. Several homes onthe north and south sideof that east-to-west trackare lit and some runninglights have been placedin the branches of natu-ral trees along that route.A large lit cross is also ofnote on the south side ofU.S. 90 not far from FaithHaven Assembly of God,which itself has a nativ-ity scene. Not far away,the front yard at the homeof the Kevin McDanielfamily is filled with manysmall Christmas trees,with waterfall lightshighlighting a large natu-ral tree which frames thescene.

In Marianna, a readersuggests driving by a cou-ple of elaborately decorat-ed homes near the cornerof Davis and Caledoniastreets, not far from the li-brary in town.

Another reader recom-mends the display at thehome of Leon and JudyHussey, located at 2161Leon Lane, off MagnoliaRoad in Marianna.

Out at Citizens Lodge offCaverns Road, the Cham-ber of Commerce is en-couraging businesses andorganizations to add theircreations to the display ofoversized Christmas cardsalong the walking trailthere. Call the Chamber at482-8060 to reserve a spotin the display field. If youregister and get your workto the field by Dec. 8, you’llbe in the running for a

“best of” prize.Do you know of any no-

table holiday displays thatyou’d like to share withreaders? Email the locationto us at [email protected] so that it can beadded to a running list.

As the lighting seasoncontinues, the followingtips provided by Gulf Pow-er are offered to assist localresidents in making suretheir displays are safe.

“Whether our customersare following generationsof family holiday tradi-tions or starting new ones,it’s always good to reviewsafety precautions,” saidRick DelaHaya, Gulf Powerspokesperson. “If outdoorlighting is part of their holi-day traditions, then it’s im-portant to know there aresome things you can do tosafely enjoy this traditionand save some energy.”

Here are some basic safe-ty and money-saving tips,courtesy of Gulf Power:

Outside lighting tips»Make sure you exam-

ine all the lights and cordsyou’re planning to use. If

they are damaged, frayedor have cracked wires, tossthem or recycle them andbuy replacements.

»Make sure your lightsare rated for outdoor use.Only use lights that havebeen tested for safetyby a recognized testinglaboratory, which indicatesconformance with safetystandards. Only use lightsthat have fused plugs.

» Make sure to have aplan for the placement ofyour holiday lighting sothat no more than threestrands are strung togetherunless using LEDs. GulfPower recommends usingLED lighting because theyuse less power, are moreefficient and don’t get hot,so they are a safer andmore efficient choice forhomeowners.

» While they may bemore expensive, LED lightspay for themselves in thelong run since they arecheaper to operate and lastlonger. Traditional lightssuch as the C-7 or C-9lighting cost the most tooperate, with each stringcosting up to $1 a day

to power.» Once you have a plan,

arrange your decorationsso that no outlet is over-loaded and no cords willbe pinched from goingaround corners. Be sureto plug lights and decora-tions into circuits protect-ed by ground fault circuitinterrupters (GFCIs). Thistype of outlet will shutthe circuit down if there isovercurrent. We want yourlights to shine, not sparksto fly!

» If you don’t have a GFCIoutlet, a qualified elec-trician can permanentlyinstall one outdoors forholiday seasons to come.Or, you can buy a portableoutdoor unit from yourlocal home improvementstore.

» While decorating theoutside of your home,never raise ladders, polesor other extended objectsinto or near power lines. Ifyou are decorating an out-side tree, check to makesure its limbs aren’t nearpower lines. Rememberthat no power line is safe totouch — ever.

» You can also lower yourholiday energy use by put-ting your lights on a timer.Be sure to use a durabletimer that is made to with-stand the elements.

»And finally, use cautionwhen removing outdoorholiday lights. Never pullor tug on lights.

Moving the festivities in-doors

»When you move thereindeer games inside, re-member to do so safely.While holiday lighting andelectrical decorations docontribute to the splendorof the season, they can alsosignificantly increase therisk of fires and electricalinjuries if not used safely.

» Always purchase elec-trical decorations andlights from reputable re-tailers. Use lights approvedfor safe use by a nationallyrecognized testing labora-tory, such as UnderwritersLaboratory (UL).

» Never connect morethan three strands of in-candescent lights together.Again, consider purchas-ing LED lights, which useless energy and run coolerthan traditional incandes-cent lights.

» Before decorating, de-termine how many outletsare available and wherethey are located. Plan yourdisplays accordingly. Youdon’t want your guests orelves tripping over exten-sion cords.

» Just like when you dec-orate outside, make sureyou carefully inspect eachinside electrical decora-tion. Cracked or damagedsockets, loose or bare wiresand loose connectionsmay cause a serious shockor start a fire.

» Avoid overloadingelectrical outlets with toomany decorations or elec-trical devices. They can

overheat and cause a fire.» Always unplug electri-

cal decorations before re-placing bulbs or fuses.

» For safety and to helpsave money, make sureto turn off all indoor elec-trical decorations beforeleaving home or going tosleep.

» For peace of mind,make sure to check thebatteries in your smokedetectors throughout yourhouse.

A historyWhile lighting up for

winter holidays dates backto ancient times, the tradi-tion of stringing electriclights dates back to1895when President GroverCleveland sponsored thefirst electrically-lit Christ-mas tree in the WhiteHouse.

Around 1890, strings ofholiday lights were beingmass-produced, but onlythe wealthy could affordthem. At the turn of the20th Century, they be-came popular in depart-ment stores and eventu-ally, strings of lights wereadorning retail shops andgovernment buildings.Once electric holiday lightsbecame more affordablefor the average consumer,outdoor light displays onhomes took off.

Holiday lights and dis-plays have come a longway over the past 100years. Candles on treesand in windows have givenway to massive neighbor-hood displays that bringout the friendly competi-tive spirit between neigh-bors. Lights that wereonce bulky and causedenergy bills to rise, havealso seen improvements —newer LED lights are moreenergy efficient and lastlonger.

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

People walk past the Tate Britain gallery in central London decorated with Christmas lights,Thursday Dec. 7. The festive trimmings are being put up around the world.

pOpinion 6ASATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2017

Our View

PublisherVALERIA ROBERTS

A move to ban dog racing

It’s time to ban dog racing in Florida.Why? Consider this.You’re running a foot race at 40 mph when your feet tangle

with a competitor’s. The emergency room awaits you both, thena long convalescence.

No human runs nearly that fast, of course. Not even Usain Bolt.But greyhounds do. Only cheetahs run faster. Fortunately for

the cats, they’re of no use at racetracks. The dogs, however, arethe stock in trade of an industry that would face heavy fines orbe shut down if workplace regulations applied to animals.

Since 2013, when Florida began requiring the state’s 12 dogtracks to report mortality data, 438 greyhounds have been re-ported dead — or one every three racing days.

They are put down for injuries such as broken legs or lacera-tions from which human athletes would expect to recover. Somedie of heat stroke and exhaustion. Others have been electrocut-ed after being pushed into the wires that run around the track.

“First turn... fell resulting in a compound fracture of front leg.Track vet euthanized,” said the death report on a dog namedAtascocita Laken at the Orange Park track on May 11.

“Fracture of right rear leg, bone skin thru/ Vet said severebreak,” said the death report on a dog named Multipurpose atthe track at Ebro on May 8.

“Ran into the rail and suffered a severe laceration to his leftshoulder expired immediately on the track,” said the deathreport on Rans Frankie Dee at Palm Beach Kennel Club on May8, 2014.

No one knows how many other dogs are injured. The statedoesn’t collect information on injuries, only deaths. AfterSeminole County voters began requiring injury reports becauseof a local citizen’s initiative, 26 injuries and three deaths werereported in the first few months.

Dog racing is a declining industry, far less of a tourist attrac-tion and revenue source than it once was. Florida is one of onlysix states where dogs are still raced. Forty states have banned it,although 17 permit simulcast betting on dogs.

Still, the betting on live racing at Florida dog tracks has fallenfrom $87 million in 2006 to barely half that in 2016, a sharperdrop than in horse racing. In 1969, the state treasury netted $25million from dog racing; last year, it yielded $2.8 million.

Florida can and should do without that money, consideringthe inhumane suffering at its source.

State Sen. Tom Lee, R-Tampa, acting as a member of theFlorida Constitution Revision Commission, is offering the publican opportunity to make that decision in next year’s general elec-tion. His effort deserves your support.

Lee’s proposal, number 67 on the commission’s list, wouldamend the Constitution to prohibit greyhound racing at pari-mutuel establishments and betting on dogs anywhere in thestate. The bans would be phased in over three years and be abso-lute on July 1, 2021.

There’s already a fierce pushback from the industry, whoseobjections include the familiar argument that such a policyshould be enacted as a law by the Legislature, not chiseled intoconstitutional stone.

There are two rebuttals to that. One is that when Florida’sConstitution was originally amended in the 1930s to allow race-track gambling and entitle every county to share in the taxes, itmade passing reference to “the types of pari-mutuel pools” theLegislature had already authorized. Those included dog tracks.Although that language is long gone, industry lawyers might useit to argue that legislative action against dog racing would beunconstitutional.

As for the Legislature, it has had numerous chances to protectgreyhounds. But lawmakers cannot pass even the narrowest ofbills — injury reporting, for example — because of the manycompeting interests in gambling.

“Trying to pass a pari-mutuel bill in Florida is like throwing aside of beef into a shark tank,” says Lee. “The safest course is towrite them out.”

The issue is impossibly complicated by the long-term ambi-tions of the state’s horse and dog tracks, and jai alai frontons,to turn themselves into full-scale gambling casinos, with pokerrooms and slots along the way. So far, they’ve been required tokeep their unprofitable racing events if they want to continuegambling. …

It’s folk wisdom in Florida that you can get traces of cocainejust from touching $20 bills, but greyhounds don’t handle cash.It doesn’t explain why 12 dogs tested positive for cocaine at atrack last year, prompting regulators to suspend their handler’slicense.

Florida needs a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to help-less animals and gambling. But the state capital is the sort ofplace where Cory’s bill is more likely to pass than a law to shutdown dog racing.

You’ll hear it from the racing lobby — because we’ve heardit before — that dog tracks euthanize far fewer animals thanshelters do. That’s beside the point. Dog racing is a high-hazardenterprise for the animals. Its public benefits, such as they are,fall far short of justifying it.

Proposal 67 is on the Nov. 30 agenda of the Constitution Revi-sion Commission’s committee on general provisions and theexecutive branch.

The committee will meet at 8 a.m. at the Senate Office Buildingin Tallahassee. Jacqui Thurlow-Lippisch of Martin County is thechair. She can receive e-mail through the commission’s website,www.flcrc.gov.

It’s time to write. Encourage commissioners to put the amend-ment that would ban dog racing on next November’s ballot.

Let the people be heard on the sport of dying dogs.

Sun Sentinel of Fort Lauderdale

Some top-secret sources I now worrywere working for Project VeritasOh, Project Veritas. The

James O’Keefe-helmedorganization, clearly

operating on the assumptionthat all you have to do to be ananonymous source is send avague email out of the blue andit will appear in print with noquestions, appears to have senta woman to The Post to falselyclaim that Roy Moore hadimpregnated her at 15. But shetold an inconsistent story, hadnot removed the GoFundMepage saying she was headedto New York to take down theliberal MSM and was then spot-ted walking into the headquar-ters of Project Veritas. In otherwords, it did not go as planned.

Still, what a plan! The newsside is very clever, but I am onlya humor columnist, and some-times I miss things. Now that Iknow that such sneaky thingsare possible, I have gone overmy past contacts with a fine-toothed comb, and I am notsure whom I can trust.

» Woman who claimed shecould “take down PresidentTrump,” if I just “promised thatthat was what I was really after,”but all three of her hands weremop handles.

» Pirate with a peg leg and astrangely motionless shoulder-parrot with a flashing red lightcoming out of one eye. I asked,“Is that a recording device?”and the pirate said, “In a sense,aren’t ALL parrots recordingdevices?” but then we made eyecontact for too long and he toreoff his peg leg and bolted out ofthe coffee shop.

» Enormous papier-mache

head with a large microphoneprotruding from one nostril thatasked only to be identified asBill Clinton.

» Wooden horse left in themailroom that when tappedon the side and asked “Are youfull of Project Veritas employeesdressed up like Greek soldiers?”paused for a few seconds andthen said, “No.”

» College student who wantedto meet for coffee to get careeradvice, but then all the careerquestions were, “How can I growup to print so many lies?” and“Did making fake news comeeasily to you, or did you struggleat first to have to print so manyobvious untruths about ourwonderful president, whom wecan agree, between the two ofus, is a perfect man unjustly ma-ligned by liars like yourself?”

» Entity claiming to be a ghostfull of secrets that was clearlyjust a guy in a tablecloth (whichis a shame because he finallyexplained that rabbit-JimmyCarter incident in a way I couldunderstand).

» James O’Keefe in dark glass-es and a big name-tag that said“ANTIFA AGITATOR” who said,“Just print the worst lies aboutDonald Trump you can possiblythink of and we’ll back them up.

Any lies you like! I know howthis works.”

» James O’Keefe again in a dif-ferent set of dark glassesand a fake nose who said, “Howwise of you to see through that‘Antifa Agitator.’ But I have beensent by the Clinton machine!”and then kept winking andwouldn’t stop, while trying tohand me a big envelope labeled“SCOOPS” that was clearly filledwith email forwards he hadprinted out.

» Half of a pantomime horsecostume that said it could “blowthe whole Cabinet wide open”but kept giving inconsistent an-swers when asked if it was sup-posed to be half a horse, a guy ina horse costume, or a centaur.

» Six layers of raincoat thatmay or may not have had aperson under them.

» Bag of novelty dollars thatsaid “I AM CLINTON CASH,PLEASE PRINT THE FOLLOW-ING LIE” on it in large blockletters.

» Potted plant with a red flagin it, but there was clearly a per-son inside raising and loweringthe flag.

» Man in a trench coat wholured me into a parking garagesaying he had information butwould not give it to me unlessI said the password: “We aredefinitely fake news! We are notto be trusted.”

» Someone who claimed hername was Ann . . . Ann Ony-mous Source.

Alexandra Petri writes the ComPost blog,offering a lighter take on the news and

opinions of the day. She is the author of “AField Guide to Awkward Silences.”

CHICAGO — In mid-Novem-ber, just west of the Windy City,one of America’s most distin-guished journalists recalled howhard it is, even in a profession asindividualistic as ours, to take adifferent position on almost anyimportant piece of news.

Hedrick Smith, the famousNew York Times Russia corre-spondent, reminisced with anaudience at Dominican Uni-versity about America going towar against Iraq in 2003, largelybased on claims by the GeorgeW. Bush administration thatSaddam Hussein had weaponsof mass destruction — claimsthat, for the most part, wentunchallenged in the media.

Smith recalled that one re-porting team, connected withKnight Ridder, later McClatchyNewspapers, stood out for itscourageous work at the time.Using top-level research andcommon sense, the team wrotesimply that there were no suchweapons in Iraq. And they wereright!

I was proud to hear Smith’scomments, first because hewas speaking as part of theGeorgie Anne Geyer Initiativeat the university, a program totrain foreign correspondentsfor the future. Second, becauseI had also warned that SaddamHussein, whom I had inter-viewed in Baghdad, cunninglyused empty threats of suchweapons to protect his land-locked state from its surround-ing enemies.

Yet, the perspicacious KnightRidder/McClatchy team nevergot its due credit, was passedover for the Pulitzer and waseven looked at askance by otherjournalists. Smith’s words mademe remember that it is not goodto be right too soon.

It also seems to me that weare still overly afraid to thinkoutside the box or outside what-ever fashionable “in” group webelong to. Not only the Amishdislike being shunned.

One story blazing across the

headlines today in an intellec-tual goosestep is sexual harass-ment. It’s a subject we shouldthink more deeply about thanwe currently do and, as withIraq in 2003, there seems to bealmost no room for fine points.Some thoughts:

» The idea that sexual harass-ment is somehow evenly spreadacross various professions andregions of the country does not,in my experience, hold water.

I have been a journalist innewspapers and publishing for50 years, and not only have Inever been harassed, in the truesense of the word, but I havenever heard stories from otherwomen colleagues about menwe knew walking around nakedor drugging women to rapethem.

Surely, men made passes(and, yes, even at girls who woreglasses), but if the answer was“No,” that was it. No pawing forpromises.

» It strikes me that, with someexceptions, most of the ex-amples of nasty, vulgar and, yes,illegal harassment made publicin recent months occurred invarious areas of the entertain-ment world and politics.

It seems the cliche of thedistinguished-looking oldHollywood mogul “giving apretty starlet a break” has nowmorphed into pitiful, disgustingvulgarians more intent uponacting out their sick desires thanin satisfying themselves sexu-ally.

» As someone who hasworked all over the world forhalf a century, I can be driveninto a lather when anotherAmerican says that sexual

harassment is a problem “inAmerica” or “in our country.” Intruth, American men are, out-side of these harassers, the mostfair-minded, most considerateand most just in the world.

» I have to recall that ourmothers taught us to stay outof the hotel rooms of men andinsisted upon our manneredbehavior. And so I am horrifiedby the stories of girls who get sodrunk they fall unconscious.

In contrast, the girls I grewup with on the South Side ofChicago were wholly capable ofsocking a man who gave themtrouble or yelling like a banshee.Once, waiting in an airport linein Damascus, a Syrian manwas giving me some trouble,so I faked a half-swoon andstomped smartly on his foot.Poor guy cried. Police applaud-ed me. Situation closed.

Yet, young women today toooften seem surprised by men’sapproaches; they act as if menare just another version of us.They aren’t.

» Finally, it surprises mehow little the question ofwhat’s legal or illegal comesup. Yes, Bill Cosby is in courtand others may well be, andshould be, but we seem to bescreaming a whole lot withoutthinking much about whetherwe are dealing with the law. AsNew Yorker editor David Rem-nick put it so aptly in his recentissue:

“What constitutes harass-ment? What relation is therebetween the worst offenses andmore ambiguous ones, betweenphysical assault and verbalslights? What are fair guidelinesand sanctions? Do men re-ally understand the ways thatharassment can diminish andundermine a woman?”

I couldn’t possibly say itbetter.

Georgie Anne Geyer has been a foreigncorrespondent and commentator on inter-national affairs for more than 40 years. She

can be reached at [email protected].

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Bill DuncanBill Duncan was born

in Toledo, Ohio on June20, 1936, and he passedaway on November 27,2017. Bill played in theDuncan Downbeats Band,which helped support himthrough college. He at-tended The University ofMichigan for two years.He received his businessdegree after two years atDetroit University. Bill be-came employed with theGovernment in the U.S.Customs Office in Detroit,Michigan. While workingfor U.S. Customs in Phila-delphia he went to TempleUniversity Law School. Hebecame District Director inSaint Louis, Missouri. Afterfourteen years, Bill trans-ferred to Washington, D.C.in the International Divi-sion of Customs. While inthe International Division,Bill designed a programto train other countrieshow to computerize theircustoms. He implementedhis program at the FederalLaw Enforcement TrainingCenter in Georgia wherenumerous foreign govern-

ments received instructionin computerizing their cus-toms systems.

Bill is survived by onebrother Jack Duncan, andone sister Diane Bieberboth from Michigan. Billwas married to Mary F.Duncan on January 18,1958. They had three chil-dren; Bill A. Duncan andwife Karen of Arnold, Mis-souri, Kathryn Werner andhusband Bill R. of Nash-ville, Tennessee, ElizabethMarsella and husbandDr. Richard Marsella ofCrawfordville, Florida.Bill and Mary have sevengrandchildren; Tina, Mary,Robert, Richard, Joshua,Nathan, and Brianna, onegreat grandchild, Maxton.Bill and Mary are mem-bers of Ascension LutheranChurch. He was a mem-ber of the Marianna LionsClub, and the AARP TaxFree group for Mariannafor a number of years.

A Memorial servicefor Bill will be held 11:00A.M., Monday, December11, 2017 in the AscensionLutheran Church with Rev-erend Steve Mazzaferru of-ficiating.

Family will accept flow-ers or you may make dona-tions to Ascension Luther-an Church at 3975 Hwy 90,Marianna, Florida 32446

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Walter GlennEdwards

Walter Glenn Edwardswent home to be with theLord on December 6, 2017.He was 86. He was retiredfrom PRIDE Industrieswith the State of Florida.

A native of Sneads, Flor-ida, he was born on May 18,1931. He attended SneadsHigh School and graduatedin 1949. He married Mar-garet Brown on December9, 1952, three days beforereporting for active duty inthe U.S. Army. They werehappily wed for 45 years.On July 19, 2003, he mar-ried Rebecca Walker. Theywere married for 14 years.

Glenn was a memberof the American LegionPost 241 in Sneads, Florida.He proudly served in theHonor Guard. He was alsoa member of Masonic GeeLodge #21 in Chattahooch-ee, Florida. He was a Ma-son for 52 years and was apast Grand Master Mason.

Glenn was a lifetimemember of the Sneads FirstUnited Methodist Church.He served in many capaci-ties at SFUMC as Admin-istrative Board Chairman,Chairman of the Trustees,Sunday School Superinten-dent and a host of other of-

fices and was a member ofthe United Methodist Men.He was known as the “can-dyman” because he alwayshad a peppermint ready tohand out to everyone.

He is survived by twodaughters: Glynda Ed-wards and Rhonda Dykes(husband Charles) and oneson Toby Edwards (wifeSara) all of Sneads. Twograndsons: Michael Dykesof Sneads and Jay Cox (wifeJaime) of Tallahassee. Fourgreat grandchildren: Am-ber Dykes of Sneads, Reidand Keller Cox of Tallahas-see and Harmany Capps ofSneads. Two brothers: GuyEdwards (wife Faye) andBobby Edwards both ofSneads. One stepson andone stepdaughter. A hostof nieces and nephews andhis special furry friend Zoe.

The family is askingin lieu of flowers that do-nations be made to theSneads First United Meth-odist Church Sound Sys-tem Fund.

Visitation will be onSunday, December 10, 2017from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PMat Lanier-Andler FuneralHome. Funeral Serviceswill be held Monday, De-cember 11, 2017 at 2:00 PMin the Sneads First UnitedMethodist Church. Inter-ment will follow at PopeCemetery. Masonic Riteswill be given in his honorby the Masonic Lodge andfull military honors will bepresented by American Le-gion Post 241.

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Nina EvansSims

Nina Evans Sims wasborn in Marianna, Floridaon January 13, 1943 anddied on December 4, 2017.

She was preceded indeath by her father, Mil-lard Fillmore Evans, whodied when she was 4 yearsold, and her mother, OvetaStephens Evans who diedin 1995.

She is survived by herthree adoring children andtheir spouses: Myla andTodd Wahlquist, Jinger andJim Deason, and Joshuaand Sara Sims. She is alsosurvived by her sister, Phyl-lis Sakamoto of Arizona.Nina’s grandchildren,Evan, Elyse, and PrestonWahlquist and Karley andMadison Deason were herdearest treasures and hergreatest source of joy.

She was a devotedmother and grandmotherabove all else in her life.Nina was a source of guid-ance, comfort, inspirationand assurance to her chil-dren and grandchildrenand countless others thatcalled her Aunt Nina, Mrs.Sims, and friend.

Nina was a strikingbeauty and had a gorgeoussinging voice, perform-ing in choirs and on stage,but education was her firstpriority from an early age.She followed her passionfor science and educationto earn a Bachelors fromFlorida State Universityin Science Education andlater a Master’s degreestarted at Louisiana StateUniversity and completedat Troy State University inSecondary Science Educa-tion. Nina had a brief ten-ure working as a teacherin Holmes County HighSchool, Bay County HighSchool, and Golson Ele-mentary School, but spentmore than 30 years teach-ing various sciences in

Marianna, Florida, first atMarianna Middle Schooland then at Marianna HighSchool. She was awardedJackson County Teacher ofthe Year in 1989. Nina latertaught for 10 years in LeonCounty at Godby HighSchool.

Outside her family, Ninawas most treasured by herthousands of students forher life-changing gifts asa teacher of science. Ninahad a way of making sci-ence relatable to studentsof all interest and achieve-ment levels. She madeit fun and engaging andeven silly when needed todemonstrate the beautyof those truths that shapeour physical world. Ninawas able to reach the leastengaged students and themost engaged simultane-ously and inspire them tolearn and marvel with her-a truly gifted teacher. Manystudents will remember theSSSS or the Super SimpleSims Specials - a small slipof paper with 5 questionsthat popped up frequentlyto check her student’s un-derstanding of the materi-al! Nina knew her studentsas individuals and took aninterest in their lives, manycrediting her for success incareers of medicine, engi-neering and research. Sheworked tirelessly beforeand after school mentor-ing students in scienceresearch and she accom-panied them to local, state,and international sciencefair competitions. Ninawas a champion of sci-ence and of her students.She taught so many familymembers and made thosewho were not actual familyfeel that they were. It is nowonder that entire gradu-ating classes often referredto her as Aunt Nina.

