City did nothing about fire officer`s certification lack

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Jax man
identified
in ‘snatch’
robbery
The sheriff’s department
identified a Jacksonville man
as the person caught on surveillance video snatching cash
from the hands of a gas station
owner the afternoon of March
23.
The suspect identified as
Tony Perry, 25, took an undisclosed amount of cash before
fleeing in a 2000 Chevrolet
parked outside Racetrack on
Woodlawn Rd. about 4:40.
Owner Manubai Patel told
Deputy Steven Smith he was
counting money at the cash
register at the time. He took
down the license plate of the
Chevrolet as it sped away, and
police established the suspect’s identity via vehicle registration and a corresponding
driver’s license photo.
In a second but unrelated
strong arm robbery three
hours later, police arrested one
of three suspects and a victim
who gave several different versions of events.
Phillip Bennett, 23, who
called the sheriff’s department
from a residence near his on
Sunshine Lane south of Sanderson, told Deputy Johnny
Hodges he recognized two of
three intruders who entered
his residence and took $54.
He told the officer he was
in a bedroom at the time, then
changed his story several times
in subsequent interviews. He
eventually alleged that Wesley
Zipperer, 24, Gregory Barton,
27, and Randall Barton Jr., 22,
all of Macclenny, robbed him
of between $40-60 and a stash
of marijuana.
Sheriff’s investigator John
Hardin, who is assigned to
drug cases, said a digital scale,
two glass pipes and several
baggies with marijuana residue were found in the residence and confiscated.
Mr. Bennett, who had several lacerations about the face
consistent with a struggle, was
arrested for filing a false incident report.
Police later that evening interviewed Mr. Zipperer, who
denied taking part in the robbery, but admitted to picking
up the other two suspects after
it occurred. He confirmed that
both cash and marijuana were
taken from the victim.
Mr. Bennett said he gave the
conflicting versions because he
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Another
challenger
for Glen
commission
seat
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City did nothing
about fire officer’s
certification lack
KITES
JOEL ADDINGTON
“I have been remiss,” he
said.
Likewise, City Manager
[email protected]
Dopson called the matter “a
A division chief in the City of
clear case of negligence” by the
Macclenny fire department was
city.
recently placed on probation
“Naturally, it’s our obligaand ordered into training classtion to work within the guidees to become a
lines of the
fully-certified
state,” he said.
firefighter in the
“[Mr. Mathis]
State of Florida.
has demonChief Joel
strated his capa“Joey” Mathis’
bilities and comlack of certificamitment to the
tion became a
fire department
problem only afthrough the
ter anonymous
years as a volcomplaints surunteer and fullfaced last year
time fireman.
alleging preferWe felt like that
ential treatment
if we could work
Chief Joel Mathis
of the departthings out, given
ment’s fourth
his past commithighest-paid employee by Mr.
ment, we should give him the
Mathis’ personal friend and
opportunity to get this behind
city Fire Chief Daniel “Buddy”
him,” the city manager said in a
Dugger.
subsequent interview.
E-mails from “A concerned
State statutes mandate that
citizen of Macclenny” were sent
all “regular, permanent” fireor forwarded to city and counfighters hold a Firefighter II
ty commissioners and staffers,
certification, which consist of
including City Manager Gerald
398 hours of training in total.
Dopson and County Manager
All volunteer or part-time fireC.J. Thompson, as well as The
fighters must complete 206
Press, constitutional officers
hours for Firefighter I certifiand state government officials.
cation while full-time firemen
The e-mails prompted an
must have another 192 hours
investigation by the State Fire
for Firefighter II certification.
Marshals Office that ultimately
Documents from the Macresulted in Mr. Mathis’ probaclenny fire department show
tion last January, said Chief
that Mr. Mathis has the FireDugger last week in an interfighter I certification as well
view with The Press.
as certifications for emergency
The fire chief took responsimedical training, fire safety inbility for allowing Mr. Mathis
spections and other competento function as a firefighter for
cies.
nearly a decade without being
Under state law, personnel
fully certified to do so under
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Florida law.
NEWS EDITOR
take to the sky at Westside
Plenty of colorful kites depicting lady bugs, butterflies, sharks and Spiderman, to name a few,
flew through the air at Westside Elementary
School in Glen St. Mary on March 16. With little
wind to lend a hand, children, including third
grader Lillia Munn above, sought out plenty of
running room to dash back and forth in hopes
of keeping their kites aloft. A number of parents
joined the fun, often untangling kites strings,
keeping them out of trees or otherwise assisting with the endeavor. Groups of students took
turns occupying the open field on the campus’
east side for the annual outdoor event.
Graduation redux: Class of 1987 will try it again
JOEL ADDINGTON
NEWS EDITOR
[email protected]
Patricia Hughes Harris of Sanderson and other Baker County High
School graduates from the Class of 1987 missed one of the seminal
moments in young adulthood.
Due to a bad storm, their graduation ceremony was cut short and
they never walked across the stage at Memorial Stadium to receive
their high school diplomas as friends and family cheered and congratulated them for the accomplishment.
“We lived nearby in Macclenny, so we walked to graduation,” recalled Ms. Harris, 43, who was joined by her mother and father that
day. “But when it came time to walk, it started flooding. Severe flooding. We had to swim home.”
The most disappointing part, she said, was that her mother, who
had been so adamant about Ms. Harris finishing school, never got to
the witness the experience. For months afterward, Ms. Harris’ mom
lobbied school officials, to no avail, to reschedule the ceremony.
“Nobody cared for years that the Class of 87 never had their graduation,” she said.
Now, 25 years later, it’s happening.
BCHS English teacher and the district’s 2012 Teacher of the Year
Kelley Norman is organizing a 1987 graduation redux on May 31, one
day before the Class of 2012 is set to graduate.
“Every class reunion they mourn the fact they never graduated,”
said Mrs. Norman by e-mail recently. “They feel like they were deprived a fundamental rite of passage and I really do agree with them.”
It all started last year when Mrs.
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Mathis: not certified for decade
Mr. Mathis’ certification.
Mr. Dopson also disputed the
appearance of favoritism toward
Mr. Mathis.
“Everybody knows Chief Dugger and Joel Mathis are friends,
but I don’t see any calculated attempt to treat him differently ...”
said the city manager. “I’m constantly talking to the chief about
this. It’s OK to have friends, but
your job responsibilities have to
take priority. I don’t see this as a
case of Chief Dugger intending
to hide, if that’s the right word,
Joel from this process. It just fell
through the cracks.”
With regard to other allegations made by the anonymous emailer, including claims that city
officials sent fraudulent documentation to the State Fire Marshals Office and that no background check was completed for
Mr. Mathis’ employment, Chief
Dugger denied both.
He said Mr. Mathis’ criminal
record, which includes misdemeanor property crimes and a
felony conviction for aggravated assault all dating back to the
1990s, is well known to city officials and doesn’t prohibit his employment as a firefighter.
The state’s investigation into
the city fire department remains
open, according to an e-mail
from Tina White, assistant general counsel for the Division of
Legal Services in the Florida Department of Financial Services,
to the anonymous e-mailer, who
used the alias Chris Adams.
“Division representatives will
conduct periodic, unscheduled
site visitations to confirm the City
of Macclenny Fire Department’s
representation that Mr. Mathis is
no longer employed as a regular
or permanent firefighter,” reads
Ms. White’s e-mail dated March
1, 2012. “If determined necessary
by division staff, the division will
take further action to ensure the
city’s compliance with [Florida
statutes].”
Chief Dugger described Mr.
Mathis’ current duties as largely
administrative, writing reports
and processing payroll, for instance. He said Mr. Mathis’ highranking position within the department coupled with his lack
of full certification has not negatively impacted morale among
other firefighters.
“Our morale is better than it’s
ever been,” he said. If anything,
Mr. Mathis’ subordinates are unhappy because their supervisor
can no longer battle fires alongside them, the fire chief said.
Mr. Mathis’ base pay was
$42,350 in 2010, but he earned
$51,931 that year, according to
The Florida Times-Union’s public employee salary database. The
department’s two other division
chiefs — Martin Cole and Glen
“Scotty” Crews — earned about
$1300 and $1054 more, respectively.
Robbery
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is on probation. Court records
do not reflect that, but indicate
he has pending cases for grand
theft, defrauding a scrap dealer,
felony possession of marijuana
with intent to sell and possession of drug paraphernalia.
The investigator filed criminal complaints for robbery
against both Bartons.
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Incinerator doesn’t
pass the ‘smell test’
Dear Editor:
Last week’s story on the plans to build a medical waste incinerator here should raise huge red flags for Baker County residents.
Quoting from the story: “Ms. Hipps [Alberta, a Jacksonville lobbyist] explained the company, which was formed in 2010, has no
history of building or operating such a facility.”
In other words hopefully it will turn out as expected, sort of like a
student driver getting his/her first license. Has the county bothered
to ask Walmart how it feels about the idea.
Doesn’t Baker County have a lobbyist? I would feel better if the
company that wants to build the facility was represented by someone who lives here and has something to lose if anything goes wrong.
