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Lost WWII canteen finds its way back to Starke’s Ricks
BY CLIFF SMELLEY
Regional News/Sports Editor
With the encouragement of the
gathering of friends and family at
Starke’s American Legion Post
56, Jesse Ricks of Starke tipped
the canteen to his lips as if to
drink—something he last did
with that particular canteen
more than 60 years ago.
The canteen belonged to Ricks
when he served in the Army’s
941st Field Artillery Battalion
during World War II. He lost it
near Santenay, France.
Thanks to the passion of Glyn
Nightingale of Stourbridge,
England, the 92-year-old Ricks
and the canteen were reunited.
“I didn’t think I’d ever see it
(again),” Ricks said.
Nightingale, who scours the
land near his vacation home in
France for World War II items,
said he believed servicemen
were supposed to put the first
letter of their last name only,
accompanied by their four-digit
serial number, on their personal
belongings. Yet carved into the
canteen was “JJ Ricks.” That
helped Nightingale discover
who the owner was.
Mike Ricks, the son of
Jesse, said his father, who was
a carpenter, made a habit of
carving his name into the tools
he owned.
“When (Nightingale) told me
it had his name on it, it was no
surprise to me because he put
his name on everything,” Mike
Ricks said.
Nightingale traveled more
than 4,500 miles with his
family—wife, Elaine, and sons
Ben and Sam—to give the
canteen to Jesse Ricks.
“It means a lot to me,” Jesse
Ricks said.
Nightingale’s
vacation
Sam Nightingale,
one of Glyn
Nightingale’s
sons, gives
Jesse Ricks
a hug. Sam
Nightingale was
the one who
actually found
the canteen in
a barn, using
his iPhone and
a flashlight
application.
LEFT: Glyn
Nightingale
presents the
canteen to
Jesse Ricks
at a gathering
of friends
and family
at American
Legion Post
56 in Starke.
BELOW: Jesse
Ricks, his wife,
Lucille, and son
Mike look at
Jesse’s pictures
from World War
II.
Jesse Ricks shows off the
side of the canteen with his
name carved into it.
home is actually situated on a
battlefield on which the 83rd
Division fought. He became
interested in finding objects
specifically belonging to the
division and its 329th, 330th and
331st regiments. As Nightingale
West Gadsden defeats Tigers
76-51 in state semifinals
BY CLIFF SMELLEY
Union County High School
head boys’ basketball coach
Rufus Jefferson said his team did
the little things well in its Class
1A-Region 4 championship win
over Baldwin, but the Tigers
committed 19 turnovers and
struggled to make field goals
and free throws in a 76-51 loss to
West Gadsden in a state semifinal
game on Feb. 26 in Lakeland.
West Gadsden, which played
Holmes County—a 51-48 winner
over Hawthorne—for the state
title on Feb. 27, hurt the Tigers
inside and out, with Brandon
Shingles making six 3-pointers
and Marquis Brown scoring a
game-high 25 points around
the basket. Brown grabbed 14
rebounds.
The Panthers (25-8) also
scored more than 20 points off of
19 turnovers.
Union (17-13) made 17-of-48
field-goal attempts, including
going 5-of-21 from beyond the
arc.
At the foul line, the Tigers
were 12-of-27.
Both teams struggled from
the field in the first quarter,
though West Gadsden had
three 3-pointers from Shingles
in taking a 13-7 lead into the
second quarter.
Prince
Alexander
gave
the Tigers a spark with three
3-pointers. His second pulled
them to within 15-10. Then, after
he rebounded a West Gadsden
miss at the other end, Alexander
knocked down a second straight
shot from long distance.
Daquin Edwards’ foul-line
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put it, he wanted to let people
know there was more to
America’s involvement in World
War II than the 101st Airborne
Division, which was profiled in
the book and subsequent HBO
miniseries “Band of Brothers.”
The location of every item he
finds is mapped, creating a more
vivid picture of the battlefield.
Nightingale researches each
item and tries to determine who
the owner was. He keeps the
items in a room at his home.
“When people visit my house,
they can learn there are more
divisions of the American Army
in World War II than the 101st
Airborne,” Nightingale said.
“Everybody’s heard of the 101st
Airborne.
“I had never heard of the 83rd,
but because my house is there, I
wanted people to learn about the
infantry foot soldier.”
