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JOEL ADDINGTONMANAGING EDITOR
What was billed as a one-day vintage camper and car show at Heritage Park Sat-urday was expanded to Sun-day after it rained most of the previous day.
A few camper exhibitors couldn’t stay the extra day but about a half-dozen re-mained on Sunday, which saw less traffic than Satur-day despite the improved weather, event volunteers said.
“It just rained and rained and rained,” Bucky Hart-well, one of the camper own-ers to stay, said of the first day of the event.
He brought his fully re-stored 1958 Serro Scotty Sportsman Jr. 13-foot camp-er.
“It was the first year Scot-ty built this trailer. It’s what put them business,” he ex-plained. “... It was the fore-
runner of all the ones he [John Serro] built.”
Mr. Hartwell, a retired truck driver, was heading back to his home in Shel-burne, Vermont from a “Tin Can Tourist” show in Brooksville, Florida and
stopped for the Macclenny show last weekend.
“It’s all hard,” he said of the challenges involved in restoring a vintage camper trailer to its former glory. “But it’s a labor of love ... This is kind of a hobby. And
we travel. I’ve restored three of them over the years. This one here we took down to the floor.”
The roof had caved in and the plywood was rotten, but the original appliances were
The third of six defen-dants charged in a violent home invasion and subse-quent shootout that result-ed last April in the death of a Macclenny man pleaded no contest in circuit court on February 26 and re-ceived the same three-year prison sentence as two oth-ers earlier in the month.
Judge James Colaw or-dered Joseph Albino Jr., 25, to serve three years be-fore he begins a two-year house arrest followed by eight years of probation. He pleaded to second-de-gree murder and armed burglary.
That leaves three others yet to be adjudicated, in-cluding William Cole Lau-ramore, who had a trial date set for later in March, his juvenile-age brother Cayden Lauramore and Andrew Smith, also a juve-nile whose case was elevat-ed to circuit court because of the seriousness of the offenses.
The Lauramores’ broth-er, 18-year-old Corey, died when he and the oth-ers stormed into a mobile home off CR 125 in south Glen St. Mary the early morning of April 15, first announcing they were sheriff’s deputies. They and four occupants of the residence who were not charged were feuding on social media.
The feud ostensibly was rooted in an incident ear-lier that involved another party and the brother of Justin Raulerson, one of the occupants, along with a girlfriend outside Boot-sie’s Lounge in south Mac-clenny.
Judge Colaw ordered other sentence provisions similar to the others, in-cluding community ser-vice and testifying if the remaining defendants go to trial. Mr. Albino must obtain a GED certification
MARCH 7BCHS Baseball5 p.m. - 7 p.m.
The BCHS baseball team will host Clay on March 7. First pitch at 4 p.m. for J.V. with Varsity following at 7 p.m.
BCHS Varsity Softball7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
BCHS Lady Wildcat softball team will host Hilliard on March 7. First pitch at 6 p.m.
BCHS Tennis MatchThe Wildcat tennis team will host Hilliard on March 7. Match is scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m
MARCH 8BCHS Softball5 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
The Wildcat softball teams will travel to Suwannee on March 8. J.V. first pitch at 5 p.m. with varsity following at 7 p.m.
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Environmental activist Mark Ly-ons is attempting to build a class action lawsuit against the county
for potential health problems linked to the use of a hazardous road construc-tion material known as EZBase.
“This issue with EZBase is complex and science doesn’t move at a rapid pace and neither do good attorneys,” Mr. Lyons said by email on March 3. “We are in the very early stages of col-lecting this health survey data and it all has to be dissected and analyzed just to determine if there are clusters of health issues that could be directly connect-ed to EZBase. Once clusters are deter-mined, if there are any, then that means more boots on the ground and more de-tailed testing such as individuals wells,
etc. in those hot spots.”Nearly 200 people have contacted
Mr. Lyons regarding the potential suit. Others have called asking whether EZ-Base is on their road.
“Some are insisting there is when I’m assuring them that I am supposed to have the complete detailed list from the county as to where it was put. So I have been out to a couple more roads to get samples to have tested to see if it was in fact put on those roads and it will be three to four weeks before I have those results back,” he said.
EZBase is a by-product from the Jacksonville Electric Authority’s (JEA) coal-burning Northside Generating Station. It came from boilers fed with coal, petroleum coke and limerock. The liquid ashy by-product had cement-like properties that JEA hoped could make it useful as a road and parking lot base material when properly compacted
with just the right moisture content.The Florida Department of Environ-
mental Protection (FDEP) first issued a so-called “beneficial reuse” permit for EZBAse in 2005. It would other-wise have been classified as solid waste bound for a landfill.
JEA began marketing EZBase in 2006 and in two years sold about 700,000 tons, about 300,000 tons in Florida, according to FDEP records. But it’s unclear how much EZBase made its way into Baker County and other places where JEA distributed it at no charge.
JEA’s initial permit to employ the material from 2005 required that the utility report to FDEP how much EZ-Base was sold and where it ended up. But it wasn’t until the permit was re-newed in 2011 that FDEP started re-quiring JEA to report where all of its
Contaminant 2013 test results
Residential cleanup target
Commercial cleanup target
Arsenic 3.67 2.1 12Vanadium 2,192 67 10,000
State pollution cleanup targets
EZBase: Full list of locations
elusive
The parking lot at Veterans Memorial Park above is one of at least four locations in the county where EZBase remains uncovered today. Tests in 2013 at Shoals Park (results above), another location with unpaved EZBase, found toxic compounds in the material at concentrations
above state cleanup targets for contaminated soils at residential properties. All figures are expressed in milligrams per kilogram.
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‘Yesterday’s’ campers on display
Purchase this photo at www.bakercountypress.com Photo by Joel AddingtonVintage camper owner Bucky Hartwell speaks to Jerry Rhoden of Baldwin and others on Sunday.
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still intact.“I like to keep them fairly
original,” said Mr. Hartwell. Peggy Sellers of Wallace,
North Carolina is a big advo-cate for the vintage camper lifestyle.
Today she and her hus-band Tom own six campers they’ve restored during the last 15 years. One they use as a mountain cabin and anoth-er serves as a guest house.
They sold two Airstream campers about five years ago and were planning to bring another Airstream to Mac-clenny. The man who was supposed to polish it up, however, bailed at the last minute.
Instead, they brought a 13-footer to the show here. The license plate read “1QT-PA2T,” short for “one cutie patootie.”
Asked why she and her husband Tom are so enthu-siastic about vintage trailers and Mrs. Sellers pointed to their resale value.
“It’s really good ... You never have to worry about losing money,” she said, adding that they enjoy “res-cuing” and restoring the old campers.
“That’s the fun part ... putting it back together,”
she said.The couple came last year
to the Macclenny show, its
first year, and were happy to return for the second year.
“It’s so quaint and invit-ing. You just don’t see parks
like this anymore,” she said of the venue. “... We drive 500 miles to be here. It’s a special place.
“We only do a few of the shows, like three a year. We like Macclenny. We were one of the first ones at last year’s show ... It was great last year. And this year was good, just not the weather.”
One of the more unusual campers was a 22-foot 1950 Star, which was the victim of a drive-by shooting before Teresa and Chris Wilson bought it three years ago in Virginia.
“There’s six of them. Six bullet holes,” said Mrs. Wil-son of DeLand, FL. “We don’t really know what the story is, but there’s a story there.”
The Star was remodeled when they bought it with nearly all of the original fea-tures, including the refrig-erator and farmhouse sink inside.
The Wilsons invested about $6500 in the camp-er to add an awning and re-place an axle. It was sold to them for $4900.
“We’re very pleased. There is no way I would sell it for what I paid. We don’t do them to sell anyway,” said Mr. Wilson, a life-long camper.
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Purchase these photos at www.bakercountypress.com Photos by Joel AddingtonVintage camper enthusiasts Peggy and Tom Sellers of North Carolina.
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Rotary to hostannual pageant
The Baker County Ro-tary Club is sponsoring the historic Miss Baker Coun-ty Pageant on March 23 at the BCMS auditorium. It is open to girls ages 2 – 20, with five separate age divi-sions. There will be prizes awarded in each division, with the senior division receiving a $300 scholar-ship.
Contestants will be judged based on evening wear stage appearance for all age divisions. The se-nior division will also be judged on interview, GPA and community service. An informational meeting will be held Tuesday February 26 from 5:30-6 p.m. at the BCMS auditorium. Appli-cations may be picked up at the front office of BCMS or BCHS, at Gibson Mc-Donald Furniture or at First Federal Bank.
The Rotary Club would also like to recognize past Miss Baker County title holders. We have had the honor of recognizing Miss Macclenny 1949, Miss Bak-er County 1959, and many other previous title holders at our past pageants. If you are a previous Miss Baker County/Miss Macclenny ti-tle holder, please call Cyn-di Ray at (904)616-4723 to sign up to participate in this event. It is a wonderful opportunity to showcase the rich history of this pag-eant and our county.
All proceeds from this pageant are used to sup-port the Rotary Club’s an-nual senior scholarship and dictionary projects. This is a not-for-profit event. Any question can be directed to Cyndi Ray at (904)616-4723.
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EZBase was used. As such, the only delivery
of EZBase to Baker Coun-ty in FDEP records, was the 1215 tons used on the then-new eastern end of Reid Stafford Road in 2011.
But EZBase was used at least 16 times in Baker County — on 14 roads and on two parking areas at pub-lic parks frequented by chil-dren.
EZBase was used at Me-morial Park — where it was removed last summer by the county and JEA and re-placed with lime rock — and at Veterans Memorial Park, where it remains uncovered with asphalt today. The ma-terial, which contains sever-al carcinogenic compounds like arsenic, mercury, lead and vanadium, was also not paved over after it was used on the eastern entrance road to St. Marys Shoals Park in Glen St. Mary, which in-cludes Cedar Creek, a trib-utary of the St. Marys River.
According to road depart-ment director Robert Fletch-er, lime rock was also placed on the entrance road in cer-tain spots.
EZBase that was used on the east end of Sapp Grade Road and at the joint city-county dump on 121 North has not been covered either, but a roughly 8-inch layer of EZBase used on Reid Stafford Road was re-moved last year ahead of paving work.
Why is covering EZBase so important?
Paving over it or adding a layer of lime rock help trap the toxic compounds in the material so they don’t run off into waterways or create dust in the air when vehicles travel on it.
And while the contam-inants are not toxic at low concentrations for short du-rations, that’s not the case with high concentrations for long durations. According to the Centers for Disease Control’s Agency for Tox-ic Substances and Disease Registry, low levels of expo-sure to vanadium can cause nausea, diarrhea and stom-ach cramps and high levels of exposure can damage the lungs.
Emails show full list of EZBase locations elusive
A review of 343 county emails referencing EZBase between November 11, 2011 and February 21, 2019 by The Press suggests a com-plete list of EZBase locations in Baker County doesn’t ex-ist.
When Mr. Lyons sought out location information from former county manag-er C.J. Thompson in Febru-ary, 2013, he received a list of 14 locations where EZ-Base was used, when it was used and when it was cov-ered. At that time it was left uncovered and exposed to the elements at five locations — Sapp Grade, the joint city-county yard on SR 121, Memorial Park (the duck pond), Veterans Memorial Park and Shoals Park.
Mr. Lyons would seek further information roughly a year later, like the county’s official position on the mate-rial and whether guidelines from the FDEP and JEA were given to the county re-garding how to use it prop-erly.
Mr. Fletcher responded through Mr. Thompson that county staff was given that information but he wasn’t sure if it was before or after the county started using EZ-Base, the emails show.
Mr. Fletcher did request the guidance documents in February, 2014.
Four days later he was preparing a response to Mr. Lyons’ inquiry with Mr. Thompson, suggesting it be, in part, “... I do not re-member them giving us any written guidelines when we first started using it but they did provide us some at some point but I do not remem-ber exactly when. I have attached a current copy of their procedures.”
Mr. Thompson then mes-saged Mr. Lyons, saying the county commission never took a definitive position on the use of EZBase but that the substance didn’t per-form well as a road base so it wasn’t currently being used, repeating the suggested re-sponse from Mr. Fletcher.
“While Baker County does not have a ‘ban’ on the use of EZBase, we have dis-continued using it due to inconsistent results,” Mr. Thompson wrote to a Clay County official inquiring about the county’s position as well in the summer of 2012.
“We have had some appli-cations where it has worked perfectly and others have been less than desirable. We cannot determine what is the cause of the inconsis-tency so we are not using it anymore,” he said.
Mr. Lyons later discov-ered that the initial list of EZBase locations was not a complete list as Memorial Park and Veterans Memori-al Park were not on the list. It wasn’t until early 2016, however, that he once again sought the full list, saying, “I’d like a correct, complete list of everywhere this ash has touched the ground in Baker County please.”
The same day Mr. Thompson replied, “There are no additional places where EZ Base was applied,” referencing the original list plus the Memorial Park (Duck Pond) location that Mr. Lyons referenced previ-ously in the exchange.
However, EZBase was used at another place — the parking lot at Veterans Me-
morial Park on the north side of U.S. 90 between Mac-clenny and Glen St. Mary. It was not on the original list provided by the county and was not referenced in any of the emails until 2017 when Mr. Lyons finally shared the results of sampling tests taken from the road base at Shoals Park.