The family prefers dona-tions be made to Big BendHospice in place of flowers.Nina will be celebrated in aprivate ceremony with im-mediate family only. Pleasevisit www.bevisfh.com toshare your memories ofNina Sims to be included ina book in her honor. ToddWahlquist with Bevis Fu-neral Home (850-385-2193,www.bevisfh.com) is as-sisting the Sims family withtheir arrangements.

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Obituaries

From staff reports

A Tallahassee womansustained minor injuriesin a roll-over crash, ac-cording to the FloridaHighway Patrol.

Sindi Stafford, 26, ofTallahassee, was drivinga 2005 Toyota Avalon onTuesday, Dec. 5, at 12:24p.m., when the incidentoccurred, FHP reports.

Eastbound on Interstate10, in the inside lane,Stafford “was fatiguedand dozed off,” accord-ing to officials. Thatcaused the vehicle to drift

into the median. FHPsays that when theToyota’s left-side tires hitthe median, it woke Staf-ford, who then “overcor-rected” the steering whentrying to get back on theroad.

FHP says the vehiclethen rotated clockwise,traveled across the east-bound lanes and onto theshoulder, where it thenhit a sign and rolled over.

Jackson County EMStook Stafford to a nearbyhospital for treatment ofinjuries FHP described as“minor.”

Sleepy driverinjured inI-10 crash

Michigan driver,passenger killedin I-10 crash

From staff reports

A male driver and hisfemale passenger werekilled in a crash on Inter-state 10 Wednesday, ac-cording to Florida High-way Patrol.

The incident occurredat noon on Wednesday,Dec. 6, near mile marker130 and US 231 in JacksonCounty, FHP reports.

Officials say HermanCarter, 79, of Newaygo,Michigan, was the driv-er of a 2014 Chevrolet2500HD pickup truck in-volved in the crash. Thatpickup was merging ontoI-10, via the westboundentrance ramp, at thesame time a 2014 Mackdump truck, driven byClifford Branch, 67, ofPanama City, was headedwest, in the left, insidelane of the same road.

While merging, “thedriver of the Chevrolet

lost control” and the vehi-cle “traveled into the pathof the Mack,” FHP saidin the incident report.That caused the front ofthe Mack to collide withthe left, driver-side of theChevrolet pickup.

Both vehicles, still con-joined, came to rest onthe north shoulder ofthe westbound lanes, theChevrolet facing southand the Mack facing west.

Chevrolet driver Carterand passenger PatriciaCarter, 74, also of Ne-waygo, were killed in thecrash; Branch, driver ofthe Mack, sustained noinjuries, according to of-ficials.

All three persons arelisted as wearing theirseat belts at the time ofthe incident.

FHP says charges arepending the outcome ofthe agency’s investiga-tion.

Special to the FloridanThe Town of Grand Ridge postponed its annual

Christmas parade and festival.Citing “the weather forecast of 90 percent rain” for

the originally scheduled date (Friday, Dec. 8), townofficials rescheduled the events for Friday, Dec. 15.

The parade, which starts at 4 p.m. that day, will beimmediately followed by the festival in John ThomasRecreational Park.

For more information, call Grand Ridge Town Hallat 850-592-4621.

Grand Ridge Christmasparade, festival move to Dec. 15


PENSACOLA, Florida —President Donald Trumpon Friday reinforced hissupport for embattled Al-abama Republican Senatecandidate Roy Moore, tell-ing voters four days beforethey go to the polls thatthe “LAST thing” he needsin the closely dividedGOP-controlled Senate isa “Liberal Democrat” whoopposes his agenda.

Trump tweeted thatmessage hours before hetouched down in Pensac-ola, Florida, for a Fridaynight rally in a state thathelped propel him to theWhite House.

The White House has

said the rally is a cam-paign event for Trump.But the location, near theAlabama border and feed-ing television markets inthe state, stoked specu-lation that the rally wasa backdoor way for thepresident to give Moore’scampaign a boost withoutactually setting foot in thestate.

“It’s not that he’s not go-ing to Alabama. It’s thathe is going to Pensacola,”White House spokesmanRaj Shah told reporters onboard Air Force One Fri-day. “Pensacola’s Trumpcountry. This is a part ofthe state that voted over-whelmingly for the presi-dent in 2016. He’ll be trav-

eling back to Florida fromtime to time, and it’s a keystate.”

Shah said Trump wouldbe talking to voters aboutthe Republican tax planmaking its way throughCongress. Trump has beentrying to sell the plan as aboon to the middle class,despite criticism that itwould disproportionatelyhelp businesses and thewealthy.

Moore, who is 70, hasbeen dogged by multipleallegations of sexual mis-conduct, including accu-sations that he molestedtwo teenage girls and pur-sued romantic relation-ships with several otherswhile in his 30s. He has

denied the allegations.Shah said the president

and White House havemade clear they find theallegations “troubling andconcerning” and believethey “should be taken seri-ously.” But he said Moorehas maintained his inno-cence, and that should betaken into account as well.

“Ultimately his endorse-ment is about the issues,”said Shah. “He doesn’twant to see Alabama electa Nancy Pelosi/ChuckSchumer puppet who’sgoing to be wrong on theissues and not support theagenda,” he said, refer-ring to top congressionalDemocrats Nancy Pelosiand Chuck Schumer.

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9» Marianna City Farmers Market—7 a.m. to noon. Jack-son County Growers Association, Inc., Madison StreetPark, Marianna. Open Saturday’s thru Dec. 30.» Alcoholics Anonymous Open Meeting—8 a.m. in theAA room of First United Methodist Church, 2901 Caledo-nia St. in Marianna.» Security and Response Seminar—8 a.m. at SecondWest Florida Missionary Baptist Association, 4110 Her-ring Ave., Marianna. Safety concepts to increase aware-ness facing churches.» Innovative Charities of NW Florida Inc. ThriftStore—9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 1994 Hwy. 71 S, Marianna Formore information call 573-5526.» Cottondale Christmas Parade—10 a.m.» Sneads Christmas Parade—4 p.m.» A Classic Chipley Christmas—7 p.m. at Spanish TrailPlayhouse, 680 2nd St., Chipley. Classic and traditionalChristmas carols, songs, ballet dancing and more. Formore, call 638-9113.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10» Gospel Sing—2 p.m. The Gospel Jublivesat Henshaw Chapel A.M.E. Church in Cot-tondale. Annual prize giveaway and hot fishfor sale.» Christmas Program—5:30 p.m. at CollinsChapel, Third Avenue and Collins ChapelRoad, Malone. Program: The Colors of Christ-mas. For more, call 569-5644.» Cantata and Children’s Musical—6 p.m. First BaptistChurch and First Presbyterian Church will have a jointChristmas Cantata at First Baptist Church in Marianna.Reception with refreshments will follow in the WesleyCenter.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 11» Marianna Lions Club Meeting—Noon at Jim’s Buffet& Grill, 4329 Lafayette St., Marianna. Call 482-2005.» Spirit Night—5-9 p.m. at Beef ‘O’Brady’s. Hosted byThe Jackson County Education Foundation.» Breaking Free—7 -8 p.m. A closed SAA groupis a 12-step fellowship of men and womenrecovering from addictive sexual behavior.For more, call Shawn at 693-1621 or [email protected].

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12» Innovative Charities of NW Florida, Inc.Thrift Store—9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 1994Hwy. 71 S, Marianna For more informationcall 573-5526.» Food Distribution — 9 a.m. to noon atHeaven’s Garden Food Pantry, 3115 MainSt. in Cottondale. Jackson County residentsonly. Call 579-9963 or visit www.aidaspina.org.» St. Anne Thrift Store—9 a.m. to 1 p.m. St. Anne’sCatholic Church, 3009 Fifth St., Marianna. Call 482-3734.» Beginner/players Pinochle—10 a.m. Everyone iswelcome to come and play. For more information andlocation call 272-6611.» Republican Club of NW Florida Meeting—Noonat Jim’s Buffet, 4329 Lafayette St., Marianna. Guestspeaker: Darwin Gilmore.» Graceville Kiwanis Club Meeting—Noon at CircleGrill Restaurant, 5325 Cotton St.» Republican Club of Northwest Florida Meet-ing—Noon at Jim’s Buffet & Grill, 4329 Lafayette St.,Marianna. Call 352-4984.» Jackson County Genealogy Group Meeting—1:30p.m. at First United Methodist Church Youth Center onClinton Street, Marianna. For more, call 394-4910.» ASK 4-H Club and Autism Support Group Meet-ing—5:30-6:30 p.m. Jackson County Extension Office,2741 Penn Ave., #3, Marianna. Family members, caregiv-ers and service providers welcome to the Autism Supportmeeting. For more information call Ann Marie Shelton at272-6099 or email [email protected].» Council Meeting—6:30 p.m. Town of Greenwood.»Dare to Live HealedHealing School Class—7 p.m. inBascom Town Hall at 4969 Basswood Road. Free classestaught by Jacquelyn McGriff. Call 276-6024.» Alcoholics Anonymous Closed Meeting—8-9 p.m.in the AA room of First United Methodist Church, 2901Caledonia St. in Marianna. Closed discussion with 12 &12 study. Everyone with a desire to stop drinking iswelcome.»Free Health Insurance Help—1-3 p.m. BlountstownPublic Library. If confused about the AffordableHealthcare Act and need assistance navigating thehealth insurance marketplace free help is availablethrough 90 Works. Shelley Berry is a trained andlicensed navigator and will be at the Blountstown PublicLibrary. For more information and to make an appoint-ment call 850-630-9082.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13» Innovative Charities of NW Florida Inc. ThriftStore—9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 1994 Hwy. 71 S, Marianna Formore information call 573-5526.» Food Pantry—10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Innovative Charitiesof NW Florida, Inc., 1994 Hwy. 71 S, Marianna. For moreinformation call 573-5526.» Drug/Alcohol Recovery Group—9 a.m. at theCampbellton-Graceville Hospital. This is an open meet-ing. For more information call 263-4431.» St. Anne Thrift Store—9 a.m. to 1 p.m. St. Anne’sCatholic Church, 3009 Fifth St., Marianna. Call 482-3734.» Chipola Civic Club Meeting—Noon at The OaksRestaurant, U.S. 90 in Marianna. The CCC’s focus is thelocal community, “Community, Children & Character.”Call 526-3142.» Alcoholics Anonymous Open Meeting—Noon to 1

p.m. in the AA room of First United Methodist Church,2901 Caledonia St. in Marianna.» Distributing Food to End Hunger—12:30 p.m. untilall food is gone, at 8012 Hwy. 90 West, Sneads.Restoration Network is partnering with MountMoriah Church, Sneads. Distributing the sec-ond and third weeks of the month, Wednes-days only. First -come, first-served basis. Formore information call 850-718-1514.» Chess Club—3 p.m. to 4 p.m. at MariannaHigh School. Club is for MHS Students. For moreinformation call 693-0473.» Jackson County Public Library Advisory BoardMeeting —3 p.m. in the Panhandle Public Library Coop-erative System conference room.» Hot Meal—4:30-6 p.m. at the Marianna Seventh DayAdventist Church, 4878 Hwy. 90, Marianna. Every secondWednesday of each month.» New Day Mental Health Support Group Meet-ing—6-8 p.m. in the fellowship hall of Christian Center

Church on Sheffield Dr., Marianna. Individuals,family members and veterans are welcome.Speakers from the mental health care com-munity and discussion time. For more, checkout our Facebook page or call 850-693-2033.» Alcoholics Anonymous—Closed discus-sion, 8-9 p.m., First United Methodist Church,

2901 Caledonia St., Marianna, in the AA room.Attendance limited to persons with a desire tostop drinking; papers will not be signed.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14» Innovative Charities of NW Florida Inc. ThriftStore—9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 1994 Hwy. 71 S, Marianna Formore information call 573-5526.» Drug/Alcohol Recovery Group—9 a.m. at Campbell-ton-Graceville Hospital. Open meeting. For more, call263-4431.» St. Anne Thrift Store—9 a.m. to 1 p.m. St. Anne’sCatholic Church, 3009 Fifth St., Marianna. Call 482-3734.» Health Talks—10 a.m. at Jackson County SeniorCitizens, 2931 Optimist Dr., Marianna. Guest: SunshineSpears from Emerald Coast. For more, call 482-5028.» Chipola Civic Club Meeting—Noon at The Oaks

Restaurant, U.S. 90 in Marianna. The CCC’s focus is thelocal community, “Community, Children & Character.”Call 526-3142.

» Chess Club—3 -4 p.m. at Marianna High School.Club is for MHS Students. For more informa-tion call 693-0473.» Free Caregiver Support Group—4:30-6

p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, Mariannain the social hall. All caregivers welcome. Support

group empowers caregivers with knowledgeand information through fellowship and sharing

likeminded individuals who are caring for lovedones. Sponsored by the Alzheimer’s Project Inc.

Tallahassee.» Jackson County Branch of the NAACP monthlymeeting—6 p.m. St. James A.M.E. Church.» New Day Mental Health Support Group Meet-ing—6-8 p.m. in the fellowship hall of Christian CenterChurch on Sheffield Dr., Marianna. Individuals, familymembers and veterans are welcome. Speakers from themental health care community and discussion time. Formore information check out our facebook page or call850-693-2033.» Alcoholics Anonymous—Closed discussion, 8 p.m.to9 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 2901 CaledoniaSt., Marianna, in the AA room. Attendance limited topersons with a desire to stop drinking; papers will not besigned.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15» Innovative Charities of NW Florida Inc. ThriftStore—9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 1994 Hwy. 71 S, Marianna Formore information call 573-5526.» Chipola College Spring Registration—For currentstudents through noon on Dec. 15. Online registrationcontinues through Jan. 2 and regular registration opensJan 3-4. Classes begin Jan. 5.» Spring EMT and CNA Classes—Applications duebefore Dec. 15 to limited enrollment. For EMT classes, call718-2403, and for more on CNA classes, call 718-2346.» Hooks and Needles—10 a.m. at the Jackson CountyPublic Library, Marianna Branch. New and experienced

hand crafters welcome to create, share, learn orteach favorite projects. Call 482-9631.

» Grand Ridge Christmas Parade and Festi-val—4 p.m. parade followed by festival at John

Thomas Recreational Park. Events were originallyscheduled for Dec. 8, but postponed due to

weather.» Celebrate Recovery—7 p.m. at Evangel Wor-

ship Center, 2645 Pebble Hill Road in Marianna.Adult and teen meetings to “overcome hurts,

habits and hang-ups.” Dinner: 6 p.m. Child care available.Call 209-7856, 573-1131.»Youth Activity Night—6 p.m. at Marianna Church ofGod. Ages: 12-19. Call 482-6264.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16» Marianna City Farmers Market—7 a.m. tonoon. Jackson County Growers Association,Inc., Madison Street Park, Marianna. OpenSaturday’s thru Dec. 30.» Alcoholics Anonymous Open Meeting—8 a.m.in the AA room of First United Methodist Church, 2901Caledonia St. in Marianna.» Free Food Giveaway—8 a.m. at Cypress Creek Com-munity Church, 1772 Macedonia Road, Alford. Must be aFlorida resident to receive food and must be present. Oneper household. For more, call 718-7311 or 638-0360.» Innovative Charities of NW Florida Inc. ThriftStore—9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 1994 Hwy. 71 S, Marianna For

more information call 573-5526.» Jackson County Community Helpers Club—10 a.m.4571 Dickson Road, Greenwood.

» Holiday Safari—11 a.m. at the Graceville BranchLibrary. Participants will select, from beneath theChristmas tree, a present containing a clue aboutone of the surprise guest animals.

» Holiday Safari—2 p.m. at Citizens Lodge,Marianna. Participants will select, from beneath the

Christmas tree, a present containing a clue aboutone of the surprise guest animals.

» Free Audition Workshop—2 p.m. with ChipolaCollege Theatre, for Disney’s The Little Mermaid, in theCenter for the Arts. For more, call 718-2227.» The Miracle of Christmas—5 p.m. at Hickory GroveChurch, 5787 Grove Road, Bascom. Food and fellowshipafter service.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17» Senior Citizens Day—11 a.m. at McChapel AMEChurch, 4963 Old US Road, Marianna. Guest speaker:Minister Lonnie Gilbert. Colors for the day are green andwhite. For more, call Sheryl White at 557-9044.» Trial Sermon—3 p.m. at Sunrise Worship Center, 2957Hall St., Marianna. Guest: Bro. Samuel L. Milton. Formore, call 209-2350.» Christmas Musical—6 p.m. “The Greatest Story EverTold” musical presented by The Lovedale Baptist Church,6595 Lovedale Road in the Lovedale/Two Egg commu-nity. For more, call 592-5415 or 592-6951.» Alcoholics Anonymous Closed Discussion—6:30p.m. in AA room of First United Methodist Church, 2901Caledonia St. in Marianna. Attendance limited to personswith a desire to stop drinking.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 18» St. Anne Thrift Store—Closed Dec. 18-Jan. 3. ReopenThurs. Jan 4 at 9 a.m. St. Anne’s Catholic Church, 3009Fifth St., Marianna. Call 482-3734.» Chipola Chapter NSDAR Meeting—10:45 a.m. atThe Oaks Restaurant, Marianna. Guest speaker: AnnelleBlanchette. For more, call 482-6600.» Chipola Beekeepers Meeting—6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at theJackson County Extension Office, 2741 Penn Ave., Mari-anna. Bring a dish for the potluck supper. Call 482-9620.» Breaking Free—7 p.m. to 8 p.m. A closed SAA group isa 12-step fellowship of men and women recovering fromaddictive sexual behavior. For more info and location callShawn at 693-1621 or email [email protected].

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19» St. Anne Thrift Store—Closed Dec. 18-Jan. 3. ReopenThurs. Jan 4 at 9 a.m. St. Anne’s Catholic Church, 3009Fifth St., Marianna. Call 482-3734.» Innovative Charities of NW Florida, Inc. ThriftStore—9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 1994 Hwy. 71 S, Marianna Formore information call 573-5526.» Country Gospel Band—10 a.m. at the Jackson CountySenior Citizens, 2931 Optimist Dr., Marianna. For more,call 482-5028.» Beginner/players Pinochle—10 a.m. Everyone iswelcome to come and play. For more information andlocation call 272-6611.» Foot Doctor at Senior Citizens—10:30 a.m. at Jack-son County Senior Citizens, 5400 Cliff St., Graceville. Formore, call 263-4650.» Optimist Club of Jackson County Meeting—Noonat Jim’s Buffet & Grill, 4329 Lafayette St., Marianna. Allvisitors welcome.» Panhandle Public Library Cooperative System BoardMeeting—4 p.m. at 2862 Madison St., Marianna.» Jackson County School Board Meeting — 4 p.m. at2903 Jefferson St., Marianna. Public welcome. Agendaposted at JCSB.org. Call 482-1200.» Jackson County NAACP Meeting—6 p.m. at St.James AME, 2891 Orange St., Marianna.» Disabled American Veterans Meeting—6 p.m. at theDAV Chapter 22 house, 3083 DAV Lane, Marianna (N. ofHwy 71 off Blue Spring Hwy.). Call Leon Kelly 209-4310.» Graceville Lions Club Meeting—6:30 p.m. Circle Grill.Contact Tom Heddle at 272-0101 for more information.»Dare to Live Healed – Healing School Class—7 p.m.in the Bascom Town Hall at 4969 Basswood Road. Freeclasses taught by Jacquelyn McGriff. Call 276-6024.» Alcoholics Anonymous Closed Meeting—8 p.m. to9 p.m. in the AA room of First United Methodist Church,2901 Caledonia St. in Marianna. Closed discussion with12 & 12 study. Everyone with a desire to stop drinking iswelcome.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20» Innovative Charities of NW Florida, Inc. ThriftStore—9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 1994 Hwy. 71 S, Marianna Formore information call 573-5526.» Malone Joy Club—10 a.m. Joy Club House, S.R. 2,Malone. Lunch served at noon. Games following lunch.Come and join the fun.» Food Pantry—10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Innovative Charitiesof NW Florida, Inc., 1994 Hwy. 71 S, Marianna. For more

information call 573-5526.» Alcoholics Anonymous Open Meeting—Noonto 1 p.m. in the AA room of First United MethodistChurch, 2901 Caledonia St. in Marianna.» Distributing Food to End Hunger—12:30

until all food is gone. 8012 Hwy., 90 W., Sneads.Restoration Network is partnering with Mount

Moriah Church, Sneads. Distributing the 2nd and 3rdweeks of the month only on Wednesdays. First come firstserved basis. For more information call 850-718-1514.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21» Innovative Charities of NW Florida, Inc. ThriftStore—9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 1994 Hwy. 71 S, Marianna Formore information call 573-5526.

The submission deadline for this calendar is two days before publication. Submit Community Calendar items by email to [email protected],fax 850-482-4478 or bring items to 4403 Constitution Lane in Marianna.

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pleads to hate crimeCHICAGO — A Chi-

cago woman involved ina beating of a mentallydisabled man that wasshown on Facebook Livehas pleaded guilty toa hate crime and beenplaced on probation forfour years.

Nineteen-year-old Brit-tany Covington enteredher plea Friday in a casethat received nationalattention because it in-volved a white victim andfour blacks who tauntedhim with profanitiesagainst white people andnow-President DonaldTrump.

Covington has been injail since January whenthe video, which she nar-rated, surfaced. Her threeco-defendants remain incustody and their casesare pending.

In exchange for plead-ing guilty to committinga hate crime, aggravatedbattery and intimidation,prosecutors dropped akidnapping charge andothers.

The judge ordered Cov-ington to not use socialmedia for four years.She also must perform200 hours of communityservice.

Jury sides with SanDiego in Comic Con

trademark battleSAN DIEGO — A jury

on Friday sided with SanDiego Comic-Con in acourt battle with a rival

pop-culture convention inUtah over rights touse the phrase “comiccon.”

The panel decided thatSalt Lake Comic Con usedthe trademarked phrasewithout permission,though they didn’t do sowillfully. The panel award-ed the California event$20,000, far less than the$12 million they’d sought.

Utah co-founder DanFarr told Salt Lake City TVstation KUTV they plan toappeal.

Sen. Warren criticalof Trump decision on

JerusalemBOSTON — U.S. Sen.

Elizabeth Warren says sheworries that PresidentDonald Trump’s

decision to recognizeJerusalem as Israel’scapital will make it harderto achieve peace in theMiddle East.

The MassachusettsDemocrat spoke to sev-eral thousand attendeesFriday at The Union ForReform Judaism conven-tion in Boston.

Warren says she believesa two-state solution isthe best hope for peace.She says Jerusalem is thecapital of Israel, and di-plomacy between Israelisand Palestinians shoulddetermine the final statusof Jerusalem.

She says Trumpshould deliver a “com-prehensive strategy” fornegotiations.

From wire reports

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10A ◆ SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2017 JACKSON COUNTY FLORIDAN ◆ www.jcfloridan.comNATION


FALLBROOK, Calif. —Flames were practicallyon top of Dick and JoanMarsala’s home when theygot an urgent knock onthe door and were told toleave.

The couple, in their mid-80s, grabbed only a changeof clothes and medicationsbefore fleeing Thursdaythrough wind gusts andsmoke as fire swallowedthe row of mobile homesbehind their place in theRancho Monserate Coun-try Club north of San Di-ego.

It’s a story that has playedout in communities acrossmuch of Southern Califor-nia this week as ferociouswinds whipped sparksinto massive infernos thathave destroyed more than500 buildings, killed doz-ens of horses and forcedhundreds of thousands ofpeople to run from firesthat have burned nearly250 square miles sinceMonday.

The flames that torethrough Fallbrook, self-proclaimed “AvocadoCapital of the World,” andnearby Bonsall, home to apremier racehorse trainingfacility, traveled so far thateven people who foundtemporary refuge had tomove again when the firesgot too close.