I hope the county gets an independent opinion on the proposal.
Until then, we’re just betting things will go as planned. This plan
just doesn’t pass the smell test, and the City of Jacksonville is better equipped to handle hazardous materials in case of an emergency
than Baker County.
Rafael Gonzalez
Macclenny
Raise taxes, you’re gone
Booting tired clichés
‘to the next level’
I am about to take this column to the next level.
ARRGGHHHH!
I’m sorry for that primal
scream. I couldn’t help myself.
There are certain phrases
used so often and for so many
different things that they drive
me nuts.
I watched basketball this
weekend and it was all about
teams and players taking their
game “to the next level.” At
least three commercials were
about taking your iPhone, pizza and car buying experience
to the next level.
It makes me wonder what’s
on the next level that makes
it so good. The Italian writer
Dante in the Inferno said there
were seven levels of Hell. Some
religions believe that there are
different levels to Heaven.
I am fuzzy though about the
levels of car buying experience
and the levels of pizza making.
Dante didn’t mention them. Of
course, I have had a car buying
experience that might count as
one of the seven levels of Hell.
How very frustrating it
must be when you can’t take
your game to the next level.
Forever stuck in Level 4, seeing the next level in reach and
unable to grasp it.
Then there are folks who
are so far up there, they might
not only be at the next level,
RV stolen
in south
Macclenny
A motor home valued at
$5000 was taken from outside
a residence on Chestnut Rd.
southwest of Macclenny between March 16-20.
The 1989 Winnebago belonging to David Sierra, who lives
in Louisiana, was stored on the
property of Renee Jacobs. Her
mother Shirley McKinney called
police when she noticed it had
been removed.
Deputy Robert Simpkins said
he obtained registration information from the owner via telephone, and entered it into the
national crime computer bank.
In other reports involving vehicles, a laptop valued at $450
was taken from a 2002 Toyota
pickup parked overnight March
22 at a residence on North
Lowder.
The vehicle belongs to Scott
Gadsby, and entry was through
a rear window.
Deputy Clements Leo said a
pool pump valued at $100, aluminum cans, rebar valued at
$200 and metal sign posts were
removed from the carport where
the vehicle was parked.
• Tabitha Bennett reported
a headlight valued at $215 was
taken from her 2005 Pontiac
while it was parked on the campus of Northeast Florida State
Hospital the evening of March
18.
The left front of the vehicle
also sustained damage between
8:30-11:45.
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with the Firefighter I certification
may work as full-time firefighters
for up to one year without the additional certification.
Chief Dugger said that Mr.
Mathis attempted to secure the
Firefighter II certification on two
occasions — in 2004 and again in
2008 — but couldn’t complete either due to poor health.
The fire chief also noted that
it’s not uncommon in his department for firefighters to go two or
three years after obtaining the
initial firefighter certification before obtaining the second certification.
“He’s not the only one. We can
only send so many at one time,”
said Chief Dugger. He explained
that other state laws require the
city department keep at least two
firefighters on duty at all times
and it’s been difficult to do that
while sending part-time or volunteer firefighters to become fully certified.
The city pays for such training,
so the city’s budget constraints
have played a role as well, he
said, adding that his budget is
several hundred thousand dollars less than those of municipal
fire departments in Starke and
High Springs.
“Have I been remiss? Yes,”
said the fire chief. “But it’s not
like I’m not trying to get them in
school.”
Mr. Mathis has until January
2013 to obtain Firefighter II certification. Should he fail to do so,
he will be terminated, Chief Dugger said.
However, the most recent ultimatum was not the first.
Back in the fall of 2008, the
city manager and fire chief sent a
letter to all firefighters regarding
Florida law and “qualifications
for employment.”
The memo stated that any
full-time firefighter, which Mr.
Mathis was at that time according to Chief Dugger, who did not
start Firefighter II certification
classes within 90 days and gain
certification would be “subject
to” termination and ineligible for
unemployment compensation.
City Manager Dopson said
the policy outlined in the letter to firefighters was intended
to encourage full certification
throughout the department. He
said the policy was not abandoned and that firefighters failing to get full certification could
be fired, but they didn’t necessarily have to be fired.
“If we’re guilty of something,
it’s not pushing fast enough to
get this completed,” he said of
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but at the last level. I can’t see
Louis Armstrong getting to the
next level. Only the angel Gabriel has a horn a level above
Armstrong.
Or Peyton Manning. Or
soccer player Lionel Messi.
My Side of
the Matter
ROBERT GERARD
There isn’t another level. They
are stuck on the last level. As
Manning is discovering to his
chagrin, the only next level is
down.
I also am tired of “thinking
outside of the box.” What box?
I didn’t know I was in a box.
I don’t dislike that phrase
nearly as much as going to the
next level, however. I can think
of all kinds of creative uses for
that phrase.
Once, when I tried to color
a turkey purple in the third
grade I was scolded for my unrealistic color choice. I wish I
could have told my teacher
Mrs. Dukes that I was merely
thinking outside of the box.
When I bought my wife a
food processor for our anniversary instead of jewelry or
perfume and wound up so far
in the doghouse that I couldn’t
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even see the dog, I should have
told her that I was thinking
outside of the box.
When a Texas state trooper
stopped me on a lonely stretch
of county road for zig-zagging
back and forth between those
orange lane markers after having been driving for 18 hours
without stopping, I should
have just told him I was driving outside of the box. Or the
cone.
It can be used in so many
different ways and with so
many different boxes.
I also don’t like the phrase
“at the end of the day,” as in,
“At the end of the day all the
president has to do is worry
about the economy.” Or, “At
the end of the day we just knew
we had to take it one game at
a time.”
At the end of the day all I
want to do is go to bed.
As a matter of fact, it isn’t
even the end of the day and I
wouldn’t mind going to bed.
I’m hoping that these clichés will go the way of other
clichés and just disappear
from public favor.
I was going to use “Where’s
the beef?” as my example and
then realized that I can’t.
The phrase first showed up
in a 1984 Wendy’s commercial
when septuagenarian Clara
Peller complained about other
hamburger chains by opening her bun and exclaiming
“Where’s the beef?”
It became so popular that
presidential candidate Walter
Mondale used it to describe
his opponent Sen. Gary Hart.
Finally, it lost favor, but then,
inexplicably, it returned in
a 2011 Wendy’s commercial
where a guy eating a Wendy’s
hamburger had a shirt declaring, “Here’s the beef.”
I guess at the end of the day,
Wendy’s was thinking outside
the box and took its commercial to a whole new level.
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Dear Editor:
Our county commissioners
and all elected officials should
consider the following before
they think about imposing any
more assessment fees:
— We cut spending; you cut
spending.
— We take pay cuts; you
take pay cuts.
— We can’t take vacations;
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‘What you had to say ...’
The Press’ Facebook page was a lively
place for debate this week. There were
reactions to a column in last week’s edition by our own Jessica Prevatt about the
proposed special assessments for Emergency Medical Services, plus discussion
of the request to close Barber Road by
residents of the dirt thoroughfare. Here’s
some of what they had to say ...
Tracey Dunmire Anderson:
“I just read in the paper about
them wanting Barber Road closed.
I don’t think that is right. Yes, I am
one the people who take the road
to go to Walmart, but I am one that
does stop at the stop signs and I also
blow my horn on the van at night. I
flash my lights to make sure no one
is coming. It takes less gas to go that
way than the long way to Lowder St.
or the interstate. Now, I also think it
is very gross that people are using it
for a bathroom. That is so gross.”
Dennis Whelan:
“And, the county does maintain
this road, so are the residents willing to take over that responsibility?
I know that I live on a dirt road, and
if it wasn’t for me maintaining this
road, it would be filled with large
ruts.”
Leigh Dubie Tracy:
“I use that road occasionally as
well, since that is a long about way
to get to Wally World. I am the one
who stops for the signs, and usually
there is someone behind me that
gets irritated because I do read the
signs, and I once had a truck come
flying around the curve and nearly
missed me after I stopped and was
just starting to roll on the peddle
to go ... And I haven’t found that
geoacache that is down at the creek
bed.”
Desiree Thomas Griffis:
“I agree with Dennis. If the road
is closed, are the homeowners still
expecting the county to maintain
that road? If the county still maintains it after they close it, that is
considered a county road and county residents should be able to drive
down it just like the people that live
on it. We as taxpayers are paying to
maintain that road now. They can’t
just throw up a ‘road closed to thru
traffic’ sign and say county residents
can’t come down it. People, this isn’t
your private driveway, it is a county
road!”
Jay Cannaday:
“Someone should’ve thought
about that when they put the stop
signs on George Tabor Blvd. in Glen
by the church — it’s not the church’s
driveway!”
In responding to Mrs. Prevatt’s column, Theresa Rhoden sparked a discussion about taxes and public services.