The soil tests showed high concentrations of ar-senic and vanadium in the EZBase material. The con-centrations measured were higher than water and air quality limits set by two fed-eral agencies, the Environ-mental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Occupational Health and Safety Adminis-tration (OSHA).
And while the testing at Shoals Park, which took place in 2013, didn’t include water or air samples, the concentrations of vanadium and arsenic were both higher than the state’s cleanup tar-gets for soil contamination.
EZBase: Solid waste or not?
For arsenic found in soils in residential areas, the state cleanup target is 2.1 milli-grams per kilogram (mg/kg). The 2013 average test result was 3.67 mg/kg, or 75 percent higher than the limit.
For vanadium, which FDEP called the “contam-inant of primary concern” in EZBase applications, the state cleanup target is 67 mg/kg. The 2013 samples measured, on average, 2192 mg/kg, or nearly 32 times the cleanup target.
The soil concentrations for the other toxins analyzed — mercury, selenium and chromium — were below the pollution cleanup targets for residential areas, and none of the contaminants tested, on average, had higher con-centrations than those per-mitted at industrial or com-mercial locations.
Other EZBase testing was conducted the same year on samples collected from at a Charlton County, GA lo-cation for the environmen-tal group Earthkeepers by Advanced Environmental Laboratories, Inc. in Jack-sonville, the same firm that analyzed the Shoals Park samples from Mr. Lyons. Those tests revealed that vanadium was the only tox-in found well above the soil cleanup target. The average of four samples was 536 mg/kg, or eight times the target of 67 mg/kg.
According to the Centers for Disease Control’s Agen-cy for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, low levels of exposure to vanadium can cause nausea, diarrhea and
stomach cramps and high levels of exposure can dam-age the lungs.
The emails reviewed by The Press also appear to show the county remained interested in using EZBase, even after the poor results in terms of road construction.
“Unfortunately, JEA has been running some coal tests at the plant and no new EZ-Base has been produced at this time,” Christopher S. Hill, a byproducts specialist at JEA, wrote to Mr. Fletch-er on April 1, 2014. “Once we’re back to the petroleum coke blend our orders for EZBase are committed to other customers and at this time we will not be able to fill new orders. I’ll contact you if there is a change in the near future.”
Mr. Fletcher responded: “OK.”
Neither he nor county manager Kennie Downing responded to questions re-garding a complete list of EZBase locations, whether it was stockpiled and moved to as yet unknown locations and what safeguards were put in place to protect water resources and the health of those working with EZBase.
See next week’s edition for part II of this story, which will show how Baker County served as a testing ground for the use of uncov-ered EZBase in the field, the results of those field applica-tions, including surface wa-ter sampling, and how they compared to JEA’s own in-house water and ground-water testing results.
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In a more lengthy pris-on sentence the same day, the judge ordered Demond Ruise, 42, of Hollywood, FL to serve nearly 41 months in return for his plea to pos-session of 47 grams of mar-ijuana in south Macclenny with intent to sell.
Court records indicate police received a tip that Mr. Ruise, a semi-truck driver, would be in the area of MLK and Minnesota last October, and during subse-quent search found the drug in his backpack.
He scored higher on the sentencing guidelines both because the area is close to both a church and Keller Intermediate, and because Mr. Ruise was in prison be-tween 1994-2005 for sec-ond-degree murder in a Broward County case.
Other defendants sen-tenced that day included:
• Michelle Luntsford, VOP (probation violation) for introducing contraband into Baker Correctional; one year- seven days in pris-on.
• Christopher Thornton, battery on a law enforce-ment officer; two years in
prison (concurrent to an-other sentence).
• Abby Vonk, burglary, grand theft, VOP contribut-ing to the delinquency of a minor; 18 months in prison.
• Frederick Williams Jr., manufacturing meth; two-year house arrest; two-year probation, community ser-vice, drug and alcohol abuse evaluation.
• Joseph York II, resist-ing officer with violence, disorderly conduct, battery on law officer (two counts); 129 days in jail, community service, anger management class, remain in jail until bed space opens at Teen Challenge.
• Samuel Evans, sale of drugs, possession of mar-ijuana with intent to sell, introduction of contraband into county jail; 20 months in prison.
• Stevie Gibson, VOP in-troduction of contraband into county jail; 15 months in prison.
• Jared Griffis, felony battery (repeat offender); 39 days in jail, six-month house arrest, 18-month pro-bation, community service, anger management class.
• Kenneth Hill Jr., VOP felony driving on revoked li-cense (repeat offender); one year, seven days in prison.
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A traffic stop in south Macclenny late on Febru-ary 24 resulted in the arrest of a Starke man on a felony count of possession of what was described as a large amount of marijuana with intent to sell.
Zachary Hapgood, 18,
was driving the Chevrolet Tahoe on South 6th near Barber Rd. when it was stopped by Deputy Jeffrey Higginbotham for having no tag lights. The officer said he detected the odor of un-burned pot coming from the interior, and a search yield-ed “a large amount” of the drug in a baggie, along with a weighing scale and a piece of paper that the deputy said appeared to be “a record of sales, amounts and profits.”
Three other occupants, all juvenile males from Bradford County, were in the vehicle as well, but were not charged after Mr. Hap-good insisted the items were his. All were contained in a
white plastic box with the word “Gamo” on the lid, said the deputy.
The youths were released to parents.
In other recent drug-re-lated arrests, Deputy Jeffrey Davis charged Barbara Ti-son, 35, of Starke with pos-sessing two rocks of crack cocaine, a smoking pipe, and driving on a license suspended twice following a traffic stop near Glen St. Mary early on February 24.
The deputy said he ob-served Ms. Tison leave the Journey Store on SR 125 without a seat belt around 1 a.m., and stopped her blue van on the nearby east-bound ramp of Interstate 10.
She dropped the pipe from her hand after exit-ing the vehicle, said Depu-ty Dais, and a subsequent search of the interior turned up the rocks wrapped in pa-per and lying on the driver’s seat.
• Dwayne Robinson, 54, of Sanderson was arrested on February 28 on a warrant stemming from an under-cover sale of crack cocaine that took place on October 8.
Detective Keith Parker said he and other officers set up the purchase that took place on Five Churches Rd. north of Sanderson when the buyer paid $50 to the ac-cused, also known at “Bug,” for the drug.
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The Glen St. Mary Town Council decided after lengthy discussion on Feb-ruary 19 to take another swipe at a problem that’s vexed the small borough for years — how to deal with building code violations, some of them egregious, amid fears of angering vio-lators.
Prompted by an agenda item affirming an Archer, FL lawyer as its new special
magistrate to handle zon-ing violations, the council decided to resume a discus-sion on a code officer during a workshop set for 6:00 p.m. on March 19, an hour before its regular monthly meeting.
In the meantime, the board gave unanimous consent to concur with the county at large and em-ploy Jeremy T. Primosch to replace the now defunct citizen Code Enforcement Board hearing cases on vi-olations of zoning and land
development violations. The City of Macclenny has its own zoning board.
Mr. Primosch will charge $150 an hour (two-hour minimum) to hear cases via a two-year agreement that can be voided by either party with 14 days written notice.
The magistrate is em-powered to levy fines up to $1000 a day for initial vio-lations, $5000 a day for re-peat and up to $15,000 for “irreparable or irreversible” violations.
But getting violations to the magistrate level is the issue that stymied the council that evening, hav-ing gone through two code enforcement field officers in recent years, both of whom indicated a reluctance to confront property own-ers about excessive refuse, building code violations and the like.
“Have you all laid out a process to go through on this?” asked Larry Payne, owner of a farm at the west town limits and several rental properties.
“We should be giving him (the magistrate) crite-ria; we’ve never done that in the Town of Glen St. Mary. Candidly, we’ve nev-er had the guts to confront anybody because it’s such a small town, and people think in terms of retalia-tion. We need guidelines as to here’s what you can ex-pect.”
Town attorney Jon Bens indicated at several points
during the discussion that the code clearly lays out vi-olations and the steps that need to be taken before a case makes it to a magis-trate. From there, it’s a judi-cial process, hence negating the need for further guide-lines.
Mr. Payne, who at one time was a council mem-ber before he resigned, has appeared before the board before with photos of clear code violations.
“We’re all over the place and nothing’s been done about it. You have [a nice] home like Mr. (Councilman Dickie) Foster’s and a block away you got something that’s deplorable. You have to have the guidelines and the guts to say this has to stop.”
Councilwoman Aman-da Hodges appeared to get general consensus from fel-low members when she sug-gested the town consider paying an outside person to be the enforcement officer.
“It’s hard to have some-one in this office to do the enforcing,” she reasoned. “Pay somebody to do it who’s not an employee of the town.”
Among the suggestions: an off-duty police officer or a retired building contrac-tor.
Agreed Ms. Hodges: “It’s a fine line you have to bal-ance; it’s insulting to be told you have to bring it [prop-erty] up to standards. You need to say what needs to be said without being ugly.”
Most recently, Matt Torgerson of the town’s maintenance department had been filling in as en-forcement officer at $17 an hour but reportedly has be-come disillusioned, much as town clerk Donna Load-holtz before him.
Even though the former Code Enforcement Board had been in place for years, less than a half-dozen cases before it originated inside the Glen town limits.
In other business that evening, Mayor Juanice Padgett informed the coun-cil that election dates for her Group 5 seat and Mr. Foster’s Group 4 seat this fall will be September 10 and, if a runoff is necessary, September 24.
Campaign signs are al-lowed as of June 17, the same day pre-qualifying opens. Regular qualifying runs from noon July 1-5.
Ms. Padgett, on the board since 1996, will not seek another term as may-or, and at least one council member, Steve Rhynehardt, has indicated he will resign his seat to run for the post.
Councilman Rhynehardt, the current vice-mayor, is a retired 30-year veteran of the Department of Correc-tions and has been on the board a decade. He can re-main on the council until September but can submit his intent to retire before that. He would not, how-ever, be allowed to run for both positions.
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MARCH 9Nature photography workshop8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Local award-winning and widely published nature photographer, John Reed, will conduct a Spring Nature Photography Workshop at Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge on Saturday, March 9 from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m (registration begins at 7:30 a.m.). Cost for the workshop is $60 in advance. Walk-ins will be welcome as space permits for an additional $5 fee. The workshop is sponsored by the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Friends of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, and John Reed Photography. For registration and information, call the Richard S. Bolt Visitor Center at 912-496-7836 between 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The $5 entrance fee to the refuge is not included in the workshop cost.
MARCH 14Plant care tips10 a.m.
Even though there’s lots to do in our gardens this time of year, it’s also an excellent time to select and prepare your favorite houseplants to show off at the Baker County Fair in October – summer is perfect time for your plants to grow to their prettiest, according to the county garden club.
The club’s Debbie Clark will be offering some tips and advice on care of houseplants on March 14 at 10 a.m. at the Mathis House.
The house is located off CR 125 South on Glen Nursery Road. It’s the first building on the left with parking beside the house. For more information, call (904) 259-6064.
MARCH 16Salute to serviceNoon - 2 p.m.
A salute to servicemen and women will be held March 16, 2019 with entertainment, door prizes, giveaways and BBQ plates. If you or your business is interested in sponsoring the event please contact, Rob Martin at Rent-A-Vision at (904) 703-7057.
Two-hour tobacco cessation class10 a.m. - noon
Double your chances of quitting tobacco with a free class from Northeast Florida AHEC on March 23 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Baker Prevention Coalition, 19 W. Macclenny Ave., Suite 109. Call (904) 482-0189 to register.
MARCH 23Wildcat Warrior 5k8 a.m. - noon
The 2019 Wildcat Warrior 5K will be March 30 at BCHS from 8 a.m. to noon. The nonprofit organization benefits families of children with extraordinary medical needs.
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Police took a Macclenny man into custody the eve-ning of March 1 and charged him with battery on his pregnant girlfriend several days earlier after he stopped her vehicle in the north city.
Chealsy Johnson, 25, told Deputy John Murphy that Jacob May, 22, stopped her on Lowder St. the evening of February 25 while she was driving a cousin home. He allegedly slapped her on the head several times while yanking her cell phone and charger, then shoved her to the ground when she exited the vehicle to get them back.
Ms. Johnson said she is pregnant with the accused’s child and he was aware of it. The circumstances upped the charge to felony aggra-vated battery.
The officer attempted to contact Mr. May at his resi-dence on SR 121 north to no avail, and when they spoke on the telephone the fol-lowing evening he denied the accusation. The deputy noted bruising on Ms. John-son’s arm consistent with being grabbed.
A warrant was obtained for Mr. May’s arrest on March 1 and he was arrested shortly after.
In other recent incidents, the live-in boyfriend of a north county woman was named in a felony complaint February 22 for lewd and lascivious molestation of a young teenage girl early on the last day of January.
The mother of the teen called police to her residence on John Wiliams Rd. around
3 a.m. and said her visibly shaken daughter came into her bedroom and said Rich-ard Lopez, 30, touched her inappropriately after she re-turned from the bathroom. The girl, whose age was re-dacted in Deputy Jeffrey Higginbotham’s report, is between the ages of 12-16, and told her mother she then rolled over and played like she was asleep.
The girl was interviewed by a representative of the Child Protection Team in Jacksonville on January 31 and initially refused to dis-cuss details, then relented and relayed what happened once again, according to the report.
The accused, who has since moved to his mother’s in Jacksonville, agreed to meet with a sheriff’s inves-tigator on February 22 but never showed up, triggering a probable cause affidavit that went to the state attor-ney’s office.