Nightingale has found items
such as shell casings, round
clips, inert grenades, shaving
and other personal-care items
and even false teeth. He recalled
lying in a stream of water in a
ditch in sub-zero temperature
one time trying to dig up an item
buried in mud and muck.
An M1 Grand rifle was
found by a family that lives in
See CANTEEN, 2B
2B
Telegraph, Times & Monitor B Section • Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013
24. (Livestock and exhibit areas
are open Tuesday, March 19,
through Saturday, March 23.)
For more information, please
call the fair office at 904-9645252, or visit the fair’s Facebook
page at www.facebook.com/
bradfordcounty.fair.
performs throughout the year in
the Southeast.
Tickets for the family-friendly
show are $10 for adults and
$5 for students. They may be
purchased at the door beginning
at 6 p.m. the night of the show or
at numerous area churches.
Andrew
Crosby family
reunion set
Emersyn Sophia Brooks
Birth: Emersyn for Saturday
The Andrew Crosby family
Sophia Brooks reunion
will be held Saturday,
Chris and Michelle Brooks
of Starke announce the birth of
their daughter, Emersyn Sophia
Brooks. She was born on Feb. 6,
2013, in Gainesville, weighing 8
pounds, 4 ounces, and measuring
20 inches in length.
She joins siblings Darsyn,
Kyle and Bree.
Maternal grandparents are
Hilton and Nancy Coleman of
Starke. Paternal grandparents
are Don and Marilyn Brooks,
also of Starke.
Time to plan
for BC Fair
participation
If you are interested in
participating in this year’s
Bradford County Fair, now is the
time to start preparing. The fair
opens under the theme “Down on
the Farm” on Friday, March 15,
and runs through Sunday, March
March 2, at 10:30 a.m. in
Building 3 of the Bradford
County Fairgrounds.
Bring enough food for family
and a little extra, as well as
tea. Lunch will be served at
approximately noon.
Jesse Ricks acts as if he’s going to drink from the lost
canteen with some assistance from Glyn Nightingale.
CANTEEN
Continued from 1B
a farmhouse near Nightingale’s
home in France. Nightingale
said he asked if he could buy
the rifle for his collection, but
the man he asked said his father
wouldn’t sell it. Nightingale,
though, talked to the man’s
father and explained how he was
collecting and preserving the
items with no intent to sell them.
Nightingale got his rifle and
was invited to the family’s home
to look around. It was while
looking through one of the
family’s barns that Nightingale’s
Relay for Life
fundraising
sock hop is
Saturday
Samuel Markham
James Rogers’
concert to help Archer Funeral
welcomes
Food Pantry
back Markham
is Saturday
Entertainer James Rogers
returns to Starke Saturday, March
2, for a 7 p.m. performance
at the Bradford High School
auditorium to benefit the
Bradford Food Pantry.
Rogers will play and sing your
favorite songs for the 25th time
since the Food Pantry has been
assisting the needy. He has been
a lead for the Dolly Parton show
in Tennessee for a long time and
son Sam, using a flashlight
application on his iPhone,
discovered Ricks’ canteen.
“It was covered in dust,”
Nightingale said. “I never saw
it.”
After washing the item,
Nightingale took a picture of it
with his phone and emailed it to
his son Ben. Ben and his mother
began researching Ricks’ name
on the Internet. They discovered
there was a J.J. Ricks in New
York and one in Florida.
Nightingale reached out to
people on Facebook, hoping he
could gain more information.
That led to the information that
the J.J. Ricks in New York was
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Funeral Service, receiving an
associate of science degree in the
field of funeral services. While
in college, he was a member of
the Pi Sigma Eta fraternity of
morticians.
He will be serving his funeral
director and embalmer internship
at Archer Funeral Home in Lake
Butler.
Team Pink’d, a fundraising
team for the Bradford-Union
Relay for Life, is hosting a sock
hop on Saturday, March 2, from
7 p.m. until 10 p.m. at the Starke
Golf and Country Club.
Music of the ‘50s, ‘60s and
‘70s will entertain guests.
There will also be refreshments,
contests and prizes.
For advance tickets, which are
$8, please call 904-964-9324.
Tickets purchased at the door
are $10.
BC Extension
to host food
preservation
class March 8
Archer Funeral Home is
pleased to welcome back Samuel
Wesley “Wes” Markham.
Markham was born and raised
in Lake City, graduated from
Columbia High School in 2010
and is a member of First Advent
Christian Church in Lake City.