Theresa Rhoden:
“Let me get this straight ... If you
are a property owner in Baker County and you don’t want to see your
taxes go up, according to Jessica
Prevatt, you are selfish? Are you kidding me? Can someone please tell
me what other ways have been considered to close this budget deficit
besides raising my taxes? And why
won’t other options work? ...”
Jessica Prevatt:
“I recall an article in the paper
regarding a recent commission
meeting where the constitutional
officers were told to cut their budgets by at least 10 percent after
being asked for cuts last year also
to keep the millage the same as
fiscal year 2010. Baker County has
the 26th lowest property tax, or
millage, rate in the state. I firmly
believe there are places which can
be trimmed in some offices but
an EMS fee/tax will go directly to
a much-needed service for local
residents. They won’t be able to
use the money for anything other
than salaries, equipment and other
things directly related to the EMS
service. If I need to chip in an additional $50-$100 a year to ensure we
have good employees and equipment, I’m more than happy to do
that. I pay way more to the federal
government every year and those
are the taxes which concern me and
where I feel the most change needs
to happen.”
Theresa Rhoden: “It is my understanding that the $1.6 million
deficit is from uncollected trans-
you shouldn’t take vacations.
— We can’t improve our
homes; you can’t improve or
add county buildings.
— We can’t spend money we
don’t have; neither should you.
— We speak; you listen. If
you raise our taxes or assess
more fees, we vote you out!
Eva Redmon
Macclenny
port fees. This deficit did not happen overnight. It is my understanding that EMS has outstanding bills
from as far back as 2007, maybe
farther. Have the people that owe
the money been contacted to set
up a payment plan? Has the county
contracted with a collection agency
to collect the money owed if all else
fails? ... The easy thing to do is pass
the bill onto the taxpayer. We are
taxed enough already.”
Jessica Prevatt:
“I’m sure they try to collect
those bills, but I would imagine in
a lot of cases it’s like getting blood
from a turnip. If people don’t have
the money whether it’s sorriness or
bad luck, they don’t have it. Are we
going to start sending the EMS out
and making them collect up front
for services rendered?”
Theresa Rhoden:
“I think you are missing my
point. Our elected officials knew
about this for years and chose to do
nothing. They watched the deficit
grow every year but took no action
to collect the money that was owed
for services provided. Now they
are operating in the red. It is my
understanding that two years ago
the idea of turning the uncollected
bills over to a collection agency was
being kicked around — but no action was taken. Now they come to
the property owners. Do you really
think that is the right thing to do?”
Then on March 26, one week before
Spring Break, we asked our Facebook
faithful, “Are you planning a fun trip for
the kids?”
Blanche E Legendre Chinn:
“Yep heading to Daytona Beach
with the grandchildren ... Fun, fun,
fun! “
Angie Davis:
“Going to the movies and shopping for Easter. Son and Mother
can’t wait.”
Colleen Scharphorn Harvey:
“ Myrtle Beach and then Disney.”
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Second challenger in Glen district
MIKE ANDERSON
a trucking company with four
semi-tractors.
The District 5 incumbent,
A second Republican oppoMark Hartley, a history teacher
nent has come forward to chalat Baker County High, was electlenge Democrat County Comed in 2000 and did not draw an
missioner Mark Hartley for his
opponent in his last reelection
District 5 seat, a post he has held
campaign four years ago. This
for nearly 12 years.
time around, he has two trying to
Eddie Davis Jr. said on March
unseat him.
27 that he has never
Jack G. Donker Jr.,
held nor sought public
owner of Fat Jacks
office before, but he beSmokestack BBQ in
came motivated to seek
Baldwin, became the
a commission seat this
first GOP challenger on
year because he wants
March 9 when he filed
to make a difference in
his campaign finance
how county finances are
form to run for the seat.
managed.
Mr. Davis said he
“I’m not too happy
has nothing against
with the way my (tax)
Mr. Hartley, calling the
money’s being spent,”
52-year-old incumbent
the 37-year-old chal“a fine fellow.” It’s just
lenger said, adding that
that he has to run in
Eddie Davis Jr.
he was not pleased by
District 5 because that’s
the commission’s decision the
where he and his family reside.
past couple of years to transfer
The district includes most of the
millions of dollars from the coun32040 zip code and the Town of
ty’s reserve fund to fill back-toGlen St. Mary.
back deficits in the general operMany politicians remain in ofating budget.
fice for years at all levels of gov“Borrowing money to pay bills
ernment. Mr. Davis said he would
just creates a bigger deficit,” Mr.
not become one of them.
Davis said. “Actually, they weren’t
“Absolutely not,” he said. “I
borrowing from the reserves behave a good job. I’m not looking
cause they didn’t pay it back.”
for a career (in public office).”
Mr. Davis, who filed his iniMr. Hartley has announced his
tial campaign finance form on
intention to seek reelection but
March 20 at the Supervisor of
has not yet filed paperwork with
Elections Office, said he doesn’t
the elections office.
exactly know what he would do
The only other Democrat on
if faced with the same budgetary
the board is two-term Commisproblems that confronted comsioner Gordon Crews, who was
missioners last year and the year
reelected to his District 3 seat
before.
without opposition in 2008 and
But he said he is pretty sure
currently serves as chairman.
he would have utilized a sharper
This year, however, he also has
knife to carve more off the exattracted a challenger.
pense side of the county ledger.
Republican Leonard Davis,
“Cut. That’s where I would
65, a retired federal civil service
start,” he said. However, when
worker and a former county fire
he was asked what or where he
chief, filed his paperwork with the
would have cut costs to balance
elections office on March 9, the
the budget, he admitted he didn’t
same day that the incumbent, a
know details.
registered nurse in the emergen“Without seeing where the
cy room at Fraser Hospital, filed
money’s being spent it’s hard for
his initial campaign finance form
me to answer that,” he said. “But
for another reelection bid.
the way I run my business, I cut
County commission candiwhatever needs to be cut when
dates have until June 8 to qualify
times are tight.”
for the 2012 elections by paying
Mr. Davis, a Baker County naa $1,788 fee, or until May 27 to
tive who lives in Glen St. Mary
with his wife Laura nd their
16-year-old daughter Miranda
Lynn, said he started his own
port-a-let business, Pit Stop, in
2001. Previously, he was a selfemployed owner-operator of
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Cocaine dealer
gets six years
A circuit judge ordered a
grand theft cases from 2011 and
Macclenny man to prison for six
got ten months in jail.
years after he admitted to vioThe state dropped two grand
lating probation in a 2010 case
theft cases and allowed James
for selling cocaine to a
Manning to enter a no
confidential informant
contest plea to two othnear a church in the
ers. Judge Rosier withsouth city.
held adjudication of guilt
Charles Denmark,
and ordered him onto a
48, also entered a no
five-year probation.
contest plea on March
He will also pay resti20 to a companion sale
tution to four victims.
and possession count
Tabetha Clendening
that had been pending.
will be in county jail a
It involved an underhalf year, followed by a
cover sale on October
two-year probation term
27 of that year, two Charles Denmark after pleading no condays after the sale for
test to burglary and grand
which he was placed on probatheft.
tion.
The judge withheld adjudicaBoth sales took place at the
tion of guilt and ordered the dedefendant’s 7th St. residence
fendant to pen an apology letter
less than 1000 feet from the
to the victim and have no conFirst Baptist Church of Mactact with the victim.
clenny. The proximity to either
Ralph Whipple pleaded no
a church or school heightens the
contest to drunk driving on a
seriousness of the felony.
suspended license and will be on
Court records indicate Mr.
probation 18 months after comDenmark violated probation
pleting a four-month jail term.
when he tested positive for the
He was ordered to attend DUI
presence of cocaine in his sysschool, serve 50 hours of comtem last November, then lied to
munity service and pay $668
his probation officer about drug
court costs.
use.
His prior record includes a
misdemeanor possession conviction and others for battery
and felony driving with a suspended license.
Judge Phyllis Rosier sentenced three other defendants
There was an inaccuracy
that day for violating probation:
in the article published in the
• Eddie Lee Fields Jr. was
March 15 edition on the arrest of
given nine months in county jail
several persons for manufacturfor violating in 2009 cases for
ing methamphetamine and purpossessing controlled drugs. A
chasing ingredients.
similar sentence was ordered for
Melinda Duncan, 37, of MacLarry Brown for violating probaclenny did not tip off police to
tion on the same offense.
the activities of her boyfriend
• Garrett Gray failed to adBilly Burnham, 33, of Baxter.
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Norman spoke with Ms. Harris after her son, now 19 years old, graduated. The mother of four children, ages 11 to 24, began to tear up when
talking about her mother and how she was the first in her family to finish high school.
“I knew that there were a class full of Patsys who really wanted to
walk. And that was that ... ,” Mrs. Norman said. She sought the blessing of Superintendent Sherrie Raulerson and soon began spreading the
word at home football games last fall.
The graduation re-do will start at 7 pm at Memorial Stadium and
should last about an hour unless all of the roughly 200 seniors from the
1987 class show up to participate.