Flames sprang up soquickly and moved so fastthat three people wereburned Thursday tryingto escape. Many of thosewho managed to get outunscathed did so with onlythe clothes on their backsafter abandoning a life-time of possessions to fate.

The Marsalas and otherunlucky homeowners re-turned Friday to find theirhomes in ruins.

Dick Marsala was toooverwhelmed to speak ashe searched through thesmoldering remnants insearch of his wallet. It wasstill too hot, so he climbedback out. Peering througha broken window, he spot-ted a framed photo stillhanging on a blackenedwall. It was a picture of himgolfing.

“I’ll be darned,” he said,his eyes tearing up as heput on sunglasses.

The charred gray re-mains of much of the

55-and-over communitystood in stark contrast tothe bright green nine-holegolf course where Marsalaand others in the commu-nity played regularly.

Many residents were onthe course when the fireswept into the area, drivenby dry desert Santa Anawinds that surpassed 35mph (56 kph). That wastoo fast for firefighters tostop the flames.

“The crews were tryingto stay out ahead of thisas quickly as they could,”said Capt. Kendal Bortisserof the California Depart-ment of Forestry and FirePrevention. “As we know,when a tornado hits theMidwest, there’s no stop-ping it. When a hurricanehits the East Coast, there’sno stopping it. When SantaAna winds come in, there’sno stopping them.”

Tom Metier was brush-ing his teeth to get ready

for a doctor’s appointmentwhen sheriff’s deputiespulled up and yelled, “Getout now!”

He grabbed the key tohis safety deposit box, pre-scription pills and somecash. Winds were howlingoutside, and flames leapedthrough the brush on anearby hillside.

Metier, who expected tolose everything, was sur-prised to find his placeintact Friday. He zippedthrough the mobile homepark in a golf cart, fieldingcalls from neighbors andreporting whose homessurvived and whose weregone.

More than a third of thecommunity’s 213 mobilehomes burned as the firezigzagged along a hillside,skipping some streetsand razing others. On onestreet, all 24 mobile homeswere gone, with only hullsof cars and stoves left.

“It’s really horrible to seesome of these little streetslook like a moonscape,” hetold a friend whose homewas reduced to black rub-ble.

The fire 50 miles (80 kilo-meters) north of San Diegoignited for unknown rea-sons and destroyed at least85 structures as it burned6 square miles (16 squarekilometers).

Meanwhile, firefightersnorthwest of Los Angelesgained some control overthe largest and most de-structive fire in the state,which destroyed 430 build-ings. The blaze in VenturaCounty grew to 206 squaremiles (533 square kilome-ters) since igniting Mon-day.

Along the coast betweenVentura and Santa Barba-ra, tiny communities hadso far survived close calls.Slopes along U.S. 101 wereblackened, but homes still

stood at La Conchita andFaria Beach. Sections ofCarpinteria were undermandatory or voluntaryevacuation orders, but noflames were in sight.

Fire crews made enoughprogress against otherlarge fires around LA to liftmost evacuation orders.

The Fallbrook fire brokeout along State Highway76 and quickly jumped sixlanes to the other side.

Horse trainers took stockof the damage at the eliteSan Luis Rey Downs train-ing facility for thorough-breds in Bonsall, wheremany of the more than 450horses were cut loose toprevent them from beingtrapped in burning stables.

Frantic herds gallopedthrough smoke and pastflaming palm trees in achaotic escape from a nor-mally idyllic place.

“We almost got trampledto death,” trainer Kim

Marrs said. “One gal gotknocked down. I thoughtshe was going to getcrushed. You just had tostand there and pray theydidn’t hit you.”

Most of the loose horseswere corralled and takento Del Mar Fairgrounds,but about 25 died as barnsand pasture burned.

The fire, on the easternborderoftheMarineCorps’Camp Pendleton, was un-contained, although windssubsided significantlyovernight. Forecasters saidthey would return later inthe day but be less wide-spread.

Authorities said 1,000firefighters battled theflames with help from afleet of air tankers and he-licopters. Crews were alsodispatched to stamp out asmall new fire that beganto the east in the ClevelandNational Forest near themountain town of Alpine.

Flames force people to flee on a moment’s noticeCaliforniaWildfires


Fire crews search Friday for hot spots among destroyed homes in the Rancho Monserate Country Club community in Fallbrook, Calif.


AZTEC, N.M. — A 21-year-old gunmanwho disguised himself as a student to getinto a New Mexico high school where hekilled two students had caught the at-tention of U.S. investigators more than ayear ago, authorities said Friday.

William Atchison, a former studentat small-town Aztec High School, hadlegally purchased a handgun at a localstore a month ago and planned the at-tack, authorities said. He left a messageon a thumb drive found on his body thatdetailed his plan to wait until the stu-dents got off buses and made their wayto class.

He mingled with students, then walkedinto school with them and went into asecond-floor bathroom to "gear up."Atchison's plan was to shoot up a class-room and then kill himself.

"Work sucks, school sucks, life sucks.I just want out of this (expletive)," hewrote.

More lives could have been lost hadFrancisco I. Fernandez not walked intothe bathroom, authorities said. The gun-man shot Fernandez, then walked outinto the hallway and encountered thesecond victim, Casey J. Marquez. He im-mediately killed her.

Atchison then walked up and downthe hall, firing randomly, before killinghimself, authorities said.

"He was determined to create as muchcarnage as he possibly could," San JuanCounty Sheriff Ken Christesen said.

The shooter did not have a criminalrecord, much less a traffic ticket, of-ficials said. The only contact with lawenforcement was what they described asa generic message on an online gamingforum in 2016 in which he talked aboutwhat weapons might be used in a massshooting.

The FBI said the posting was flaggedand investigators talked with the gunmanat his home in Aztec, where he lived with

his parents. At the time, he did not ownany weapons other than an airsoft pelletgun and said he had no plans for an at-tack and just liked to troll sites online.

The shooting has rocked Aztec, a com-munity of about 6,500 near the Coloradoborder. Hundreds gathered for prayerservices and candlelight vigils and moregatherings are planned over the weekendas residents look for answers.

In one bright spot, authorities said he-roes at the school helped save lives.

A substitute teacher heard the gunshotsbut didn't have a key to lock the door tothe computer lab. So she took studentsinto an office or storage area and barri-caded the door with a couch.

Atchison came to the room and yelledthat he knew they were in there and firedmultiple shots into the room, authoritiessaid.

A custodian also heard the gunshotsand yelled for teachers to lock theirdoors.

State Police Chief Pete Kassetas said thetwo victims were not specific targets.

Marquez was a cheerleader and wasplanning to perform in the upcoming Or-ange Bowl. Her classmates said she cameacross as a student leader.

Bryn Divine, a senior at Aztec HighSchool, remembered the victim being avibrant and friendly student who oftenwon dance contests at school events.

"She lit up pretty much any room wewere all in," Divine said. "She was such afun person to be around."

Fernandez was known for his interest incomputers and his speed on the key-board. His family has said he had a brightfuture ahead of him.

Gov. Susana Martinez said she has metwith the teens' families and they talkedabout what great kids they were. Both ofthem also had jobs.

Martinez said the families are brokenbut are pulling together.

"I don't think anyone ever gets overthis," she said.

New Mexico school shooter leftnote plotting attack, suicide

Nation Briefs


CHARLESTON, S.C. —The video was viewed mil-lions of times around theworld. It was blurry, fren-zied and chilling: An un-armed black man ran froma white officer, who shothim five times in the back.

On Thursday, relativesof that fleeing motoristdescribed the pain of re-living Walter Scott's deatheach time the cellphonevideo aired. Over and over,they've watched Scottcrumple to the ground,never to rise again.

They know nothingwill bring back Scott, the50-year-old father wholoved football, cartoonsand Saturday morningpancake breakfasts withhis family. But they alsoknow the images helpedbring them solace they canembrace: a 20-year federalprison sentence for theman responsible.

Would Michael Slagerhave received such a stiffsentence without the vid-eo?

"Of course not," ChrisStewart, an attorney forScott's family, said Thurs-day. "You can't believe theinitial narrative. Investi-gate."

The officer's first story,the one Stewart and Scott'sfamily have disputed sincethe April 4, 2015, shooting,was Slager's claim of self-defense. The then-NorthCharleston officer said hefelt afraid and threatenedwhen Scott grabbed hisstun gun and charged athim.

It's the story Slager firsttold state police officerswhen they questioned

him several days after theshooting.

Then the video surfaced.The bystander who shotit on his way to work at abarber shop said he wasafraid to take it to policeafter the officer's narra-tive emerged, and insteadshared it with Scott's fam-ily. When they released theimages publicly, peoplecould see the shootingthemselves — and see thatSlager was lying, Stewartand prosecutors have said.

The video doesn't cap-ture the fight betweenthe two men, but it showsSlager shoot Scott, run toretrieve his stun gun, thendrop it by the man's life-less body.

The images set off pro-tests across the U.S. asdemonstrators said it wasanother egregious ex-ample of police officersmistreating African-Amer-icans. Many seized on thevideo as proof of whatthey'd argued for years:White officers too oftenuse deadly force unneces-sarily against black people.

Slager, 36, is one of only afew police officers to go toprison for a fatal shooting.His sentence is by far thestiffest since the shootingscame under scrutiny in re-cent years. He fired eightshots at Scott, hitting himfive times in the back as hefrom a traffic stop.

Before sentencing,Scott's relatives urged ajudge to mete out a signifi-cant punishment. Throughtears, Scott's family toldSlager they felt sorrowfor him and the loss hisyoung children would feelin his absence. In the end,a judge ruled the shoot-

ing had been a murderand sentenced Slager to 20years in prison for violatingScott's civil rights, givingthe Scott family the justicethey had sought ever sincethat stranger came to themwith the video.

"I forgive Michael Slager.I forgive you," Scott'smother, Judy, said as sheturned toward her son'skiller. "I pray for you, thatyou would repent and letJesus come in your life."

Sitting just a few feetaway, Slager wipedtears from his eyes andmouthed: "I'm sorry."

Slager's attorneys havecontinued to reiterate hisself-defense claim, say-ing race didn't play a rolein the shooting and Slagernever had any "racial ani-mus" toward minorities.But the officer in Maypleaded guilty to federal

civil rights violations, withprosecutors agreeing todrop state murder charges.

Slager apologized tothe family, calling Scott'smother and brothers bytheir names.

"With my actions thatday, Walter Scott is no lon-ger with his family, and Iam responsible for that,"Slager said. Of their for-giveness, he added: "I amvery grateful."

Slager's emotions stoodin stark contrast to hisstoic demeanor during hisstate murder trial when ju-rors deadlocked over a ver-dict. He has several weeksto appeal his federal sen-tence and will be housedat the Charleston Countyjail until assigned a federalprison.

When jurors failed toreach a verdict in the statemurder case, many black

people and others wereshocked and distressed,because the video seemedto some to be an open-and-shut case. Some de-spaired of ever seeing jus-tice.

The shooting angeredlocal African-Americanswho complained for yearsthat North Charleston po-lice harassed black people,pulling them over or ques-tioning them unnecessar-ily. But after the shooting,the Scott family success-fully pleaded for calm, ask-ing everyone to let the jus-tice system run its course.

If Slager had faced an-other state trial and beenconvicted of murder, hecould have been sen-tenced to anywhere from30 years to life in prison.

Convictions in officershootings are uncommonin the U.S.; prison time is

even rarer.South Carolina has been

aggressive in chargingwhite officers who shootunarmed black people.Four have pleaded guiltyin state or federal court inthe past six years. But onlySlager and former statetrooper Sean Groubert,who shot a man as he triedto get his wallet during aseat-belt-violation check,will have been sent toprison. Groubert was sen-tenced to five years behindbars.

After the sentencing,Stewart said he hoped thepunishment would giveofficers around the coun-try pause.

"Stop and think, or youcould end up 20 years be-hind bars," Stewart said."People are watching, andpeople are starting to actu-ally care."

Crime 11ASATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2017

JACKSON COUNTYCORRECTIONAL FACILITYThe following people were

booked into the county jail dur-ing the latest reporting periods:

» Tiffany Parrish, 27, 2284 Cy-press Creek Road, Cottondale,violation of state probation.

» David Hartsfield, 30, 1584Gulf Power Road, Sneads, out-of-county warrant (GadsdenCounty).

» Tony Duncan, 54, 2318 DaleAve., Lot 29, Panama City, viola-tion of state probation.

» Erica Keyzer, 29, 5126 HalseyCircle, Southport, failure to ap-pear.

» Phillip Mitchell, 27, 631 Satel-

lite Road, Graceville, violation ofcounty probation.

» Lavonya Cooper, 35, 16063SE Janet St., Blountstown, issueworthless check.

» Gregory Layton, 48, 4876Basswood Road, Bascom, ag-gravated battery-person uses adeadly weapon (firearm), bat-tery — domestic violence.

» Andre Fountain, 29, 12564NW Whitetail Road, Bristol,driving while license suspendedor revoked — first offence.

» Kevin Ging, 29, 3025 StateCorrectional Road, Marianna,violation of county probation.

» Robert Merritt, 34, 3113Gilmore St., Marianna, nonpay-ment of child support.

» Sharon Christian, 37, 411 W.Crawford St., Quincy, nonpay-ment of child support.

» Shydania Townsend, 27, 912Kirklin Ave., Panama City, driv-ing while license suspended orrevoked — second offence.

» William Bryan, 51, 5012Tommy Smith Drive, PanamaCity, violation of county proba-tion.

» Travis Brunson, 28, 2940Milton Ave., Marianna, batteryon person 65 or older.

» Chadwick Brannon, 28, 1993Cutchins Road, Cottondale, bat-tery — touch/strike.

» Eric Curry, 39, 2090 Hwy. 73,Marianna, possession of con-trolled substance, possession of

certain drugs w/out prescrip-tion unlawful.

» Jayla Long, 27, 4506 PutnamSt., Marianna, grand theft of amotor vehicle.

» Tony Hayes, 56, PO Box 208,Greenwood, driving while li-cense is suspended or revoked.

» Dominique Loud, 26, 261Everrett Ave., Panama City, vio-lation of state probation.

» Norquelle Calhoun, 26, 2314Reed Lane, Marianna, aggra-vated assault with a deadlyweapon, battery, possession of afirearm by a convicted felon.

» Fwantia Smith, 34, 5908Neals Landing Road, Bascom,violation of state probation.

» Thomas Pilgrim, 20, 2217

Mark Lane, Marianna, burglaryof a structure, grand theft.

» Lauren Mayo, 25, 2933 MiltonAve., Marianna, violation ofcounty probation.

» Shirley Sims, 72, 528 Fifth St.,Chipley, failure to appear.

» James Tice, 37, 3166 FivePoints Road, Cottondale, holdfor CCSO, possession of drugparaphernalia, driving whilelicense is suspended or revoked.

JAIL POPULATION: 268.

To report a crime, call CrimeStoppersat 526-5000 or a local law enforcement

agency.

To report a wildlife violation, call 1-888-404-FWCC (3922).

Police Roundup


The parents of Walter Scott, Walter Scott Sr. and Judy Scott, leave the courthouse Thursday after former North Charlestonpolice officer Michael Slager was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the 2015 shooting death of their son.

Video key inex-officer’s stiffsentence for killing

Life in prison for Floridaman in child porn case

FORT PIERCE — A Floridaman has been sentenced to lifein prison for producing anddistributing child pornography,with one victim only 2 years old.

Court records show a federaljudge on Thursday imposed thesentence on 32-year-old ScottJoseph Trader of Port St. Lucie.Trader previously pleaded guiltyto several child pornographyproduction and distributioncharges.

Investigators say since at leastNovember 2014 through May2017, Trader video recordedhimself sexually abusing twominor girls entrusted to hiscare, including the 2-year-old.

Authorities also say Tradercoerced dozens of minor vic-

tims online to send him childpornography via social mediaapplications and collected childpornography from the internet,including abuse of infants andtoddlers, sadism and masoch-ism, and bestiality.

Trader distributed largeamounts of these images toothers online.

Teen caught on videostealing from police car

turns self inPEMBROKE PINES — A teen-

ager says his family and friendsurged him to turn himself indays after surveillance videocaptured the theft of an assaultrifle and other items from apolice cruiser parked outside aFlorida home.

The video released by Pem-

broke Pines police showed theface of the thief as he took therifle, a police vest, a stun gunand ammunition from the Opa-locka police car parked outsidethe officer's home early Tuesdaymorning.

An arrest report says the teenshowed up at the HallandaleBeach Police Department onThursday, telling investigatorshe threw away the stolen items— including the assault rifle.But he couldn't say where.

He's charged with vehicletheft.

Florida authoritiesconfiscate 41 dogs

DELTONA — Three Floridaresidents are under investiga-tion after authorities confiscat-ed 41 dogs from two locations.

The Daytona Beach News-Journal reported Wednesday thecity of Deltona is investigatingwhether or not three peopleviolated a city cruelty to ani-mals ordinance.

Deltona spokesman Lee Lo-pez said that after a monthlonginvestigation into complaintsof sick pedigree dogs beingsold, animal control officers onMonday confiscated 33 adultdogs and eight puppies fromtwo locations.

Man posing as ridesharedriver arrested in FloridaCOLUMBIA, S.C. — Police

say a man who posed as a ride-share driver to pick up women,including University of SouthCarolina students, and holdthem against their will has been

arrested in a Miami suburb.The State reports university

spokesman Jeff Stenslandconfirmed 28-year-old FarrisKaloti of Miami was arrestedThursday. Pinecrest policearrested Kaloti on outstand-ing warrants for assault anddomestic violence, which theuniversity says are unrelated toany incident involvingstudents.

Columbia police said Kaloti isaccused of assaulting a womanwho got out of his car Nov. 26and tried to help her friend getout.

A campus alert said Kalotiwould offer women rides, andtake them to places other thantheir intended destinations andrefuse to let them out.

From wire reports

Crime Briefs

From staff reports

A Jackson County man wastaken into custody after aThursday morning shooting inBascom, according to the Jack-son County Sheriff’s Office.

Arrested was Gregory Thomas

Layton, 48, of Bascom. He facesa charge of aggravated batterywith firearm — domestic bat-tery.

Just before 11 a.m. Thursday,Dec. 7, JCSO got a call about ashooting at a residence in the4800 block of Basswood Road in

Bascom. At the scene, depu-ties say they learned that onevictim, identified as KennethOgle, had been shot in the facialarea and sustained non-life-threatening injuries.

The shooting suspect, Layton,and another victim of domes-tic violence were inside theresidence, authorities say, whenOgle reportedly came to theBasswood Road residence to

deliver something to the femalevictim. Authorities believe that,as a result, Ogle may have inter-rupted Layton battering her.

An argument occurred be-tween the two males, accordingto officials, and Layton allegedlypushed Ogle twice, knockinghim to the ground. Laytonreportedly then pulled a largehandgun and fired once in thedirection of Ogle striking him in

the facial area.Layton was arrested and

lodged in the Jackson CountyCorrectional Facility to awaitfirst appearance. According tocourt records, on Friday, he wasreleased on $55,000 bond andordered to have no contact withOgle or the female victim.

Ogle was treated for his in-juries at Jackson Hospital andreleased.

Bascom man arrested after reported shootingSheriff: Victim may have interrupteddomestic violence incident

Health 12ASATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2017


NEW YORK — A new look atcancer in the U.S. finds thatnearly half of cancer deaths arecaused by smoking, poor dietand other unhealthy behaviors.

That’s less than commonly-cited estimates from more than35 years ago, a result of new re-search methods and changes inAmerican society. Smoking rateshave plummeted, for example,while obesity rates have risendramatically.

The study found that 45 per-cent of cancer deaths and 42percent of diagnosed cancercases could be attributed towhat the authors call “modi-fiable” risk factors. These arerisks that are not inherited,and mostly the result of behaviorthat can be changed, like expo-sure to sun, not eating enoughfruits and vegetables, drinkingalcohol and, most importantly,smoking.

A British study conducted in1981 attributed more than two-thirds of cancer deaths to thesefactors.

The study used 2014 data andwas conducted by the AmericanCancer Society. It was publishedonline Tuesday in CA: A CancerJournal for Clinicians.

“We thought it was timeto redo those estimates,”said Dr. Otis Brawley, the can-cer society’s chief medicalofficer and one of the study’s au-thors.

Smoking was the leading riskby far, accounting for 29 percentof deaths. Excess body weightwas next at 6.5 percent, and al-cohol consumption was third at4 percent.

The authors ran separate cal-culations for different types ofcancer by age group and genderto try to account for how riskfactors affect different groupsof people, then added them to-

gether to understand the nation-al picture.

Among the findings:» Smoking accounted for 82

percent of lung cancers.» Excess body weight was asso-

ciated with 60 percent of uterinecancers and about one-third ofliver cancers.

» Alcohol intake was associ-ated with 25 percent of liver can-cers in men and 12 percent in

women; 17 percent of colorectalcancers in men and 8 percent inwomen; and 16 percent of breastcancers in women.

» Exposure to ultraviolet ra-diation from sunlight or tanningbeds was associated with 96 per-cent of skin cancers in men and94 percent in women.

Richard Clapp, a professoremeritus of environmentalhealth at Boston University ex-

pects the new numbers to be willwidely cited and used to makedecisions about how to spendmoney on cancer prevention,just as the influential Britishstudy from 1981 by researchersRichard Doll and Richard Petohas been.

Clapp said there is still roomfor improvement, however.He said the study doesn’t ad-dress how two or more risk

factors, like smoking and drink-ing, might work together insome cancer cases and deaths.

Also, aside from second-hand cigarette smoke, the re-searchers did not to includeoutdoor or indoor air pollutionbecause the data on the cancerrisk from pollution is not de-tailed enough to understand thenational impact, said the study’slead author, Dr. Farhad Islami.

Nearly half of US cancer deaths blamed on unhealthy behavior


A patron smokes a cigarette inside a bar in New Orleans hours before a smoking ban takes effect in bars, gambling halls and many other public placessuch as hotels, workplaces, private clubs and stores. Cigarette smoking, over-eating and other unhealthy behaviors can be blamed for nearly half of U.S.cancer deaths each year, according to a new American Cancer Society study released Tuesday, Nov. 21.

Examining causes of cancer


CHICAGO — An increasein suicide rates amongU.S. teens occurred at thesame time social mediause surged and a new anal-ysis suggests there may bea link.

Suicide rates for teensrose between 2010 and2015 after they had de-clined for nearly two de-cades, according to datafrom the federal Centersfor Disease Control andPrevention. Why the rateswent up isn’t known.

The study doesn’t an-swer the question, but itsuggests that one factorcould be rising social me-dia use. Recent teen sui-cides have been blamedon cyberbullying, and so-cial media posts depict-ing “perfect” lives maybe taking a toll on teens’mental health, researcherssay.

“After hours of scrollingthrough Instagram feeds,I just feel worse aboutmyself because I feel left

out,” said Caitlin Hearty,a 17-year-old Littleton,Colorado, high school se-nior who helped organizean offline campaign lastmonth after several localteen suicides.

“No one posts the badthings they’re goingthrough,” said Chloe Schil-ling, also 17, who helpedwith the campaign, inwhich hundreds of teensagreed not to use the inter-

net or social media for onemonth.

The study’s authorslooked at CDC suicide re-ports from 2009-15 andresults of two surveysgiven to U.S. high schoolstudents to measure atti-tudes, behaviors and inter-ests. About half a millionteens ages 13 to 18 wereinvolved. They were askedabout use of electronic de-vices, social media, print

media, television and timespent with friends. Ques-tions about mood includ-ed frequency of feelinghopeless and consideringor attempting suicide.

The researchers didn’texamine circumstancessurrounding individualsuicides. Dr. ChristineMoutier, chief medicalofficer at the AmericanFoundation for SuicidePrevention, said the studyprovides weak evidencefor a popular theory andthat many factors influ-ence teen suicide.

The study was publishedTuesday in the journalClinical Psychological Sci-ence.

Data highlighted in thestudy include:

» Teens’ use of elec-tronic devices includingsmartphones for at leastfive hours daily more thandoubled, from 8 percentin 2009 to 19 percent in2015. These teens were70 percent more likely tohave suicidal thoughts oractions than those who

reported one hour of dailyuse.

» In 2015, 36 percent ofall teens reported feelingdesperately sad or hope-less, or thinking about,planning or attemptingsuicide, up from 32 per-cent in 2009. For girls, therates were higher — 45percent in 2015 versus 40percent in 2009.