Markham worked as an
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There is no need to worry
of Gupton-Jones College of
any longer. The Bradford
deceased, but the one in Florida
was still alive.
The end result was that Mike
Ricks, who saw a photo of the
canteen, said it was indeed his
father’s. Something, though,
was bugging Nightingale.
“I wasn’t 100-percent happy
because I had never heard of
the 941st,” he said, referring to
the unit Jesse Ricks served in.
“Where was the link to the 83rd
Division?”
Nightingale’s wife, Elaine,
solved the mystery through
more research.
“The 941st, at the start of July
1944, was supporting the 83rd
Division north of Santenay,”
Nightingale said. “That was it. It
dropped into place.”
Jesse Ricks said he must have
lost the canteen when he was
helping some men butcher a
cow in a barn. He said prior to
helping, he took his belt off and
laid it to the side. His canteen
was on the belt.
“Now that’s as far as I can
tell you,” Jesse Ricks told
the gathering at the American
Legion post.
Nightingale provided the
rest of the story. Mike Ricks
couldn’t say enough about the
effort Nightingale and his family
made on returning the canteen,
especially at a time when his
father has come full circle in
regard to the war. Mike Ricks
said his father more readily talks
about the experience and has
shown an interest in finding out
if others he served with are still
alive.
It has been part of a healing
process for his father, Mike
Ricks said, and the Nightingale
family has been a part of that.
“I think it’s wonderful,” Mike
Ricks said. “I think we’re going
to be friends for the rest of our
lives. I think his children are
going to be friends with my
children for the rest of their
lives.”
As Jesse Ricks acted as if
he would take a drink from his
old canteen, someone asked
him if he wanted to fill it with
something good. “No,” he said,
which brought laughter to the
room. “It’s been too long.”
County Extension Service will
be offering a class on food
preservation Friday, March 8,
from 9:30 a.m.–2 p.m. at the
Extension office, located at 2266
N. Temple Ave. in Starke.
The program will emphasize
how to safely can fresh produce.
Come and learn the newest rules
and techniques for keeping your
family safe while preserving
foods.
The cost of the program is
$7 per person. Participants
will receive the newest food
preservation information along
with freshly made jam or jelly.
The latest edition of “So Easy To
Preserve” will also be available
for purchase for an additional
$15 if interested.
Stop
by
the
Bradford
Extension office to register and
pay by Tuesday, March 5, before
4:30 p.m., or call 904-966-6224
for more information.
‘Murphy’s Law’
fundraising
fishing tourney
is March 9
The Bradford-Union Relay for
Life fundraising team Murphy’s
Law is hosting a bass tournament
Saturday, March 9, which will
launch from the Little Lake
Santa Fe boat ramp.
The tournament—in honor of
Stephen Murphy—is scheduled
for safelight until 3 p.m. The
entry fee is $70, plus there is
an optional big fish pot for an
additional $10.
A first-place prize of at least
$750 will be awarded.
There will also be food, 50-50
drawings and prize drawings.
Please call Brooks Morrel
at 719-491-8476 for more
information.
Leverette
receives
Admiral
Eugene J.
Peltier Award
Navy Seaman Apprentice
Sean T. Leverette, son of Ottis
D. Leverette, of Keystone
Heights, along with other sailors
attached to the Naval Mobile
Construction Battalion (NMCB11) recently received the Rear
Admiral Eugene J. Peltier Award
for fiscal year 2012.
Units selected for this
prestigious
award
are
recognized leaders in the Naval
construction force in safety,
overall performance, readiness,
construction accomplishment,
equipment
management,
logistics programs, retention and
training.
NMCB-11 completed an
eight-month deployment in
Afghanistan during 2012 in
which the battalion set the stage
for the surge drawdown of U.S.
and coalition forces and eventual
transfer of mission to the Afghan
forces.
NMCB-11 is a Seabee battalion
specializing in contingency
construction, disaster response,
and humanitarian assistance.
The battalion is homeported in
Gulfport, Miss.
Leverette joined the Navy in
May 2011.
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3B
Union boys earn 2nd straight regional championship
BY CLIFF SMELLEY
Strong
second-half
performances by Keldric Bradley
and Shaimea Maeweather helped
lead the Union County High
School boys’ basketball team to
a 50-38 win over Baldwin in the
Class 1A-Region 4 championship
game on Feb. 23 in Baldwin.
Prior to 2012, the Tigers had
only made it to the Final Four
once, but they’ve now done it
two years in a row.