• A 14-year-old female student at Baker County High School was arrested the afternoon of February 28 and charged with felony battery on teacher Brittnie Johnson, 30, after refusing to give up a cell phone she was using to video a fight.
The teen was said to have cursed Ms. Johnson, yelling racially-tainted taunts while being restrained by anoth-er student. The teacher was struck on the right side of her face, arms and back, and her eyeglasses were bent in the attack.
Assistant principal De-nise Mann told campus dep-uty Johnny Byrd she wit-nessed the incident and said at one point the teen held Ms. Johnson in a headlock.
In the statement taken by the deputy, the teen was quoted as saying, “... she (Ms. Johnson) shouldn’t have grabbed my phone be-cause it is my phone and she didn’t pay for it.”
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Baker County’s population was ex-pected to take off after the economy be-gan a slow recovery following the Great Recession of 2008 and prospects for future growth and development in the county looked promising at the time.
Instead, relatively little development has taken place in the past decade and while population growth has steadily increased it has come at a snail’s pace, members of the county’s Land Planning Agency (LPA) learned during a board meeting February 28.
Susan Fraser, a professional planner who has been under contract with the county for the past year, delivered the news as part of a presentation on pro-posed amendments to the 2020 Com-prehensive Plan, during which she said population in the unincorporated coun-ty areas is growing at about 1 to 2 per-cent a year and could remain low for years to come.
“When you look at the population that the county projected in 2010 it said that in 2030 your population was going to be almost 46,000 people,” she told the board. “We’re not there. Everything slowed down.
“So what we’re saying in the data analysis for future land use is Baker County’s path in 2010 is the path we want to be on,” she said. “It’s just going to take us longer to get there. We’re just going to grow slower but the goals and objectives of what we want to accom-plish are exactly the same.”
In 2017, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates, the total population in Baker County was about 28,283, in-cluding 6,423 in Macclenny, which is growing at a much faster rate than the county, around 5-6 percent annually, said Ms. Fraser.
The number includes about 1500 state prison inmates and patients at Northeast Florida State Hospital.
Most of the growth has occurred in new housing subdivisions within the city limits of Macclenny, she said, whereas “a little over a hundred res-idential permits” are issued annually throughout the entire unincorporated county, including about 60 percent for mobile homes.
The numbers Ms. Fraser reported last week were in stark contrast to more optimistic economic projections in 2010 when the current comprehensive plan was adopted.
“Growth management was hot and heavy in 2010,” she said. “There was a
lot of anticipation of growth.”Six areas encompassing thousands
of acres of raw land targeted for indus-trial/commercial/residential devel-opment along I-10 from Macclenny to Olustee — called Interstate Develop-ment Nodes — were identified and des-ignated in the 2010 comp plan and a de-velopment of regional impact also had been anticipated, Ms. Fraser said.
Unfortunately, the I-10 development nodes are still waiting for developers to come knocking and no large scale hous-ing developments have been completed in the county, either.
Changing the growth pattern, Ms. Fraser said, will require a “big develop-ment, which is a big land owner invest-ment, or some public-private partner-ships to bring some water and sewer on line.”
Also, in addition to economic factors, the county’s ability to grow is severely limited by vast acreages of federal and state forest lands, which comprise 46 percent of the land mass in Baker Coun-ty.
Still, according to a new future land use map, many thousands of acres of developable lands remain in the pre-dominant zoning categories of Agri-culture Zone A and Agriculture Zone B. They stretch from north to south throughout the county.
“We have about 66,000 acres in the county that could be developed,” said Ms. Fraser, noting that anemic econo-my still hasn’t quite recovered from the recession.
“People hadn’t quite realized how long it (the recession) was going to be but thought Baker County was going to grow up and be a nice big county at that point,” she said. “And then the re-cession took quite a bit longer and we’re still just kind of coming out of it.”
In addition to discussing population data, the board had before it a 116-page Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR) prepared by Ms. Fraser and coun-ty Community Development Director Edgar Garcia to update the comp plan largely to reflect changes in state stat-utes.
But, because the board had only re-ceived the report digitally a few days prior to the meeting, staff was asked to prepare a printed copy for each board member to discuss in detail at a work-shop at 3 p.m. March 13 before a final vote at 6 p.m. March 14.
Afterward, the report will go to the county commission for approval in late March or early April. Then it will be transmitted to the Florida Department
of Economic Opportunity for consider-ation.
Most of the amendments are admin-istrative in nature, eliminating redun-dancies, extending the planning period from 2020 to 2040, updating housing affordability data to reflect 2018 condi-tions, updating the five-year capital im-provements plan and deleting obsolete language.
“There was a huge bill (in the Flor-ida Legislature in 2011) that changed the growth management act and it took a lot of requirements off local govern-ments,” Ms. Fraser told the board. “Your comp plan includes all those old requirements, all of those old policies.
“The goal for us in this effort now in the community development depart-ment is to do no harm. We do not in-tend to change any policy, approach, philosophy that the county has taken in the past. Until we have a more thorough look, we’ll make those decisions later.”
In a few months the LPA will begin the laborious process of reviewing and amending the elements of the compre-hensive plan that will shape how and where the county will grow in the next 10-20 years, including land use, traffic circulation, housing, public facilities, conservation and economic develop-ment.
“When we spend more time on fu-ture land use this summer we may find a hundred amendments,” said Ms. Fra-ser.
In other business last week the LPA board:
• Granted an application for a spe-cial exception to allow construction of a borrow pit approximately 32 acres in size on County Road 5, a county-main-tained dirt road north of the Walmart Distribution Center north of U.S. 90 in Macclenny.
The proposed borrow pit is part of a 318-acre parcel owned by the applicant, Rayonier Inc., on property zoned Agri-culture 10. A pit of less than 10 acres is a permissible use in AG 10 but a special exception is required for those larger than 10 acres.
• Rezoned a 40-acre parcel owned by Florida Gateway College adjacent to its public safety campus in Olustee to allow for construction of a gun range for law enforcement training purposes and a law enforcement driving school.
The county commission previous-ly approved a land use change for the college expansion project but a zoning change, from Agriculture 7.5 to Institu-tional, also was required to be in con-formity with the land use amendment.
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A St. Johns, FL electrician was recently charged with a misdemeanor for contracting without a license.
The complaint leading to the criminal charge was filed in 2017 by the owner of a commercial property at 540 N. Lowder St., Tammy Taglieri of Jacksonville, who paid Todd D. King and his company, Xtreme Solutions, Inc. $40,500 for electrical work including the installation of ceiling fans, light fixtures, smoke detectors and lighting at the Macclenny property.
Ms. Taglieri reported that she contracted with Mr. King for a total sum of $56,518 but he allegedly didn’t complete the work. She’s seeking a refund of $3,279 “due to poor workmanship, repair costs, unfinished work,” according to a report from the Florida Department of Business & Profes-sional Regulation.
Agency investigator Zejnil Hodzic verified Mr. King lacked a state license to perform any electrical work.
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Robert Demers, a semi-retired clerk in the
8th Circuit State Attorneys Office in Jacksonville, has been collecting presidential memorabilia since the third grade.
Now at age 56, Mr. De-
mers’ collection is enough to fill up his bedroom, which his wife Gayvonne says has been “taken over” anything with a presidential seal.
“I always had an inter-est in U.S. history and my dream one day was to be-come the President of the United States,” said Mr. De-mers Monday at his Heritage Oaks home in Macclenny.
The next best thing, though, might be standing the company of all the Pres-idents.
The most prized pieces in his collection are the vintage Louis Marx and Company, a New York, N.Y. toy company until 1980, presidential stat-utes and a collection of pres-idential spoons, one for each President up through Rich-ard Nixon.
He has figurines of the first 44 Presidents. President Trump is 45.
But those just scrape the surface of Mr. Demers’ ex-tensive collection.
It includes a lamp, news-paper reports on the death of presidents, old records of speeches by John Kenne-dy and Franklin Roosevelt, trash cans, a matchbook cov-er from the Ford adminis-tration, a photo of Kennedy at the University of Berkley in the Lincoln convertible
he would be assassinated in eight months later, puzzles, gold quarters with all of the Presidents on them, posters, pictures, decanters and bot-tles.
Mr. Demers estimates he’s spent at least $400-$500 on his collection, which started with an old newspaper re-production on the death of George Washington, which was originally published in 1800 and reprinted in 1937.
“I really don’t have a fa-vorite President, but if I
was to choose my favorites, they would been Washing-ton, Lincoln, FDR, JFK and Reagan. They stood for God and country and interpret-ed the Constitution, the Bills of Rights and the Articles of Confederation as they were written. They did not rein-terpret the Constitution to suit their own agenda,” he said.
Mr. Demers also believes in respecting the presidency, regardless of who occupies the White House.
“Do I agree with what
each President has done or said? No. I do believe that we should respect the presiden-cy and should pray for the one who is in office,” says the part-time court mediator. “We might not like the per-son or have voted for him or her, but we should pray and show respect for those in au-thority. If we would do that, then we would be more unit-ed than divided ...”
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9 to 5: The Musical is the community the-atre’s spring production and runs March 14-17 and 21-24 with 7:30 evening shows and
2 p.m. Sunday matinees. It has all the great comedy and catchy music you’d expect in a musical by country legend Dolly Parton.
It’s the story of three women trying to make their way in a man’s world as they work 9 to 5 and struggle to get by. It’s laugh-out-loud funny and also a little thought provok-ing, with great songs and dances.
Call 259-6286 for reservations in the first four rows. 9 to 5 is rated PG.
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Purchase this photo at www.bakercountypress.com Photo by Joel AddingtonRobert Demers stands with massive collection of presidential memorabilia Monday.
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Silver Sneakers re-formed at Raiford Road Church TuesdayThe YMCA’s Silver Sneakers program for seniors reformed at Raiford Road Church on Tuesday and has scheduled sessions for Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. since moving from Glen Baptist. More than 25 participants turned out for the first session under the leadership of the Y’s Michelle Escobar for the exercise portion and Sue Combs of the health department, who spoke about the importance of physical activity and a good diet. The gathering began with introductions (above) before the activities started. Many in attendance said they were widows and looking for a way to stay active and social with their peers. Local Y manager Anna Lewis said with enough participation, the group could add more ses-sions during the week. More information about Silver Sneakers, contact the Y at (904) 259-0898.
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The relatively new union representing Macclenny Fire-Rescue personnel, Lo-cal 5173, recently merged with the union representing county emergency medical services (EMS) personnel, Local 4216, and the merger could lead, eventually, to a consolidation of all fire and rescue services operating in-side Baker County.
That was the vision laid out in a statement from the newly-reconstituted Mac-clenny Association of Pro-fessional Firefighters Lo-cal 5173, explained its vice president Rick Diggs, a lieu-tenant with city fire-rescue.
“That is the end goal. There has been a lot of dis-cussion about that,” said Lt. Diggs, speaking on behalf of the union, of a county-wide consolidation of fire and res-cue.
“... The fire service is all about the operation and one of the biggest things that our local has looked at is that we have three separate depart-
ments within this county ...” he continued. “These three departments, even though we work together on calls, there’s no training amongst us together at all. As far as the administration level, the chiefs and the directors, there’s no training between the departments to work to-gether.”
Combining the three ser-vices and training together using a common set of plans and standard operating pro-cedures, he contends, would improve the safety of the community and the first re-sponders themselves.
“The second thing comes down to funding. The big-gest issue facing public ser-vice and first responders is the funding. It’s always go-ing to be an issue,” Lt. Diggs added. “These services are a debt for the community. They’re not here to make money. They’re a large ex-penditure to the budget and by combing all the three de-partments together, bring-ing those numbers together, and spending that money wisely, you’re providing a better service to the commu-
nity.”Today when city firefight-
ers respond to calls along-side county EMS workers, they arrive on the scene with different sets of protocols, which can cause problems.
“It’s just not a safe envi-ronment for first responders when the left hand and the right hand aren’t sure who is doing what ... Bringing all the experience and knowl-edge under one umbrella and providing a lot of re-sources to individuals on the job, that’s what our goal is,” Lt. Diggs said.
He and other city fire-res-cue personnel joined the In-ternational Association of Firefighters (IAFF) in early 2018 and held its first meet-ing with new members from the county EMS service on Monday evening.
As a member of the larger organization, the local union and its members will have access to grant-funded train-ing opportunities similar to week-long confined space training hosted recently by Macclenny fire-rescue.
The training was open to all first responders as well as
utility workers for the city. It drew about 20-25 partici-pants from both branches of local government, including all 14 Macclenny personnel, Lt. Diggs said.
The statement issued by the union noted the train-ing was valued at $60,000 and fully-funded by an IAFF grant to Local 5173.
“After many meetings and discussions, both locals agreed one local union was necessary,” the statement reads. “Thus, Local 5173 and Local 4216 merged to better serve the members of each department, which would ultimately assist in the big-ger goal of providing top-notch service to the commu-nity.”
Lt. Diggs explained that joining the union is volun-tary and will be optional for any newly-hired county fire or EMS personnel.
He said the union antici-pates setting a meeting soon with city and county lead-ers to discuss the potential merger.
“We have a lot of good ideas that we can present to these individuals,” said
the lieutenant. “It’s going to start out slow and hopefully build up. But at some point, it needs to take place.”