» In 2009, 58% of 12thgrade girls used social me-dia every day or nearly ev-ery day; by 2015, 87% usedsocial media every dayor nearly every day. Theywere 14% more likely to bedepressed than those whoused social media less fre-quently.

“We need to stop think-ing of smartphones asharmless,” said studyauthor Jean Twenge, apsychology professor atSan Diego State Univer-sity who studies genera-tional trends. “There’s atendency to say, ‘Oh, teensare just communicatingwith their friends.’ Moni-toring kids’ use of smart-

phones and social mediais important, and so is set-ting reasonable limits, shesaid.

Dr. Victor Strasburger, ateen medicine specialistat the University of NewMexico, said the studyonly implies a connectionbetween teen suicides,depression and socialmedia. It shows the needfor more research on newtechnology, Strasburgersaid.

He noted that skepticswho think social media isbeing unfairly criticizedcompare it with so-calledvices of past generations:“When dime-store bookscame out, when comicbooks came out, whentelevision came out, whenrock and roll first started,people were saying ‘This isthe end of the world.’”

With its immediacy,anonymity, and potentialfor bullying, social mediahas a unique potential forcausing real harm, he said.

“Parents don’t really getthat,” Strasburger said.

Rise in teen suicide, social media coincide; is there link?


A person uses a smart phone in Chicago. A new analysissuggests that increased social media use could be one factorcontributing to a rise in teen suicide.


You won’t find gym class on theschedule in upstate New York’sVictor school district.

What you will see: kayaking,rock climbing, mountain bik-ing, dance, self-defense, archeryand in-line skating — all underthe heading of physical educa-tion. The teachers say it’s a morefitting description of lessonsmeant to last well beyond theclass bell.

“We want our kids as they walkout of these halls in grade 12 tobe active for life,” said Ron Whit-comb, the district’s director ofhealth, physical education andathletics.

With the childhood obesityrate at about 17 percent, the

federal education law passed inDecember 2015 to replace NoChild Left Behind elevateshealth and fitness to rankamong things like art, music,civics and science as elements ofa well-rounded educationand makes additional fundingavailable.

At a time when schools are allabout getting students readyfor college or jobs, experts sayit’s a chance for more physi-cal education teachers to lookbeyond graduation, too, andleave even the least competi-tive students with the will andskills to keep moving. In manyplaces, that has meant morebike-riding, outdoor hikes andyoga, and less dodgeball andshimmying up a rope — more

choice about which activity topursue, and less emphasis onwho’s the best at it.

“The most important job of agreat physical education teacheris to appreciate every studentin that class, not just the highlyskilled,” said Whitcomb, whoseprogram pre-dates the new lawand is among those consideredmodels for the more modern ap-proach.

Connecticut, Vermont andMichigan are among states thatinclude physical education orfitness in their accountabilityplans for the U.S. Education De-partment under the new law.The more holistic view of schoolquality is a departure from theold law’s heavy reliance on testscores.

In the shadow of Washingtonstate’s Mount Rainier, physi-cal education teacher TracyKrause’s students have for sev-eral years been fly-fishing androck climbing as part of an“Outdoor Academy” programthat also incorporates EnglishLanguage Arts and environ-mental science. All fresh-men at Krause’s Tahoma HighSchool take a foundations classthat lets them explore things likedance, yoga, strength and condi-tioning.

“Our (school) motto is ‘fu-ture ready.’ We want kids toleave with a plan for the future,whether it’s college or the mili-tary or going straight to theworkforce, and I think the sameneeds to be true about their

health,” Krause said.Washington, D.C., teachers put

allofthedistrict’ssecond-graderson bicycles to gain a lifelong skill.Fourth- and seventh-graders doparkour, in which students leapand vault over obstacles in a waythat’s more freewheeling thanskill-specific gymnastics. D.C.sixth-graders learn orienteering,including how to read a compassand geocache. High schoolersswim.

“We want to teach a variety ofthese foundational movementskills with cycling, swimming,parkour. So that they’re very in-dividualized,” said Miriam Ke-nyon, the district’s director ofhealth and physical education,“and when you have that, youcan’t take it away.”

Move over, dodgeball: Schools pump up phys ed with choices

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2017pSportsOutdoors

From staff reports

It was a cold and widyday in Illinois when TimMcCoy shot a very strangedeer.

At first glance the deerin question looked like a230-pound buck with aset of 17-point antlers thatscored 180 inches.

There were a few irregu-larities though. Its neckwasn’t big enough andglands on its legs weren’tdoing what they should bedoing during mating sea-son. It was also light for adeer that McCoy believedwas 7-to-8 years old.

McCoy’s friend AndyHall finally identified theproblem while helpinghim to load the deer in histruck.

The 230-pound boy deerwas actually a 230-pound

girl deer.The things is, a doe

doesn’t have a big rack ofhard antlers like this onedid. They also don’t weighas much as this deer did.

The mystery was clearedup the next day by Mc-Coy’s taxidermist.

It was doe, but it had onetesticle located in the lin-ing of its belly and it wassupplying enough testos-terone to cause male traitsas well.

For example, male deershed their antlers andthen regrow them largerthe next year. Female deerdon’t do this.

This led McCoy to dubthe deer the doe/buck. Asyou might imagine, doe/bucks are a rarity.

“It’s not the first deer likethis to be killed, but the

first with these kind of ant-lers,” McCoy said. “I’m cer-tain it’s going to be break-ing some records.”

“Its super, crazy rareand the weight and scorethrow it to a whole otherlevel,” he added.

Once word got out aboutthe deer on the internet, itspread like wildfire. He hashad celebrity hunters thatknow him from his storecall and congratulate himand has had even peoplewho do not hunt ask himabout the deer.

While he is sure someonewould buy the deer fromhim he has other plans forhis unusual trophy.

“I want the whole deermounted,” McCoy said.“I’m going to put him ondisplay at my store Mc-Coys, in Marianna.”

The deer did cause someannoyance to McCoythough.

McCoy said that when hecontacted the game war-dens, they said to call it abuck even though it was adoe.

Because of the huntinglaws, his doe/buck had tobe listed as buck, becauseof the antlers.

This forced McCoy to usehis buck tag for shotgunhunting.

Hunting limits are en-forced by giving out a lim-ited number of tags andwhen they kill a deer, theyhave to put the tag on it.When hunters run out oftags, they can’t hunt any-more.

McCoy shot the deer athis farm in Macomd, Illi-nois.

McCoy bags rare, 230-pound ‘doe/buck’ deer

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

Tim McCoy poses for a photo with his 230-pound, 17-pointdoe/buck.

From staff reports

The battle was hard-fought, but the Cot-tondale Lady Hornetsbeat Tallavana ChristianTuesday night.

The first quarter setthe mood for the gamewith the Hornets takingan 8-7 lead.

Cottondale wasable to build a bit of acushion in the secondand third, when theypushed their lead up to43-35.

Tallavana never let

up on the pressurethough and while a16-point, fourth-quar-ter rally got them withinspitting distance of Cot-tondale, they could nev-er completely close thegap.

Cottondale won, 55-51.

The Lady Hornetshigh-scorers were KaylaMorris with 21 pointsand Naquanna Wynnwith 15.

Cottondale is 3-3 forthe season overall and1-1 in the district.

Lady Hornets defeatTallavana Christian

December 9Chipola Basketball

Chipola men play PalmBeach State College inGainsville, 4 p.m.

December 10Chipola Basketball

Chipola men play EasternFlorida State College inGainsville, 6 p.m.

December 11Boys High School

BasketballGraceville at Holmes

County, 5:30 and 7 p.m.Sneads host Tellavanna,

5 and 6:30 p.m.Girls High School

BasketballCottondale host Boze-

man, 5:30 p.m.Malone host Sneads, 5

p.m.Marianna host Bay High,

6 and 7:30 p.m.High School Soccer

Marianna boys varsity atRickards, 6 p.m.

Marianna girls at Rick-ards, 4 p.m.Middle School Basketball

Marianna at Wakulla, 5and 7 p.m.

December 12

Boys High SchoolBasketball

Cottondale at Vernon,5:30 and 7 p.m.

Malone host PoplarSprings, 5 and 6:30 p.m.

Girls High SchoolBasketball

Cottondale host Vernon,5:30 p.m.

Malone host PoplarSprings, 5 and 6:30 p.m.

Marianna at Gadsden, 4p.m.

High School SoccerMarianna girls at Taylor

County, 4 p.m.Middle School Basketball

Marianna at Quincy, 3

p.m.

December 13High School Soccer

Marianna boys JV atBozeman, 4 p.m.

Chipola BasketballChipola women host

Arkansas Baptist College,6:30 p.m.


BasketballGraceville host Blount-

stown, 5:30 and 7 p.m.Sneads host Wewa, 5:30

and 7 p.m.


Sneads host Wewa, 4p.m.

High School SoccerMarianna boys host

Wakulla, 4 and 6 p.m.Marianna girls at Rick-

ards, 4 p.m.


BasketballCottondale host Sneads,

6 and 7:30 p.m.Marianna at Malone, 5:30

and 7 p.m.Girls High School

Basketball

Cottondale host Sneads,4:30 p.m.

Graceville host Blount-stown, 5:30 p.m.

High School SoccerMarianna boys varsity

host Port St. Joe, 6 p.m.Marianna girls host Port

St Joe, 4 p.m.


BasketballGraceville at Port St. Joe,

8 p.m.Girls High School

BasketballMarianna at Paxton.Graceville at Paxton.

Sports Briefs

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

Ocheessee Shootoutset for Dec. 28-29

From staff reports

If you are in need of ahigh-school basketballfix over the long Christ-mas and New Year’s hol-iday, Grand Ridge is theplace to look this year.

The storied GrandRidge School Gym willbe hosting the Ochees-see Shootout. The two-day tournament willbe pitting teams fromJackson County and sur-rounding area agaainsteach other starting Dec28.

On the schedule forDec 28 are:

Gadsden vs. Paxton at3 p.m.

Sneads vs. Malone at4:30 p.m.

Seminole High vs.Godby at 6 p.m.

Cottondale vs. Light-house at 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 29 will feature:Godby vs. Gadsden at

4:30 p.m.Sneads vs. Lighthouse

at 6 p.m.Malone vs. Seminole

High at 7:30 p.m.Admission is $7.


Cottondale’s Amari Banks goes for two during the rivalry gameagainst the Graceville Tigers on Friday night in Graceville. TheHornets won, 63-34.


BasketballGraceville lost to Cot-

tondale, 34-63.Marianna beat Bay,

64-53.Girls High School

BasketballMarianna beat North

Bay Haven, 67-31.Sneads beat Vernon,

50-16.College Basketball

Chipola women beatCentral Georgia Tech,79-59.


Basketball

Graceville lost to LaurelHill, 53-37.

Marianna beat Ruther-ford, 64-61.

Malone lost to Bethle-hem, 72-47.


Graceville beat Cotton-dale, 55-49.

Malone lost to Bethle-hem.

High School SoccerMarianna boys vs.

Community Christian wascancelled.

Middle SchoolBasketball

Marianna beat Vernon: Ateam won, 43-19; B teamwon, 42-6.


Namiko Adams heads to the hoop for Chipola College in thegame against the Lady Titans of Central Georgia Technical Col-lege on Friday night in Marianna. The Lady Indians won, 79-59.

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Outdoors

‘Outta the Woods’BY TONY YOUNG

We have a newGuide to Water-fowl Hunting in

Florida publication thatcan be found at MyFWC.com/Duck. It’s a valu-able tool for beginningwaterfowl hunters, butexperienced waterfowlerswill appreciate it, too.

It lists public duckhunting areas, illustratesseveral decoy placementsetups, gives scouting andhunting tips, and providesduck identification photosof most of the ducks thatyou’re likely to see inFlorida.

Also, the Florida Fishand Wildlife ConservationCommission’s dove hunt-ing webpage has receiveda facelift to make informa-tion you need easier tofind. The updated page,MyFWC.com/Dove, offersdove hunting tips and listsall FWC-managed dovefields.

The new waterfowlguide and revamped dovehunting webpage areavailable for the secondphase of waterfowl andcoot season and the thirdphase of mourning andwhite-winged dove, whichboth open in December.Below is a recap of whatyou need to know to takepart in these seasons.

License and permitrequirements

The first thing you’llneed to participate is aFlorida hunting license.Residents pay just $17 for

the year. Nonresidentshave the choice of paying$46.50 for a 10-day licenseor $151.50 for 12 months.You also need a no-costmigratory bird permit.And if you plan to huntone of Florida’s manywildlife management ar-eas, you must purchase amanagement area permitfor $26.50.

You can get a LifetimeSportsman’s Licensethough. This license al-lows you to hunt and fishin Florida for the rest ofyour life, even if you moveaway.

All licenses and permitsyou need are availableonline at GoOutdoors-Florida.com, at countytax collectors’ offices or li-cense agents, or by calling888-HUNT-FLORIDA.

Waterfowl and cootseason

The second phase of thewaterfowl and coot seasonstarts statewide Dec. 9and runs through Jan.28. In addition to previ-ously mentioned licenseand permit requirements,duck hunters also mustget a Florida waterfowlpermit ($5) and a federalduck stamp.

The daily bag limit onducks is six, but you needto know your ducks beforeheading afield becausethere are different dailylimits for each species.For instance, within thesix-bird limit there canbe only one pintail, onemottled duck and one

fulvous whistling-duck.Only two of your six-bird

limit can be canvasbacks,black ducks, scaup orredheads; and three maybe wood ducks. And youmay have no more thanfour scoters, four eiders,four long-tailed ducks andfour mallards (of whichonly two can be female) inyour bag.

All other species ofducks can be taken up tothe six-bird limit, exceptharlequin ducks. It is pro-hibited to take harlequinducks.

The daily limit on cootsis 15, and there’s a five-bird limit on mergansers,only two of which may behooded.

You also may take lightgeese statewide duringthe waterfowl and cootseason (Dec. 9 – Jan. 28),which includes the takingof snow, blue and Ross’sgeese. There’s a 15-birddaily bag limit on anycombination of thesegeese.

When hunting ducks,geese or coots, huntersmay use only nontoxicshotgun shells. No leadshot can be used or evenbe in your possession –only iron (steel), bismuth-tin and various tungstenalloys are permissible.

And in the Tallahasseearea, I need to point outsome outboard motorrestrictions and a prohibi-tion against hunting inpermanent duck blinds:

• On Lake Iamonia

and Carr Lake (both inLeon County), the use ofairboats and gasoline-run outboard motors areprohibited during theregular waterfowl and cootseasons.

• The maximum-al-lowed horsepower ratingon outboard motors dur-ing the regular waterfowland coot seasons on LakeMiccosukee in Leon andJefferson counties is 10 hp.

• You may not huntfrom or within 30 yards ofa permanent duck blindstructure on the fourTallahassee-area lakes ofJackson, Iamonia, Mic-cosukee and Carr. You’reallowed to pack in aportable blind and huntfrom it, but make sure tobreak it down and takeit with you when you’redone. (However, there’s noproblem hunting withinthe concealment of anynatural, rooted vegeta-tion.)

Dove seasonThe third phase of the

mourning and white-winged dove season al-ways runs Dec. 12 throughJan. 15. The daily bag limitis 15.

The FWC even providesan online Dove Hunt-ers’ Hotline that givesup-to-date informationon Florida’s public dovefields. The web addressis MyFWC.com/Dove,and it’s updated everyThursday throughout thedove season. Informationincludes dove densities,

previous weeks’ harvestsand field conditions.

Migratory bird huntingregulations

Shooting hours for wa-terfowl and coot season,and during the last phaseof dove season, are one-half hour before sunrise tosunset.

The only firearm you areallowed to hunt migra-tory game birds with is ashotgun, although you’renot permitted to use onelarger than 10-gauge.Shotguns also must beplugged to a three-shellcapacity (magazine andchamber combined).

Retrievers and birddogs may be used to takemigratory game birds and,if you’re up for the chal-lenge, you may even use abow or crossbow. Artificialdecoys, as well as manualor mouth-operated birdcalls, also are legal gearfor duck hunters. Birdsof prey can even be usedto take migratory birdsby properly-permittedfalconers.

You may hunt dovesover an agricultural fieldas long as the grain hasbeen distributed or scat-tered solely as a result of anormal agricultural opera-tion. However, you’re notallowed to introduce grainor other feed over an areafor the purpose of luringbirds.

Baiting rules are evenmore restrictive regardingducks, geese and coots.You cannot legally hunt

waterfowl over manipu-lated agricultural cropsexcept after the field hasbeen subject to a normalharvest and removal ofgrain.

However, you can huntwaterfowl in fields orflooded fields of unhar-vested standing crops.On lakes and rivers, feed– such as corn or wheat –cannot be used to attractbirds, even if the bait isquite a distance fromwhere you’re hunting. Andit doesn’t matter if youaren’t the one who scat-tered the bait. If you knewor should have known baitwas present, you’re break-ing the law.

When hunting migra-tory game birds you can’susing rifles, pistols, traps,snares, nets, sinkboxes,swivel guns, punt guns,battery guns, machineguns, fish hooks, poisons,drugs, explosive substanc-es, live decoys, recordedbird calls or sounds, orelectrically amplified bird-call imitations. Shootingfrom a moving automobileor boat, and herding ordriving birds with vehiclesor vessels also are againstthe law.

Here’s wishing youhappy holidays and a suc-cessful hunting season.If you can, remember tointroduce someone newto hunting.

As always, have fun,hunt safely and ethically,and we’ll talk at you nextyear.

A guide to huntingdove and waterfowl

Marianna gets a win in fur-ocious matchBY ANNABETH MILTON

Floridan correspondent

As the winter cold setin Tuesday, the MariannaBulldogs traveled to Tay-lor County to show themwho the top dog was.

Marianna emergedvictorious from the dog-fight, with varsity win-ning 3-0 and the JV teamwinning 3-2.

Marianna’s varsityteam got things going

with a goal by Adin Do-min. Taylor County wasunable to break through

Marianna’s defenseand Marianna’s Vic-tor Dubeux and RileyArunakul were able to

score two more goals.In the JV match, Seth

Ham assisted Bishop Bo-sland in scoring Marian-na’s first goal. Ham alsowent on to score for Mar-ianna later in the game.

High School Soccer

TUESDAYMarianna routs

Florida High, 82-51The Bulldogs went to

Tallahassee to put an 82-51 bite on the Florida HighSeminoles Tuesday night.

A steady stream of two-pointers from WerleanPollock, Deontre Rhynes,

JaTavis Groomes, NickPollock and Stephon Mc-Millan pushed the Bull-dogs to an early 17-8 leadin the first quarter.

In the second, thestream became a torrentas Werlean Pollock andRhynes sunk basket afterbasket and Groomes andNick Pollock landed free

throws to leave the Bull-dogs up 35-19.

In the third quarter, theSeminoles weren’t ableto gain any ground, butthey didn’t lose any either,since they were able tomatch Marianna in scor-ing 22-22.

With the Bulldogs up 57-41 going into the fourth,

the floodgates opened upon Marianna’s scoring andthey put up 25 to FloridaHigh’s 10.

Pollock was Marianna’shigh-scorer with 25 points,with Rhynes hitting 17 andGroomes getting 15.

From staff reports

BY PEYTON GAYFloridan correspondent

On Thursday, the Mari-anna’s boys’ varsity bas-ketball team trampledthe Rutherford Rams, 64-61, in a non-conferencegame.

The ‘Dawgs are 5-1 thisseason and the boys werelooking to add anotherwin to their record.

It was a defensive bat-tle the whole night, withonly a few points everseparating the two teams.

The ‘Dawgs scored 33points in the first half,while the Rams came upshort with 25 points.

In the second half,the ‘Dawgs were able topull off a win scoring31 points and the Ramsscoring 36.

Werlean Pollock andStephon McMillion ledthe Bulldogs in scoringwith 12 points each. Ta-vis Groomes was closebehind them with ninepoints.

The Graceville Lady Ti-gers and the CottondaleLady Hornets squared offin a rivalry game Thurs-day night.

Graceville took an early21-6 lead in the first quar-ter, but the Lady Hornetsrallied in the second tonarrow the gap to 34-25 athalftime.

In the third, Cottondalewas able to keep theirshooting streak alive, butGraceville was able to te-naciously hold onto their45-39 lead. Both teamswere only able to put up10 in the fourth and thegame ended with a 55-49Tiger win.

Graceville is 3-2 on theseason. Their next game isDec. 15 in Blountstown at5:30 p.m.

Cottondale is 3-4 forthe season and will hostBozeman Monday at 5:30p.m.

TUESDAYGraceville boys

squeak out 60-59win over Malone

Graceville was able topull out a razor-thin 60-59 victory over Malone

Tuesday night.Malone jumped out

20-6 in the first quarterand they were able tobuild on it in the second,but the early signs of aGraceville rally were be-ginning to appear.

At halftime it was 32-24, Malone.

Graceville kept thepressure on in the third,but Malone was able tohold onto the lead, 49-43.

Graceville almost im-mediately began toeat away at the narrowMalone lead in the fourthquarter and was finallyable to gain a one-pointadvantage and hold ontoit for the lead.

Graceville improvesto 2-1 for the season.Malone is 0-4 for theseason.

Malone’s high-scorerswere Taylor Brown with15, Odarius Murff with13 and Quentin Groomeswith 12.

Graceville’s high-scor-ers were Xavian Soreywith 22 and Joell Greenwith 14.

From staff reports


The Bulldogs’ Werlean Pollock shoots for two against Rutherford Tuesday night.

High School Basketball

Marianna gets by Rutherford Graceville girlstake down rivalCottondale, 55-49

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MLB


ANAHEIM, Calif. —Shohei Ohtani has decidedhe’s on the side of the An-gels.

The Japanese two-waystar announced Friday hewill sign with the Los An-geles Angels, ending thesweepstakes surroundinghis move to the majors in asurprising destination.

Ohtani turned down in-terest from every otherbig-league club to jointwo-time MVP Mike Troutand slugger Albert Pujolswith the Angels, who arecoming off their secondconsecutive losing seasonand haven’t won a playoffgame since 2009.

But the Angels’ combi-nation of a promising coreand a beautiful West Coastlocation clearly appealedto the 23-year-old Ohtani,who has confoundedbaseball experts at almostevery step of his moveto North America as oneof the most coveted freeagents in years.

Ohtani’s agent, Nez Bale-lo, issued a statement Fri-day announcing the deci-sion. Balelo said the 2016Japanese MVP “felt a truebond with the Angels. Hesees this as the best envi-ronment to develop andreach the next level and at-tain his career goals.”

After his unusual court-ship, Ohtani will attemptto chart an even moreunique career path as themajors’ first regular two-way player in several de-cades. Ohtani already hasdrawn numerous compar-isons to Babe Ruth, whoexcelled as a hitter and apitcher early in his Hall ofFame career.

Ohtani is expected to beboth a starting pitcher anda left-handed designated

hitter for the Angels, whointend to give him ampleplaying time in both roles.

Many baseball observershave long assumed Ohtaniwould choose a higher-profile franchise such asthe Yankees or Dodgers,who would have bothwelcomed him into theirrotation and lineup. Hereceived serious attentionfrom Seattle and Texas,who both could have givenhim more money than theAngels.

Ohtani listened to finalpitches from several teamsin Los Angeles earlier thisweek before making hischoice. The Angels playabout 28 miles from down-town LA in laid-back Or-ange County, where mostof the Angels live in coastalNewport Beach and en-joy a comfortable, warm-weather lifestyle withample big-market mediaattention, but without thewithering scrutiny of othertop destinations.

But Angels general man-ager Billy Eppler is very se-rious about winning, andhe has spent several yearsscouting Ohtani, eversince his previous job withthe Yankees.

“We are honored ShoheiOhtani has decided tojoin the Angels organiza-tion,” the franchise saidin a brief statement. “Wefelt a unique connectivitywith him throughout theprocess and are excited hewill become an Angel. Thisis a special time for Angelsfans.”

Ohtani will be formallyintroduced at a news con-ference later in the month.

Ohtani has ample op-portunity to fulfill his big-gest ambitions with theAngels, who are in need ofa top starting pitcher. Theyshould also be able to fit

him into their lineup whenhe isn’t pitching: Pujols haslargely been a designatedhitter for the past two sea-sons, but the three-timeNL MVP is expected to behealthy enough to playfirst base more frequentlyin 2018.