“I’m very elated to be in this
position,” Union head coach
Rufus Jefferson said. “First,
I want to give all praise and
glory to God for giving us the
opportunity.”
This year, though, Union,
which was the District 7 runnerup, did so without playing either
of its two regional games at
home.
“This year, we had to win
two straight away games (to
get back),” Maeweather said.
“We had to overcome so much
adversity, but we stuck through it
as a team. Our fans were behind
us, God was behind us and we
just made it through. We’re
going back. We’re going back.”
Maeweather and Bradley
scored nine and 12 points,
respectively, in the second half
as Union erased a four-point
deficit.
The Tigers led by four entering
the fourth quarter, and even
though they made only three
field goals in that quarter, they
were 3-pointers by Bradley and
Maeweather.
Carl Alexander (left) falls to the court after receiving
an offensive foul from Baldwin’s Matt Gunter.
Baldwin went 4-of-16 from
the field in the fourth quarter
and turned the ball over four
times. Plus, the Indians missed
the front ends of two one-andone opportunities at the foul
line and went 0-4 from the line
overall in the final quarter.
That was one of the main
differences between the regional
championship game and the
District 7 championship game.
Baldwin made 12-of-14 free
Daquin Edwards
lets out an
exuberant yell
as the Tigers
captured
their second
straight regional
championship
by avenging
their district
championship
loss to Baldwin.
STATE
Continued from 1B
jumper on an assist from Keldric
Bradley tied the score at 15-all.
It was part of an 11-0 run that
also featured a free throw by
Alexander and a floater in the
lane by Shaimea Maeweather.
The
Panthers,
though,
responded with a 17-0 run and
never relinquished the lead.
Brown had three straight baskets
to start the run, including
consecutive dunks off of
turnovers. Archie Albritton and
Shingles followed Brown’s
second dunk with consecutive
3-pointers.
Union scored the first five
points of the third quarter,
getting a 3-pointer from Carl
Alexander and a basket in
transition from Bradley to pull
the Tigers to within 36-27.
West
Gadsden,
though,
maintained a double-digit lead
for most of the quarter and
entered the fourth on a 10-0 run
that featured consecutive layups
by Shingles following turnovers.
Shingles finished the game
with 24 points.
Bradley scored nine points in
the fourth quarter and finished
with a team-high 14 points.
Prince Alexander had 11 points,
while Maeweather and Carl
Alexander had 10 and eight,
throws in the fourth quarter
alone in defeating the Tigers 6662 to win the district, whereas
Union was 13-of-25 for the
game.
In the Region 4 title game,
the Tigers were 14-of-20 overall
and 8-of-10 in the fourth quarter.
“The difference was we had
more hustle and hit free throws,”
Jefferson said. “We did the little
things we needed to do to take
care of business tonight.”
Bradley, who struggled in
the district championship loss,
scoring only seven points, went
4-of-4 from the foul line in the
fourth quarter and finished with
a team-high 19 points.
“I was real motivated,” said
Bradley, who also had 11
rebounds. “My coaches told me
I had to have a big game today.”
It was a slow start for the
Tigers, who didn’t make
their first field goal until 1:22
remained in the first quarter.
Baldwin, though, had only
seven points at that point, so
the basket—a 3-pointer by
Maeweather—pulled Union to
respectively.
Carl Alexander and Edwards
had eight and seven rebounds,
respectively.
Score by Quarter
WGHS: 13231822—76
UCHS:
7151316—51
Union
scoring
(51):
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within three. Another basket by
Maeweather off of an inbounds
pass from Prince Alexander,
made it a 7-6 game going into
the second quarter.
Bradley had yet to score at
that point, but he had seven
of the Tigers’ 11 secondquarter points. His 3-pointer
gave the Tigers their first lead
of the game at 12-11, but the
Indians, in between two missed
3-pointers by Union, got two
straight baskets from Heseny
Arreguin and Matt Gunter.
Gunter had three field goals
in the quarter, the thid giving
Baldwin a 19-15 lead.
The Tigers missed eight
of their final nine field-goal
attempts of the quarter, but
Daquin Edwards’ rebound
putback sent Union into the half
trailing 19-17.
Maeweather, Carl Alexander
and Geordyn Green each had a
3-pointer in the third quarter as
the Tigers outscored Baldwin
16-10. It was a tie game late in
the quarter when a 3-pointer
by Maeweather and a baseline
drive by Bradley gave Union the
lead for good.