Mrs. Norman said they’ll actually walk across the stage when their
name is called, do the handshake and receive a faux diploma “like they
should have 25 years ago.” She said the class’ valedictorian and salutatorian have been asked to speak as well as the class officers.
Ms. Harris’ mother is now 81 years old, suffers from dementia and
resides in a Macclenny nursing home. She hopes dearly her mother will
be well enough to attend the ceremony on May 31.
“It will mean so much to me,” said Ms. Harris. “If it wasn’t for her
pushing me, I probably would’ve quit school.”
The day will also be special for another Class of 1987 graduate.
Gerald Ruise of Sanderson will attend the ceremony and then see his
daughter graduate the following evening.
“It’s going to be pretty exciting for me,” said Mr Ruise. “I know some
of the other people will say it’s been so many years ago and they don’t
care about it anymore, but I do.”
Mr. Ruise, a father of five and detective with the Bradford County
Sheriff’s Office, remembers arriving for graduation day in 1987 with
his parents and siblings.
“It was kind of bitter sweet,” he said. “We were graduating and we
longed for this day, but it was bitter that my classmates were going off
to college or the military and it would be quite some time before I would
see them again.”
The sky looked ominous and the young Mr. Ruise and his family
hoped the weather would hold off long enough to complete the ceremony.
“But that wasn’t the case. The bottom fell out. I felt really sorry for
our females classmates — taking all that time on their hair to make it
look really nice,” he said. “Then they got trashed.”
The Ruise family packed up and waded through ankle deep water
before driving to Lake City for dinner.
“It was unbearable,” Mr. Ruise, 42, recalled.
Graduates interested in participating in the May 31 ceremony may
call Fay Sinclair at (904) 259-6286 for more information.
PUBLIC NOTICE
The Baker County Board of County Commissioners is
currently accepting applications from individuals willing to serve on the Land Planning Agency (LPA). This
board, required by the Comprehensive Planning Act,
meets regularly once or twice a month in the evenings
to review and make recommendations to the Board
of County Commissioners on comprehensive plan
amendments, changes in land use classifications, and
other issues associated with land development and development regulations in Baker County. On occasion
there are other public noticed meetings to deal with
related issues.
This position is subject to the Sunshine Law and financial disclosure requirements of Florida Statutes.
Interested parties are encouraged to contact the county
commission office by April 25, 2012 @ 3:00 P.M., at 55
North 3rd Street, Macclenny, Florida (904) 259-3613.
south city battery
County deputies made no
arrests but filed criminal complaints for battery and domestic
battery the past week, including
one against a Macclenny man
for attacking a woman at a W.
Minnesota St. address.
Cassandra Amerson, 28, of
Glen St. Mary was treated at
Fraser Hospital for facial injuries she said she received at the
hands of Sherric Lee, 23, of Macclenny.
Ms. Amerson and two witnesses told Deputy Johnny
Hodges that Mr. Lee became
angry when she would not leave
with him early on March 25 and
struck her several times in the
face. The victim said she lost
consciousness.
In other incidents:
• A complaint for aggravated
domestic violence was filed the
evening of March 25 against
William Johnson, 24, of Macclenny for allegedly shoving his
pregnant wife Kristin, 22, during at argument at the Ocean
Pond campground.
• Keith Jefferson, 54, denied
allegations by Machel Givens,
45, that he attacked her at his
residence on Jefferson Circle
near Sanderson during the early
morning hours of March 24.
Ms. Givens told Deputy
Hodges that Mr. Jefferson
ripped her shirt and scratched
her chest when she refused his
advances about 4 am.
The accused insisted Ms. Givens’ scratches were self-inflicted, and that she telephoned him
intoxicated and asked to spend
the night at his residence.
• A battery complaint was
filed against a 12-year-old girl
who allegedly came to the aid of
her mother during an argument
with the mother’s boyfriend at a
residence on Mitch Lane south
of Glen St. Mary.
The girl struck the boyfriend,
37, in the neck and shoulders after the mother told him to leave
the morning of March 25.
• A complaint was filed
against a male patient, 55, at
Northeast Florida State Hospital
on March 20 after he attacked
employee Patricia Gainey, 52, of
Starke.
Ms. Gainey told Deputy Robert Simpkins the patient struck
her several times about the face
during the 7:45 am incident as
she attempted to instruct him on
the use of a walker.
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David Johnson of Grimes Contractors of Orange Park was busy last week
connecting meters (shown here) and water lines free to the 42 residences
on the north side of Glen St. Mary that are now connected to the central
water system. The free initial hook-ups were to low income households
and the fees were waived as part of the CDBG grant that funded the halfmillion dollar project. Mr. Johnson in this photo is installing a meter in the
yard of Ray and Linda Sue Combs on Sherman St. Meter installation continues to 20 other homes and three commercial accounts that will have to
pay a plumber to run water lines from the meter to internal water systems
formerly on individual wells.
Stole appliances
from vacant trailer
A Macclenny man is charged
with grand theft of appliances
that were hauled off from a
north city rental trailer the afternoon of March 25.
Police were called to the Lee
and Baker trailer park on North
Blvd. after the property manager confronted Cleve Stalvey, 23,
and Aaron Turner, 32, loading
up a refrigerator and stove onto
a trailer.
The manager, Jack Baker Sr.,
told Deputy Robert Simpkins
the men then placed the refrigerator back into the vacant trailer, positioning it upside down
and drove off with the stove.
Based on the description
given by Mr. Baker, the officer
drove to the residence of Mr.
Turner on Wheeler Dr. and located the trailer and stove. Mr.
Stalvey was also at the residence
but fled on foot when the deputy
arrived.
Mr. Turner and two witnesses
said Mr. Stalvey earlier sought
him to take the appliances plus
a dishwasher and split the proceeds after selling them for
scrap, and represented that he
had authorization to do so.
They did not remove the dishwasher after gutting it of metal
parts.
Mr. Stalvey returned to the
Wheeler Dr. address shortly after and was arrested. Mr. Turner
returned the stove to the trailer.
In other reported thefts,
William Davis said more than
$1000 in property was taken
during the past three months
from the garage at his property
on US 90 in Sanderson.
He told Deputy Patrick McGauley the property included
an air compressor, three saws
and three drills. The thefts occurred between late December
and March 24 when he reported
them.
Mr. Davis named a relative
with a drug addiction as the likely suspect.
• Teacher Ashton Norman of
Macclenny reported a $600 cell
phone taken from her classroom
at Baker County Middle School
the afternoon of March 16.
The phone was recovered
four days later.
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Although most of the 3,200acre Cedar Creek development,
a plan which never got off the
ground, has already been nullified, a request by the owner of the
remaining portion to cancel the
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Property owners near the
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90 between Glen St. Mary and
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The issue was scheduled to
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Shelby Cook, 16, of Macclenny was selected to compete for the Miss Teen Jacksonville crown on April 22 based on an application, interview and the photo
submitted above. The ninth grader at Baker County High School could win a
share of thousands of dollars in gifts and prizes by modeling casual and formal
wear and displaying her personality and interviewing skills for a panel of judges.
The pageant entry fee is about $500 and Ms. Cook is still seeking sponsorships.
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of regional impact, or DRI, began in 2006 and was approved
in 2008. It called for 6,000 new
homes, a new school, paved roads
and sidewalks, a golf course and
extensive commercial and industrial properties.
However, the plan’s approval
coincided with the worst economic collapse since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Developers
went bankrupt in the process and
the Cedar Creek DRI was halted
before it ever really began.
The LPA and the Baker County
Commission both approved a petition in February to reverse the
land use on about 2,200 acres
owned by Davis & Davis, LLC.
At that time, no objections were
raised by homeowners in the vicinity.
On the LPA agenda last week
was a similar request from Davis
E. Sacks, agent for FBSA 2, LLC,
to do the same for the remaining
parcel of roughly 1,000 acres. It
is that request that has drawn objections.
One nearby homeowner, Mr.
Preston said, stated that he had
“no fundamental objection to the
application itself,” but that he was
concerned about the potential
impact on his property value.
Mr. Preston said the homeowner told him that he had initiated negotiations with the applicant to “agree and settle on a fair
method of compensation for the
reduction in property value suffered if the proposal is passed.”
Property Appraiser Tim Sweat,
however, said that no property
values increased just because the
Cedar Creek DRI plan was announced. Likewise, he said, nobody’s property value will decline
if the plan is abandoned.
“The selling price of property is what determines (nearby)
property values,” Mr. Sweat said.
In other business, the LPA:
• Recommended approval of a
request to change the land use on
a 1.18-acre parcel on SR 121 at the
east end of Mud Lake Road from
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once was part of a parcel that
included a store in front but the
property was divided when the
store was sold a few years ago.
The owner, who is ill and lives
with her son in Ohio, asked the
county to change the land use
and zoning to make the property
compliant with surrounding zoning and easier for her to sell.
“We’re kind of bending over
backward to help rezone it and
change the land use and declare
it conforming,” Mr. Preston said.
“It’s not attractive for sale or for
use the way it is.”