Ohtani was coveted byevery team because of hisexceptional pitching talentand powerful bat, but alsobecause he represents anextraordinary bargain dueto baseball’s rules aroundinternational players.

The Angels will have topay the $20 million post-ing fee to Ohtani’s previ-ous club, the Nippon HamFighters, but Ohtani willnot be paid a huge salaryfor the next three seasons.Ohtani will sign a minorleague contract and canreceive up to $2,315,000 ininternational bonus mon-ey from the Angels.

Ohtani likely could havereceived a deal worthmore than $100 million ifhe had waited two years tomove stateside, but Ohtaniwasn’t interested in delay-ing his progress for money.

Ohtani is likely to havean immediate spot in thefront of the rotation for theAngels, who have enduredbrutal injuries to theirstarting pitchers for twoseasons.

Los Angeles’ ostensibleace is Garrett Richards, buthe has been limited to 621/3 innings over the pasttwo seasons due to ma-jor injuries. The rotationalso currently includesMatt Shoemaker, AndrewHeaney and Tyler Skaggs,who have all dealt withmajor injury setbacks re-cently.

Ohtani was 3-2 with a3.20 ERA this year, but wasslowed by thigh and ankleinjuries. He hit .332 in 65

games with eight homersand 31 RBIs.

But those numbers don’tindicate the incrediblepotential seen in Ohtani,whose fastball has beenclocked above 100 mph.While he has occasion-ally struggled with control,Ohtani is widely thoughtto be a surefire big-leaguepitching prospect.

The Angels have missedthe playoffs in seven ofthe last eight seasons, but

Ohtani’s arrival is onlythe latest in a series of bigmoves for Eppler, whois determined to build aWorld Series contenderduring the remaining threeyears on Trout’s contract.

Shortly after the WorldSeries ended, the An-gels secured a five-year,$106 million deal withleft fielder Justin Upton, alate-season trade acqui-sition. Upton is an idealsolution to years of under-

performance in left fieldfor the Angels, who havebeen carried offensively byTrout.

Earlier this week, Ep-pler bolstered his much-improved farm system bysigning 17-year-old Ven-ezuelan shortstop KevinMaitan, a coveted pros-pect considered the best of13 players recently takenaway from the AtlantaBraves for violating inter-national signing rules.

Japanese pitcher-hitter Ohtani chooses the Angels


Japan’s designated hitter Shohei Ohtani reacts after hitting a solo home run off Netherlands’starter Jair Jurrjens in the fifth inning of their international exhibition in Tokyo on Nov. 12. TheJapanese star is bringing his arm and bat to the Los Angeles Angels, pairing him with two-timeMVP Mike Trout. Ohtani’s agent put out a statement Friday saying the prized two-way playerhad decided to sign with the Angels, a surprise winner over Seattle, Texas and several otherteams.


MIAMI — The Marlins’latest payroll purge begannot with Giancarlo Stanton,but with Dee Gordon.

The two-time All-Starsecond baseman was trad-ed Thursday to the SeattleMariners for three pros-pects in the first big dealinvolving new Marlins CEODerek Jeter. He wants tocut payroll by more than20 percent to $90 million orless, which is why NL MVPStanton is also on the trad-ing block.

Miami acquired right-hander Nick Neidert, theMariners’ No. 2 prospect,along with infielder ChrisTorres and right-handerRobert Dugger. The Marlinshaven’t been to the play-offs since 2003, and they’reanxious to bolster a farmsystem that ranks amongbaseball’s worst.

“We need to add depth,”president of baseball op-erations Michael Hill said.“We need to do things togive us an opportunity tobuild an organization thatwe feel can win consis-tently. In this deal we tookan All-Star caliber player inDee Gordon, and were ableto add three very talentedpieces to our minor leaguesystem.”

The Mariners get $1 mil-lion in international sign-ing bonus pool allotment,boosting the amount theycan offer Japanese starpitcher and outfielderShohei Ohtani to a majorleague-high $3,557,500,just ahead of the TexasRangers ($3,535,000). Theyassume Gordon’s contract,which guarantees him $38million through 2020.

This is the Marlins’ fourthdismantling since 1998 un-der three owners. They hada franchise-record payrollof $116 million last seasonbut lost 85 games and lotsof money while finishinglast in the National Leaguein attendance for the 12thtime in 13 years.

Jeter has warned of un-popular decisions this off-

season, and with fans an-ticipating them, he drewboos at a Miami Heat gamethis week.

The popular Gordon bat-ted .308 in 158 games in2016, and had 60 stolenbases to lead the major

leagues for the third time inthe past four years. He wonthe NL batting title in 2015when he hit .333, and alsowon a Gold Glove that year.He made the All-Star teamin 2014 and 2015, thenserved an 80-game sus-

pension the following yearafter a positive test for ex-ogenous testosterone andClostebol, substances hesaid he took unknowingly.

Gordon said he had an-ticipated being traded inthe aftermath of ace Jose

Fernandez’s fatal boatcrash in September 2016.

“Bad things happenedover there with the deathof our good friend Jose,”Gordon said. “Honestlythere’s kind of no way torebound from that other

than start over. It was builton Giancarlo and Jose, andwe lost the focal point forour pitching, a guy whowe knew was going to giveus a chance to win everyday. Honestly in the majorleagues, that’s pretty toughto win that way.”

The Marlins have agreedto the parameters of a po-tential Stanton trade withthe San Francisco Giants.The St. Louis Cardinalshave also sought the rightfielder, with each team of-fering a package of pros-pects. The major leaguehome run champion canveto any deal because hisrecord $325 million, 13-year contract includes ano-trade clause.

The Gordon trade in-creases the likelihood theMarlins will keep outfield-ers Christian Yelich andMarcell Ozuna, but withthe winter meetings begin-ning Sunday, Hill wouldn’trule anything out.

“They’ll be Marlins untilthey’re not,” he said. “We’llhead into the winter meet-ings with open minds. ...We have good players. I talkto all of my counterpartsabout any number of ourguys, and we’ll continue todo so as we look for ways toimprove.”

Hill said the key acqui-sition in the Gordon dealwas Neidert, who went11-6 with a 3.45 ERA as a20-year-old in 2017 andfinished the season at Dou-ble-A Arkansas.

“We like all three play-ers,” Hill said, “but Neidertis probably the closest tothe major leagues. We likehis ceiling.”

Gordon’s contract callsfor salaries of $10.5 mil-lion, $13 million and $13.5million in the next threeseasons. His deal includesa $14 million team optionin 2021 with a $1 millionbuyout, a salary that wouldbecome guaranteed if hehas 600 plate appearancesin 2020 or 1,200 in 2019-20combined, and he finishes2020 on the active majorleague roster.

Marlins’ Dee Gordon traded to Mariners for 3 prospects


Miami Marlins’ Dee Gordon hits a single during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves in Miami on Sept.30. Gordon has been traded to the Seattle Mariners for three prospects in a deal that marks the start of the Marlins’ latestpayroll purge, this time under new CEO Derek Jeter.

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College Football


KNOXVILLE, Tenn. —Alabama once again ismaking a postseason runwith help from an assistantcoach on his way out thedoor.

Only this time, there’s atwist.

The arrival of a Decem-ber signing period this yearmakes it imperative thatnew Tennessee coach Jer-emy Pruitt work to salvagehis new program’s recruit-ing class the next couple ofweeks while also continu-ing his duties as a defensivecoordinator on Alabamacoach Nick Saban’s staff.

Pruitt says he owes it toAlabama’s players that hecoach them throughoutthe postseason. As the No.4 seed, Alabama (11-1) fac-es No. 1 seed Clemson (12-1) in a Jan. 1 Sugar Bowlsemifinal at New Orleans.

“I also have a commit-ment to the kids whosehomes I sat in with theirparents and recruitedthem to go to the Universi-ty of Alabama,” Pruitt said.“Coach Saban has beenwonderful to me. I wouldnot be here today withouthis help, so I am going togo back as soon as the deadperiod starts and coachthose kids. At the end of theday, it’s about those guys.Those kids are the reasonwe’re here.”

Alabama’s dealt with thissituation before.

Two years ago, KirbySmart remained Alabama’sdefensive coordinatorthroughout the CrimsonTide’s national champi-onship run after Georgianamed him head coach .Jim McElwain was hired atColorado State in Decem-ber 2011 but stayed on asAlabama’s offensive coor-dinator for its BCS cham-pionship game victory overLSU.

“At the time, I was alwaysconcerned,” Smart recalled

Thursday at a news confer-ence for playoff teams. “AmI doing the right thing? AmI doing the right thing forGeorgia? Am I doing theright thing for Alabama?It was very concerning tome because I wanted to dowhat was best for both.”

Alabama went through itagain last year when Flori-da Atlantic hired Alabama

offensive coordinator LaneKiffin . After Kiffin stayedwith Alabama for its PeachBowl semifinal triumphover Washington, SteveSarkisian took over as of-fensive coordinator for thechampionship game lossto Clemson in what theschool described as a mu-tual decision .

Saban is confident Pruitt

can handle dual respon-sibilities and noted hisown experience in bal-ancing two jobs when heremained the ClevelandBrowns’ defensive coor-dinator throughout the1994 season after MichiganState hired him as headcoach.

“Most of the really goodcoaches that have great

competitive character arealways going to do what’sbest for the players,” Sabansaid. “I mentioned earlierKirby certainly did a goodjob of that (in 2015). I’msure Jeremy will do a goodjob of that this year.”

Smart says Pruitt’s situ-ation is “even more chal-lenging” than what he en-countered due to the early

signing period .Starting this year, high

school seniors can finalizetheir college decisions Dec.20-22 as well as duringthe traditional Februarysigning period. A dead pe-riod in which coaches can’thave face-to-face contactwith recruits begins Dec.18.

Until that dead periodstarts, Pruitt will concen-trate on shoring up Ten-nessee’s recruiting class,which has been hit hardin the wake of a 4-8 seasonand the firing of formercoach Butch Jones .

Eight high school se-niors have backed out ofverbal commitments toTennessee since October.A composite ranking of re-cruiting sites compiled by247Sports has Tennessee’s2018 class ranked 27th af-ter being rated in the top10 for much of the year.

“I work for the Univer-sity of Tennessee, and I amall in for the university,”Pruitt said. “Until the deadperiod, we are going to re-cruit. I am going to work asthe head football coach ofTennessee and we are go-ing to do the best we canto start going in the rightdirection.”

Pruitt has been part offour national champion-ship teams as an assistantat Alabama (2009, 2011,2012) and Florida State(2013). He’d love to haveone more national cham-pionship ring to show Ten-nessee prospects, even if itmeans working overtimethese next few weeks.

He only needs to look atone of his new SEC Eastcoaching rivals to see howthis strategy can pay off.

“I’m glad, now lookingback, that I did what I didbecause it was the rightthing to do,” Smart said.“It certainly helped that wewon the (title). But it wasa very challenging 30-dayperiod, for sure.”

Pruitt leading Tennessee while helping Tide

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Fournette on skipping bowls:Guys have to make own choices


JACKSONVILLE, Fla. —Jacksonville Jaguars run-ning back Leonard Four-nette doesn’t want to beknown as a trendsetter.

Fournette was the firstcollege player to skip abowl game in 2016 whenhe announced he wouldn’tjoin LSU in the CitrusBowl.

Stanford running backChristian McCaffrey didthe same a few days later.Both high-profile playersopted to forgo the post-season to protect theirbodies in advance of theNFL draft.

Now, a year later, thosekinds of decisions are be-coming more popular.

Florida State stand-out safety Derwin Jamesannounced Tuesday hewould not play in the Dec.

27 Independence Bowlagainst Southern Missis-sippi.

His decision followedseveral Texas players whochose to skip the Dec. 27Texas Bowl against Mis-souri. Cornerback HoltonHill, safety DeShon Elliott,offensive lineman Con-nor Williams and runningback Chris Warren won’tplay while preparing forthe draft.

“Everybody makes theirown decisions, just like Imade mine,” Fournettesaid Thursday. “They havea future. They have a fam-ily just like I did, so ev-erybody’s their own manwhen it comes to that.”

Others could join them,especially since the deci-sions by Fournette andMcCaffrey had no bearingon their draft stock. Four-nette was the fourth over-

all pick, four spots aheadof McCaffrey.

It worked out well forFournette, who bat-tled an ankle injurythroughout his junior sea-son with the Tigers andfelt he needed extra timeto heal.

“For me, yeah,” Four-nette said. “For the guysin college, I’m not sayingfollow behind me and notplay in your bowl game.I did it because I was stillhurting. I played the ma-jority of my season hurt,and I felt like that was thebest decision for my fu-ture, for my family.”

Fournette ranks sev-enth in the NFL with 822yards rushing and is tiedfor ninth with eight totaltouchdowns.

McCaffrey has 1,005all-purpose yards and sixtouchdowns.


New Tennessee head coach Jeremy Pruitt speaks at his introduction ceremony on Thursday.


Jacksonville Jaguars running back Leonard Fournette, right, runs for a 5-yard touchdown pastIndianapolis Colts outside linebacker Barkevious Mingo (52) on Dec. 3.


GREEN BAY, Wis. — Ja-meis Winston returned,and it wasn’t enough forthe Tampa Bay Bucca-neers.

Their playoff hopes arejust about done after a26-20 overtime loss to theGreen Bay Packers on Dec.3.

A season that startedwith rising expectationsseems to be ending in apainfully familiar way forthe franchise — in lastplace in the NFC Southwith dim prospects for thepostseason.

Still, Winston refused tofocus on anything but get-ting better for this week’sgame against Detroit. Thequarterback missed Tam-pa Bay’s three previouscontests with a shoulderinjury.

“I can’t really tell youabout the future rightnow,” he said. “No one inthis room can predict thefuture right now, so we’vejust got to keep buildingand getting better everysingle day.”

Statistically, the offensehad a decent day for Tam-pa Bay (4-8). Peyton Bar-ber ran for 102 yards on 23carries with starter DougMartin sidelined by a con-cussion.

Winston was 21 of 32 for270 yards and two touch-down passes to tight endCameron Brate.

“I thought Jameis playedgood. He did a good jobexcept the one play,”coach Dirk Koetter said.

He didn’t specify theplay, though Packers de-fensive lineman DeanLowry might have an idea.

Winston fumbled on a

sack by Kenny Clark inthe second quarter. The6-foot-6, 296-pound Low-ry snatched the loose ballin the air and rumbled 62yards for a touchdown andLambeau leap with a 17-7lead.

“I don’t even know howthe ball came out,” Win-ston said. “When I rearedit back (my arm) hit some-thing.”

It was one of seven sackson the day for the Packers,with Clay Matthews lead-ing the pass rush with 21/2.

“That’s probably ourworst protection gamewe’ve had all year,” Koet-ter said.

Winston also fumbledin the fourth quarter fol-lowing Evan Smith’s earlysnap. He was whistled foran illegal forward pass onthe next play, but the mis-takes were erased by hissecond touchdown pass toBrate on third-and-11 for a20-17 lead with 6:02 left inregulation.

Winston refused toblame his offensive line

for poor protection,though there were a cou-ple communication is-sues with Smith. He was alast-minute replacementat center after starter JoeHawley was scratched dueto illness.

Two other starters on theoffensive line were placedon injured reserve earlierin the week.

“So I don’t think it’s rightto be able to say that theydid subpar when theyovercame so much in thisday,” Winston said.

His day started out sowell, too, connecting withBrate for a 28-yard touch-down pass on the game’sopening drive. Brate madea nice one-handed grab,extending his right armin front of him toward thegoal line after beating hisdefender.

“Today with Jameis back,he really trusts me withthose crucial situationsand he gave me a coupleopportunities,” Brate said.

But not enough to geta win, not with one toomany turnovers.

Winston’s return can’thelp fading Buccaneers


Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ Jameis Winston throws during thesecond half of a game against the Green Bay Packers on Dec. 3.


KNOXVILLE, Tenn. —Amid the chaos of Tennes-see’s search for a footballcoach, comes good newsfor frustrated fans: basket-ball.

The Tennessee men’steam is back in the Top 25for the first time since De-cember 2010 and carriesa No. 24 ranking into itsSaturday home game withLipscomb. The 11th-ranked Lady Vols hostNo. 2 Texas on Sunday ina matchup of unbeatenteams.

Now that the Vols finallyfound a football coach withthe selection of Alabamadefensive coordinator Jer-emy Pruitt, Tennessee fanscan focus on basketball.They’ll find a couple ofprograms that still aren’tsatisfied with their earlysuccess.

“We want to be a programthat’s ranked all the time -ranked higher,” Tennesseemen’s coach Rick Barnessaid. “But to do that, you’vegot to earn that respect.You’ve got to earn it. I thinkwhere we are right now,we’ve done some goodthings, but if that (ranking)looks big to us, we won’t bethere very long.”

The Tennessee men’sbasketball program wasdealing with its own insta-bility before Barnes tookover.

Barnes was Tennessee’sthird coach in as manyyears when he arrived atTennessee in 2015. Al-though Barnes’ teams hadearned 19 NCAA Tourna-ment invitations in the 20seasons before his arrival,he has needed time to getthe Vols playing the way hewants.

The breakthrough hascome this year, thanks to

an improved defense.“The biggest difference

is when you watch filmwith our team from lastyear and watch film fromthis year, we take so muchpride on defense, stoppingteams defensively,” juniorforward Kyle Alexandersaid.

The Vols (6-1) have madethese strides while atten-tion around campus hasbeen elsewhere. Duringa victory over Mercer lastweek, fans started chant-ing “Fire Currie” a handfulof times to express theiranger over athletic direc-tor John Currie’s handlingof the football coachingsearch. Currie was forcedout two days later.

Through it all, the men’sand women’s basketballteams have kept winning.

“There were some toughthings that happened,” saidBarnes, who has grown ac-customed to working atfootball-oriented schoolsas a former coach at Clem-son and Texas and formerassistant at Alabama andOhio State.

“Now going forward,we’ve just got to move for-ward. Everybody does.When all that was goingon, we just tried to do whatwe’d do regardless, wheth-er it was normal or not nor-mal. I give our guys creditfor just really trying to stayfocused on what we had todo.”

The fans are catching on.Tickets are already gone forTennessee’s Dec. 17 gamewith No. 11 North Carolina,which represents the firstsellout at the 21,678-seatThompson-Boling Arenasince a February 2015 lossto Kentucky.

While the Tennesseemen are back in the Top 25for the first time in sevenyears, the Lady Vols are

used to lofty rankings. Butthe Lady Vols entered thisseason with more ques-tions than usual after aninconsistent 2016-17 cam-paign that ended with asecond-round NCAA Tour-nament exit.

Tennessee has looked

much better so far this year,thanks to improved chem-istry. With seniors Mer-cedes Russell and JaimeNared leading a roster thatfeatures four freshmen, theLady Vols (9-0) have scored100-plus points in con-secutive games for the first

time since 2001-02.The Lady Vols’ biggest

challenge thus far was a101-99 Cancun Challengeovertime triumph overMarquette, which wasranked 20th at the time.

“We know Texas is a dif-ferent beast,” Lady Vols

coach Holly Warlick said.“They can’t be ranked No.2 in the country withoutbeing outstanding, and weunderstand that. It’s goingto be a great challenge forus and something that Ithink our kids are lookingforward to.”

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Manny Suarez alwaysbelieved he was capableof playing Division I bas-ketball, and he did for oneseason before unforeseencircumstances led him tothe Division II ranks for acouple of years.

Once he graduated fromAdelphi University in NewYork, he knew he wouldregret it if he didn’t try toreturn to Division I for hisfinal year of eligibility.

Creighton, it turned out,was looking for someonejust like him — a big manwith a nice shot who couldhelp cushion the blow oflosing underclassman Jus-tin Patton to the NBA.

At fellow Big East pro-gram DePaul, the BlueDemons might be gettingmore than they bargainedfor from their DivisionII transfer from LewisUniversity near Chicago.Guard Max Strus is averag-ing a team-best 15.6 pointsand shooting 92 percenton free throws while play-ing 34 minutes a game.

“The fact they are jump-ing to power conferenceprograms and a guy likeMax Strus is the go-to guyfor DePaul, that is a giantleap and it kind of speaksvolumes about that kid asa ballplayer in general. Ithas to be a special, uniquecase for it to happen,” Ri-vals national recruitinganalyst Corey Evans said.

According to the NCAA,only 11 of the 768 play-ers who transferred thisyear moved from DivisionII to Division I; 189 wentfrom D1 to D2. A playergoing from D2 to D1 mustsit out one season beforebecoming eligible unlesshe’s a graduate transfer; aD1 transfer is immediatelyeligible in D2.

One of the biggest D2-to-D1 success stories isDerrick White. He trans-ferred from Colorado-Colorado Springs to Colo-rado, where he was theBuffaloes’ leading scorer

last season and was a first-round draft pick by the SanAntonio Spurs.

This season, fewer than10 active players in Divi-sion I came from a lowerNCAA division. That in-cludes Michigan’s DuncanRobinson, who transferredfrom Division III WilliamsCollege three years ago.

Creighton’s Suarez beganhis career at Fordham ofthe mid-major Atlantic 10.The 6-foot-10, 250-pound-er from Cliffside Park, NewJersey, redshirted his firstseason, got limited min-utes his second and sawno future for himself afterthe Rams made a coach-ing change. Adelphi wasa natural landing spot forSuarez because the coach,Dave Duke, previously wasan assistant at Fordhamand had recruited Suarez.

Suarez averaged 15

points and 8.6 reboundsover two seasons for Adel-phi, but he wasn’t satisfied.

“People doubted I couldplay in Division I,” he said.“After my old coach gotfired, I went down to Divi-sion II, so some people feltas if they were proven righteven though they didn’tunderstand the full story.Making this transition, alot of people think I can-not compete at this level.I might be a fluke. I don’tknow yet. But I’m going toplay hard and I’m going togive it my all because it’sall I can do.”

Creighton coach GregMcDermott said hedidn’t remember howSuarez’s name cameacross his desk, but hewatched video and likedwhat he saw: big body,scrappy under the bas-ket, ability to shoot the

3-pointer. Suarez playeda season-high 18 minutesoff the bench in a win overUCLA and is averaging 11minutes, 4.6 points and 2.9rebounds.

“He’s certainly impactedus winning some gamesalready,” McDermott said,“and hopefully he contin-ues to improve and helpsus in the future.”

DePaul’s Strus alreadyhas established himselfas a rising star in the BigEast. Coming out of highschool he was undersizedand had one Division Ioffer, from Chicago State.His brother had playedat Lewis, near the Strus’home in Hickory Hills, Il-linois, and he figured hewould be happy there.He scored 1,000 points intwo seasons, earned All-America honors and be-gan looking for a new chal-

lenge in the spring of 2016.He told Lewis coach ScottTrost that he would leaveonly if he could transfer toa program in the Big East,Big Ten or Atlantic CoastConference.

“He thought he needed alittle more exposure,” Trostsaid. “I think he may havethought he accomplishedwhatever he could here.He decided to do what wasbest for him. No hard feel-ings. Glad to see he’s doingwell.”

Strus used the year he satout to acclimate himself tothe faster tempo and morephysical players in Divi-sion I, and now he’s fill-ing the minutes played byBilly Garrett Jr. last season.

“In Division II there areguys who can shoot 3sand guys who can handlethe ball, but there aren’tthat many that can do it

all,” Strus said. “Here guyshave an overall game. It’sa more physical game atthis level. We didn’t havea weight program at Lewisand didn’t have strengthcoaches. That’s a big thinghere.”

Strus, who has scored indouble figures in all sevengames, is happy with hismove but has no regretsabout his experience atLewis.

“People think Division IIis kind of a joke,” he said.“It’s really good basketball.The guys are still skilled,and there are a bunch ofDivision I transfers whocome down and play rightaway. If I was playing thatwell at that level, I knew Icould make the jump tothis one and be competi-tive still. I believed in my-self and knew I could doit.”

Transfers from Division II find homes in Big EastCollege Basketball


Creighton’s Manny Suarez, right, tries to block a pass by UCLA’s Aaron Holiday during a game on Nov. 20.

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By Steve ReedThe Associated Press

CHARLOTTE, N.C.

Case Keenum’s improbable sea-son has the Minnesota Vikingsthinking playoffs.

Keenum entered the league as anundrafted rookie in 2012, one yearafter Cam Newton made a splash asthe No. 1 overall pick by the CarolinaPanthers.

While the two quarterbacks havetaken dramatically different paths,it is Keenum who has the Vikingspositioned to win the NFC North— and perhaps even earn home-fieldadvantage throughout the playoffs.