Baldwin’s Terry Stripling
pulled the Indians to within 3331 with a basket, but Maeweather
answered with a 3-point basket.
Maeweather finished the
game with four baskets from
beyond the arc.
“My teammates fed me the
ball,” Maeweather said. “They
had their trust in me. When they
gave me the ball, I knew what I
had to do. I had to knock them
down.”
Bradley
later
added
another 3-pointer to give the
Tigers a six-point lead with
approximately four minutes left
in the game.
“It feels good,” Bradley said
after the game when asked
about earning a return trip to
state. “I knew we could do it.”
The Tigers’
Keldric Bradley
(foreground)
drives to the
basket. Bradley
posted a
double-double
and made four
free throws
as part of
Union’s 8-of-12
performance
in the fourth
quarter.
Alexander, Green, Bradley 2,
Maeweather 4. Free throws:
14-20.
4 score in double figures
in regional semifinal win
Maeweather, who made 5-of6 3-point attempts, led four
players in double figures with
24 points as the Tigers defeated
The Villages 86-68 in a regional
semifinal game on Feb. 19.
Bradley, who dished out
seven assists, scored 17 points,
while Carl Alexander and
Prince Alexander scored 12
and 10 points, respectively.
Carl Alexander also had seven
Score by Quarter
UCHS: 26 92922—86
Villages: 9 42332—68
Union
scoring
(86):
C.
Alexander 12, P. Alexander
10, Bradley 17, Edwards 5,
Green 4, Jackson 8, Keller
2, Maeweather 24, Paige 2,
Spitze 2. 3-pointers: Edwards,
P. Alexander 2, Maeweather 5.
Free throws: 10-15.
Score by Quarter
UCHS:
6111617—50
BHS:
71210 9—38
Union scoring (50): C.
Alexander 5, Bradley 19,
Dukes 1, Edwards 6, Green 5,
Maeweather 14. 3-pointers:
Alexander 8, P. Alexander 8,
Bradley 14, Dukes 2, Edwards
4, Green 2, Maeweather 10.
3-pointers: C. Alexander 2, P.
Alexander 3. Free throws: 1227.
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BHS, UCHS compete in annual invitational
Bradford’s
Samantha Cook
competes in the
shot put. She
won the event
as well sa the
discus.
The skies were cloudy
throughout the day, but the
weather cooperated with the
annual Bradford High School
Track and Field Invitational
on Feb. 23 in Starke. Athletes
from Bradford and Union com-
peted against schools such
as Suwannee, which placed
first among both boys and
girls, Santa Fe and Newberry.
Union results were unknown at
press time, but Bradford’s results can be found on page 8B.
RIGHT: Tiana
Sheffield runs
the 100m
hurdles for
Bradford.
BELOW:
Competing in
the 400m run
are Bradford’s
Thomas Hales
(left) and
Union’s Nate
Bridges.
LEFT: Bradford’s
Deantre Burch
gets airborne in
the long jump.
BELOW: Jessica
Brown competes
in the shot
put for Union
County. (All
photos are by
Cliff Smelley.)
Kristen Cook,
who is the sister
of Samantha
Cook, placed
second in the
shot put and
third in the
discus.
Union’s
Anthony
Hendrieth
is stride for
stride with an
opponent at
the start of the
100m dash.
ABOVE LEFT:
Union’s Kyle
Chaffin runs the
1600m. ABOVE:
Nancy Slocum of
Union competes
in the 100m.
LEFT: Bradford’s
Kenny Dinkins
sprints around
a curve in the
400m run. He
won the event.
LEFT: Chris Barron runs
the final leg of the 4x800m
relay for the Tornadoes.
Rachel Ricker was the lead
runner for Bradford in the
4x800m relay.
Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013 • Telegraph, Times & Monitor B Section
5B
Crime
Recent arrests
in Bradford,
Clay or Union
The following individuals
were arrested recently by
local law enforcement officers
in Bradford, Union or Clay
(Keystone
Heights
area)
counties:
Chasity Barwick, 37, of
Melrose was arrested Feb. 25 by
Bradford deputies for possession
of drugs without a prescription.
Bond was set at $1,000 and she
was released Feb. 26.
Patricia Denise Bradley, 29,
of Lawtey was arrested Feb. 20
by Starke police for a probation
violation. Bond was set at
$1,000 and she was released
Feb. 20.