Dennis Collins, a real estate
broker representing the owner/
applicant, said attempts to sell
the property have failed to attract
any offers because of its non-conforming status. The owner of the
store isn’t interested in buying it,
either, Mr. Collins said, adding
that the owner no longer wants
the property even though the mobile home is occupied by tenants.
“She just wants to be done
with it,” he said.
The LPA board’s recommendation will be considered by the
county commission on April 16.
• Approved a request for a special use permit to allow one horse
to be kept on a 2.52-acre lot in the
Confederate Farms subdivision at
the west end of Mud Lake Road.
The owner submitted a site
plan including a shelter for the
horse north of the dwelling and
at least 50 feet from the western
property boundary, as required
by zoning regulations. The property abuts agricultural land to the
north.
The LPA decision may be appealed to county commissioners
but Mr. Preston said neighbors
had been notified of the request
and none complained.
“I have not gotten a single call
about this,” he said.
Pat Collier, LPA chair, also
didn’t have any problems with
the request.
“There are horses on other
properties out there, so this is not
an unusual request,” she said.
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last week after filling in for the
former director for the past seven
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The 49-year-old wife and
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as a member and then as a yoga
instructor in 2006 because of the
nonprofit organization’s focus on
community.
“It’s why the Y is not just a
gym,” Mrs. Knight said this week
during an interview with The
into what the Y is all about,” she
said.
And what’s it all about?
“Strengthening our community,” Ms. Knight said. “And creating real, lasting personal and
social change in the community,
which can happen when we work
together to invest in the health of
ourselves and our neighbors.”
Part of that mission, she said,
is to replace Baker County’s
“claim to fame” as a community
where high rates of obesity and
diabetes are the norm.
Since joining the Y staff al-
YMCA Director Marcy Knight
most six years ago, Ms. Knight
has become certified to lead
3 inmates had pills in jail
Three Baker County jail inmates are facing felony smuggling charges after prescription pills were
found during body and cell searches the morning
of March 22.
Jail officers conducted the search of one of the
dorms in the A Pod based on a tip that “a large
quantity of pills” might be in the possession of several female inmates.
Charged with third degree felonies were Rita
Mukherjee, 24, Wilma Westenberger, 42, and
Amanda Kennedy, 22 years old.
Ms. Westenberger is from Olustee, Ms. Kennedy
from Macclenny and Ms. Mukherjee is a federal inmate from Texas.
According to the report by jail supervisor Lt.
James Nickles, three Oxycodone pills were found
stashed in a toilet paper roll in Ms. Westenberger’s
cell.
A plastic baggie containing nine of those pills
plus three Methadone pills was found during a
body search of Ms. Mukherjee, and two Oxydodones plus a lighter were found during a body search
of Ms. Kennedy.
Lt. Nickles also said a razor and straws with
what appeared to be pill residue were found on Ms.
Mukherjee’s bunk.
Ms. Kennedy was jailed for violation of probation and sale and possession of marijuana and Ms.
Westenberger for violating probation.
The sheriff’s department sent criminal complaints for introduction of contraband and possession of controlled substances to the state attorney’s
office.
In a second incident at the jail last week, Chad
Green, 18, of Macclenny was charged with felony
tampering with a fire sprinkler in his cell in the facility’s A Pod.
Officer Joseph Farley said the alarm system activated just after 6 pm on March 25, and officials
responded to find Mr. Green’s cell being sprayed
with water.
He claimed he was in the shower when a sprinkler head burst, but a subsequent inspection of
broken parts indicated it had been forcibly knocked
loose.
• Two other jail inmates were served recently
with out-of-county warrants, including Andrew
Bell, 24, of Jacksonville, wanted in Brevard County
for violating probation, and Chasity McCrary, 22,
of Macclenny, wanted in Duval County for forgery.
Multiple suspension arrests
The driver of a vehicle that
failed to observe a stop sign as
it exited Interstate 10 at US 90
near Sanderson the afternoon
of March 22 was jailed for driving on a license suspended nine
times.
Dean Rossin, 22, was also
charged with misdemeanor possession when two baggies of
marijuana were found in his left
shoe, said Deputy Daryl Mobley.
The officer stopped the 1999
Volkswagen about 3 pm and also
arrested passenger Antoinette
Broome, 18, of Lake City for misdemeanor possession. She allegedly attempted to hide a small
baggie when reaching into the
rear seat for her identification.
Deputy Mobley said an odor
of marijuana smoke was emitting from the vehicle.
In other arrests:
• Tyler Payne, 25, of Glen St.
Mary was jailed while driving an
ATV on the roadway near the intersection of SR 121 and CR 23A
north of Macclenny the afternoon of March 20.
Deputy Shawn Bishara said
he was aware of Mr. Payne’s suspended license status and confirmed via computer of ten prior
suspensions. He was also ticketed for having two opened beer
bottles in his possession, and for
operating the 2006 Polaris on a
public roadway.
• Deputy Koty Crews stopped
a 1993 Chevrolet driven by
Keith Williams, 21, of Baldwin
on MLK near the CSX tracks in
Macclenny the evening of March
23, and learned his license had
nine prior suspensions.
The officer said he stopped
the car because of inoperable tail
lights. The suspensions were for
failure to pay traffic fines.
• John Crook, 48, of Jacksonville was taken to county jail the
afternoon of March 22 after he
was warned several times to stay
out of the traffic lane on US 90
east of Macclenny.
Deputy Chris Walker said Mr.
Crook was walking in the eastbound lane attempting to stop
vehicles to get a ride. He was
booked for disorderly conduct.
• Awldie Justice, 29, of Green
Cove Springs was arrested at
a north county residence on
March 23 on a Clay County warrant for aggravated fleeing police and grand theft.
Deputy Chris Walker went to
the address on Benny Jo Bennett Rd. on a tip that the fugitive
was staying there, and initially
was told by a 14-year-old male
occupant that he had not seen
Mr. Justice in years.
The officer obtained permission to search the premises and
Mr. Justice surrendered as Deputy Walker entered with his K-9
Cash.
• Deputy Robert Simpkins arrested Darrell Perry, 33, of Glen
St. Mary the afternoon of March
23 after learning he was wanted
in Caycee, S.C. for assault and
battery.
The officer stopped Mr. Perry
for speeding on Reid Stafford
Rd. just after 3 pm.
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yoga, swimming, nutrition and
wellness programs at the facility
on West Lowder Street in Macclenny.
She served as deputy to the
former director Fred Cole until
last July when the Y’s board of directors appointed Ms. Knight as
the interim director. The board
and its regional counterpart,
First Coast YMCA, signed off on
hiring her as director on March
19.
“Fred made me his second in
command. He was a very generous teacher and very good mentor,” she said.
Mrs. Knight and the former
director shared a small office,
which helped make the transition
quite natural, Mrs. Knight said.
“But at the same time, there
were a lot more responsibilities,”
she said. One of those is continuing to foster partnerships and
collaboration with other community groups like the school
district, health department and
local churches.
“Our common goal is the
well-being of the community,”
she said. With help from sister
YMCAs and six staff members,
Mrs. Knight said she’s settled
into the post.
“They make what I do a lot less
challenging,” she said.
Mrs. Knight is married with
five children, two of which still
live at home and work at the Y as
well.
She’s a native of Jacksonville
and resides just outside of Baker County in the Nassau County
strip.
“I came to Baker County because I heard great things about
the school system and I wanted
my kids to attend schools here,”
she explained. “So I wrote the superintendent a really nice letter.”
Mrs. Knight can be reached at
259-0898.
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Truant arrested
at river on felony
marijuana charge
A high school student who skipped classes on March 20 was arrested for felony possession of marijuana after he and a fellow student
were questioned by county deputies at the Boy Scout ramp to the St.
Mary’s River off Steel Bridge Rd.
The suspect, 17, showed deputies Shawn Bishara and Chris Miller
where he stashed 25.5 grams of pot under the steering column of a
2001 Ford pickup belonging to the other student, also 17.
The officers questioned the two after noting an odor of marijuana
coming from the vehicle. Deputy Bishara said they found an electronic scale in the pants pocket of the teen, plus marijuana residue and an
unsmoked “blunt” in the vehicle.
The youth was also booked at county jail for possession of paraphernalia. The second boy was released to his father.
In other drug-related arrests, Brandi Thompson, 32, of Macclenny
was charged with felony possession after three kinds of pills were
found in a small vial inside her purse.
Deputy Matt Yarborough said he stopped Ms. Thompson’s 2001
Chrysler on US 90 downtown shortly after midnight on March 23 for
having a faulty tail light.
Because of the driver’s nervous demeanor and refusal to consent
to a search, Deputy Chris Walker and the county’s K-9 Cash were
summoned and the dog alerted outside the vehicle to the presence of
drugs.
Ms. Thompson had five other kinds of pills in the purse for which
she had prescriptions.
• A Glen St. Mary man out on bond for operating a meth lab was
re-arrested the evening of March 25 for possession of two marijuana
smoking pipes.