On the agenda for Mon-day’s meeting was combin-ing the funding of the two locals and discussion on up-coming collective bargaining agreements with the city and county, among other busi-ness.
Negotiations with city and county management are expected to commence soon.
“It will be the first [union contract] in the history of our department,” Lt. Diggs said.
The EMS union contract will also be renegotiated this year with the county.
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Purchase this photo at www.bakercountypress.com Photo by Joel AddingtonMembers of the newly-expanded Local 5173, which recently merged with the county EMS union, Local 4216, at a meeting Monday night.
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Professionals help celebrate Dr. Suess’ birthday at BCMSA few dozen community professionals were invited to read to students at Baker County Middle School on March 1 in honor of Dr. Suess’ birthday. The readers, including ... pictured ..., read books by the famed children’s book author, Theodor Seuss Geisel, and spoke to the youths about their respective jobs and professions. BCMS principal Thomas Hill said the activity, which was preceded by a breakfast for the read-ers in the media center, served two purposes, encouraging students to read and showing them there are meaningful jobs and careers available to them in Baker County if they succeed academically. Pictured above are Covey Paige and below is Jodi Altman.
Macclenny ElementaryThe woman I admire is my grandma. I
admire my grandma because she inspired me by showing me school is important. She was a science teacher in middle school when I was in Pre-K. My grandma taught me to read and write. When I got to Kindergarten and started getting homework she helped me with it. I called her ma and my little brother called her da. She passed away last year but I still admire her.
Alyssa Polhill, 3rd GradeMrs. Rentz
My mom is the woman I admire the most. She showers me in love and attention. When I get hurt she comes to the rescue. I get scared sometimes and when I do, my mom takes care of it. She’s the one who makes sure I have clean clothes to wear. She’s the one who makes me wonderful dinners to eat. She’s the one who made me in the first place! She just makes me smile. She’s the best gift I ever received. No matter what, I’ll always love my mom.
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The woman I admire is my mom. I admire mom because she is umasing.
McKinley Boatright, 1st GradeMrs. Church
The woman I admire is nanny. I admire nanny because nanny bys us stuf.
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Keller IntermediateA Woman I Admire
An Essay By : Chloe Dickey
Do you know who Rosa Parks is? She is a woman who fought for her rights, and eventually her dream came true! Rosa Parks wanted to end discrimination. She was a woman who never gave up. Rosa Parks was treated badly because of the color of her skin. During the Civil Rights Movement, there were water fountains for each color, and white children couldn’t play with black children. It was sad, until Rosa Parks stood up for herself and stood against discrimination. She made the world a better place, and I hope you will too!
A Woman I AdmireAn essay by: Will Briner
There’s a woman I admire and her name is Laura Ingalls Wilder. Laura was a homesteader as a child, with Pa, Ma, and Mary, her big sister. She taught students when she was 15! When she was all grown up, she gave birth to her first (and last) child, named Rose. When Rose was an adult, Laura started to write her very first books. When they were finished, she gave them to Rose. She had a hard time getting her books published. But one publisher thought maybe they could be used for middle school. Laura loved that idea, because she loved to read books in middle school. That is how she came to be a beloved childrens author and a woman that I admire.
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Thursday, March 7, 2019 The Baker County Press Page 9
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Baker County District School Board will hold the following public hearing on Monday, April 1, 2019, at the New Jerusalem Church of God in Christ located at 10418 King Ruise Road, Margaretta, Florida, beginning at 6:00 p.m. The following School Board Policies will be considered for approval at the public hearing:
• 3.06 Safe and Secure Schools• 3.061+ Option 1 Domestic Security• 4.221 Virtual Instruction• 5.05 Requirements for Original Entry• 5.13 Zero Tolerance for School Related Crimes• 6.390 Report of Misconduct
The public is invited and encouraged to attend. The documents will be available for preview Monday through Friday (8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.) at the Superintendent’s Office lo-cated at 270 South Boulevard East, Macclen-ny, Florida beginning Wednesday, February 20, 2019. You may also access the documents on our district website at www.bakerk12.org. Sherrie Raulerson Superintendent of Schools
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Baker County School District School Board will hold the following public hearing on Monday, April 1, 2019, at the New Jerusalem Church of God in Christ located at 10418 King Ruise Road, Margaretta, Florida, beginning at 6:00 p.m. The following items will be con-sidered at the public hearing: Revision to the 2018-2019 Code of Conduct.
The public is invited and encouraged to attend. The documents will be available for preview on Monday through Friday (8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.) at the Superintendent’s Office lo-cated at 270 South Boulevard East, Macclen-ny, Florida, beginning, Wednesday, February 20, 2019. You may also access the document on our district website at www.bakerk12.org.
Sherrie RaulersonSuperintendent of Schools
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NRSWA ADVERTISEMENT FOR BID
IFB 19-01
Exposed Geomembrane Cover (EGC) Closure Phase I Construction
The Project is located at the New River Re-gional Landfill (NRRL), 24276 NE 157th Street, Raiford, Florida 32083. NRRL is approximately 2.5 miles north of Raiford, Florida, on the east side of State Road 121.
The Work is generally described as install-ing Phase I of the Exposed Geomembrane Cover (EGC) Closure at the Class I Landfill. New Riv-er Solid Waste Association (NRSWA) has been permitted by the Florida Department of Environ-mental Protection (FDEP) to construct the Class I Landfill EGC Closure according to FDEP Permit No.: 13500-034-SO-IM (issued on October 22, 2018). The successful bidder will be responsible for installing Phase I of the EGC closure and toe drain system over an area of about 15 acres of the Class I landfill side slope (3H:1V maximum slope). The successful bidder will be responsible for providing all labor, work, materials, equip-ment, tools, safety, site work, geotextile, testing, and incidentals for performing all work neces-sary and as required by the contract documents, technical specifications, and drawings. NRSWA will provide the following for this project: 60-mil high-density polyethylene (HDPE) textured geomembrane, drainage sand, soil fill, gravel, and HDPE pipe.
All work shall be in accordance with the construction drawings, specifications, and con-tract documents.
Bidding and Contract Documents may be examined at the NRSWA Administrative Office, 24276 NE 157th Street, Raiford, Florida, be-tween 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM Monday through Friday. Copies of the documents may be ob-tained from the Engineer by emailing a written request to [email protected].
To ensure that Bidders receive all addenda and or clarifications to the Bidding Documents in a timely manner, it is mandatory that all bid-ders obtain at least one set of Bidding Docu-ments from the Engineer to be eligible to bid on this project. Addenda will be issued via email unless the Bidder requests otherwise. Copies of the documents may be obtained from the Engi-neer’s office for $125 per set, payable by check only, which constitutes the cost for reproduc-tion and handling. Checks shall be payable to the Engineer. Payment is non-refundable. Email [email protected] to obtain a set of Con-tract Documents. Contract documents will not be sent until a check is received by the Engineer.
Bids shall be completed on the enclosed Bid Form as set forth in the Instructions to Bid-ders and otherwise be in compliance with the Bidding Documents. Sealed bids will be re-ceived at NRSWA by Thursday, March 28, 2019, until 3:00 P.M. (local time), at which time and place all bids will be opened. Two copies by pri-vate mail/package carrier of the bids shall be submitted. Sealed bids shall be hand delivered or mailed to NRSWA at 24276 NE 157th Street, Raiford, Florida 32083. Sealed bids may also be mailed to P.O. Box 647, Raiford, Florida 32083. Any Bids received after the specified time and date will not be considered. Bids submitted electronically shall not be considered.
A mandatory pre-bid conference will be held on Thursday, March 7, 2019, at 10:00 A.M. (local time) at the NRSWA administrative office, 24276 NE 157th Street, Raiford, Florida 32083. Failure to attend the mandatory pre-bid confer-ence will result in disqualification of prospective bidders. Only prospective bidders on the Engi-neer’s plan holders list may submit a bid.
Written questions are due by Thursday, March 14, 2019, until 3:00 P.M. (local time). Written questions can be transmitted elec-tronically to [email protected]. Written response will be provided to all bidders on the Engineer’s plan holders list.
The electronic documents provided with each purchased set are not considered the of-ficial Bidding and Contract Documents. Due to variations in printer drivers, the Engineer makes no representation regarding the accuracy or completeness of any reproduction or print cre-ated from the electronic files provided. In the event of a conflict between the official Bidding and Contract Documents and any electronically printed files by bidders or suppliers, the Engi-neer-printed Bidding and Contract Documents shall govern.
For further information or clarification, email [email protected].
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDACASE NO.: 2018 CA 000088
BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC.,A Delaware limited liability company,
Plaintiff
vs.
ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, LEGATEES, BENEFICIARIES, GRANTEES, OR OTHER PERSONS OR ENTITIES CLAIMING BY OR THROUGH HENRY WILTON COBB, DECEASED; et al.,
Defendants.___________________________/
NOTICE OF ACTION
TO: ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, LEGA-TEES, BENEFICIARIES, GRANTEES, OR OTHER PERSONS OR ENTITIES CLAIMING BY OR THROUGH HENRY WILTON COBB, DECEASED
ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, LEGATEES, BENEFICIARIES, GRANTEES, OR OTHER PERSONS OR ENTITIES CLAIMING BY OR THROUGH REBECCA L. COBB A/K/A REBECCA LONA COBB, DECEASED(Address Unknown)
If alive, and if dead, to any Unknown Heirs, Devisees, Grantees, Creditors, and other un-known persons, unknown entities, unknown parties or unknown spouses claiming by, through or under any of the above-named Defendants
YOU ARE NOTIFIED, that an action to foreclose a mortgage on the following prop-erty in Baker County, Florida:
PARCEL 1:
ALL OF LOT SIX (6) AS SHOWN BY HOWELL TURPENTINE COMPANY’S SUBDIVISION OF A 3.46 ACRES TRACT IN THE NW 1/4 OF THE SE 1/4 OF NE 1/4 OF SECTION 29, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH OF RANGE 19 EAST, IN OR NEAR THE VILLAGE OF OTUSTEE, BAKER COUNTY, FLORI-DA, AS PER PLAT DATED SEPTEM-BER 14, 1934, AND RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 1 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDA.
PARCEL 2:
LOT 4 OF HOWELL TURPENTINE COMPANY’S SUBDIVISION OF A 3.46 ACRES TRACT IN THE NORTH-WEST QUARTER OF SOUTHEAST QUARTER (NW 1/4 OF SE 1/4) OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER (NE 1/4) OF SECTION 29 IN TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH OF RANGE 19
EAST, AS PER PLAT FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE CIR-CUIT COURT OF BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDA, NOVEMBER 5, 1934.
PARCEL 3:
ALL OF LOT 5 AS SHOWN BY HOW-ELL TURPENTINE COMPANY’S SUBDIVISION OF 3.46 ACRE TRACT IN NW 1/4 OF SE 1/4 OF NE 1/4 OF SECTION 29, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 19 EAST, IN OR NEAR THE VILLAGE OF OLUSTEE, BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDA RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 1 OF THE PUBLIC RE-CORDS OF BAKER COUNTY, FLOR-IDA.
has been filed against you and you are re-quired to serve a copy of your written de-fenses, if any, to KOPELOWITZ OSTROW, FERGUSON, WEILSEBERG, GILBERT, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, whose address is One West Las Olas Boulevard, Suite 500, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33301, on or before March 27, 2019, or 30 days from the first publication date, and file the original with the Clerk of this Court ei-ther before service on Plaintiff’s attorneys or immediately thereafter; otherwise, a default will be entered against you for the relief de-manded in the Amended Complaint.
Dated on the 27th day of February, 2019.
Stacie D. HarveyClerk of the Court
By: Tina CarringtonDeputy Clerk
Kopelwitz Ostrow FergusonWeilseberg Gilbert1 West Las Olas Blvd., Suite 500Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301
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Miracle Automotive & Truck Service Center Inc.
10510 Duval LaneMacclenny, FL 32063
Notice of Public Sale: Miracle Automotive & Truck Service Center Inc. gives Notice of Foreclosure of Lien and intent to sell these vehicles on March 22, 2019, 12:00 pm at 10510 Duval Lane, Macclenny, FL 32063, pursuant to subsection 713.78 of the Florida Statutes. Miracle Automotive & Truck Service Center Inc. reserves the right to accept or reject any and/or all bids.
2004 Ford ExplorerVIN# 1FMZU67KX4UA35578
1995 Ford RangerVIN# 1FTCR14AOSPA71432
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDACASE NO.: 18000007CA
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON F/K/A THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWABS, INC., ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-17,
Plaintiff,
vs.