The Vikings (10-2) can clinch theirsecond division title — and first withKeenum at the helm — in three yearsby beating Newton’s Panthers (8-4)on the road. Minnesota also canclinch if Green Bay and Detroit loseor tie.

Keenum’s success doesn’t sur-prise Panthers wide receiver Russell

Shepard, who regularly works outwith the fifth-year quarterback in theoffseason.

“The Vikings called him last-min-ute,” Shepard said of Keenan signingwith the Vikings last offseason. “Theywanted him, kind of in his mindfrom what he was telling me, as acamp body, an extra guy, knowing theinjuries at quarterback with Teddy(Bridgewater) still being hurt. Justto see him take off, man, it’s one ofthose crazy stories.”

Keenum is 8-2 as the Vikings startersince taking over for the injuredSam Bradford, after struggling in hisprevious 26 starts with the Rams andTexans. Shepard said it makes for agreat story.

“We’re like the misfits, like the rugrats,” said Shepard of undrafted play-ers, of which he is one.

“In this league, in life in general,everybody wants to see the underdogsucceed. Everybody wants to see theguy that nobody expected to be thatguy.”

Vikings can takeNorth with win

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Vikings QB Case Keenum entered the NFL as an undrafted rookie in 2012, one year after Panthers QB Cam Newtonwas drafted No. 1 in the 2011 NFL Draft. Since then, the two quarterbacks have taken very different paths.

1. Across from Kalil: Vikings defensive endEverson Griffen has sacked Carolina’s CamNewton five times in two games, includingthree of Minnesota’s eight sacks in the 22-10victory in Charlotte on Sept. 25, 2016. Thistime, he’ll be lined up across former teammateMatt Kalil, who spent the past five seasonswith the Vikings.

Griffen and Kalil were also college team-mates at Southern Cal, so their friendshipdates back almost a decade.

“I’m going to watch my tape. I’m going tostudy him. I’m going to know him better thanI know my phone number,” said Griffen, whose42½ sacks since becoming a full-time starterin 2014 are the third-most in the NFL in thatspan.

2. Remember Remmers?: The Vikingsspent big in free agency to find two new start-ing tackles, Riley Reiff and Mike Remmers, a

major overhaul of the offensive line includingthe drafting of center Pat Elflein and the jet-tisoning of left guard Alex Boone that has paidoff big time.

Remmers was a starter on the Panthersteam that reached the Super Bowl twoseasons ago. He has not played in more than amonth, however, first because of a concussionand then because of a lower back injury. Rem-mers was held out of practice on Wednesday,putting his availability again in question.Rashod Hill has capably filled his spot.

3. Olsen’s return: Panthers tight end GregOlsen appears ready to go against the Vikings,his first extensive action since Week 2. Olsenmissed eight games on injured reserve witha broken foot. He returned two weeks agoagainst the Jets, but played about a quarterbefore leaving with soreness. He did not playlast week against the Saints on a turf field.

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QB Keenum hopes to continue improbable run

» Series record: Vikingslead 8-5

» Last meeting: Vikingsbeat Panthers 22-10, Sept.25, 2016

» Last week: Vikings beatFalcons 14-9; Panthers lost toSaints 31-21

» Vikings offense: Overall(5), rush (6), pass (13)

» Vikings defense: Overall(2), rush (2), pass (10)

» Panthers offense: Overall(t18), rush (5), pass (24)

» Panthers defense: Overall(6), rush (4), pass (7)

» Notes: Vikings QB CaseKeenum has passed for 1,101yards with 10 TDs and threeINTs in last four road games.... RB Latavius Murray has323 yards rushing and fourTDs in last four games. ...TE Kyle Rudolph had sevencatches for 70 yards and TDin last meeting with Carolina.He has 18 TD catches since2015, tied for third mostamong tight ends. ... RB Jer-ick McKinnon has 421 yardsfrom scrimmage and threeTDs in past five road games.... WR Adam Thielen has74 catches for 1,056 yardsand six TDs. ... DE EversonGriffen has 12 sacks. Griffenhad three sacks in last gamevs. Carolina. ... Panthers RBChristian McCaffrey is fifthamong NFL rookies in all-purpose yards (1,005). ... WRDevin Funchess averaging86.5 yards per game withthree TD catches since teamtraded WR Kelvin Benjaminto Buffalo.

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Indy’s Frank Gore and Buffalo’s LeSeanMcCoy are worthy of top billing. Goreleads the active list and last weekendmoved into fifth place overall with13,697 yards rushing. McCoy is thirdon the active list and 31st overall with9,805 yards. With Bills QB Tyrod Tayloruncertain, rookie Nate Peterman couldget his second start.

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A classic matchup with little sig-nificance this year. Dallas finally wonwithout suspended star running backEzekiel Elliott when it beat Washing-ton, but making a playoff push is along shot in the rugged NFC. Eli Man-ning gets his job back — how insultingwas the way his starting string ended?— now that Steve Spagnuolo has re-placed the fired Ben McAdoo as coach.Big days for tight ends Jason Witten ofDallas and rookie Evan Engram of NewYork could be on tap.

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Opponents can pass on Tampa Bay,and that’s about all the Lions can do.Key matchup figures to be Buc-caneers receiver Mike Evans againstcornerback Darius Slay, who is tied forthe NFC lead with 15 passes defensed.Evans has been better at home thanon the road recently with 696 receiv-ing yards and seven TDs over his pastnine at Raymond James Stadium.

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If it’s not the best rivalry in profootball, Raiders-Chiefs is top three.That it has so much meaning Sundayis like adding a tasty dessert to somedelicious Kansas City BBQ. Raiderscoach Jack Del Rio explains the AFCWest situation best. “We all sit here at6-6 with an opportunity. Which teamtakes the most advantage of that op-portunity is sitting there?”

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Only the fourth meeting of these clubs,and it has little meaning. San Franciscohas won two of its past three, and hasits likely future QB, Jimmy Garoppolo,running things. He threw for 293 yardslast week to set a franchise record formost yards passing in a first start withthe team. The one guy who’s fun towatch in this is Houston WR DeAndreHopkins. He’s tied for the NFL leadwith nine TD receptions and has a TDcatch in six straight home games.

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The house-cleaning has begun inCleveland with the firing on Thurs-day of vice president Sashi Brown.There’s little reason to think that — oranything else — will lead to a Brownsvictory against a Packers team holdingout hope of reach wild-card status.Green Bay should get back star quar-terback Aaron Rodgers (collarbone)next week, and if it doesn’t stumblehere, the team will give Cheeseheadssome hope for the final three weeks.

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The Bears have the NFL’s lowest-ranked offense, have lost five in a row,and John Fox has a 12-32 record for afranchise-worst .273 winning percent-age, in three seasons coaching theBears. After the Bengals blew a gamethey led most of the way on Mondaynight to Pittsburgh, their postseasonchances appear gone. Not that theyhave been playing poorly lately. Con-sider that Andy Dalton hasn’t thrownan interception since an Oct. 22 loss atPittsburgh, 176 attempts.

CHICAGO ATCINCINNATI

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Denver has been on a Rocky Mountainlow for two months, dropping eightconsecutive games. With an ineptoffense, the defense has gotten worndown, but it does get back CB AqibTalib from a one-game suspension.The Jets play everyone tough, and willhave a say in the AFC West outcome.They defeated Kansas City last Sundayand still must play the Chargers.

N.Y. JETSAT DENVER

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TENNESSEEAT ARIZONA

3:05 P.M.

The coolest of matchups has RamsQB Jared Goff, the top selection in the2016 draft, against Eagles QB CarsonWentz, who went second overall thatyear. Both have matured rapidly,sparking turnarounds that could leadto, well, the Super Bowl. A Philadelphiawin gives it the NFC East title. So doesa Dallas loss. Should the Rams win,a complicated formula gives them aplayoff spot.

PHILADELPHIAAT L.A. RAMS

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The AFC South race, with a huge doseof NFC West. Tennessee holds thetiebreaker right now over Jacksonville,but the teams finish off the scheduleagainst each other. The Titans bring apotent running game of DeMarco Mur-ray and Derrick Henry, who’s comingoff his second career 100-yard rushinggame. Tennessee hasn’t allowed anopponent to run for more than 100yards in eight straight games, the lon-gest streak in NFL this season, whichdoesn’t bode well for Arizona’s AdrianPeterson. Jacksonville has a muchtougher task, even at home. AlthoughSeattle has some key injuries in itssecondary, the defense has steppedup and shut down Philadelphia lastweek. The offense, as sensationalQB Russell Wilson states his case forleague MVP, has been dynamic, par-ticularly now that TE Jimmy Grahamhas become a major force. With aseries of occurrences, the Jags canclinch a playoff spot.

SEATTLE ATJACKSONVILLE

3:25 P.M.

Pittsburgh’s victory over Cincinnati onMonday night was brutal, marred bymalicious hits, launching and tauntingon both sides. Now, the Steelers gettheir biggest rival in what always hasbeen a physical affair. “When you playBaltimore you are going to get yourhead knocked off, they’re going toknock your head off, you’re going totry to knock theirs off, but you’re goingto help them up and respect it, andsay ‘Hey great job, let’s go at it again,”Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlis-berger says. The Steelers need to stepup their game, despite having wonseven in a row. They are barely gettingby inferior opponents, and the Ravens— no matter the situation — arealways dangerous for Pittsburgh. Pre-venting the Steelers from winning theAFC North is almost as prime a goalfor Baltimore as remaining in front fora wild-card berth.

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MONDAY’SGAME

New Englandat Miami,7:30 P.M., ESPN

L.A. gets perhaps the most injury-ruined squad in the league in theRedskins, who have lost five of seven.The Chargers have racked up morethan 400 yards in three straightgames while outscoring opponents101-40. Philip Rivers has completed 72percent of his passes for 1,029 yards,six TDs, no interceptions in the pastthree weeks. Keenan Allen became thefirst player in NFL history with 10-pluscatches for 100-plus yards and at leastone TD in three straight games. Red-skins have been at their best on WestCoast this season, beating Seahawksand Rams on road.

WASHINGTON ATL.A. CHARGERS

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NEW YORK — J.K. Rowlingvoiced her support for JohnnyDepp and his casting in anupcoming sequel to “Fantas-tic Beasts and Where to FindThem,” following earlier do-mestic abuse allegations madeagainst the actor.

The author published a state-ment on her website Thursday,breaking her silence on whathad been a simmering contro-versy for the franchise. SomeHarry Potter fans have saidthey would boycott “FantasticBeasts: The Crimes of Grin-delwald” after Depp’s ex-wifeAmber Heard in May 2016 saidthat Depp was “verbally andphysically abusive” to her dur-ing their marriage. Depp earliercalled that claim and others“salacious false stories, gossip,misinformation and lies.” Thetwo settled their divorce lastyear.

Rowling acknowledged thatthe reports “deeply concerned”her and others behind the pro-duction, and that she and direc-tor David Yates considered re-

casting Depp’s role. While Depphad a brief cameo in “FantasticBeasts,” he has a starring role asthe Dark wizard Gellert Grindel-wald in the follow-up film, andpotentially future installments

in the pre-Potter franchise.“For me personally, the

inability to speak openly to fansabout this issue has been dif-ficult, frustrating and at timespainful. However, the agree-

ments that have been put inplace to protect the privacy oftwo people, both of whomhave expressed a desire to geton with their lives, must berespected,” wrote Rowling.

“Based on our understandingof the circumstances, thefilmmakers and I are not onlycomfortable sticking withour original casting, butgenuinely happy to have Johnnyplaying a major character in themovies.”

Rowling added: “I accept thatthere will be those who are notsatisfied with our choice ofactor in the title role. However,conscience isn’t governable bycommittee. Within the fictionalworld and outside it, we all haveto do what we believe to be theright thing.”

Warner Bros. said it supportedthe decision.

“This matter has beenjointly addressed by bothparties, in a statement inwhich they said ‘there wasnever any intent of physicalor emotional harm,’” said thestudio in a statement. “Basedon the circumstances and theinformation available to us, we,along with the filmmakers, con-tinue to support the decision toproceed with Johnny Depp inthe role of Grindelwald in thisand future films.”

JK Rowling, Warner Bros. voice support for Johnny Depp


In this combination photo, Johnny Depp appears at the Los Angeles premiere of “Pirates of the Caribbean: DeadMen Tell No Tales” on May 18, (left) and J.K. Rowling appears at the BAFTA Film Awards in London on Feb. 12, 2017.Rowling is voicing her support for Depp and his casting in an upcoming sequel to “Fantastic Beasts and Where toFind Them.” The author published a statement on her website Thursday.


LOS ANGELES — JohnBoyega may have a lotin common with Finn,the character he plays in“Star Wars: The Last Jedi,”but a trip to a Londontoy store left the actorfloored.

Boyega said one of themost surprising experi-ences he had while mak-ing the film was seeinghis own larger-than-lifelikeness at the Toys“R’’ Us store he frequent-ed as a kid. The actorhad gone to find a giftfor his newborn neph-ew when he came faceto face with a giantcardboard cutout of him-self as Finn.

“There were toys every-where, and I was just like,‘Wow,’” Boyega said in arecent interview. “I’m on

the shelf. It’s strange.”While he has gotten

more accustomed to hisplace in the Star Warsuniverse after makinghis debut as Finn in “TheForce Awakens,” both he

and his character remainawed by the scope ofthat world.

A former Stormtroop-er who escapes theFirst Order to join theResistance, Finn is now

emboldened to discoverwhere he fits into the fight,Boyega said.

“It creates a very braveFinn and he’s eager to doanything to find out andprove that this is my posi-tion,” said Boyega.

The 25-year-old ac-tor is poised to do thesame in Hollywood: Hiswork in Star Wars hasled to other high-profileroles, including a part inKathryn Bigelow’s“Detroit” and in nextyear’s “Pacific Rim Upris-ing.”

“I feel like during thefilming of ‘The Last Jedi,’we were kind of livingparallels to our charac-ters in a sense,” Boyegasaid. “Because Finn is nowwell known in the StarWars universe, and forme, I’m known within theindustry and our plan-

et and whatever. Nowhe has this reputationand it’s hard for him tokeep that up while stillfiguring himself out be-cause he’s been labeled asa hero.”

Finn’s onscreen heroicsin “The Last Jedi” includean epic battle with Cap-tain Phasma (GwendolineChristie) that took monthsof training and prepara-tion.

Off-screen, Boyega wasa hero to newcomer KellyMarie Tran, who playsRose Tico. The two metwhile she was audition-ing for the role, and hehas advocated for her eversince.

“He’s so generous interms of being an actorand really kind of teach-ing me the ropes be-cause I was new to this,”Tran said. “I truly feel like I

couldn’t have had a betterpartner in this whole expe-rience.”

As for Boyega, he’s hadsome time to get used tothe idea of seeing him-self as an action figure.But that was only the be-ginning of “The Last Jedi”branding.

“I recently went to thegrocery store and sawmyself on water,” he said.“That’s the biggest it getsfor me. Everybody needswater, you know what Imean?”

John Boyega talks ‘Last Jedi,’ personal parallels with Finn


This Dec. 3, photo shows John Boyega posing for a portraitduring the “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” press junket in LosAngeles Boyega stars as Finn in the latest installment of the“Star Wars” franchise, in theaters on Dec. 15.

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L5417 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THEFOURTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN ANDFOR JACKSON COUNTY, FLORIDACase No. 17000036CAAXMX

BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC,Delaware limited liability company,Plaintiff,vs.LARRY W. WYATT; et al.,Defendants

NOTICE OF SALENOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a FinalJudgment of Foreclosure dated November 22,2017 entered in Civil Case No 17000036CAAXMXof the Circuit Court of the Fourteenth JudicialCircuit in and for Jackson County, Florida,wherein BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC, a Del-aware limited liability company, is Plaintiff andLARRY W. WYATT; et al., are Defendant(s).I, CLAYTON O. ROOKS, will sell to the highestbidder for cash in the Lobby of the Courthouse,located at 4445 Lafayette Street, Marianna,Florida 32446 in Jackson County, Florida salebeginning at 11:00 a.m. on January 11, 2018 onthe following described property as set forth insaid Final Judgment, to wit:

Exhibit “A”All that certain land situate in Jackson County,Florida, VIZ: Commencing at the intersection ofthe West line of the SE ¼ of the SE ¼ of Section36, Township 7 North, Range 10 West, JacksonCounty, Florida with the Northerly right of wayof State Road No. 2; thence S 86 Degrees 10 mi-nutes East along said right of way 210.0 feet to

nutes East along said right of way 210.0 feet tothe POINT OF BEGINNING; thence N 00 Degrees38 minutes 30 Seconds E 229.7 feet; thence S 86Degrees 10 minutes 00 Second E, 192.0 feet;thence S 00 Degree 38 Minutes 30 Seconds W,229.7 feet to said Northerly right of way;thence N 86 Degrees 10 minutes 00 second Walong said right of way, 192.0 feet to the POINTOF BEGINNING.By Fee simple Deed from Larry Dorman Poole,Brenda Sue Noorman, James Edward Poole andMaerita Poole, a/k/a Maerita Poole, beneficia-ries of the Estate of James William Poole as setforth in OR Book 712, Page 0407 dated11/22/1998 and recorded 11/24/1997, JacksonCounty Records, State of Florida.Property address: 4960 Highway 2, Malone,Florida 32445Any person claiming an interest in the surplusfrom the sale, if any, other than the propertyowner as the date of the lis pendens must filea claim within 60 days after the sale.DATED this 22nd day of November, 2017.CLAYTON O. ROOKSClerk of Circuit CourtBy: Rebecca Adkins, Deputy ClerkDaniel S. Mandel, Esq.Mandel, Manganelli & Leider, P.A.Attorneys for Plaintiff1900 N.W. Corporate Blvd., Ste. 305WBoca Raton, FL 33431Tel: (561) 826-1740Fax: (561) 826-1741

L5416 IN THE CIRCUIT COURTFOR JACKSON COUNTY, FLORIDAPROBATE DIVISION File No. 2017-CP-00266

IN RE: ESTATE OFRUSSELL CHARLES MORSTADTDeceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORSThe administration of the estate of RussellCharles Morstadt, deceased, whose date ofdeath was November 13, 2015, is pending inthe Circuit Court for Jackson County, Florida,Probate Division, the address of which is 4445Lafayette St., Marianna, FL 32446. The namesand addresses of the personal representativeand the personal representative’s attorney areset forth below.All creditors of the decedent and other personshaving claims or demands against decedent’sestate on whom a copy of this notice is re-quired to be served must file their claims withthis court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLI-CATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTERTHE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THISNOTICE ON THEM.

All other creditors of the decedent and otherpersons having claims or demands againstdecedent’s estate must file their claims withthis court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATEOF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE.ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERI-ODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SEC-TION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED.NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SETFORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2)YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATEOF DEATH IS BARRED.The date of first publication of this notice isDecember 2, 2017.Personal Representative:/s/Carl Morstadt4902 Flynt DriveMarianna, Florida 32446Attorney for Personal Representative:Daniel de Paz, Esq.Florida Bar Number: 108866Haynes & de Paz, P.A.407 Wekiva Springs Road, Suite 217Longwood, FL 32779Telephone: (407) 960-7377E-Mail: [email protected]

L5404 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALSThe Town of Sneads located in Jackson County,Florida, will receive sealed proposals from anyqualified person, company, or corporation in-terested in providing the following services:SOLID WASTE COLLECTION/DISPOSALSERVICESTen (10) copies of sealed proposals marked"Solid Waste Collection/Disposal Services, At-tention: Connie Lea Butts, Town Manager"must be received by 2 pm (CST) on Friday, Jan-uary 5, 2018 at the office of the Town Manager,Sneads City Hall, 2028 Third Avenue, Sneads,FL 32460. Immediately following the deadlineall proposals will be opened and read publiclyin the Sneads City Hall Council Meeting Room.The Proposal Packet can be obtained at nocharge from the Sneads City Hall located at2028 Third Avenue, Sneads, FL 32460. For addi-tional information, you may contact TownManager, Connie Lea Butts, at 850-593-6636.Each proposal must be accompanied by a BidBond or cashier’s check payable to the Town ofSneads for five percent (5%) of the required$50,000 (fifty thousand) Performance Bond.The Town of Sneads reserves the right to waiveinformalities or to reject any or all proposals.Award will be made on the basis of the costand qualifications/reputation of the proposer.The Town of Sneads will not be obligated toaward the contract to the lowest proposer.

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4755 GLAZE LN, Marianna ... 8 ACRES of privacy! Lovely 3/2 ManufacturedHome on 8 Acres is just 10 miles south of downtown Marianna. If Peace and Quiet,and no close neighbors is what you are looking for - this is it. This lovely home ismove-in ready! Many upgrades were made to this home. Large Front Deck to relaxand enjoy watching your family and nature. Don’t miss your chance at this beautifulhome that would qualify for VA or FHA. Only $99,900. MLS# 661486

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5416 THOMAS DR, Graceville - Affordable and Charming 3/1.5 brick homeperfect for you and your family! Located on a dead end street, this great home isclose to everything you need! Bonus room for your family room or game room, updatedkitchen, Large Laundry room with extra storage. Enjoy your completely Fenced yard witha Garage/Workshop and a Picnic Pavilion. This home would qualify for USDA, FHA or VAloan! Payments estimated around $750 or less.

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1415 CHURCH ST Marianna - The PERFECT MINI FARM! This beautiful3/2 home on 6.8 acres has 1757 H/C sq ft with a large covered patio/carport andscreened porch. Split floor plan with updated newer flooring, Culligan Water System,well and HVAC. Fenced and cross fenced pasture, nice chicken coop, small barnfor a larger animal, garden, fruit trees and a workshop make this a perfect countryhome. On a paved road with a paved driveway and all the room you need. Call for anappointment to see! MLS# 663437

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21441 CR 275 Altha - Relax and Enjoy this beautiful country mobile home on 2 acres.This 3/2 has been updated and well maintained. You can relax on your screened porch andenjoy the quiet evenings or spend time enjoying the pond and fire pit and the sounds ofnature. Completely fenced this home has many safety features and has updated wiring,plumbing and new skirting. 2 Additional Workshops along with a shooting range, chickencoop, cook shed and hand pump well that works. ONLY $84,900 MLS 664459

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3003 Chase Way - Custom Built home that breathes with family love and care. This 5/3home on 3.45 acres has so many beautiful features including hardwood floors, large bedrooms,formal dining, formal living, marble fireplace in the great room and double french doors to theplayroom/workout room/ office. A large kitchen with breakfast area, beautiful cabinets and allthe built-in features you need. For all your fun, step outside to the 2400+/- sq.ft. MAN CAVE/WORKSHOP. There is so much to show you about this home! MLS #654150 Call Ann Jones

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Log Cabin overlooking Ocheesee with apx 700’ waterfront. JacksonCounty’s secret 2000 acres of fishing paradise! This Log Cabin with 3/2 is filled with Cypress,Aspen and Cedar walls and ceilings. It is one of two homes on this road next to a county maintainedwell kept boat ramp. Wrap around enclosed porch that overlooks the beautiful landscaped yard andlooks out over the lake. 2 Spring Fed ponds that are stocked with catfish and bream. Store your JohnDeere Tractor, boats and lawn equipment in the 30X50 Metal building with 3 large roll-up doorsand vented ceiling. Hunting, Fishing, Relaxing on 40 Acres! MLS #658192 Call Ann Jones

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902 Lakepoint Rd. • Alford40 acre property is an Equestrian Dream!Fenced and cross fenced with a beautiful 36 x 72stable that is fully equipped and a lg. arena. This4 bdr/2ba home has over 2000 sq ft. features newflooring, appliances, lg. rms. with updated bthrms.A small pond & creek that makes it a deer hunter’sdream! A short distance from Panama City, Dothan,or Tallahassee and located only 2 miles from thepublic boat access to Compass Lake. MLS# 657198

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4971 Redwood Dr. • MariannaBeautiful 3Bd/2 Ba, 2130 Sq. Ft.home on a double lot! Very spacious,many features include new carpet,fireplace, new fans in all rms. and a lg.master bdrm. With walk-in closet. Thekitchen is open w/dining area, lg. laundryrm. And pantry. Spacious screened in bkporch, patio, and lg. fenced in backyard.Short drive to local schools, are sportscomplex & many rec. sites. MLS# 661789

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5336 10th St. • Malone5,562 Sq Ft of Heated and CooledCommercial Space located within 30 milesof Al and Ga. The facility is in great condition withthe instillation of a Roof, Paint and Flooring in 2013.This former medical clinic and retail pharmacy spacecould fit a number of uses. This commercial spacehas maximum exposure on a Main Hwy, plenty ofParking, complete with a Large Illuminated Sign.