Deputy Patrick McGauley said he questioned Daryll Gatlin, 27, at
the Raceway station on Woodlawn Rd. after receiving a call that he
had driven off from a disturbance on nearby Ben Rowe Circle about
8:40.
The officer said he detected an odor of marijuana coming from the
suspect’s Chevrolet pickup and one of the pipes was in plain view inside. The second was found during a vehicle search.
Mr. Gatlin was arrested in late February for manufacturing methamphetamine at a residence on CR 139B west of Glen.
Nominees
for YMCA
‘playmaker’
The Baker County Family
YMCA is seeking nominations
from the community for the Volunteer Playmaker Awards recognizing volunteers in our community for their exceptional
service to others in the categories
of healthy living, youth development, and social responsibility.
Awards will be given to both
businesses and individuals who
have provided leadership and
support to others for the betterment of others and our community.
Nomination forms can be obtained at the YMCA, the Baker
County Chamber or The Press
office, or by e-mailing [email protected]. All
nomination forms must be completed and submitted by Friday,
March 30.
All nominees and award winners will be honored at a dinner
on April 26. The YMCA plans to
hold the awards annually.
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Legal Notices
Notice of Intent
To Whom It May Concern:
Florida Gateway College intends to designate positions for inclusion in the Senior Management Service
Class (SMSC) of the Florida Retirement System. This is
in accord with Florida Statute 121.055 (1) (b) 1.b
3/29-4/5
HIGGINBOTHAM’S TOWING & RECOVERY
7611 WEST MT. VERNON
GLEN ST. MARY, FL. 32040
Phone (904) 259-4375 • FAX (904) 259-6146
The following vehicle will be sold at public auction
April 13, 2012 at 10:00 am, at Higginbotham’s Towing & Recovery, 7611 West Mt. Vernon, Glen St. Mary,
FL. 32040.
1995 Jeep Cherokee
Vin# 1J4FT68S9SL594707
3/29
A, R&R, INC
10525 DUVAL LANE
MACCLENNY, FL 32063
Phone (904) 259-4774
The following vehicle will be sold at public auction April 20 at 10:00 am at A, R&R INC, 10525 Duval
Lane, Macclenny, FL 32063.
2006 Polaris Sportsman ATV
VIN # 4XAMH50A86B700997
3/29
A, R&R, INC
10525 DUVAL LANE
MACCLENNY, FL 32063
Phone (904) 259-4774
The following vehicle will be sold at public auction April 13 at 10:00 am at A, R&R INC, 10525 Duval
Lane, Macclenny, FL 32063.
1983 Ford Ranger
VIN # 1FTCR11S0DUC44352
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE EIGHT JUDICIAL
CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA IN AND FOR BAKER COUNTY
CASE NO. 02-2010-CA-0097
TD BANK, N.A., as substituted Plaintiff,
Plaintiff,
vs.
SCOTT S. PALMER, et al.
Defendants.
_____________________________________/
NOTICE OF SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated August 30, 2010 entered in
Civil Case No. 02-2010-CA-0097 of the Circuit Court
of the Eighth Judicial Circuit in and for Baker County,
Florida, wherein TD BANK, N.A. is Plaintiff and SCOTT
S. PALMER, et al., are Defendant(s).
I will sell to the highest bidder for cash, at the front
door of the Baker County Courthouse, 339 E. Macclenny Ave., Macclenny, FL at 11:00 o’clock a.m. on
the 23rd day of April, 2012 the following described
property as set forth in said Final Judgment, to wit:
Lot 7, Block I, SUBURBAN HEIGHTS, according to the Plat thereof as recorded
in Plat Book 2, Page 101, of the Public
Records of Baker County, Florida
Together with that certain 1991 - Mobile
Home VIN# GAFLM07A22135W2, permanently located thereon as a permanent
fixture and appurtenance thereto.
The Office Mart
110 South Fifth St. • 259-3737
Upcoming events at the
Baker County Family
YMCA
Contact the Baker County
Family YMCA for more information or to register for
these upcoming programs!
Playmaker nominees
Submit by March 30
Swim Conditioning
Begins April 24
Healthy Kids Day
April 28
Kids Triathlon Training
Saturdays at 10 am,
Event April 29, 2012
Street Address: 7284 Southern States
Nursery Road, 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 60
days after the sale.
DATED this 26th day of March, 2012.
April 9-13
from 8:00 am-4:00 pm
at the
Baker Co. Pre-K/Kindergarten Center
362 South Blvd. East/Macclenny
The following documentation is required:
• Child’s birth certificate
• Proof of custody if not the birth parent
• Physical
• Current shot record
• Parent’s Driver License and
• (Proof of residency for Summer V.P.K.)
For more information:
Kindergarten: Angie 259-0385 | Summer V.P.K.: Naomi 259-3014
*Summer Voluntary Pre-K is a free full day preschool program available
to children who will be 5 by September 1, 2012, live in Baker County and
have not previously attended a V.P.K. funded program.
COMMENCE AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE SOUTH ½ OF SAID SECTION
30, THENCE RUN SOUTH 03 DEGREES 15
MINUTES 08 SECONDS EAST, ALONG THE
WEST LINE OF SAID SECTION 30, A DISTANCE OF 358.86 FEET TO A POINT LYING
ON THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE
OF A 60.00 FOOT COUNTY MAINTAINED
PAVED ROAD (KNOWN LOCALLY AS FRED
HARVEY ROAD), SAID POINT LYING ON THE
ARC OF A CURVE CONCAVE NORTHERLY,
THENCE RUN NORTHEASTERLY, ALONG
SAID SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE,
A DISTANCE 100.40 FEET AS MEASURED
ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE CONCAVE
NORTHERLY AND HAVING A RADIUS OF
1175.92 FEET, SAID ARC BEING SUBTENDED BY A CHORD HAVING A BEARING OF NORTH 72 DEGREES 42 MINUTES
07 SECONDS EAST AND A DISTANCE OF
100.37 FEET, TO THE POINT OF TANGENCY; THENCE RUN NORTH 70 DEGREES 15
MINUTES 22 SECONDS EAST, CONTINUING
ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY
LINE, A DISTANCE OF 156.57 FEET, TO THE
POINT OF CURVATURE OF A CURVE TO
THE RIGHT; THENCE RUN NORTHEASTERLY, CONTINUING ALONG THE ARC OF A
CURVE CONCAVE SOUTHERLY AND HAVING A RADIUS OF 542.96 FEET, SAID ARC
SUBTENDED BY A CHORD HAVING A BEARING OF NORTH 79 DEGREES 36 MINUTES
15 SECONDS EAST, AND A DISTANCE OF
176.39 FEET, TO THE POINT OF TANGENCY; THENCE RUN NORTH 88 DEGREES 57
MINUTES 09 SECONDS EAST, CONTINUING ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OFWAY LINE, A DISTANCE OF 91.89 FEET TO
THE POINT OF BEGINNING OF THE HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED PARCEL OF LAND;
THENCE CONTINUE RUNNING NORTH
88 DEGREES 57 MINUTES 09 SECONDS
EAST, CONTINUING ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE, A DISTANCE
OF 356.27 FEET; THENCE RUN SOUTH 01
DEGREES 02 MINUTES 51 SECONDS EAST,
A DISTANCE OF 1280.04 FEET; THENCE
RUN SOUTH 87 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 11
SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 356.33
FEET; THENCE RUN NORTH 01 DEGREES
02 MINUTES 51 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 1266.57 FEET TO THE POINT OF
BEGINNING.
TOGETHER WITH THAT CERTAIN MOBILE
HOME LOCATED THEREON AS A FIXTURE
AND APPURTENANCE THERETO: 2003,
MERIT, VIN# FLHML3B161127298A & FLHML3B161127298B.
NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE, LLC,
PLAINTIFF,
VS.
PHILIP R. HORNE, ET AL.
DEFENDANT(S).
______________________________________/
NOTICE OF ACTION
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that an action to foreclose
a mortgage on the following described property located in Baker County, Florida:
for children who will be 5 yrs. old by Sept. 1, 2012
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Mortgage Foreclosure dated March 21, 2012
and entered in Case No. 02-2008-CA-000100 of the
Circuit Court of the EIGHTH Judicial Circuit in and
for BAKER County, Florida wherein EMC MORTGAGE
CORPORATION is the Plaintiff and MACK WHITE A/K/A
MACK W. WHITE; LINDA WHITE A/K/A LINDA D. WHITE;
are the Defendants, The Clerk of the Court will sell
to the highest and best bidder for cash at AT THE
FRONT DOOR OF THE BAKER COUNTY COURTHOUSE
at 11:00AM, on the 23rd day of April, 2012, the following described property as set forth in said Final
Judgment:
A PARCEL OF LAND CONTINUING A TOTAL ARE OF 10.50 ACRES MORE OR LESS,
LYING, BEING AND SITUATE IN SECTION
30, TOWNSHIP 2 SOUTH, RANGE 21 EAST,
BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDA, BEING MORE
PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
Daniel S. Mandel, Esq.
DANIEL S. MANDEL, P.A.