UNKNOWN HEIRS, BENEFICIARIES, DEVISEES, SURVIVING SPOUSE, GRANTEES, ASSIGNEE, LIENORS, CREDITORS, TRUSTEES, AND ALL OTHER PARTIES CLAIMING AN INTEREST BY THROUGH UNDER OR AGAINST THE ESTATE OF RALPH DWIGHT RHODEN (DECEASED); et al.,
Defendant(s).___________________________/
NOTICE OF ACTION
TO: Unknown Heirs, Beneficiaries, Devisees, Surviving Spouse, Grantees, Assignee, Lienors, Creditors, Trustees, And All Other Parties Claim-ing An Interest By Through Under Or Against The Estate Of Ralph Dwight Rhoden (Deceased)Last Known Residence: Unknown
Alicia SherrouseLast Known Residence: 1717 Northeast 2nd Street, Ocala, FL 34470
YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action to fore-close a mortgage on the following property in BAKER County, Florida:
PARCEL NO. 8 OF A SURVEY BY GUY MOORE, INC., DATED AUGUST 2, 1973, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
COMMENCE AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE SEL/4, SECTION 15, TOWNSHIP 4 SOUTH, RANGE 20 EAST, BAKER COUNTY, FLOR-IDA, AND RUN THENCE S 0° 46’ 40’’ E, ALONG THE WEST LINE OF THE SEL/4, 2341.42 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE N 88° 35’ 42” E, 575.04 FEET TO THE WEST LINE OF A 50.00 FOOT ROAD, THENCE S 0° 46’ 40” E, ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID 50.00 FOOT ROAD 325.65 FEET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SEL/4; THENCE S 89° 09’ W, ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SEL/4, 575.00 FEET TO THE SW CORNER OF SAID SEL/4;
THENCE N 0° 46’ 40” W, 329.23 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on ALDRIDGE | PITE, LLP, Plaintiff’s attor-ney, at 1615 South Congress Avenue, Suite 200, Delray Beach, FL 33445, on or before March 27, 2019, and file the original with the clerk of this court either before service on Plaintiff’s attorney or immediately thereafter; otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief de-manded in the complaint or petition.
Dated on February 27, 2019.
Stacie D. HarveyAs Clerk of the Court
By: Tina CarringtonAs Deputy Clerk
Aldridge Pite, LLP1615 South Congress Avenue, Suite 200Delray Beach, FL 33445
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NOTICE OF AGENCY ACTION TAKEN BY THE ST. JOHNS RIVER WATERMANAGEMENT DISTRICT
NOTICE IS GIVEN that the following permit was issued on 1-18-2019:RGMS, Inc. permit #31745-3. The project is located in Baker County, Section 8, Township 3, South, Range 22E East. The permit authorizes a surface water management system on 6.68 acres for Parking Lot Expansion Master Plan. The receiving water body is Turkey Creek.
A person whose substantial interests are or may be affected has the right to request an administrative hearing by filing a written petition with the St. Johns River Water Management District (District). Pursuant to Chapter 28-106 and Rule 40C-1.1007, Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.), the petition must be filed (received) either by delivery at the office of the District Clerk at District Headquarters, P.O. Box 1429, Palatka FL 32178-1429 (4049 Reid St, Palatka, FL 32177) or by e-mail with the District Clerk at [email protected], within twenty-one (21) days of newspaper publication of the notice of District decision (for those persons to whom the District does not mail actual notice).
A petition must comply with Sections 120.54(5)(b)4. and 120.569(2)(c), Florida Statutes (F.S.), and Chapter 28106, F.A.C. The District will not accept a petition sent by facsimile (fax). Mediation pursuant to Section 120.573, F.S., may be available and choosing mediation does not affect your right to an administrative hearing.
A petition for an administrative hearing is deemed filed upon receipt of the complete petition by the District Clerk at the District Headquarters in Palatka, Florida during the District’s regular business hours. The District’s regular business hours are 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., excluding weekends and District holidays. Petitions received by the District Clerk after the District’s regular business hours shall be deemed filed as of 8 a.m. on the next regular District business day. The District’s acceptance of petitions filed by e-mail is subject to certain conditions set forth in the District’s Statement of Agency Organization and Operation (issued pursuant to Rule 28-101.001, Florida Administrative Code), which is available for viewing at sjrwmd.com. These conditions include, but are not limited to, the petition being in the form of a PDF or TIFF file and being capable of being stored and printed by the District. Further, pursuant to the District’s Statement of Agency Organization and Operation, attempting to file a petition by facsimile (fax) is prohibited and shall not constitute filing.The right to an administrative hearing and the relevant procedures to be followed are governed by Chapter 120, Florida Statutes, Chapter 28-106, Florida Administrative Code, and Rule 40C1.1007, Florida Administrative Code. Because the administrative hearing process is designed to formulate final agency action, the filing of a petition means the District’s final action may be different from the position taken by it in this notice. Failure to file a petition for an administrative hearing within the requisite time frame shall constitute a waiver of the right to an administrative hearing. (Rule 28-106.111, F.A.C.).
If you wish to do so, please visithttp://www.sjrwmd.com/nor_dec/ to read the complete Notice of Rights to determine any legal rights you may have concerning the District’s intended decision(s) on the permit application(s) described above. You can also request the Notice of Rights by contacting the Director of Business and Administrative Services, 4049 Reid St., Palatka, FL 32177-2529, tele. no. (386) 329-4570.
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LEGAL NOTICES
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDA CIVIL DIVISION
CASE NO.: 02-2013-CA-000159-CAAXMX
VYSTAR CREDIT UNION,Plaintiff,
vs.
SANDY C. TAYLOR; ET AL,Defendant(s).
__________________________/
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Consent Final Judgment of Mortgage Fore-closure dated the 14th day of February, 2019, and entered in Case No. 02-2013-CA-000159-CAAX-MX, of the Circuit Court of the 8th Ju-dicial Circuit in and for Baker County, Florida, wherein VYSTAR CREDIT UNION is the Plaintiff, and SANDY C. TAYLOR; LYNDA TAYLOR, JOHN DOE AND JANE DOE AS UNKNOWN TENANTS IN POSSESSION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, are Defendants. I will sell to the highest and best bidder for cash via I will sell to the highest and best bidder for cash at the Baker County Courthouse, 339 E. Macclenny Ave., Macclen-ny, FL 32063, at 11:00 a.m. in accordance with Section 45.031, Florida Statutes on the 27th day of June, 2019, the following described property as set forth in said Final Judgment, to wit:
EXHIBIT “A”PARCEL 1
A PART OF THE NW ¼, SECTION 30, TOWNSHIP 2 SOUTH, RANGE 22 EAST, BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DE-SCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
COMMENCE AT THE CENTERLINE OF MILTONDALE ROAD AS NOW ESTABLISHED WITH THE SOUTH-ERLY LINE OF SAID NW ¼; THENCE ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF THE NW ¼, N 88°38’17” W, 305.45 FEET; THENCE N 00°43’48” E, 30.0 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUE N. 00 43’48” E, 200.00 FEET; THENCE N 88 38’17” W, 153.23 FEET; THENCE S 00°43’48” W, 200.0 FEET; THENCE S 88°38’17” E, 153.23 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
SUBJECT TO AN EASEMENT FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS OVER AND ACROSS THE EAST 20 FEET OF THE ABOVE DESCRIBED LANDS.
TOGETHER WITH AND SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED EASEMENT:A PART OF THE NW ¼ OF SECTION 30, TOWNSHIP 2 SOUTH, RANGE 22 EAST, BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCE AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE CENTER-LINE OF MILTONDALE ROAD WITH THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF THE NW ¼ OF SAID SECTION 30; THENCE N 88 38’17” W, ALONG THE SOUTH-ERLY LINE OF SAID NW ¼, 1,671 FEET; THENCE N 01 23’20” E, 30.02 FEET; THENCE S 89°27’12” E, 1,671 FEET TO THE CENTERLINE OF MIL-TONDALE ROAD; THENCE SOUTH TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. SAID EASEMENT BEING REFERRED TO AS “BURNSED LANE”.
PARCEL 6
A PART OF THE NW ¼ OF SECTION 30, TOWNSHIP 2 SOUTH, RANGE 22 EAST, BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCE AT THE CENTERLINE OF MILTONDALE ROAD AS NOW ESTABLISHED WITH THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID NW ¼, THENCE ALONG THE SOUTH-ERLY LINE OF THE SAID NW ¼, N 88°38’17” W, 305.45 FEET; THENCE N 00°43’48” E, 230.0 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUE N 00°43’48” E, 200.17 FEET; THENCE N 88°38’17” W, 138.24 FEET TO A POINT; SAID POINT BEING THE POINT OF CURVE CONCAVE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG AND AROUND SAID CURVE AN ARC DISTANCE OF 78.54 FEET; THENCE S 00 43’48” W, 144.02 FEET; THENCE S 88 38’17” E, 153.23 FEET TO THE POINT OF BE-GINNING.
TOGETHER WITH RIGHT OF IN-GRESS AND EGRESS OVER AND ACROSS THE EAST 20 FEET OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED LANDS: PART OF THE NW ¼, SECTION 30, TOWNSHIP 2 SOUTH, RANGE 22 EAST, BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DE-SCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COM-MENCE AT THE CENTERLINE OF MILTONDALE ROAD AS NOW ES-TABLISHED WITH THE SOUTHER-LY LINE OF SAID NW ¼; THENCE ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF THE NW ¼, N 88 38’17” W, 305.45 FEET; THENCE N 00 43’48” E, 30.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUE N 00 43’48” E, 200.0 FEET; THENCE N 00 43’48” E, 30.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BE-GINNING; THENCE CONTINUE N 00 43’48” E, 200.0 FEET; THENCE N 88 38’17” W, 153.23 FEET; THENCE S 00 43’48” W, 200.0 FEET; THENCE S 88 38’17” E, 153.34 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
TOGETHER WITH AND SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED EASEMENT:A PART OF THE NW ¼ OF SECTION 30, TOWNSHIP 2 SOUTH, RANGE 22 EAST, BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCE AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE CENTER-LINE OF MILTONDALE ROAD WITH THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF THE NW ¼ OF SAID SECTION 30; THENCE N 88°38’17” W, ALONG THE SOUTH-ERLY LINE OF SAID NW ¼, 1,671 FEET; THENCE N 01°23’20” E, 30.02 FEET; THENCE S 89°27’12” E, 1,671 FEET TO THE CENTERLINE OF MIL-TONDALE ROAD; THENCE SOUTH TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. SAID EASEMENT BEING REFERRED TO AS “BURNSED LAND”.
PROPERTY ADDRESS: 6091 BURNSED LANE, MACCLENNY, FL 32063.
ANY PERSON CLAIMING AN INTEREST IN THE SURPLUS FROM THE SALE, IF ANY, OTHER THAN THE PROPERTY OWNER AS OF THE DATE OF THE LIS PENDENS MUST FILE A CLAIM WITHIN SIXTY (60) DAYS AFTER THE SALE.
If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to par-ticipate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Persons with a disability who need any accommodation in order to par-ticipate should call Jan Phillips, ADA Coor-dinator, Alachua County Courthouse, 201 E. University Ave., Gainesville, FL 32601 at (352) 337-6237 within two (2) working days of your receipt of this notice; if you are hearing impaired call (800) 955-8771; if you are voice impaired, call (800) 955-8770
Dated this 18th day of February, 2019.
Stacie D. HarveyClerk of the Circuit Court
By: Tina CarringtonDeputy Clerk
Michelle L. Glass, PA7545 Centurion Parkway, Ste. 103Jacksonville, FL 32256Telephone: (904) 606-3903Facsimile: (904) 606-3936
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Photos courtesy of Danny Norton
‘Commish’ Norton sixth in points raceMacclenny city commissioner Danny Norton, who is known around the North Florida Speedway in Lake City as “the commish,” was handed two trophies March 3 — one for finishing last year’s racing season at the venue with the sixth highest point total and anoth-er for his dedication to racing. Mr. Norton competed in the street stock division at North Florida against more than 40 other drivers. He says he wants to “branch out” this year and race at other tracks in the region, like the Golden Isles Speedway in Brunswick, GA. That also means he doesn’t plan to defend his sixth place spot in the points race at North Florida. It was his best finish in five years at the track, however. While he’s always been a racing fan, he didn’t get in the driver’s seat until the late Leonard Davis got him interested. “It’s something I’ve always wanted to do. I got with Leonard who had been doing it for years. He helped me buy my first car,” recalled Mr. Norton this week. He’s pictured accepting his awards from North Florida Speedway owner Phil Guadagno.
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OPINIONPage 10 The Baker County Press Thursday, March 7, 2019
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Two articles in this week’s edition stand out as relevant for a reason that may not be immediately apparent.
We learned that the fire-rescue unions in Macclenny and the county, the latter of which consists mainly of res-cue workers because the county fire department has but two full time employees with the recent hiring of a first-time director of the recently combined operation.
The City of Macclenny’s ranks, quietly building the past decade to its present 14 members, joined the International Association of Firefighters last year. The county depart-ments belonged to a different local.
The merger, of course, bolsters the bargaining power of the combined unions, though they still have to deal with two separate entities, the county and city commissions, when it comes to raises and benefits.
The merger has significance beyond that. It represents the first, if baby step, in what will likely be the county’s biggest single challenge in the coming decades. That would be consolidation of services.
The city’s Lt. Richard Diggs, discussing the union merg-er, argued convincingly that it also makes practical sense in key areas like training, bringing both departments under the same umbrella to insure similarities in response techniques critical at both fire and accident scenes.
He also argued that consolidation of both departments entirely could be on the horizon for the same reason. If this happens, it’s a very important first step.
The second article this week highlighted a report to the county’s Land Planning Agency from a consultant pre-paring the revised Comprehensive Plan for Baker County. She noted that the last prediction over a decade ago was that the county would experience unprecedented growth, something that didn’t happen largely due to the Great Recession.
Maybe so, but other border counties of Jacksonville seemed to have picked up the pace fairly well. Still, reality is just that: Baker County is growing at a much slower pace, about 2 percent a year
That’s good news for the citizens already here that don’t want it to grow much at all, save for the retail and fast food choices. Second, for those who are neutral or wanting faster growth, it may be a blessing as well. It gives us more time to plan.