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4630 Bales Dr. • MariannaBeautiful 3 Bd/2.5 Ba home in a wellestablished neighborhood overlooking theCitizen’s Lodge Park! This home is full of characterand charm with its many features including the circularbeamed ceiling in the living and dining rooms with adouble fireplace, completed by beautiful hardwood floorsin the dining room, hallway and foyer. This home has plentyof windows with tons of natural light, storage and closet

space to spare. Downstairs features a large family room, a workshop for any hobby and a garage. Home sits on 1.7acres, just minutes from Downtown, schools and shopping! MLS# 664743

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2244 Syfrette Road,Cottondale

$98,000 MLS #663786Country Living. This 3 Bedrooms 1 1/2Baths Home sits on 3 acres with a pond

in back. Home has Sun Room added to front of Home for added space. New cabinetsin 2003. There is a mobile Home that goes with the property. Plenty of room fora couple of horses. 1/2 Bath can be easily converted to full Bath, space is there.Feel like you are in the country, but close to 231 that takes you to the Panama CityBeaches or go north and get to Dothan, Al. in about 45 minutes.

2943 Noland Street,Marianna

$128,500 MLS#663910Home with a Hilltop View. This 2 Bedrooms, 1 FullBath has been updated including new paintingthru out inside, floors have been professionally

done to make hardwood floors thru out, Bedrooms are spacious, Sun Room, with Brick flooring,opens up to rear of the home. Detached in the back yard is a Newly Remodeled A-Frame structurethat could be an Extra Bedroom, Storage, or Shop. The home has an attached 1 car carport.Conveniently located to Downtown Marianna, including Doctors Offices, Hospital, and Stores.

5349 7th St., MALoNe$119,900

Small town Charm is what you get with this4 Bedrooms 2 Baths Home located close tothe school in Malone. Open concept withSplit Design and fenced in Back yard makeit easy to entertain your family and friends.

5395 CottoN St., GRACeviLLe$87,900

When you buy this home, you also get abuilding that was once used for a FlowerShop. New metal roof on Shop. Manypossibilities here. Come see this huge

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cOMMERcIAL bUILDINGWow!! What an opportunityfor one that wants to be inthe Flower Shoppe businessor just about anything.Beautiful building andexcellent location and wellestablished. Corner lot inMedical area of Marianna.Many possibilities herewith City approval. Hightraffic count. Paved parking,

storage. Seller will consider owner finance. This is a must see today! Calland make arrangements to see asap. Call Tim - MLS# 660699 ... $199,900

GRAND RIDGEPicturesque 4/3 home inbeautiful large oak setting.Home has original hardwoodflooring, split bedroom design,sweet tea front porch setting isa must see, 3 yr new metal roofand 3 yr new heat pump, niceback deck for entertaining bythe above ground pool with outdoor shower, nice outside shopwith 1 car garage and bathroom.

650 sq.ft. apt. currently rented , with detached laundry and storage area for rental.This is a must see to really appreciate. Make an appt. today. Very convenient toMarianna and Tallahassee and I-10. CALL Tim – MLS# 662412 ... $154,000

MARIANNAGorgeous home locatedin Greenfield Subd. Veryspacious 4/2 home builtfor enjoyment. Kitchen isa dream with Blue Pearlgranite, SS appliances,soft close drawers,Specialty cabinets doors,and breakfast nook. Large

master suit with beautiful tile in both bathrooms, tray ceilings in several rooms.Large master closet, with so spacious den. Plenty of room in the laundry thatflows to the garage. Dining room that accommodate a large dining rm tablefor family gatherings. Tile through the house except for bedrooms with 2 yearold carpet. Plenty of room on the back porch overlooking backyard fire pit.Very convenient to Marianna High School, Florida Caverns State Park andHospital. Call Tim – MLS# 663655 ... $279,000

HOME & 10 AcRESMini horse ranch fenced & crossfenced. Beautiful pasture land.3/2 Modular home w/basement& if finished would add double thefloor space. Split bdrm floor plan w/crown molding throughout home.Wheel chair ramp in rear a plus.Pecan, magnolia and many more

trees. 5 stall horse barn, Automatic watering trough, metal barn, 2 grain bins,hwy frontage. Horse wire. Electric ran to back of land with separate meter.Electric fence. Chicken pens. This is a must see to appreciate. Call Tim –MLS# 658023 ... $162,500

cOMMERcIALGreat office building on Hwy71 North, just outside of citylimits. This brick buildingconsists of 1152 sq. ft. with4+ offices, meeting roomand 2 handicap bathrooms.Has paved parking up front.Seller is MOTIVATED! CallTim – MLS # 640586 Price$99,500

REDUcED $10,000Hwy 231 Location! Smallerhome in great condition. 2/1used as residential but ownerhas used the location as a carlot in the past. Great visibility.New metal roof and new HeatPump all installed in 2016.Would make a nice rental orbusiness location. Call Tim –MLS# 654761 Price - $69,900

GREAT LOcATION, cOMMERcIAL PROPERTYThis Building was usedfor over 30 years as a Fishand Seafood Market. Verysuccessful business location.Convenient to Hwy 231 and90. 3 Miles to I-10. Coolersare still installed. Comeswith a lot in rear of propertywith a mobile home that isrented out. Call Tim – MLS#655483 ... $169,000

ALTHACountry home with7.98 (mol) acres! Thishome has 3 bedroomsand 2 other roomsthat could be usedas bedrooms, office,exercise room orhobby room. There isa separate buildingthat is just steps away

from the house that measures approx. 48x25 and use this great space foradditional living area, workshop, business, etc. Located on a paved highwayand not far from town. Call Sandra - MLS# 656957 Price $125,900

MARIANNASouthern charm is whatyou will find in this 4 bdrm2 bath home. It was built in1935, but has had severalupdates. Large kitchenwith Jennaire stove. Masterbdrm and two others onthe ground floor. Supercute upstairs bdrm andoffice upstairs. Has built-

in drawers/bookcase. Nice 15 seer A/C/H unit, fenced in back yard and a 2-car enclosedgarage with a great storage room also. Comes with a termite bond. Conveniently located tothe hospital, college, and schools. Call Sandra - MLS# 649844 Price $109,000

STOP PAYING RENT!!Updated home inBlountstown on .47 acrecorner lot close to everything!2 BR 2BA with bonus room.Fresh paint inside & out.Refinished wood and newvinyl flooring. Recent hotwater tank, replacementwindows and metal roof. All

appliances stay, incl. washer/dryer. Build equity with payment same as rent. Make anappointment today! Call Sandra - MLS# 664186 Price $79,900

cOMMERcIAL/RESIDENTIALThis corner lot residencehas been used as abeauty shop/home butcan easily be revertedback to a full residence.Great location withlot’s of possibilities!Convenient to schools,Chipola College, aFederal Prison and the

hospital. SELLER IS MOTIVATED! Call Sandra - MLS# 644237 Price $75,000

wORkING fARM73 acre working cattlefarm, fenced/cross-fenced, income producingproperty with 1 house(being renovated) and 3mobile homes (rented),5 wells, 4 stocked fishponds, grand-daddyoaks, cattle shoot and 2large hay barns. THIS IS A

MUST SEE! Live off the land, grow your own cattle/hay production, income off rentals,great garden spot. Has 65 acres in pasture. (Farming equipment available at additionalprice). Conveniently located to Chipley, Graceville, Panama City and Dothan, AL. Makean appointment today! Call Sandra - MLS# 640728 Price $349,000

bLOUNTSTOwNFish/Relax on theseChipola River Front lots.Located (according toseller) out of the flood zone.200 feet waterfront. Buildyour weekend getaway ora permanent home justsouth of Blountstown.Boat Ramp close by. This ishard to find with such easyaccess. Call Tim – MLS#663001 ... $100,000

GRAcEVILLEBeautiful 4 bdrm/2-1/2 bath home on2 acres in town! Quality is displayedthroughout this home, remodeledstaircase, master bedrm/bath upgrade,quality laminate flooring, new carpet in 3bdrms and a new security system. NEWROOF 2016, NEW A/C system in 2015, alldouble-insulated windows and a wood

burning fireplace. Nicely landscaped yard. Includes a 20x40 shop on a concrete floor. Youwill not be disappointed! Call Sandra - MLS# 640726 Price $249,000

This 71 acre working ranch has a 4 bdrm, 2 baths mobile home. New metal roofand lg. front porch. Unique gazebo from a grain bin! 4 ponds on the property, onein each pasture area. Property has two (2) 32’x60’ structures w/electric and one27’x36’ structure w/electric, all less than a year old. One of these structures is abarn w/5 stalls, tack room & a feed room. Appx. 50 acres pasture land. Excellenthunting! Fenced & cross fenced. New 4” well w/new motor and shaft. Excellentlocation near Hwy 231 and I-10. Call Sandra - MLS# 659180 Price - $279,900

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Very nice 3 bedroom,2 ½ bath home located on acorner chain link fenced lot. Featuresnew appliances in kitchen, large din-ing room, vaulted ceiling in livingroom, new carpet in bedrooms/halland some interior painting. Also in-cludes security system, 2 car garageand sprinkler system.

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Custom built home withvaulted ceilings in the livingroom and very spacious kitch-en with plenty of work space,lots of cabinets and built inoven and stove top. Detachedgarage, 3 bedrooms, new A/Cunit this year and propertypartially fenced.

MLS# 659664 • $136,000

This 3 bedroom homelooks like it was just built withall the improvements, newkitchen, bathroom update,double pane windows, paint,A/C unit and metal roof.Home is Move In Ready!

MLS# 661428 • $64,900Well maintained cot-tage style home featuring 2bedrooms, living room withbonus room, large diningroom, recently painted andbathroom completely remod-eled. Very nice home and isMove In Ready.

MLS# 660455 • $81,000

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Ouida MorrisBroker/Owner850.209.4705

Lovely brick 3 bedroom, 2bath home located in Indian SpringsSubdivision. Home features fresh paint,parquet flooring in the foyer, formalliving room, formal dining room, den withfireplace, never used, kitchen with plentyof cabinets, counter space, breakfast nook,recessed lighting, built-in bookcases,Security system and attached 2 carcarport. All located on 5.11 acres.

MLS# 664079 • $215,000

Bevely ThomasRealtor®

850.209.5211

Marianna - BeautifulCountry Church for Sale onjust under an acre with plentyof room for parking or futureexpansion. All the churchitems will convey with sale ofproperty

MLS# 663135 • $185,000Bonifay - Over 1,900 sf inthis 3 Bed/ 2 Bath FleetwoodCarriage Manor manufac-tured home on 2.5 acres,chain link fenced, porches,energy efficient windows….Move in Ready! Contact List-ing Agent Today!

MLS# 660496 • $115,000

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Cute home in the citylimits that is very clean and hashad many updates, wood lam-inate flooring, tile in bath andkitchen, double pane windowsand more improvements. Idealrental or retiree home.

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Brick 3 bedroom, 2bath home with large livingand dining area, family room,flat top stove, built in oven andlarge laundry room. Metalroof, security system and 2 carcarport.

MLS# 657524 • $54,900Cottage style homewith 2 bedrooms, 2 baths,kitchen with lots of cabinets,vinyl floors and wall to wallcarpet. Located on 1.04 acreson paved road.

MLS# 663654 • $68,500

ACREAGE4.64 Acs. Cleared. MLS# 664134 • $20,000.

6.97 Acs. Wooded, gated community MLS# 662640 • $13,5007.25 Acs. Wooded, gated community MLS# 662639 • $15,50020 Acs. Has spring fed pond, wooded MLS# 661584 • $79,900

4.82 Acs. Build or mobile home. MLS# 657151 • $19,50012.85 Acs. Build, good hunting area. MLS# 656387 • $36,000

WATERFORNT PROPERTY - BEAUTIFUL PRIVATE STOCKED POND, perfect peace-ful setting for this 3BR/2Bath home nestled on 141 acres! Updates include totally remodeledgourmet kitchen w/top of the line solid wood cabinetry, excellent appliances; Master Bathincludes large walk-in shower & Jacuzzi; new HVAC unit w/updated electrical system & metalroof; and in-ground pool. The property is in 2 adjoining parcels. Shown by appointment onlyMLS#664968 - $395,000. This property is also being marketed with home and 40 acres (tobe surveyed from parent parcel of 141 acres)

MLS# 664978 • $325,000

Lovely 3 bedroom,2 bath home has hadupdate, fresh paint, newkitchen appliances, floorcovering throughout, newA/C system and new reardeck. The location is good,just a short drive to townfor great amenities.

MLS# 663772 • PRICE REDUCED!! • $75,000

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LOVELY 2.6 ACRE LOCA-TION FOR SITE-BUILTHOME. The land is cleared withtree line on the back of property. Thisproperty has been surveyed out ofthe parent parcel. This is a very quietneighborhood in quaint and pictur-esque town of Dellwood, Florida.

MLS# 661875 • $13,000

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000 Taylor Rd. • Cottondale, FLAbsolutely beautiful 205+/- acres of land thathas multiple build-ablehome sites. Property hasmarketable hardwoodsand pines. It is currentlybeing used for row cropsand hay in the openareas, The wooded land

could be cleared off and used for home sites or additional crop land or hayfields. There are approx. 3122’ frontage on Taylor and approx. .9 mile onObert Road! MLS# 655732 Price $485,000

2881 Madison Street • Marianna, FLThis iconic restaurantlocated in an historicbuilding is being offeredas a turnkey businessopportunity. Madison’swas established in 1992as a restaurant. Currentowner has ownedbusiness since 2004.

Currently configured for 90 seats but can easily accommodate 150. Holds atransferable (with background check) 2COP liquor license. Building has beenrecently updated to include roof, facade, and interior. All equipment is is inworking order and most refrigeration is still under factory warranty. 4 station POSsystem, cookware, small wares, service ware, and inventory will add to buyerssuccess. Current owner is a real estate agent. MLS# 657974 Price $475,000

663 Tequesta • Marianna, FLThis 3BR/3B brick homethat was built in 2001 andlocated on 2.37 acres.Home has two mastersuites that each have theirown bath, sitting room andlarge walk-in closets, homeis a split floor plan. Kitchenhas nice sized laundry

room with linen closet. Also features a large 24x24 bonus/rec room with french doorsthat lead out to the side yard. There is also a half bath right next to the bonus room. Has2 brick outbuildings. The front yard has a circular driveway. Being a homeowner in thiscommunity comes with many amenities. MLS# 661142 Price $335,000

392 Silver Lake N • Marianna, FLCheck out this beautiful 3BR/3B custombuilt waterfront home with 145’ on SilverLake on .76 acres. There is a beautiful237’ floating dock that leads out to thelake and an additional moveable swimdeck that comes with purchase. Home isequipped with a generator hookup in caseof power outage. Commercial on-demandwater heater, propane 2-sided fireplace,

underground utilities, master bath has a 110 +/- gallon jacuzzi tub with mounted television. It alsocomes with a washer and dryer. Upstairs has a large open room and full bath. This could easilybe split into two rooms to make a FIVE bedroom home. MLS# 660608Price $349,900

837 Lakepoint • Alford, FLAmazing 60+/- acres with 1316feet on Hwy 231 and 1773 feet onLakepoint Road. Home is a olderhome and needs some TLC but wouldbe a awesome place once rehabbed!Most of the value is in the land. Theproperty has a natural spring that is

located approximately 200 yds west of the house that flows south. The house has twoseptic tanks, one on north side and one on west side. It has an large well that supply’swater to house and barn. There is also a well and septic on the south side of theproperty at an old home site. MLS# 654431 Price $269,000

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Brick home Chipley City Limits - 550 Davis Street. Metal Roof.Tile & laminate flooring. 3/1 with lots of family living space.

MLS 662073 – $75,000

2/2 on Flynt Dr in Marianna 2 story home MLS 655262 – $79,900plus Adjoining 3/2 Brick home for sale. Perfect for a family looking to stay close.

Work is Done! Move in. 3/2 located onDead End Road. 3.03 Acres. New roof & New HVAC.

Private in a Quiet Neighborhood. MLS 658348 – $119,900

2741 Chipley Street, Cottondale.Good Value – Move in Ready 3/1 Metal Roof. Small yard.

Low Monthly payments. MLS 654738 – $69,900

Looking for a CASH buyer. 10 acres, 2 SW MH’s,2 Large Metal buildings.Washington County close to Bay Co. line.

Off Hwy 20 & 231. MLS 656478 – $75,000

4281 OAK Street. Over 1600sf Brick home.3/2 corner lot in Marianna. Owner said she will finance with 20% down.

Make your offer. MLS 663822 – $79,900

This beautiful 2 story home has it all. 3/2.2with over 2600 living sf, inground swimming pool, large metal work shop

with game room. 2 Acres. Paved road. MLS 659382

2910 Borden • Marianna, FLSpanish-style building in Mariannacurrently being operated as a hairsalon that has been totally remodeled.Amazing hardwood floors, sevenoriginal non-working fireplaces, newlypainted, and landscaped. Pavedparking with over 20 spaces andcircular drive around building. It hasnine large open offices, two restrooms,

9’ hallway, a kitchenette, laundry area, built in cabinets in many areas and storage area.This building has limitless possibilities for many different businesses. Equipment andbusiness can be purchased for an additional $25,000 MLS# 657047 Price $230,000

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5377 Blue Springs Rd. • Marianna, FLVery cozy 3BR/1B home. Home islocated less than 1/4 mile from publicboat landing for Merrits Mill Pond andsits on a very large corner lot. Thereis a in-ground pool with adjoining goldfish pond. There are three outdoor

sheds/buildings, one was used as a business at one time, one has electric andwater, one is an open storage shed. Lots of motion detector lights. There is also ascreened in porch. MLS# 651508 Price $114,000

2933 Madison St. • Marianna, FL$5,000 PRICE REDUCTION. OWNERSARE MOTIVATED! Very nice historicalhome that is ZONED MIXED USE!Home has 4BR/2.5B a shower in thelaundry room.. A sitting area/office andan additional room that could be used as

an office or turned into additional bedroom. Carport was closed in to make a fourroom apartment to include a little kitchen area. MLS# 645363 Price $117,000

5488 9th St. • Malone, FLA nice first-time home buyer house,perfect for a small family. Lots ofwork has been done on it. Backyardis fenced, privacy fencing is ownedand the chain link is neighborowned. 3 pecan trees & blueberry

bushes. Yard building with electric & panel box, has a deck attached.

Monthly pest control in place. MLS# 641320 Price $62,500

1396 Foxworth • Chipley, FLThis very nice home located on 5.8acres and has two wells. There is a12x24’ dog pen located behind houseand has three gated sections. Homehas new metal roof, vinyl siding, ac/heatunit, high-grade floor covering, paint,water heater, fixtures thru-out, blindsand balcony. Home is a 2/2 but has aroom on the back that can be convertedinto a bedroom with private entrance.

Home has a wood burning fireplace and cedar built-in shelves and storageareas. Home is priced below RPR value. MLS# 662045 Price $130,000

5053 Jeanette Dr. • Marianna, FLThis is a move in readythree bedroom two bathhome close to MerrittsMill Pond. Home has anewly remodeled kitchenwith tile back-splash andall matching Frigidaire

appliances. Lot has three large storage sheds/workshops, one of which isattached to home with covered carport. MLS# 661479 Price $139,000

709 N Waukesha • Bonifay, FLThis is a 3BR/2B home on a halfof a city block right on HWY 79in Bonifay. Home is in need ofsome renovation but is livable asis. Must see to appreciate, yard isbeautifully landscaped and offersplenty of privacy. MLS# 661563Price $147,000

5353 10th St. • Malone, FLThis 3B/2B home ismove-in ready. You enterthrough a beautiful wrap-around porch. You firstnotice the 12 foot ceilings,which give the home amore spacious feeling.

The 7 ft. interior doors and 5 inch and 10 inch baseboards are

also an added touch. MLS# 655794 Price $149,000

7427 Highway 90 • Grand Ridge, FLThis is a nice 2BR/1B homelocated on 2.85 acres on hwy90 in Grand Ridge. Masterbedroom has plumbing ranwith a sink so you could easilyinstall a second bathroom.Metal roof is only two years old.Detached carport and several

out buildings. MLS# 655750 Price $80,000

9224 Olive Ave. • Port St. Joe, FLComfortable 2BR/1Bmobile home just 3blocks from the fabulouswaters of Mexico Beach.Yard has plenty of roomfor boat or watercraft

storage. MLS# 662518 Price $125,000

7951 Old Spanish Trail • Sneads, FLNice 3BR/2.5B in townhome. Washer and dryerconvey with purchase.Most of the yard haschain link fencing. Thereis a storage building outback that conveys withpurchase. Nice covered

front porch and side porch. MLS# 664295 Price $74,900

4728 Meadowview Rd. • Marianna, FLBeautiful two story homewith 3BR/2.5B in a quietneighborhood. Home hasbeen well kept and is movein ready. The spacious twocar garage has washer/dryerhook-ups and convenientaccess to the kitchen. MLS#659423 Price $183,000

00 S Hwy 71 • Marianna, FL2 Commerciallots with highwayfrontage. Propertyis located acrossfrom the WalmartShopping Center& very close tothe Interstate 10entrance & exitramps. Highly

visible location for a business. MLS# 640698 Price $199,000

3825 Little Zion Rd. • Sneads, FLVery nice 3BR/2.5Bhome in the country.Entry has a closed inporch to sit & enjoy theoutdoor views. Outsidehas a concrete drivewith a workshop/storagebuilding on one side & apatio with a fire pit on the

other side of home. Most of the property is enclosed with achain link fence. MLS# 662260 Price $173,900

2915 Green St. • Marianna, FLBeautifully kepthome in Marianna.Located withinwalking distanceof all the amenitiesthat Marianna hasto offer. Home hasbeen remodeled andupdated. Enclosedback porch,

landscaped yards, paved driveway, carport, & entrance & exit to 2main Marianna Streets. There is a huge boat house, workshop, &

storage combo building in the back. MLS# 647743 Price $169,900

2635 Highway 73 • Marianna, FLBeautiful historic homebuilt in 1916 locatedon 11.26 acres closeto town. New stainlesssteel appliances toinclude a five burnergas stove. There is awraparound porch; ithas a one car attachedcarport. Dining room

has a fireplace. Rooms have 10 ft ceilings; a large over sized garage/workshop. Also included is a additional 25x23 home on the side. Loads ofcitrus and fruit trees. MLS# 664690 Price $187,000

4368 River Forest Road • Marianna, FLEXECUTIVE HOMEFOR SALE. Wellmaintained 3BR/2Bbath locatedin establishedn e i g h b o r h o o d .Florida room withwindows overlookinga beautifullymanicured back yard& flower garden.

There are 2 hot water heaters to provide hot water & the propertyhas a submersible well. There is a gas fireplace in the living room.Termite bond on the home is transferable to the new buyer. Thewindow blinds will convey with the sale, however, the windowdressings will not convey. MLS# 663408 Price $229,900

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The KitchenFOOD 10:00 a.m.Enjoy a great menu full of holiday cheer as Geoffrey Zakarianserves up some beef tenderloin alongside Jeff Mauro’s bluecheesyYorkshire puddings in this new episode.Also, SunnyAnder-son presents garlicky lemon butter greens.

The Christmas CottageHALL 7:00 p.m.Merritt Patterson stars as an interior designer who’s given up onlove in this premiere holiday film.However, all that changes whenshe finds herself snowed in at amagical Christmas cottagewithher friend’s brother (Steve Lund).

Frosty the Snowman(18.1) WECP (6.1) WCTV 8:00 p.m.A discardedmagic top hat brings a snowman to life in this musicalanimated special based on the classic holiday song. Frosty spreadsChristmas joy to all the girls and boys in town,while a greedyma-gician schemes to get his hat back.