Justin Taylor Clem, 21, of
Starke was arrested Feb. 25 by
Starke police for shoplifting.
Bond was set at $500 and he
Donald Jermaine Daniels,
26, of Gainesville was arrested
Feb. 21 by Bradford deputies
for a probation violation. He
remained in jail at press time.
James Barney Dowdy Jr.,
48, of Lake Butler was arrested
Feb. 19 by Union deputies for
disorderly intoxication.
Elizabeth Ann Foster, 40, of
Brooker was arrested Feb. 23 by
Bradford deputies for DUI. She
Eric Shane Geiger, 42, of
Starke police for two counts of
resisting an officer and counts of
battery. Bond was set at $70,000
and he remained in jail at press
time.
Earl Bernard Greene, 40, of
Starke police for driving with a
suspended, revoked or expired
license. Bond was set at $5,000
and he remained in jail at press
time.
Joseph Hampton, 60, of
Jacksonville was arrested Feb.
24 by Bradford deputies for
DUI. He was released Feb. 24.
Joel Benjamin Hayes, 29, of
Bradford deputies for dealing in
stolen property and larceny. He
Bruce Lee Hernandez, 38,
of Lake Butler was arrested
disturbing the peace.
Dustin Lee Hotson, 44, of
Atlantic Beach was arrested
for possession of drugs and
possession of marijuana. He was
released Feb. 24.
Brandon Reese Howard, 39,
of Melrose was arrested Feb.
resisting an officer. Bond was
set at $5,000 and he remained in
jail at press time.
Ashley Jamal Jordan, 25,
Feb. 20 by Union deputies
for possession of marijuana,
producing
marijuana,
distributing cocaine, possession
of narcotics equipment and a
felony probation violation.
Troy Maurice Kearse, 28,
of Starke was arrested Feb.
two probation violations. He
Justen Kelley, 23, of Keystone
Heights was arrested Feb. 20 by
Clay deputies for burglary and
grand theft.
Eric Scott Knight, 24, of Lake
Butler was arrested Feb. 22
by Starke police for 10 counts
of possession of a controlled
substance without a prescription.
Bond was set at $15,000 and he
was released Feb. 22
Kelly Michael Lee, 38, of
Lake Butler was arrested Feb.
23 by Union deputies for hit and
run and disorderly conduct.
Christopher James Mallonee,
40, of Keystone Heights was
arrested Feb. 22 by Starke police
for a probation violation. He
Shannon Britton Miley, 26,
of Worthington Springs was
arrested by Union deputies for
battery. Bond was set at $5,000
and she was released Feb. 20.
Zachery Tristian Miller, 27, of
Wilmington, N.C., was arrested
for driving with a suspended,
revoked or expired license.
Bond was set at $500 and he
Bettie JoAnne Mitchell, 26,
of Interlachen was arrested
for larceny. Bond was set at
$20,000 and she remained in jail
at press time.
Andrew Blake Moore, 26, of
Bradford deputies for resisting
an officer and DUI. Bond
was set at $15,000 and he was
released February 23.
Angela Gene Mosley, 33, of
Bradford deputies for battery.
Greg Stuart Oranski, 24, of
Gainesville was arrested Feb. 23
by Starke police for two counts
of possession of marijuana,
carrying a concealed weapon,
unlawful use of a two-way
communications device and
possession of a weapon while
committing a felony. Bond
was set at $16,000 and he was
released Feb. 24.
Trevor Wes Parrish, 43, of
20 by Union deputies for an outof-county-warrant.
Cheyenne Potvin, 18, of
Jacksonville was arrested Feb.
possession of marijuana and
possession of drug equipment.
Willy Robinson Jr., 40,
possession of drugs, possession
of marijuana and possession of
narcotics equipment.
Damien Melton Sheffield, 22,
of Lawtey was arrested Feb. 22
by Starke police for a probation
violation. He remained in jail at
press time.
Isaac David Simmons, 43, of
Lawtey was arrested Feb. 21 by
Starke police for driving with a
suspended, revoked or expired
license. Bond was set at $500
and he was released Feb. 21.
Christopher Sherouse, 25, of
Keystone Heights was arrested
Feb. 23 by Clay deputies for
battery.
Marie Ann Sova, 32, of
Starke was arrested Feb. 25
by Starke police for three
counts of possession of drugs
and one count of possession
of marijuana. Bond was set at
at press time.