Attorneys for Plaintiff
2700 N. Military Trail, Ste. 355
Boca Raton, FL 33431
Tel: (561) 826-1740
Fax: (561) 826-1741
3/29-4/5
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL
CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDA.
CASE No. 022011CA000178CAXXXX
www.FirstCoastYMCA.org
259.0898
REGISTRATION
EMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION,
Plaintiff,
vs.
MACK WHITE A/K/A MACK W. WHITE , et al,
Defendant(s).
_________________________________/
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE
SUBJECT TO A 15.00 EASEMENT FOR
CLAY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. OVER,
ACROSS AND ALONG THE NORTHERLY
15.00 FEET THEREOF.
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CIRCUIT IN AND FOR BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDA
CIVIL ACTION
CASE NO.: 02-2008-CA-000100
DIVISION:
AL FRASER
Clerk of Circuit Court
BY: Jamie Crews
Deputy Clerk
To: Nancy Ann Horne & Unknown Spouse of
Nancy Ann Horne
RESIDENCE: UNKNOWN
LAST KNOWN ADDRESS: 424 Islamorada Dr S.,
Macclenny, FL 32063
98 W. Lowder St., Macclenny
LOT 24, CYPRESS POINTE, UNIT 1, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED
IN PLAT BOOK 3, PAGES 90 THROUGH 92,
INCLUSIVE, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF
BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDA.
has been filed against you, and you are required to
serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to this
action, on Gladstone Law Group, P.A., attorneys for
plaintiff, whose address is 1499 W. Palmetto Park Rd,
Suite 300, Boca Raton, FL 33486, and file the original
with the Clerk of the Court, within 30 days after the
first publication of this notice, either before April 23,
2012 or immediately thereafter, otherwise a default
may be entered against you for the relief demanded
in the Complaint.
DATED: March 13, 2012
Clerk of the Circuit Court
By: Jamie Crews
Deputy Clerk of the Court
Attorney for Plaintiff
Gladstone Law Group, P.A.
1499 W. Palmetto Park Rd, Suite 300,
(561) 338-4101
3/22-3/29
MEETING NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that the Baker County Development Commission will meet Monday, April 12,
2012 at 6:30 pm to discuss:
1. Consideration of a resolution authorizing the execution and delivery of a Development Agreement with
Integrated Waste Management Systems, Inc. with
respect to financing all or a part of the costs of a
bio-medical waste thermal reduction facility, including
related and appurtenant facilities, to be located in an
unincorporated area of Baker County, Florida, and to
be owned and operated by said corporation, and the
issuance of industrial development revenue bonds, in
one or more series, in an aggregate principal amount
not to exceed $22 million, for the purpose of financing
all of the part of the qualifying costs of such capital
project; all pursuant to Chapter 2000-442, Laws of
Florida, and other applicable provisions of law.
2. Such other business as may properly come before
the Commission.
The meeting will be held at the Commerce Center, 20
East Macclenny Avenue, Macclenny, Florida 32063.
The public is invited to attend.
Ronald Mann,
Chairman Baker County Development Commission
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A/K/A 12478 FRED HARVEY ROAD, SANDERSON, FL 32087
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.
WITNESS MY HAND and the seal of this Court on
March 26, 2012.
Al Fraser
By: Jamie Crews
Deputy Clerk
Florida Default Law Group, P.L.
P.O. Box 25018
Tampa, Florida 33622-5018
F08041495 MARIX-CONV–--Team 4 – F08041495
**See Americans with Disabilities Act
If you are a person with a disability who needs
any accommodation in order to participate in this
proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you,
to the provision of certain assistance. Please
contact:
Ms. Jan Phillips
Human Resources Manager
Alachua County Family/Civil Courthouse
201 E. University Avenue, Room 410
Gainesville, FL 32601
Phone:
352-337-6237
Fax:
352-374-5238
3/29-4/5
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN:
Robert W Jackson
Last known address of:
2426 S SR 121
Glen St. Mary, FL 32040
You are hereby notified that your eligibility to vote is in
question. You are required to contact the Supervisor
of Elections, in Macclenny, Florida, no later than thirty
(30) days after the date of this publishing. Failure to
respond will result in a determination of ineligibility by
the Supervisor and your name will be removed from
the statewide voter registration system. If further assistance is needed, contact the Supervisor of Elections
at the below listed address or call 904-259-6339.
Nita D. Crawford
Baker County Supervisor of Elections
P.O. BOX 505
Macclenny, Florida, 32063
3/29
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN:
Bonnie H Harvey
Last known address of:
PO BOX 88
Sanderson, FL 32087
You are hereby notified that your eligibility to vote is in
question. You are required to contact the Supervisor
of Elections, in Macclenny, Florida, no later than thirty
(30) days after the date of this publishing. Failure to
respond will result in a determination of ineligibility by
the Supervisor and your name will be removed from
the statewide voter registration system. If further assistance is needed, contact the Supervisor of Elections
at the below listed address or call 904-259-6339.
Nita D. Crawford
Baker County Supervisor of Elections
P.O. BOX 505
Macclenny, Florida, 32063
3/29
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CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDA.
CASE No. 11000188CA
NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE, LLC,
PLAINTIFF,
VS.
RONALD J. HIGGINBOTHAM, ET AL.
DEFENDANT(S).
______________________________________/
NOTICE OF ACTION
To: Ronald J. Higginbotham a/k/a Ronald J.
Higginbotham, Sr.
RESIDENCE: UNKNOWN
LAST KNOWN ADDRESS: 8743 Hillcrest Drive
Macclenny, FL 32063
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that an action to foreclose
a mortgage on the following described property located in Baker County, Florida:
Parcel 1:
A parcel of land, lying in and being a part of
the NE ¼ of the NW ¼ of Section 7, Township 3 South, Range 22 East, Baker County,
Florida, being more particularly described as
follows: For a Point of Reference, commence
at the Northeast corner of the NW ¼ of said
Section 7, Township 3 South, Range 22 East,
run thence N 89 degrees 18`28” W, along the
North line of Section 7, a distance 988.65 feet
to a point on the Easterly right of way line of
Hillcrest Drive, a 50 foot county road; thence
S 33 degrees 27`56” W, along said Easterly
right of way line, a distance of 69.54 feet to
an angle point in said right of way line, thence
S 9 degrees 02`24” W, continuing along said
Easterly right of way line, a distance of 387.50
feet to the Point of Beginning of the parcel of
land herein described; continue thence S 9
degrees 02`24” W, along said right of way line,
a distance of 104.16 feet to an angle point in
said right of way line; thence S 30 degrees
07`36” E, along the Easterly right of way line
of Hillcrest Drive, a distance of 45.84 feet;
thence S 88 degrees 42`05” E, a distance of
389.3 feet, more or less, to the centerline of
a creek; run thence Northerly, along the meanderings of said creek, a distance of 185.0
feet, more or less, to a point that bears S 88
degrees 42`05” E, and lies 472.6 feet, more or
less, from the Point of Beginning; run thence
N 88 degrees 42`05” W, a distance of 472.6
feet, more or less, to the Point of Beginning.
Parcel 2:
A parcel of land lying and being a part of the
NW ¼ of Section 7, Township 3 South, Range
22 East, Baker County, Florida, being more
particularly described as follows:
Commence at the NE corner of said NW ¼
of Section 7; thence N 89 degrees 18`28” W,
along the North line of said NW ¼ , a distance
of 988.65 feet to a point on the Easterly right
of way line of Hillcrest Drive (a 50 foot wide
public right of way as presently established);
thence S 33 degrees 27`56” W, along said
right of way line 69.54 feet to an angle point
in said right of way line; thence S 09 degrees
02`24” E, still along said right of way line
491.66 feet to an angle point in said right of
way line; thence S 30 degrees 07`36” E, along
said right of way line 45.84 feet to a half inch
iron pipe marking the Southwest corner of
lands recorded in Official Records Book 240,
Page 228 of the Official Records of Baker
County, Florida, and the Point of Beginning of
the herein described lands; thence continue
S 30 degrees 07`36” E, still along said right of
way line, 69.45 feet to an angle point in said
line; thence S 04 degrees 21`11” W, along
said right-of-way line 70.84 feet; thence S
88 degrees 42`06” E, now departing from
said right of way line 319.48 feet; thence N
13 degrees 39`45” E, 133.09 feet to a point
on the South line of lands described in Official Records Book 240, Page 228; thence N
88 degrees 42`05” W, along said South line,
380.41 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 this
action, on Gladstone Law Group, P.A., attorneys for
plaintiff, whose address is 1499 W. Palmetto Park Rd,
Suite 300, Boca Raton, FL 33486, and file the original
with the Clerk of the Court, within 30 days after the
first publication of this notice, either before April 23,
2012 or immediately thereafter, otherwise a default
may be entered against you for the relief demanded
in the Complaint.
DATED: March 13, 2012
By: Jamie Crews
Deputy Clerk of the Court
Attorney for Plaintiff
Gladstone Law Group, P.A.