Key to those plans, it seems, is consideration for merg-ing other entities say, perhaps Glen St. Mary into greater Macclenny (which should have happened decades ago) and eventually both into a consolidated county govern-ment.
Many pitfalls await, principle among them who gets taxed for what. Merging fire and rescue is a prime ex-ample: Should residents close in to populated areas pay the same as those in far-flung Baxter on the fringe of the Okefenokee Swamp? If not, how do we differentiate?
Another consideration: If the county isn’t growing as fast as expected, what can its residents expect in lieu of the ever-rising cost of government services? It seems the only entity immune from this cloud is the school district and, thankfully, that’s due to the largesse of Washington and Tallahassee. There’s much bureaucracy attached to the money, but we simply couldn’t do without it.
Taxpayers appreciate value, like any other consumer. When it comes to local government, if it can be shown that combined services increase value at minimal added ex-pense, the fear of doing something a different way dimin-ishes. It’s going to take some creative, forward thinking in coming decades but it’s creeping up on us. Consolidation of fire-rescue, if approved by city and county government, is a precursor of the future.
A couple of weeks ago I did a column on which sports figures would have their faces carved on a Mt. Rushmore of sports. It got me thinking about other Mt. Rushmores.
Naturally, my choices are completely subjective and anyone else would probably choose other faces. Also, be-cause of the nature of what we are choosing, it has to be solo figures or performers.
So, that said, here are a few other of Bob’s choices for Mt. Rushmore. This set of Mt. Rushmores are based on pop culture.
We’ll start with the Mt. Rushmore of male country singers. This is a tough one because there have been some great ones. But, if push comes to shove, here’s who I choose and why.
Johnny Cash – the Man in Black had such a distinc-tive sound and was able to transcend all different eras. He was even the subject of an Oscar-winning biopic about him and June Carter Cash.
Willie – like Elvis, who is noticeably absent from this mountain, Willie is imme-diately recognizable by his first name. Not only is he a country singer/songwrit-er with dozens of his own hits, but also those for other stars as well. A true cultural icon.
Hank Williams – some of the greatest country songs of all time were penned by Ole Hank. Had he have lived he would have broken every record. Even with his
life cut tragically short, he influenced generations of performers.
Garth Brooks — almost single-handedly he brought country music mainstream. Brooks took country music from are-nas into s o l d - o u t f o o t b a l l s t a d i u m s and on those rare occas ions when he puts out an album, it is an event.
Boy, that was tough. How do you leave out George Jones, Chet Atkins, or Mer-le Haggard? I don’t know, but I did.
Female country stars ar-en’t any easier. I would start with Patsy Montana and immediately have people argue with me. I pick her over June Carter because she was a solo act and the first real female country star. Listen to her today and you will hear the roots of every true country singer that followed.
Loretta Lynn — The Queen. She has everything a country singer could want, both writing and sing-ing with the best of them. Granted, she didn’t have the voice of Patsy Cline, but her longevity knocks Cline off the mountain.
Tammy Wynette — If Loretta is the queen, Tam-my is the princess. It’s hard to think of one without the other because they were such rivals throughout the
sixties and seventies.Dolly Parton — It was
hard for me to pick Dolly over Emmylou Harris, but it was an obvious choice. Dolly has had so many great songs and is also a cultural
icon. She is a movie star, wrote a hit Broad-way play and contin-ues to fill arenas.
A g a i n , this was tough, because there are so many great women performers. Em-mylou, Patsy Cline, Barba-ra Mandrell, Martina Mc-Bride, Kitty Wells — you could make an argument for any of them.
Male pop/rock perform-ers have to start with Elvis, the King of Rock and Roll. Though Elvis crosses over between rock and coun-try he really was the single performer that popularized the genre. Without Elvis to lead the way, there might not have been a Beatles or Rolling Stones.
Bruce Springsteen re-vitalized the solo rock and roll performer. He has been a hit since breaking out with Born to Run in the 1970s. Like Elvis, his voice is instantly recognizable and a Springsteen concert is an event.
I debated between Prince and Elton John but Sir El-ton made the grade on lon-gevity and the sheer volume of hit songs he has pro-duced. He is a rock icon and
transcends generation after generation.
As much as I would like to slip Chuck Berry in here it has to be Michael Jackson, the King of Pop. Despite his shady personal life, his abil-ity to bring energy, dance and that distinctive voice to the stage earns him a place up on the mountain.
There are sooo many other great performers that could go up. Prince, of course, Chuck Berry, Billy Joel. Notice I haven’t in-cluded soul or R&B icons. They’ve got to have their own mountain.
As for pop women I’m again separating into pop/rock versus soul and R&B where Beyonce, Tina Turn-er and Diana Ross live. I’m starting with Madonna. She has stood the test of time, and she’s the litmus test for all other pop stars. Cher has also been able to remain relevant for 50 years and continues to fill up arenas.
I’m having a hard time putting current pop stars like Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande and Brittany Spears up here despite the huge number of records they sell. Sorry, they’re not going to knock Whitney Houston off the mountain. She’s a tough call because she could be in the soul category, but like Donna Summer she’s pop though she could do both.
For the last spot I have to go with a singer/songwrit-er and that’s Carole King. With a huge collection of great songs and though she’s not a great singer, her songbook is a pop lexicon.
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Since Europeans first set foot on the New World soil, Malaria, the dreaded “Yel-low Fever” has come and gone along the southern reaches with a fury. Par-ticularly in the late 1880’s, the southeastern coastal cities felt its fatal hand. The Charleston earthquake of 1886, felt as far south as Baker County, seemed to be the ominous warning. The fever began breaking out and traveling down the coast, striking Savan-nah early in the summer of 1888. On August 9th, it was declared epidemic in Jack-sonville.
Hundreds fled Jackson-ville daily in the beginning; the more affluent going north, and the less fortu-nate taking trains into the supposedly less susceptible interior. Before the citizens of the new village of Dar-byville had discovered the potential danger and re-fused to permit the passen-gers to detrain, the yellow death and black vomit was in their midst.
Several years prior (the end of the 1870’s), a com-munity had begun to grow around Col. John Darby’s naval stores operations. By 1885, many fine homes had been built by northern im-migrants and a foundation laid for a religious school. The roads and lanes were
dirt, and wide, and a pretty and peaceful cemetery had recently been established for the new town.
By the beginning of Au-gust 1888, the first isolated deaths occurred, and soon a pattern was recognized by the townspeople. Chills and fever were usually followed by the terror-striking black vomit. When that stage was reached, there was only one stage left; Wood-lawn. By the end of August, Darbyville was complete-ly within the grips of the plague, and the surround-ing country began to feel its brutal attack also.
The air was believed to be so polluted by fever germs, that it could be seen, some swearing that, its shade was a dismal green. Doors, windows and flues were kept tightly shut, and rags stuffed in chinks and cracks to ward off the pu-trid air. Some built bonfires and others hung quarters of beef about the town to, respectively, burn off and absorb the fever germs. It would be noted the next day that the raw beef had turned green. In August, that should not have been surprising.
Train crews refused to stop in Darbyville except to unload the barest pro-visions for the dying town, and then the stop was at the
water tank and wood rack on the east side (approxi-mately behind the John M. Brinkley Funeral Home). A doctor and a nurse were let off there, and they, alone, were the professional care through most of the epi-demic. People were dying so fast that funeral services were discontinued, and from coffins, interments went to simple boxes. From boxes, the ever mounting dead were laid in bare dirt graves, and from single graves, burials were made in community ditch-graves. Woodlawn was rapidly filling. Wagons hauled 24 hours a day, especially at night, since most deaths oc-curred then, and survivors dared not allow the bodies to lay longer than the length of a trip to the cemetery.
Bodies were not bathed or prepared because of a lack of time and energy, it was for fear of contamina-tion. Graves like these are reported to exist through-out the area of present Macclenny.
Darbyville’s sister com-munities along the railroad fared no better. Sanderson and Olustee lost much of their populations, and Mar-garetta was wiped out. Con-servative estimates claim that 90 percent of Dar-byville, Cedar Creek and Glen St Mary were lost to the fever.
With no editorializ-ing, the following incident is related as was told by the witnesses Mrs. Mary Thompson and Mrs. Victo-ria Williams. At the south-east corner of Macclenny Avenue (U.S. 90) and 4th Street in Macclenny stands one of the few remaining Darbyville houses.
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8. *Walt Kelly’s comic strip (1948-1975)9. *Aldous Huxley’s journey10. *Mandela’s org.12. Foil13. Aquarium scum14. *Conflict without active fire19. One step to success?22. “For ____ a jolly...”23. Half-rotten24. *Manhattan Project invention25. Don’t do this to words!26. Raunchy27. Dispatch boat28. *Aden Emergency locale31. Skunk’s defense32. *”The Century Trilogy” author
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The woman I admire is my grandma. I admire my grandma because she inspired me by showing me school is important. She was a science teacher in middle school when I was in Pre-K. My grandma taught me to read and write. When I got to Kindergarten and started getting homework she helped me with it. I called her ma and my little brother called her da. She passed away last year but I still admire her.
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My mom is the woman I admire the most. She showers me in love and attention. When I get hurt she comes to the rescue. I get scared sometimes and when I do, my mom takes care of it. She’s the one who makes sure I have clean clothes to wear. She’s the one who makes me wonderful dinners to eat. She’s the one who made me in the � rst place! She just makes me smile. She’s the best gift I ever received. No matter what, I’ll always love my mom.
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Do you know who Rosa Parks is? She is a woman who fought for her rights, and eventu-ally her dream came true! Rosa Parks wanted to end discrimination. She was a woman who never gave up. Rosa Parks was treated badly because of the color of her skin. During the Civil Rights Movement, there were water fountains for each color, and white children couldn’t play with black children. It was sad, until Rosa Parks stood up for herself and stood against discrimination. She made the world a better place, and I hope you will too!
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Laura Ingalls Wilder. Laura was a homesteader as a child, with Pa, Ma, and Mary, her big sister. She taught students when she was 15! When she was all grown up, she gave birth to her � rst (and last) child, named Rose. When Rose was an adult, Laura started to write her very � rst books. When they were � nished, she gave them to Rose. She had a hard time getting her books published. But one publisher thought maybe they could be used for middle school. Laura loved that idea, because she loved to read books in middle school. That is how she came to be a beloved childrens author and a woman that I admire.
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Bill Barlow, 89, a decorated MarineRalph W. “Bill” Barlow, 89, of
Deland, FL died peacefully on Febru-ary 18, 2109 surrounded by his loving family. He was born and raised in Or-lando, graduating from Orlando High School in 1947. That same year, he became a lineman for Southern Bell Telephone, and in 1954 married Al-ice Ferris of Orlando and they lived there until 1958 when he transferred to Deland. Along with their four chil-dren, they lived there until 1968 when he transferred to Jacksonville before moving back to Deland in 1979 where Mr. Barlow served as central Florida district manager until he retired in 1985 after 38 years with Southern Bell. Bill proudly serviced his country in the Ma-rine Corps during the Korean War 1950-53 and was dec-orated for valor and received two Purple Hearts for being wounded in battle.
He was an avid outdoor sportsman his entire live, en-joying bull riding, fast pitch softball, fishing, hunting, and bluegrass music. Bill was an exceptional harmonica player, and had many friends in Baker County as a longtime mem-ber of the Taylor Hunting Club. He was predeceased by parents Ralph and Oza, brothers Jacky and Danny; sister Jodie; grandson Randy.
Along with his wife of nearly 65 years, Mr. Barlow is survived by children Wade (Janet), Gayle, Karen and Bill (Kate) of Glen St. Mary; grandchildren Brett, Amanda, Shane and Jason; four great-grandchildren; many loving nieces, nephews and cousins.
A funeral service was held on February 23 at Allen-Sum-merhill Funeral Home in Deland with interment at Deland Memorial Gardens. The family requests memorials to the Marine Corps League Foundation at http://www.mclfoun-dation.org/memorials/html.
Faye Bryan, 91, onetime residentFaye F. Bryant, 91, of McAlpin, FL
passed away on Wednesday, February 27, 2019. She was born on September 12, 1927 to Claude and Frances Mead-ows in Vero Beach and raised in Jack-sonville. She moved to Macclenny in 1982 and was a member of First Bap-tist Church. Later she moved with fam-ily to McAlpin. She was an avid reader and enjoyed word puzzles. She also loved TV westerns and games shows. Above all, she loved her family and she will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved her.
Mrs. Bryant was preceded in death by her husband Herbert Bryant; son Joe Stephens and daughter Jean Diamond; brother Sonny Meadows; her sisters Lucille McKinnon and Carrie Vituschi; daughter-in-law Darlene Bryant.
Faye was a sixth generation grandmother and is sur-vived by children Linda Dion (Paul), Johnny Bryant, Tom-my Bryant Sr. (Donna) and JoAnn Bernsed (Tony); 100 or more grandchildren; more than 50 great-grandchildren; and many great-great and great-great-great grandchildren. She touched the lives of so many and her memory will be cherished forever.
A service to honor the life of Mrs. Byrant was held on Tuesday, March 5 at Jacksonville Memory Gardens Funer-al Home in Orange Park. Interment followed at Jackson-ville Memory Gardens Cemetery.