Lessly George Spates, 70, of
Starke police for battery. He was
released Feb. 24.
Joshua David Sutherland,
28, of Jacksonville Beach was
arrested Feb. 21 by Bradford
deputies for a probation
violation. He remained in jail at
press time.
Ulis Phillip Taylor, 42, of
Lake City was arrested Feb.
possession of drugs, possession
of cocaine, possession of
marijuana and possession of
drug equipment. Bond was set
at $17,000 and he was released
Feb. 26.
James Olen Thomas, 31, of
22 by Starke police for larceny.
Bond was set at $1,000 and he
Jessica Thomas, 23, of Lake
City was arrested Feb. 25 by
Bradford deputies for possession
of marijuana, possession of
drug equipment and possession
of cocaine. Bond was set at
at press time.
Nathan Alonso Thomas, 31,
of Lawtey was arrested Feb.
three probation violations. He
David Trosper, 30, of
Keystone Heights was arrested
Feb. 22 by Clay deputies for
burglary of an automobile.
Cricket Varnum, 26, of Lake
City was arrested Feb. 25 by
Branford deputies for possession
of cocaine, possession of
marijuana and possession of
drug equipment. Bond was set
at $17,000 and she remained in
jail at press time.
Andrea S Walsh, 47, Lake
Butler was arrested Feb. 21 by
Union deputies for battery. She
James P. Walsh, 47, of Lake
Union deputies for battery.
William E. Wells, 38, of Lake
Union deputies for disorderly
conduct and battery.
6B
33 Bradford students place in top 5 at HOSA conference
Seven students in the
Bradford County chapter of
Health Occupations Students
of
America-Future
Health
Professionals took first place,
while 26 others placed second,
third, fourth or fifth in various
events at the Jan. 19 Region
2 Winter Conference in
Gainesville.
Bradford students competed
with students from Alachua,
Columbia,
Dixie,
Levy,
Suwannee and Union counties.
“It was a wonderful life
experience,” senior Juanita
Carter said.
The number of Bradford
students who competed at
this year’s contest was more
than double the number that
participated last year. Of the
49 who competed, 33 placed in
their respective events, while
24 are eligible to compete at the
state conference in Orlando in
April.
Placing first for Bradford
were sophomore Kristie Yates
in Growth and Development,
freshman Dylan Whittemore in
Nurtrition, sophomore Kristen
Hoffer in Prepared Speaking and
the HOSA bowl team of junior
Jarraid Forsyth and freshmen
Savannah Cooper, Dawson
Watson and Karsen Whitehead.
Carter was one of six students
who
earned
second-place
finishes. She, junior Austin
Willingham and seniors Nicole
Kristapher
James (left)
and Dakota
Goodge made
up the secondplace CERT
(Community
Emergency
Response)Team.
Jenkins and Shamear Jenkins
did so in Creative Problem
Solving,
while
freshman
Kristapher James and junior
Dakota Goodge did so in
CERT (Community Emergency
Response Team).
James and Goodge talked
of the importance of the
competition and the HOSA
organization to their futures.
“Competition is a great way
to improve your abilities as a
health care worker,” Goodge
said, while James said, “HOSA
is a great experience and helps
you prepare for a beginning
career in health services.”
Bradford students who placed
third were freshman Cody
Tillman in Medical Photography,
freshmen Jaida Turgeon and
Elijah Smith in CERT, and
freshman Matt Stanwix-Hay
and juniors Caleb Blankenship,
Isaac Smith and Stacey Toms in
Creative Problem Solving.
Eight students earned fourthplace finishes: freshman Thomas
Allen in Job-Seeking Skills,
sophomore Jadeja Chandler in
Medical Reading and junior
Austin Norman and sophomores
Taylor Barnes, Taylor Crawford,
Katy Morris, Chelsey Thomas
and Sabina Watson with their
public-service announcement
about preventing hypertension.
Freshman
Jake
Johnson
placed fifth in Sports Medicine.
Bradford HOSA members
wished to thank the BradfordUnion
Technical
Center’s
practical
nursing
students
Melissa
Barfield,
Kristen
Dobbs, Josh Elkins, Cheryl
Hayes, Sherry Rogers and
Tracey Toms for accompanying
the chapter and serving as judges
at the conference for the nursing
assisting and clinical nursing
events.