48 Hours(18.1) WECP (6.1) WCTV 9:00 p.m.Correspondents delve into cases and examine them from all an-gles in an effort to bring viewers an accurate picture of a crime inthis newsmagazine. Featuring a rotating roster of journalists, theseries has been on the air since 1988.Frosty and the gang in“Frosty the Snowman”

December 9 - 15, 2017

ByKatMulliganTV Media

Family comedies are essentialto prime-time television,though fewmanage to break

through the fourthwall and pro-vide a sense of genuine authen-ticity. It seems as if each decadegraces uswith one or twoqualityfamily sitcoms, the highs andlows of their experiences so famil-iar thatwe becomea part of thefamily ourselves.Such legendaryseries include“All in the Family,”“Roseanne,”“Full House”and“The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.”

Thankfully, the current genera-tion has found its own iconic fam-ily to join, though sadly the timehas come to say goodbye.The fi-nal season of“TheMiddle” is un-derway,with a new,Christmas-themed episode arrivingTuesday,Dec.12,onABC.

“TheMiddle”made itswayinto homes acrossNorthAmericaback in September 2009.Throughout the pilot episode,momFrankie,played by PatriciaHeaton (“Everybody Loves Ray-mond”),provides the rundownon theHecks,her family of five.There’s the eldest of her threechildren,Axl (CharlieMcDer-mott,“HotTubTimeMa-chine,”2010),a carefree,athletic rebel;Sue (EdenSher,“TheOutcasts,”2017),a klutzy yet op-timistic and drivenmiddle child;andBrick (Atticus Shaffer,“StevenUniverse”),the brainy,quirkyyoungest childwhojuggles exceptionalsmartswith ex-hausting boredom.

DadMike,played byNeil Fly-nn (“Scrubs”),rounds off thebunchwith his

towering height, level head andblunt honesty.As the familyman-ages day-to-day struggles be-tween breakfasts of frozen pan-cakes and fast food dinnersaround a glowing televisionscreen, there is something incred-ibly rawand endearing aboutthem.There’s no need to try to im-press,and nowanting formorethanwhat is possible for them.AstheHecks straddle the line be-tweenmiddle and lower class,there is a sense that a reflection isbeing sent back tomillions ofAmericanswho see their own re-ality playing out onscreen,weekbyweek.Perhaps this iswhy theseries has long endured,as fami-

lies have grownupwith,andalongside, theHecks.

This growth is quite literal,with season 9 finding the fami-ly shifting toward an adult ma-jority: Brick is now the soleteenager in the house, and en-tering his sophomore year ofhigh school. Sue is a junior atcollege, while Axl has found hisway home from Europe, greatlychanged by the experience(well, somewhat). Frankie andMike confront the realities ofhaving their adult children athome and the need for both ofthem, but especially Axl, to con-tribute to keeping the familyafloat as they juggle daily billsand expenses.

Another notable element ofthe season thus far is its recogni-tion of the family’s journey—thelasting impact of theHecks intheir ownuniverse and theworldbeyond the screen.The season 9premieremade this themeovertly clear,with Frankie’s ob-sessing over the town’s timecapsule project, stressing tothe family the importance offinding just the rightway tocommemorate their pres-

ence in the town,be-cause,as

Frankie fran-tically asks:“Will

people remember that theHeckswere here?”

It’s an obvious thematic choicefor a final season,but,as the se-ries does so skilfully, Frankie’squestioning and desire to knowthe family has had an impact isextremely relatable.Thankfully,the series is helping Frankie tofind the answer,by reflecting backonmemorable events of“TheMiddle.”The credit scenes of theepisode“Thanksgiving IX,” for in-stance, reflect on the past nineyears of Heck familyThanksgiv-ings.Montages such as this onetug at the heartstrings of fans,who have shared these holidaymoments for nearly a decadewith“TheMiddle,”and nowac-cept the bittersweet conclusion tosuch a relatable journey.

The desire to end the serieswith season 9 cameas quite ashock to fans,who have only seenthe show increase in depth andpopularity. It would seem that themain reason for concluding“TheMiddle”at this point is to end theshowwhile it still resonateswithviewers,without experiencing adramatic downturn in ratings orinterest. In an interviewon“Livewith Kelly andRyan,”Heaton ad-dressed this:“We love the show,andwe love each other,but youget this sense ofwhen it’s time toleave the party.You don’twant towait until it’s kind of alreadyover.”

The series, still extremely rele-vant in a timewhenmany fami-lies findmaking endsmeet in-creasingly challenging,could nodoubt have continued to havequite a successful run,but leavingduring this pivotal time ensures

that theHeck familywill not beeasily forgotten.Heaton has alsobeen very expressive about theimpact of the series and its rela-tionshipwith its fans.Whilespeakingwith EntertainmentWeekly, she emphasized that, forthe cast, the crew, thewriters andthe fans, closure is essential.“There are somany peoplewhohave been so loyal ... and feel likethese characters are their family,”she said,“sowe’ll all go on thisfarewell journey together.”

The journey of theHeck familymay be coming to a close thisseason,but itwill forever have aplace amongst those legendaryfamily sitcoms thatweren’t afraidto serve a thick slice of realityalongside their humorousmaincourse.Reflect on the past eightseasons and hold thosememoriesclose as you enjoy someholidaycheerwith theHecks.An all-newChristmas-themed episode of“TheMiddle”airsTuesday,Dec.12,onABC.

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Guy’s Grocery GamesFOOD 7:00 p.m.Things get cheesy when the remaining judges are asked to createtheir best cheese dish while playing three of the hardest games inthis new episode.The winner earns a spot in the finale, and the re-maining judges make a refined meal.

Sharing ChristmasHALL 7:00 p.m.Bobby Campo stars as a real estate developer tasked with re-vamping an old shopping complex in this premiere holiday film.Unfortunately, there’s one tenant (Ellen Hollman) who’s holdingout, the owner of a Christmas shop.

Bob’s Burgers(28) WPGX (34) WDFX (49.1) WTLH 7:30 p.m.Hoping to spread a little cheer around the neighborhood, Lindadecides to host a party at the restaurant in this special new holi-day episode. However, Linda’s holiday spirit is dashed when sherealizes her prized ornaments have been stolen.

TheWalking DeadAMC 8:00 p.m.All of the stories from the first half of the season come crashing to-gether in this thrilling midseason finale.Andrew Lincoln stars asRick Grimes, a former sheriff deputy who leads a group of survi-vors after a zombie apocalypse in this drama.Bob and Linda in “Bob’s Burgers”

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(11.3) CREATE (14.2) KIDSCook’s Country From Ameri-ca’s Test Kitchen (30m) TVG

Tuesday

FOOD Chopped (1h) TVG

FOOD Chopped (1h) TVG

(11.3) CREATE (14.2) KIDS Pa-ti’s Mexican Table (30m) TVG

(11.3) CREATE (14.2) KIDS JulieTaboulie’s Lebanese Kitchen(30m)FOOD Chopped (1h) TVG

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(11.3) CREATE (14.2) KIDSMartha Bakes (30m) TVGFOOD Chopped (1h) TVG

(11.3) CREATE (14.2) KIDSAmerica’s Test Kitchen FromCook’s Illustrated (30m) TVG

Wednesday

FOOD Iron Chef America (1h)TVPG

FOOD Iron Chef America (1h)TVPG


(11.3) CREATE (14.2) KIDS NickStellino: Storyteller in theKitchen (30m) TVGFOOD Iron Chef America (1h)TVPG

(11.3) CREATE (14.2) KIDSJacques Pépin: More Fast FoodMy Way (30m) TVG

(11.3) CREATE (14.2) KIDS Lid-ia’s Kitchen (30m) TVGFOOD Iron Chef Showdown (1h)


Thursday

FOOD Beat Bobby Flay (30m)TVG



(11.3) CREATE (14.2) KIDS Pa-ti’s Mexican Table (30m) TVGFOOD Beat Bobby Flay (30m)TVG

(11.3) CREATE (14.2) KIDS JulieTaboulie’s Lebanese Kitchen(30m)BRAVO Top Chef Junior (1h)FOOD Chopped (1h) TVG

(11.3) CREATE (14.2) KIDS Bak-ing With Julia (30m) TVG

(11.3) CREATE (14.2) KIDS Mar-tha Bakes (30m) TVGFOOD Chopped (1h) TVG


Friday

FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins andDives (30m) TVG



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(11.3) CREATE (14.2) KIDSJacques Pepin: Heart and Soul(30m) TVGFOOD Diners, Drive-Ins andDives (30m) TVG

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ByAndrewWarrenTV Media

By now,Thanksgiving isfirmly in the rear-viewmir-ror and both Christmas

andNewYear’s are visible upahead.With threemajor holi-days all grouped so closely to-gether, it’s definitely a time ofyearwhen plenty of us eat a lotmore thanwe usually do(guilty!).That alsomakes it theperfect time of year to check outwhat foods those in the culinaryknowget excited over.

Just in time for Christmasand NewYear’s, another sea-son of “The Best Thing I EverAte” arrives on Cooking Chan-nel,with aMonday, Dec. 11,premiere, and continuingMon-day nights through the holidayseason and beyond. Just like inseasons past, each episodequeries Cooking Channel andFood Network personalities ona variation of the show’s titularstatement.

In the season premiere, thebig question is:“Which foodsareworth thewait?”These arethe dishes that chefswill gladlywait in line for, andAlton Brown(“Iron Chef Showdown”) dishesonwhere he gets his favoritebeefWellington.Then, former“Worst Cooks inAmerica”hostBeauMacMillan gives the low-down on the Phoenix,Arizona,pasta restaurantwhere he’ll al-wayswait as long as it takes toget a table, and Duff Goldman(“Ace of Cakes”) fills us in onjust why he’smore than happy

towait in line at a special hotchicken joint.

Nextweek’s episode,airingMonday,Dec.18, is all about themeat,and former“MasterChef”favoriteMonti Carlo shareswhere in LosAngeles she’s dis-covered thebest chicharronmoney canbuy.Of course, to Iron

Chef Bobby Flay (“BrunchatBobby’s”),meat is serious busi-ness,andhe revealswhere to geta steak that,according tohim, isthe best around.

Finally,December’s final epi-sode checks out the best foods insunny SanDiego,California, froman incredible peanut butterspread to a juicy baconburger,butmark your calendars: the epi-sode airs a day early,on Sunday,Dec.24,makingway forMon-day’s Christmasholiday.

When culinary pros decide tospill the beans on thebest thingsthey’ve ever eaten, it’s a goodidea to takenotice—andmay-be even takenotes.This year’sholiday seasonhas evenmorereasons to chowdownwith“TheBestThing I EverAte,”premier-ingMonday,Dec.11,onCookingChannel.

Saturday

(11.3) CREATE (14.2) KIDS Lid-ia’s Kitchen (30m) TVGFOOD Holiday Baking Champi-onship (1h) TVG


FOOD Holiday Baking Champi-onship (1h) TVG

FOOD Cajun Aces (30m)

FOOD Cajun Aces (30m)

FOOD Cake Wars: Christmas(1h) TVPG

Sunday

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Disney’s FairyTaleWeddingsFREEFORM 7:00 p.m.Cameras take viewers behind the scenes of some of themostspectacular weddings and engagements at Disney locations inthis premiere special. Enjoy a look at special moments at DisneyDestinations around the globe.

Long Lost FamilyTLC 7:00 p.m.Lisa has some shocking news for siblings searching for their spermdonor father in this new episode.Meanwhile, Chris attempts tofind the family of a womanwhowas abandoned as a baby on thedoorstep of anAmish family. David Crowley as seen in“AGray State”

The Gifted(28) WPGX (34) WDFX (49.1) WTLH 8:00 p.m.Jace (Coby Bell) is forced to give Dr. Campbell (Garret Dillahunt)something valuable when he arrives at amoral crossroads.Mean-while, Reed (StephenMoyer) takesmatters into his own handswhenMutant HQ becomes divided over what to do next.

A Gray StateA&E 9:00 p.m.Erik Nelson explores the life and tragic death of filmmaker DavidCrowley, an IraqVeteran and charismatic voice in fringe politics, inthis premiere.The documentary takes a behind-the-scenes look atCrowley’s filmwork, as well as his home videos.

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LethalWeapon(28) WPGX (34) WDFX (49.1) WTLH 7:00 p.m.As the holidays approach, theMurtaugh family prepares for theirvacation, but when a family friend ends up dead, their plans areput on hold in this new episode.Also, Riggs (Clayne Crawford)gets a surprise visitor just in time for Christmas.

Fresh Off the Boat(13.1) WMBB (18) WDHN (27.1) WTXL 7:30 p.m.While serving as head of the HOA Christmas committee, Jessica(ConstanceWu) threatens to cut the neighborhood caroling be-cause of last year’s less-than-stellar performance in this new epi-sode. Superstar PaulaAbdul guest stars. ConstanceWu stars in“FreshOff the Boat”

Bull(18.1) WECP (6.1) WCTV 8:00 p.m.Dr. Jason Bull (MichaelWeatherly) and his team continue to usepsychology and technology to help win court cases in this newholiday episode. Inspired by the early career of Dr. Phil McGraw,the series also stars Freddy Rodriguez and Geneva Carr.

Black-ish(13.1) WMBB (18) WDHN (27.1) WTXL 8:00 p.m.When Dre (AnthonyAnderson) is diagnosedwith type 2 diabetes,he chats with Pops (Laurence Fishburne) and decides he can curehimself in this new episode. Elsewhere, Jack (Miles Brown) thinksthe baby hates him.

December 9 - 15, 2017

Survivor:Heroes vs.Healers vs.Hustlers(18.1) WECP (6.1) WCTV 7:00 p.m.Host Jeff Probst leads the castaways through grueling challengesas they vie for rewards and immunity in a new episode of this hitrealityTV series.Thosewho don’t win immunity will faceTribalCouncil,where they could be voted out of the game.

The LibrariansTNT 7:00 p.m.Flynn (NoahWyle) and the other Librarians are on the case when asecret sect of theVatican uncovers an ancient map detailing thelocation of the four cornerstones of the Library ofAlexandria inthis season premiere.

Speechless(13.1) WMBB (18) WDHN (27.1) WTXL 7:30 p.m.Dylan (Kyla Kenedy) tries to use J.J. (Micah Fowler) in an attemptto convince her parents to get a dog in this new episode. She takesa vow of silence in an effort to better understandwhat it’s like tobe J.J.Minnie Driver also stars.

Star(28) WPGX (34) WDFX (49.1) WTLH 8:00 p.m.During the showcase, theMidtown artists put their hard work tothe test to prove they havewhat it takes tomake it in this new epi-sode. Everyone’s world is turned upside downwhen Carlotta’s(Queen Latifah) salon comes under fire.Hustlers”

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Taraji’sWhiteHotHolidays(28) WPGX (34) WDFX (49.1) WTLH 7:00 p.m.ActressTaraji P.Hensonwelcomes her famous friends to celebratethe season in this premiere festive special.The program featuresrenditions of Christmas classics performed by such artists as Cha-ka Khan,Ciara, Faith Evans and Jussie Smollett.

Disney’s PrepandLanding(13.1) WMBB (18) WDHN (27.1) WTXL 7:30 p.m.After an elf namedWayne doesn’t get the promotion hewas hop-ing for, he’s partneredwith an idealistic rookie elf named Lanny inthis special.While on a Christmas Evemission to prepare housesfor Santa’s arrival, theymust learn to work together.

TheGreatAmericanBakingShow(13.1) WMBB (18) WDHN (27.1) WTXL 8:00 p.m.The remaining competitors face some of the toughest challengesyet during dessert week in this new episode.Ayesha Curry andAn-thonyAdams co-host the culinary competition series,while PaulHollywood and Johnny Iuzzini serve as judges.

TheFirst 48A&E 8:00 p.m.Settle in for an evening of real-life crimewith amini marathon ofthis documentary series. In this new episode, detectives follow theclues and attempt to solve a homicide within the crucial first 48hours after the crimewas committed.

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Long Island MediumTLC 2:00 p.m.TLC goes back to the beginningwith a rebroadcast of the very firstfour episodes of this series,which follows famedmediumTheresaCaputo. She claims she can speak to the dead, and uses this “gift”to reconnect people with loved ones who’ve passed on.

Once Upon aTime(13.1) WMBB (18) WDHN (27.1) WTXL 7:00 p.m.Step into amagical world as fairy tale characters from various sto-ries come together in a new episode of this fantasy drama.Thisseason, Evil Queen (Lana Parrilla) joins forces with a grown-upHenry (Andrew J.West) to bring hope to theworld.

Z NationSYFY 8:00 p.m.With Zona planning to launch Black Rainbow,an operation de-signed to“cleanse” the landscape of zombies and humans,War-ren (Kelita Smith) and the other survivors race to save everyone inthis new episode.KeithAllen also stars.

The Exorcist(28) WPGX (34) WDFX (49.1) WTLH 8:00 p.m.One of the priests fights for his life in the hospital in this new epi-sode.Andy’s (John Cho) life is on the line and time is running out,so one of the exorcists must make the ultimate sacrifice.AlfonsoHerrera, Ben Daniels and Kurt Egyiawan also star.Lana Parrilla stars in“OnceUpon aTime”

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ConanI love doing shows inHarlem, and I’ll tell youwhy. It’s changed so muchjust in the past year. Youknow things are differentwhen you hear the phrase,“Meet me at the WholeFoods on Malcolm XBoulevard.”

Big mayoral election forNew York City tomorrow. Iknow you’re excited aboutthat. In fact, Mayor BillDiBlasio has a 33-pointlead. After hearing this,the New York Giants said,“What’s a lead?”

This morning, a womanwas fired from her jobbecause she wasphotographed flipping offPresident Trump.Whenasked for comment,Melania Trump said, “Ididn’t like being first ladyanyway.”

It’s so great to be back atthe Apollo Theater. Somany legends have gracedthe Apollo stage: EllaFitzgerald, Jimi Hendrix,James Brown. Tonight, Ican almost hear theirghosts saying, “Who letthat white womanonstage?”

This week a federal judgebanned his formercampaign manager PaulManafort from leaving thecountry. He can’t leave thecountry. True story! Sonow if Manafort wants tomeet with Russians, he’llbe forced to go to anynightclub in Manhattan.

I always love going toshows when I’m here inNew York. There’s a

Broadway revival of “HelloDolly.” It’s an updatedversion called “U up, D?”

I’m Conan O’Brien. Or, asI’m known in Harlem, “TheAlbino Rhino.”

The LateShow WithStephenColbertDonald Trump is on a13-day trip through Asia.“Fox & Friends” has oneless viewer. On his way toAsia, he stopped off inHawaii. Of course, that’sObama’s home state. He’svery popular there, sopeople there didn’t wantto say to Trump, “Aloha.”They wanted to say,“Aloha.”

Today Donald Trumpcontinued his world tourof government-mandatedparades. This time: China.The main event! Or asthey say there, the wholeenchilada! The bigkahuna!

The LateShow WithJames CordenA new iPhone glitch iscausing the lowercaseletter “I” to be replacedby weird symbols. Haveyou experienced this? It’sso odd. Apple addressedthe issue with an officialstatement saying, “Whatare you gonna do, buy aSamsung?”

Los Angeles apparentlywill be one of the firstcities to get flying Ubers.L.A. is perfect, because

who is more qualified tofly you through the sky at5,000 feet than an out-of-work actor-DJ-dog walker?

President Donald Trumparrived in Japan over theweekend to kick off a13-day trip through Asia.Following the president’strip, Secretary of State RexTillerson will then kick offhis own 13-day trip toapologize for everythingDonald Trump said.

Jimmy KimmelLiveTwitter just doubled theamount of characters youcan use, from 140 to 280.Which I think meansTwitter is now Facebook.

Is it possible that there isanyone on the planet whothought: “You know whatthis year needs? MoreTwitter.”

My daughter Jane refusesto eat anything right now.She’s three years old. And,you know, it’s Hollywood,she’s concerned about herweight.

Late NightWith SethMeyersPresident Trump arrived inChina today. “It’s so greatto be home,” said his tie.

Kim Kardashian posted anInstagram photo yesterdayof Kanye West’s upcomingsneaker model, the YeezyMud Rat 500. Incidentally,“Mud Rat 500” was alsoSteve Bannon’s AOL screenname.

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This is just hisTVwork, though.He’s also done significant support-ing roles in anumber of big-screencomedies, including“TheDicta-tor”(2012) and“DirtyGrandpa”(2016).Most recently,he hadasignificant role (third-billed,afterstarsWill Ferrell andAmyPoehler)in the summer comedy“TheHouse”(2017).

All this is just a sample—he’sdonedozens of films and showssince arrivingon theTV scene inthe early 2000s.

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Mantzoukas brought his ag-gressively friendly shtick to“BrooklynNine-Nine”for a littlelonger,playing former undercovercopAdrianPimento in eight epi-sodes across two seasons of thehit Fox sitcom.

Healso pops upnowandagainin the critically acclaimedAmazonseries“Transparent”and the IFCtalk showparody“ComedyBangBang.”

He’s probably still best knownasRafi in“The League,”which

could smell like,”have receivedevenmore industry and popularaccolades.

Q: I feel like I recognized theguywhoplayedDerek, theboyfriend Janet invented forherself in“TheGoodPlace,”but I can’t rememberwhy.Canyouhelp?

A:The somewhatmanic anduncomfortably forwardDerekwaspure JasonMantzoukas—in-deed, that’s fast becominghistrademark.

Unfortunately, for fans at least,another of his trademarks is shortarcs—heappeared in just twoepisodes of“TheGoodPlace”thisseason.

what he’s best remembered for.Tobe fair,he doesn’t seem tomind.He even leaned into it a little,play-ingMatthew’s father on screentwice—once in a2004episodeof“Scrubs”they bothguestedon,andonce in the 1997big-screencomedy“Fools Rush In,” inwhichMatthewstarred.

His Old Spice ads have beenovershadowed by the next gen-eration as well.The new onesstarting in 2010, featuring IsaiahMustafa as“theman yourman

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Q:Can you tell memoreabout a couple of the youngwomen hosts onMSNBC:Ni-colleWallace, Stephanie Ruh-le and KatyTur?

A:Saying they’re all accom-plished journalists seems a littleobvious— they’re hosts on amajor national news network,af-ter all—but they are.With thatout of theway, they do have in-teresting,diverse backgrounds.

NicolleWallace,host ofMSN-BC’s“Deadline:White House”and occasional fill-in host for“The 11th Hour,”has a politicalbackground,which, again,maynot be a huge surprise.Butwhereshe got it might be.

Shewas theWhite Housecommunications director forGeorgeW.Bush andwent on towork for hiswould-be successor,as senior adviser to JohnMcCa-

in’s presidential campaign in2008—perhaps a surprisingchoice for the notoriously leftynetwork.Another unlikely fact:She’s also a bestselling novelist,having penned a series of fiction-al novels about political life inWashington.

Stephanie Ruhle,host of“MSNBC Live”and co-host of“Velshi & Ruhle,”comes from afinance background.Sheworkedin sales/marketing for global fi-nance giants Credit Suisse andDeutsche Bank before becominga journalist (getting her start,suitably,with the business newschain Bloomberg).

Ruhle also has a philanthropicside,workingwith a number ofgroups that aim to advancewomen in business, governmentandmedia.

As I say,both of their back-groundsmatch upwith their cur-rent journalistic work,but noth-ing about KatyTur’s work on“MSNBC Live”would suggestthat she used to be a storm chas-er forTheWeather Network.

Sheworkedasadigital reporterfor the network in 2009and2010,runningaround the country film-ing tornados and theoddhurri-cane as part of its eliteVortex2team.

This is,again,all outside theirmore traditionalwork as journal-ists,which is impressive, thoughabit predictable given their currentday jobs.

Q:Whoplayed theoriginalsailor in theOld Spice com-mercials?

A: If by“original”youmean the1972 spot,which is nowconsid-ered anadvertising industry clas-sic, themanwas JohnBennettPerry,Broadway star and,morenotably today, father of future“Friends”starMatthewPerry.

The classic Old Spice ad fea-tured Perry (senior) as a sailor

coming into port on a ship thatwas supposed to suggest theold-timey sailboat that hasbeen the Old Spice logo seem-ingly forever. He disembarksand starts doling out bottles ofOld Spice to various, very dispa-rate men in need— first a hip-py type in what looks like SanFrancisco, then a farmer/cow-boy type out in the country.Themessage is that Old Spice is forany man who wants to smelllike a man.

Perry appeared as the sailor inmore ads after this one,but it isstill considered thebest. Itwaslisted as oneof the“classic ads”byAdAgemagazine. It’s stillwhatPerry is best remembered for,de-spite a long stage, filmandTV ca-reer.

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