Service for Cecil Crews on March 4Cecil Elbert Crews, 72 of Macclenny
passed away Friday, March 1, 2019 at Orange Park Medical Center. He was born on September 15, 1946 in Glen St. Mary to the late Hamilton and Rosa Lee (Starling) Crews. Cecil was a re-tired correctional officer with the State of Florida, and was greatly loved and will be missed by his family and many friends.
In addition to his parents, Mr. Crews was predeceased by his beloved wife of 28 years, Vera Mae Crews.
A celebration of Mr. Cecil’s life was held at 7 p.m. on March 4, at Forbes Funeral Home in Macclenny with Brother Roy Crews offi-ciating. He was laid to rest in Woodl
Clarice Davis, 80, of Sanderson diesClarice Wheeler Davis, 80, of Sand-
erson passed away on March 1, 2019 after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease. She was raised in Jacksonville and a 1957 graduate of Andrew Jackson High School. Clarice was a wonderful wife, mother, sister and grandmother who will be forever missed and loved. She was preceded in death by her par-ents Charlie and Lessie Wheeler.
Mrs. Davis is survived by her hus-band of 57 years, Bud Davis of Glen St Mary; sons Jason (Tami) Davis and Scott Davis of Glen St Mary; grand-daughters Brittany and Kristy and one great-grandson; her sister Willie Belle Wheeler Booth and brother Charlie (Ann) Wheeler Jr; numerous extended family members.
The funeral service to honor Mrs. Davis was at 11 a.m. on Monday, March 4, at the chapel of Guerry Funeral Home in Macclenny with Rev. Tommy Richardson officiating. Interment was at South Prong Cemetery in Sanderson. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Com-munity Hospice and Palliative Care, 4266 Sunbeam Road, Jacksonville, FL 32257 and to the Parkinson’s Foundation, https://parkinson.org/ways-to-give
Funeral held Friday for Daryl NormanDaryl W. Norman, 62, of Glen St
Mary passed away February 27, 2019 at St. Vincent’s Riverside Center for Caring in Jacksonville, Florida. He was born in Glen St. Mary on November 8, 1956 to Carlos Norman and Thel-ma Wright Norman. Daryl was a life-long resident of Baker County and a member of the Taylor Church. He was a truck driver for many years. When not working he enjoyed gardening and fishing. Daryl was predeceased by his parents; first wife Blanch Louis Nor-man; brothers Auzzie, Melvin and Eric Norman.
Mr. Norman is survived by his loving wife Cheryl Nor-man of Glen St. Mary; children Elizabeth Ann (Derrick)Manning of Sanderson, Debbie Louise (Doug) Mobley and Daryl W. Norman Jr. of Glen St Mary, Angela (George) Edenfield of Union, SC, Matthew (Neliann) Robinson of Johnson City, TN, Michael (Amber) Walrath of Jackson-ville, Thomas (Kayla) Cash of Woodruff, SC; brothers Riley (Teresa) Norman and Reggie Norman of Middleburg, Fl, Jerry (“Ski” Zola) Norman of Sanderson, Kelly (April) Nor-man of Baldwin; sisters, Inez (Gerald) Bennett of Gaines-ville, Bernice (Bobby) Crawford of Glen St Mary, Jane Weathington of Sanderson; grandchildren Austin, Kaleb, Gracie and Faith; seven step-grandchildren.
A celebration of Daryl’s life was held at 3 p.m. on Fri-day, March 1 at his church with Pastor Jim Cox officiating. Interment followed at Taylor Cemetery. V. Todd Ferreira Funeral Services of Macclenny was in charge of arrange-ments.
Susan Phillips, 53, dies February 27Savan “Susan” Woods Phillips, 53, of Macclenny died
Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at Community Hospice in Jacksonville following an extended illness. Mrs. Phillips was born in Baker County and resided in Macclenny her whole life. She worked security at Northeast Florida State Hospital for 25 years and enjoyed anything to do with the Georgia Bulldogs or the Atlanta Braves. She was a loving mother, grandmother and friend. She was preceded in death by her father, Aubrey Lee Woods, and her first hus-band Anthony “Tony” Eugene McCormick.
Mrs. Phillips is survived by her husband of 29 years, Robert Sidney Phillips of Macclenny; mother Charlotte Suttors of Macclenny; sons David W. (Brandi) McCor-mick of Virginia and Robert M. (Myca) Phillips of Hamp-ton, Arkansas; step-daughter Alexis Asbury of St. Louis, Missouri; brothers Aubrey Lee Wood Jr of Sanderson, William (Kathy) Woods of Jacksonville, Paul Woods and Phillip Woods of Sanderson; sister Becky Hyers of Fernan-dina Beach; grandchildren Justin, Jerrod, and Mackenzie McCormick; longtime sister-in-law and best friend Linda (Mike) Norkavage of Macclenny; boyfriend Scott Wood.
An hour-long visitation to honor the life of Mrs. Phil-lips was held at 4:30 on Monday, March 4 in the chapel of Guerry Funeral Home in Macclenny.
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JOEL ADDINGTONMANAGING EDITOR
BCHS seniors Ally Rich-ardson and Cheyenne Lu-kander were recently se-lected as the Class of 2019’s valedictorian and saluta-torian, respectively. They sat down with The Press in late February to share more about their academic excel-lence, their experience at the high school and now Florida Gateway College (FGC), and their plans for the future.
“I always just kept my head down and did my work,” recalled Ms. Richard-son. “I guess I’m driven but I just don’t like doing bad.”
She was nervous when called into the administra-tion office at the Glen St. Mary campus to hear the good news. Her principal and the guidance office staff were all together and tried to break the suspense with some humor.
“I didn’t know what was going on and they told me I wasn’t going to graduate, as like a joke ... Then they told me I was valedictori-an. Right after that, I was all shaky. It was like a whirl-wind,” said the daughter of Douglas and Amy Richard-son and sister to Kade Rich-ardson, a freshman football player.
“They were excited,” she said, adding that she and her family somewhat expected the recognition because she was among the top students academically at the end of her junior year. The top 10 juniors each year serve as ushers for seniors during the graduation ceremony.
“They have two head ushers, which were me and Noah Carter. They are like your valedictorian and sa-lutatorian. Our class is, I wouldn’t say competitive, but a lot of our class is really smart. We have over 10 kids in our class who have gone full-time at FGC (Florida Gateway College) this year, so that is kind of crazy,” said Ms. Richardson, who boasts a grade point average of about 4.4 and aced organic chemistry last fall.
When asked to describe her high school experience, she said it was pretty chaot-ic.
“It’s one of the times I feel like you grow the most. I remember going in as a freshman and you feel like a baby compared [to other students] ... It’s where you get your bearings,” she said.
Ms. Richardson enjoyed coming of age in a small community where she knew most of her classmates by name and often saw her teachers support their stu-dents inside and outside the classroom.
Her favorite teacher: Leann Hayes, who taught her college-level math.
“She’s just great. She makes sure you can learn, even if you don’t think you should be in college classes or that you’re not ready. She helps you every step of the way,” said Ms. Richardson.
“Really anyone in the top 10 or top 15 could’ve had
[valedictorian],” she said. “I’m just glad it’s over. I’m glad I’m done. At least for a little while.”
Her biggest challenge was losing her 85-year-old grandfather last September. It happened when she was applying to colleges and tak-ing rigorous courses like cal-culus and anatomy.
“That was probably the hardest thing I went through this [school] year. I was pre-pared to work hard for the 18 credit hours I had. It was just something that came out of the blue,” she said.
Ms. Richardson plans to attend the University of Cen-tral Florida (UCF) next fall to begin studying medicine. It wasn’t her first choice but she fell in love with the cam-pus on a tour and the college offered her $7500 a year for expenses. All of her tuition will be covered by Florida’s Bright Futures scholarship program.
“The area around it was nice,” Ms. Richardson said of UCF, which was some-thing she couldn’t say of her initial pick, the University of South Florida. She toured the Tampa campus as well as Florida State University in Tallahassee and Univer-sity of Florida in Gainesville.
She also leaned toward UCF due to the large medical community in Orlando. Her strengths are in math and science and she admits she’s not great at the humanities.
“I’m definitely not an En-glish person. I don’t like En-glish. I just wrote the last essay I’ll ever have to write. It was a time to rejoice. I was so excited,” she said. “I’m a reader but I don’t like writing. My thoughts don’t translate well onto pages. I like math because it’s not re-ally abstract. You have hard facts and answers you can get to.”
Mr. Richardson, 18, of Glen St. Mary is the presi-dent of the FGC honor so-ciety. She’s a member of the high school’s math hon-ors, Beta, Christian Fellow-ship and history clubs. She also leads fifth and sixth-grade girls in Glen Baptist Church’s Awanas program.
She used to work part-time at the State Farm insur-ance office but now volun-teers at the nonprofit Rack It Up thrift store.
For any younger students hoping to follow in her foot-steps, she said it’s import-ant to prioritize your school work and know when get-
ting a “95” on an assignment is good enough, rather than struggling for a “100” and neglecting another work.
She also stressed study-ing.
“Everyone says take short cuts but it always ends up biting you somewhere down the road,” she said. “... And focus on yourself.”
Ms. Lukander, the Class of 2019 salutatorian, was ex-cited for the honor as well. She expected to be in the top five of her class academical-ly but wasn’t expecting to make the top two.
“I didn’t believe I would be salutatorian ... Because I made a ‘B’ and a ‘B+’ in col-lege classes ... I didn’t expect it,” she said.
She credits her attitude of excellence and not accepting anything less from herself as the reason she garnered the recognition.
“It was hard to prioritize school sometimes but I got away with it. I put in a lot of time last-minute studying.
Even 10 minutes before a test, it still works,” said Ms. Lukander, who attends FGC on the engineering track.
At the beginning of her high school career, Ms. Lu-kander was juggling aca-demics and athletics on the soccer and track teams. She opted out of those sports for the last few year and now ex-ercises solely for her own en-joyment.
“Turns out I don’t like running as much as I thought,” said the Jackson-ville transplant whose par-ents moved here to start a small farm when she was in the fourth grade. “It was just too much every day. And all my friends graduated.”
Now she’s on the cusp of leaving BCHS, too, with hopes of being a scientific re-searcher. The self-described animal lover aims to study biomedical engineering to one day find alternatives to animal testing.
“I want to get my Ph.D. and lead a research team.
Making an impact is really my goal. I want to be able to contribute something,” said Ms. Lukander. “I want to be able to leave something be-hind and if I can leave some-thing positive behind, that’s good.”
Ms. Lukander is a veg-an, despite living on a farm in Glen St. Mary with goats, chickens, turkeys, geese and a pig. There’s also three dogs, four cats and a horse.
“We don’t harm our ani-mals. The most we ever do is occasionally kill off a roost-er or two if it’s hurting the hens. We’ve killed like one goat, but that’s it,” said the senior. “It was hard. I don’t like it at all. I discouraged by dad from doing it, but I think they lived a better life than they would have on a facto-ry farm, which is why I’m a vegan.”
Ms. Lukander competed with the BCHS Hi-Q team for four years.
She quit FFA after two years, calling it uninviting for someone with her diet. She was also in the math honors society at BCHS but not many other extra-curric-ular activities.
“I really didn’t care to pay the dues to not do anything. A lot of the time, that’s what happens,” she said.
Outside of school, Ms. Lukander, the daughter of Carol Lynn and William Lu-kander, enjoys traveling and has plans to visit her sister in Germany this summer.
The 17-year-old plans to start at USF in the fall.
She is the youngest of six children. She has three brothers, ages 18, 25 and 29; and two sisters, ages 27 and 28.
“Growing up it was al-ways pretty rambunctious in the house. I really liked it, honestly. Now they’re all moved out. It’s always nice to talk to them ...” said Ms. Lukander.
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miss you. Hope you know we always will. There will always be that emp-ty space that only you can fill. We take comfort knowing you’re at peace with the angels up above. Tucked safely in the arms of God, surrounded by His love.
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The Wildcats track team competed in its first regu-lar season meet at Wolfson High School with three in-dividuals placing in the top three and a third place fin-ish in a relay event.
Tracy White, a junior, finished the finals for the 100-meter dash in third place. He notched up a time of 11.40 seconds.
In the discus event, Chase Hancock placed third with a length of 36.22 meters. Matthew McDuffie also competed in the dis-cus, throwing 34.98 meters to place fifth in the finals.
McDuffie tossed the shot put 12.04 meters in the finals for second place. Hancock threw in shot put 10.06 meters.
The boys 4X110 meter shuttle hurdle relay team placed third in the finals with a 1:31.59 time.
Wildcat track results
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The Lady Bobcats run trounced Lakeside Junior High in the fifth inning for the second time this season, extending their record to 3-0.
In the first game of the season the Lady Bobcats shut out Lakeside 15-0, but on March 5 the Lady Gators proved they were capable of putting up a fight against Baker County.
Baker County eventually overpowered Lakeside, defeating the Lady Gators 13-3.
At the top of the first inning, Lakeside scored two runs but the Lady Bobcats re-sponded by tying the game up after walking four batters and on a hit by Emily McCabe.
Baker County tacked on six more runs in the second inning, holding the Lady Gators to none.
Emma Richardson started the inning off by taking a hit by pitch and advanced to sec-ond after a sacrifice bunt by Brooklyn Davis.
McCabe reached first after taking a hit at the plate putting runners on first and second with Taylor Mann up to bat. She hit an out-of-the-park homer over left field to earn the Lady Bobcats three runs.