Members are also grateful for
the Bradford County Education
HOSA members
pictured with
Julie Moore:
(front, l-r) Aleia
Hetler, Kristen
Hoffer, (back, l-r)
Cody Tillman,
Rylee McClellan,
Sierra McClellan,
Preston
Strickland and
Thomas Allen.
Keystone’s
Kayla Walker
slides safely
back into first,
avoiding the tag
of Bradford’s
Lindsey
Wiggins in the
Tornadoes’ 5-2
win on Feb. 21.
Cruce homer
helpls lead
BHS to district
win over KHHS
BY CLIFF SMELLEY
A two-run home run by Taylor
Cruce broke a 2-all tie in the
bottom of the fifth and helped the
Bradford High School softball
team earn a 5-2 District 5-4A win
over visiting Keystone Heights
on Feb. 21.
The Tornadoes, who improved
to 2-0 in the district, got only
three hits against pitcher Kelsey
Waters, but they drew five walks
against her, one of which forced
in a run with the bases loaded in
the first.
Walks played a part in
Bradford’s half of the fifth.
Jordan Davis drew a walk to lead
off the inning. Then, with one
out, Cruce drove the ball over
the fence in left field to put the
Tornadoes up 4-2.
Two walks helped Bradford
load the bases after Cruce’s
homer.
Mackenzie
Gault’s
ground ball allowed Lainie
Rodgers to score the game’s final
run.
Keystone (3-3, 2-1 prior to
Feb. 26) scored the first run of
the game when Ashley Maynard
hit a one-out, solo home run in
the top of the first, but Bradford
answered with two runs in the
bottom of the inning. Davis drew
a walk to lead things off, while
Megan Farmer followed with a
single. Farmer was later put out
at second as Rodgers reached
on a fielder’s choice. With two
runners on, Annie Luke was
hit by a pitch to load the bases.
Adkins then drew a walk to force
Davis home and tie the game.
A dropped third strike allowed
another run to score.
The Indians tied the game in
the third. Waters hit a double
into left field with two outs.
After stealing third, she scored
on Kayla Walker’s single.
Waters was the game’s only
multiple-hit batter, going 2-for3.
Bradford pitcher Adkins gave
up five hits and no walks. She
had six strikeouts.
The
Tornadoes
followed
the game with a 9-2 win over
University Christian on Feb. 22.
(See related story for details and
Bradford’s upcoming schedule.)
Keystone was scheduled
to play P.K. Yonge this past
Tuesday and will host district
opponent Santa Fe on Thursday,
Feb. 28, at 7 p.m. The Indians
and the Tornadoes then play
again on Tuesday, March 5, in
Keystone at 7 p.m.
Tornadoes
improve to 7-0
BY CLIFF SMELLEY
Pitcher Ashton Adkins gave
up three hits, while three players
hit home runs in the Bradford
High School softball team’s
HOSA members (front, l-r) Sierra Greenwell, Lindsey Tucker, (back, l-r) Kristie Yates,
Bailey Creighton, Kelsey Yates, Chelsey Thomas, Katy Morris, Rylee McClellan and
Savannah Cooper.
HOSA members (front, l-r) Shamear Jenkins, Koriana Taylor, Dawson Watson,
Savannah Cooper, Karsen Whitehead (back, l-r) Rima Fares, Bailey Creighton,
Heather Johnson, Nicole Jenkins, Dylan Whittemore and Jake Johnson.
Foundation,
which
helped
provide funds through a minigrant for resource materials that
aided in preparing for the event.
Currently, Bradford HOSA
members are working to raise
additional money to help offset
the costs of attending the state
conference. If you would like to
volunteer and help the students
prepare for competition of with
fundraising, please call HOSA
9-2 win over visiting University
Christian on Feb. 22.
Adkins struck out seven batters
and issued just three walks as she
and Bradford improved to 7-0 on
the season.
Taylor Cruce, who was 2-for4 with a double, and Annie
Luke each hit solo home runs
in the first and second innings,
respectively. It was the fourth
straight game in which Cruce has
homered.
With a 4-2 lead going into
the bottom of the sixth, the
Tornadoes scored five runs, three
of which came on a home run by
Jordan Davis.
Bradford
played
District
5-4A opponent Interlachen
this past Tuesday and will host
district opponent Fort White on
Thursday, Feb. 28, at 6 p.m. On
Tuesday, March 5, the Tornadoes
will travel to play district
opponent Keystone Heights at 7
p.m.
adviser Teresa Jackson at the
Bradford-Union
Technical
Center (904-966-6764).
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