The remaining three runs of the inning
were earned on hits by Kara Davis, Haley Marker, Emily Myers and Richardson.
Despite an error early in the third inning, the Lady Bobcats stopped Lakeside from any scoring opportunities.
In the bottom of the third inning, Baker scored three more runs extending its lead 11-1.
McCabe, Kara Davis and Krista Crews each had hits in the third inning to advance runners.
Lakeside scored its final run of the game in the fourth inning, after smart base running advanced one final runner across the plate.
The Lady Gators switched pitchers in the fourth inning, briefly stunting Baker’s scor-ing spree.
Baker County scored one run in the fourth after hits by Richardson, Davis, McCabe and Mann.
Davis caught a pop fly in center field fol-lowed by Rylie Walker throwing two strike-outs to leave the Lady Gators scoreless in the fifth inning.
The Lady Bobcats brought the game to an end after Kalin Davis doubled on a line drive to center field bringing in Crews to reach the run rule limit of ten.
Purchase this photo at www.bakercountypress.com Photo by Brianna BartlettKrista Crews hits a line drive.
Bobcat run tops Lakeside Photos by Jud Johnson
Tennis team topples Yulee 9-4Baker County’s tennis teams defeated Yulee 9-4 on March 5. The Lady Wildcats won all four of its singles matches and both doubles matches to carry the Wildcats to victory. Pictured above is Jacob Smith who won his singles match 8-3. Below is Conner Butcher who defeated his opponent in the singles match 8-2. They’re scheduled to take the court again on March 7 at 3:30 p.m. at home.
SPORTSThursday, March 7, 2019 The Baker County Press Page 16
BRIANNA BARTLETTSPORTS EDITOR
Former NFL kicker Josh Scobee visited Baker County Christian Co-Op to share his experiences from the NFL but also the trials he faced along the way.
Scobee, a 2004 draft pick to the Jacksonville Jaguars, told the students he never intended to become a profes-sional athlete, but was given an opportunity he knew he couldn’t pass up.
Multiple students at the BCCC asked Mr. Scobee when he began playing foot-ball and to their surprise he answered high school.
It wasn’t until his senior year that Scobee began kick-ing for his high school team. After one season he was awarded a scholarship to play at Louisiana Tech Uni-versity.
Captivated by the fact that he didn’t play football be-fore, students began rattling off questions about what other sports did he play, did he regret not playing sooner and was he any good?
Mr. Scobee also talked about the life experiences that molded him into the man he is today.
He recalled that when his father passed away he was only 13 and he learned to take on more responsibili-ties. He said he was grateful for every opportunity he re-ceived because he knew the hard work that went into it.
Mr. Scobee relived some highlights from his NFL ca-reer, including a personal best field goal of 59-yards in 2010.
Students lined up for au-tographs and one-on-one time toward the end of the session. The star kicker is only the second visitor to the
Baker County Christian ath-lete club, which started in January.
“The goal of this club is to promote great Christian role
models that will share their testimonies of how God has used them in athletics,” said Tara Rhoden, one of the school’s founders.
BRIANNA BARTLETTSPORTS EDITOR
In a sudden change in plans after the weather can-celed the Battle on the Bor-ders tournament, the Wild-cats headed further north to Leesburg, Georgia to play against Lee County on March 1.
Baker County fell to Lee 4-1, but head coach Jarrell Rodgers was impressed with the players’ attitudes and drive to compete despite the rescheduling.
“Traveling is hard enough but then getting a last-min-ute notice, the guys came out and played well,” said Rodg-ers.
At the top of the third in-ning Lee had a 4-0 lead over the Cats.
Rodgers noted that Baker County had opportunities to score in the first two innings, but poor base running elim-inated those opportunities.
In the first inning Hunter Noblitt was thrown out steal-ing third and in the second inning the Cats managed a base hit but an attempt to stretch it to a double and was thrown out.
“We just kind of shot our-selves in the foot early in the game,” said Rodgers. “The base running really killed us, especially with how we were swinging at the plate.”
At the top of the fourth inning the Wildcats scored their only run of the game
after stringing together hits by Cason Milton, Colby Ken-nedy and Mason Platto.
Unfortunately, the hits came with two outs in the in-ning. With runners on first and second, Ethan Wilford struck out to end the inning.
Baker County’s only other chance for a comeback came in the seventh inning when Easton Stevens and Austin Cole were walked.
However, Lane Dinkins hit a line drive to the second baseman who turned a dou-ble play, leaving only Cole at first base. Hunter Noblitt hit the third out of the inning with a pop fly to left field.
Dinkins pitched five in-nings for the Cats, facing 22 batters. He allowed six hits, threw two strikeouts, walked only one batter and had only one earned run.
Mike Davis pitched the fi-nal inning for the Cats, going three up-three down.
In previous games the Cats have had problems on the mound but Rodgers was pleased with Dinkins’ performance during Friday night’s game.
“It was a prime example of how we should be on the mound,” said Rodgers.
The Wildcats made con-tact 13 times at bat, not counting the team hits which totaled at five. Prior to the game Lee’s ace pitcher had not given up a hit this sea-son.
Baker County was sched-uled to travel to Clay on
March 5.
JV Wildcats defeat Colum-bia
The Wildcat junior var-sity team hosted Columbia County on March 4, putting up ten runs in five innings to end the game.
Brady Chauncey led the team with three hits and Jase Knabb added two.
Ethan Wilford pitched
the first four innings for the Cats allowing no runs for the Tigers. Timmy Seymour took over on the mound in the fifth inning to keep the Tigers scoreless and end the game early.
The Cats were scheduled to play Clay on March 5. The Blue Devels previously de-feated Baker County 16-2.
Purchase these photos at www.bakercountypress.com Photos by Jud JohnsonBryce Crews tagging out a runner at the plate.
Caleb Jones pitching.
Cats lose two games in a row
Harrison Muncy makes contact at the plate.
BRIANNA BARTLETTSPORTS EDITOR
Baker County got its bats moving early in a game against Lakeside Junior High on March 5, jumping out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning.
The Bobcats totaled eight hits compared to the Gators’ two.
Luke Davis pitched the first two innings for the Bobcats without giving up a hit and striking out three batters.
Davis, Brody Griffis, Jacob Miller and Harrison Muncy scored in the first inning to build the Bobcats’ early lead.
Lakeside and the Bobcats earned one run in the second inning, bringing the score to 4-1, Baker County.
The Bobcats placed Muncy on the mound in the third in-ning. He struck out two batters in three innings of pitching.
The Bobcats added two runs in the fourth after hits by Da-vis and Griffis advanced runners.
In the fifth inning Baker County added its final run of the game after a single to left field by Ashton Johnson brought in Miller, who reached first base on a walk.
The Bobcats stole a total of 16 bases in their first home game of the season. Miller led the Bobcats with six stolen bas-es.
Jayden Givens pitched the final inning for the Bobcats, striking out one batter, giving the Bobcats a 7-1 win.
The Bobcats were scheduled to host Oakleaf Junior High on March 7 at Baker County High School.
Bobcats out muscle Lakeside in victory
Miley Yarborough poses with Josh Scobee.
Retired NFL kicker visits BCCC
BRIANNA BARTLETTSPORTS EDITOR
Local swimmers on the Episcopal AmberJax team found success at the Florida senior championships and Florida spring age group championship, otherwise known as Flags.
Trent Mobley, Mady-Belle Ash and Braeden Knight com-peted in the Florida senior championships held in Orlando at the Rosen Y Aquatic Center.
Knight competed in the finals for the butterfly event, at various lengths. Hiss best finish was in the 100-yard butterfly with 50.37 seconds, that placed him in fifth.
Knight placed sixth in the 200-yard butterfly event with a 1:51:87 time. In the 50-yard butterfly event, he placed sev-enth with a time of 23.50 seconds.
Knight also competed in various relay events with other teammates. The EAJ best relay finish was in the 400-yard medley with a time of 3:22:45, good enough for a first place. Knight swam the freestyle portion of the relay with a time of 47.48 seconds.
Mobley’s best finish at senior champs was in the 50-yard breaststroke preliminaries with a time of 29.43 seconds. He also swam in a 50-yard breaststroke swim-off that he won by besting his opponent by less than one tenth of a second.
Ash competed in various lengths in the breast stroke event, with a best finish in the 100-yard breast stroke. She swam the event in 2:46.42 to finish 42nd in the preliminaries.
Ash also swam in the 400-yard medley relay with her teammates to finish 40th with a time of 4:15.99
Prior to the senior champs weekend, Jordyn Knight com-peted at the Flags competition on February 21-24 in Orlando.
Knight competed in two consolation finals, the 50-yard backstroke and the 100-yard individual medley events.
Knight finished the 50-yard backstroke event with a 30.43 secondstime to place 12th. In the 100-yard individual med-ley, Knight swam a 1:07.23 to finish the event in 15th.
Along with his teammates, Knight also swam in various relay events, with a best finish of tenth place in the 400-yard free style relay. The team swam the event in 3:58.29.
Swimmers place high at Fl champs
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Struggling at the plate, the Lady Wildcats fell 4-2 to 2018 FHSAA class 5A state runner-up West Nassau in the season home opener on March 4.
Down 4-1 at the bottom of the seventh inning, the Lady Cats had one final opportunity to close the gap and take the lead.
Bases were loaded after Sara Keves was struck by a pitch, Liz McGovern was walked and Caitlin Harvin singled on a line drive to shortstop.
With two outs, Katherine Rhoden cracked a line drive to the second baseman, who was just barely able to snag the shot to end the game.
Earlier however, the Lady Cats struggled to get on base with sporadic hits in each inning.
West Nassau took the lead in the third after an error in the outfield allowed runners to advance and the Warriors to score a run. The visitors earned a second run with a hard ground ball to center field.
Down 2-0, the Lady Cats only got one hit in the bottom of the third inning.
Baker County held the Warriors scoreless until the sixth inning when they extended the lead 4-0 on two errors at the top of the inning.
The Lady Cats finally got on the board in the bottom of the sixth inning with a run by Harvin. She was brought in by Taylor Crews on a double to center field.
Baker County totaled five hits and seven strikeouts in the non-district contest.
Liz McGovern started the game on the mound for the Lady Cats, allowing three hits and only two earned runs.
Taylor Crews took over for McGovern in the fifth inning throwing two strikeouts. West Nassau got two hits off Crews but no earned runs.
Ladies lose pitching contest to Trinity Christian
Baker County traveled to Trinity Christian Academy on February 28 and held the 2018 FHSAA class 4A state run-ner-up scoreless until the sixth inning.
The conquerors scored on a double to left field that brought in the base runner walked by Madison Lagle.
Lagle, a freshman, pitched the entire game for the Lady Cats, striking out 12 batters and giving up only one hit.
Both teams dominated on the mound, which put pressure on hitters from both sides.
Trinity pitcher Bailey Cooley threw six strikeouts and al-lowed three hits.
Baker County’s three hits came from Katherine Rhoden, Mikayla Mulkey and Taylor Crews.
Due to both pitchers giving up very few hits, players were on high alert defensively to stop any runs.
The Lady Cats handled the pressure and had 18 put-outs with no errors.
Unable to generate more hits off of Cooley, the Lady Cats were held scoreless, falling to the Conquerors 1-0.
Bolles gets shutout
Taylor Crews lead the Lady Cats in the 13-0 win over Bolles on February 26, throwing a shut out and going 4-4 at the plate.
Baker County earned three runs in the second inning af-ter hits by Mackenzie Carter, Crews, Cassidi Beaver, Caitlin Harvin, Liz McGovern, Sara Keves and Katherine Rhoden.
The Bulldogs held the Lady Cats until the fifth inning when the girls extended their lead 9-0.
Crews brought in Brooklyn Kennedy and Carter on a line drive to center field. Kennedy reached the bases on a hit by pitch, Carter followed on a single to right field.
Beaver kept the momentum going on a line drive to center field for a single and brought Crews across the plate.
Madison Lagle notched an RBI on a single to left field that advanced Beaver home. Bolles committed two errors in the field allowing Alyssa Taylor and Lagle to grow the Lady Cats lead. In the sixth inning Baker County added its final four runs after Crews earned an RBI on a line drive to center field and Taylor hit a home run to left field.
Purchase this photo at www.bakercountypress.com Photo by Brianna BartlettTaylor Crews waiting for the perfect pitch.
Lady Cats lose the battle at the plate
BRIANNA BARTLETTSPORTS EDITOR
Wildcat wrestlers competed in the FHSAA class 1A regional championship on March 1 finishing the tournament with a record of 3-4 and six team points.
David Jackson and Juan Torres advanced to the regional tournament, held at South Walton, after finishing the district tourna-ment in the top four.
At the regional meet, neither Jackson or Torres placed high enough to earn a bid to the state meet but gained valuable experience to carry into their senior season.
Jackson lost in the first championship
round, but avenged himself winning the next two rounds.
He defeated Logan Meechan by fall-over just after the three minute mark. Jack-son went on to win by decision over Dalton Posick, 12-10.
Jackson was ultimately beaten by Jona-than Harvey, who won by fall-over approach-ing the fourth minute.
Jackson earned four team points. Torres began the tournament with a win
by decision over Orlando Trevino, 13-9. In the quarterfinals Torres fell to RJ Igle-
sias at 51 seconds. In the following match, he lost by major decision to Reilly Gentges, 10-1.
Torres earned two team points.
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