1499 W. Palmetto Park Rd, Suite 300,
(561) 338-4101
3/22-3/29
CIRCUIT IN AND FOR BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDA
CASE NO. 2007-CA-000022
US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR SG MORTGAGE
SECURITIES ASSET BACKED
CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-FRE2,
PLAINTIFF(S),
VS.
STEVEN OBRIEN; ET AL.,
DEFENDANT(S).
___________________________________/
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE
PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 45
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Sale will be made
pursuant to an Order or Final Summary Judgment.
Final Judgment was awarded on May 5, 2010 in
Civil Case No. 2007CA000022, of the Circuit Court of
the Eighth Judicial Circuit in and for Baker County,
Florida, wherein, US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
AS TRUSTEE FOR SG MORTGAGE SECURITIES ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-FRE2 is
the Plaintiff, and, STEVEN OBRIEN; DAPHNE OBRIEN,
MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,
INC.; AND UNKNOWN TENANT(S) IN POSSESSION are
Defendants.
The clerk of the court will sell to the highest bidder
for cash on the 24th day of April, 2012 beginning at
11:00 AM, at the East Door of the Baker County Courthouse, located at 339 East Macclenny Ave, Macclenny,
Florida 32063, the following described real property
as set forth in said Final Summary Judgment, to wit:
LOT 6, OF PINE GROVE ESTATES, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED
IN PLAT BOOK 2, PAGE 48 OF THE PUBLIC
RECORDS OF BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDA
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 60 DAYS AFTER
THE SALE.
WITNESS my hand and the seal of the court on March
19, 2012.
CLERK OF THE COURT
Al Fraser
Jamie Crews
By: Deputy Clerk
Aldridge Connors, LLP
Attorney for Plaintiff(s)
7000 West Palmetto Park Rd., Suite 307
Phone: 561.392.6391
Fax: 561.392.6965
IMPORTANT
If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate 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 participate should call
Jan Phillips, ADA Coordinator, 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.
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ALL SAFE MINI STORAGE
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The following units containing household items
such as furniture, appliances, etc., will be sold by
public auction at 9:00 am April 7, 2012 to satisfy back
rent. The following tenants can claim their property
back if rent is paid before this date:
Name
Unit #
Kimberly Hogan
93
April Groff
157
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REGISTRATION OF FICTITIOUS NAME
We the undersigned, being duly sworn, do hereby declare under oath that the names of all persons interested in the business or profession carried on under
the name of: Thompson’s Pressure Washing whose
principle place of business is: 611 Fox Run Circle,
Macclenny, FL 32063 and the extent of the interest of
each is as follows:
Name
Extent of Interest
Andrew Thompson
100%
Andrew Thompson
Signature
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF BAKER
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 23 day of
March, 2012.
AL FRASER
CLERK OF COURTS
BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDA
By: Julie Combs
As Deputy Clerk
3/29
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
PROBATE DIVISION
Division: PROBATE
File No.: 02-2011-CP-054
IN RE: ESTATE OF
TRINISE SARYRA SURRENCY
Deceased.
______________________________________/
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The administration of the estate of Trinise Saryra Surrency, deceased, whose date of death was July 15,
2011, is pending in the Circuit Court for Baker County,
Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 339
E. Macclenny Ave., Macclenny, FL 32063. The names
and addresses of the personal representative and the
personal representative’s attorney are set forth below.
All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on
whom a copy of this notice is required to be served
must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE
LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST
PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER
THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE
ON THEM.
All other creditors of the decedent and other persons
having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3
MONTHS AFTER THE DATE
OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE.
ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS
SET FORTH IN SECTION 733.702 OF THE FLORIDA
PROBATE CODE WILL BE FOREVER BARRED.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH
ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE
AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED.
The date of first publication of this notice is March
22, 2012.
Attorney for Personal Representative:
Dan W. Armstrong
Attorney for Theodore R. Surrency
Florida Bar No. 506613
Law Offices of Dan W. Armstrong, P.A.
P.O. Box 1535
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32004-1535
Telephone: (904) 280-0058
Fax: (904) 280-0109
Personal Representative:
Theodore R. Surrency
212 South Blvd. W.
Macclenny, FL 32063-2657
3/22-3/29
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE EIGHTH
JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA,
IN AND FOR BAKER COUNTY
CIVIL DIVISION
CASE NO. 2011 CA 000118
GREEN TREE SERVICING LLC
Plaintiff,
vs.
UNKNOWN HEIRS OF SARA P. O’NEAL; KEITH
O’NEAL; UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF KEITH O’NEAL;
NATALIE MAXWELL; UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF NATALIE
MAXWELL; JONATHAN O’NEAL; UNKNOWN SPOUSE
OF JONATHAN O’NEAL, IF LIVING, INCLUDING ANY
UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF SAID DEFENDANT(S), IF
REMARRIED, AND IF DECEASED, THE RESPECTIVE
UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, ASSIGNEES,
CREDITORS, LIENORS, AND TRUSTEES, AND ALL
OTHER PERSONS CLAIMING BY, THROUGH, UNDER
OR AGAINST THE NAMED DEFENDANT(S); UNKNOWN
TENANT #1; UNKNOWN TENANT #2;
Defendant(s)
_____________________________________/
NOTICE OF ACTION
TO: UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES,
ASSIGNEES, CREDITORS, LIENORS, TRUSTEES
OF SARA O’NEAL, DECEASED;
Whose residence are/is unknown.
YOU ARE HEREBY required to file your answer or
written defenses, if any, in the above proceeding with
the Clerk of this Court, and to serve a copy thereof
upon the plaintiff’s attorney, Law Offices of Daniel C.
Consuegra, 9204 King Palm Drive, Tampa, FL 336191328, telephone (813) 915-8660, facsimile (813)
915-0559, within thirty days of the first publication
of this Notice, the nature of this proceeding being a
suit for foreclosure of mortgage against the following
described property, to wit:
A LOT BEGINNING 42 FEET NORTH OF THE
NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE SOUTHWEST
¼ OF SOUTHEAST ¼ OF NORTHWEST ¼ OF
SECTION 28, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE
19 EAST, THEN RUN EAST 212 FEET,
THEN RUN SOUTH 63 FEET, THEN WEST
212 FEET, AND THEN RUN NORTH 63 FEET
TO POINT OF BEGINNING, ALL IN SOUTHEAST ¼ OF NORTHWEST ¼ OF SECTION
28, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 19 EAST.
SAID LANDS SITUATE LYING AND BEING IN
Britt & Blaire; a music mesh
With ties
to county
Mr. Borchetta said Brittany
and Blaire, though they have their
own unique sound, have a natural gift for combining the feel and
tone of various artists that have
become household names.
“They have the sound of a little
Beach Boys, Kenny Chesney and
Jimmy Buffet and the appeal of
a Taylor Swift, with their age and
wholesome upbringing,” he said.
All they have to do, he said, is
work hard, stay focused on their
career and be committed to it, especially when they start touring.
“They’ll get out of it what they
put into it,” Mr. Borchett said.
Meanwhile, Brittany will always remember March 19 for two
very special reasons, including
signing her first record contract.
“It’s my birthday, so it’s a nice
birthday present,” she said. “I
turned 19 on the 19th.”
MIKE ANDERSON
PRESS STAFF
During his half century in the
music industry Mike Borchetta
has been a guiding force in the careers of numerous pop and country music stars — from the Beach
Boys and the Four Seasons to Tim
McGraw and Heartland.
The legendary music and record promoter, who has called
Tennessee home for over 30
years, now has his sights set on
Blaire and Brittany Hanks, a
young couple with roots in Macclenny and Jacksonville.
Mr. Borchetta, 71, first met
and heard the couple sing last
year at his home in Mt. Juliet, just
outside Nashville. He called Marty and Heather Hanks, Blaire’s
parents, and scheduled a meeting
after a relative sent him a CD of
Brittany and Blaire’s music that
they had recorded in Nashville.
He was so impressed, Mr. Borchetta said, that he decided to
postpone his plans to retire so he
and his wife and business partner, Martha Borchetta, could help
develop the talented duo.
On the morning of March 19
the relationship was solidified
with the signing of a contract
with Mt. Juliet Records, a new label co-owned by the Hanks family
and Mr. Borchetta, who arranged
for the event to be broadcast live
at the No. 1 country music station in Ocala: Thunder Country
WTRS.
“This is where the dream starts
— signing the record deal,” Mr.
Borchetta said.
With family members and
friends waiting in another room,
Britt & Blaire, as they are known
professionally, spent nearly an
hour in the studio doing an interview with morning deejays Dave
Tyler and Bo Hamilton. With
Blaire at the guitar, they also sang
three original songs from their
first album -— Fall For a Smile,
From the Heart and Young Summer — and covered Brantley Gilbert’s hit song Country Wide.
“They sounded unbelievable,”
Mr. Tyler said. “They’re the next
big thing. Britt & Blaire will be
making history.”
During the interview Blaire,
19, who grew up on Mud Lake
Road, said he started learning
how to play the guitar when he
was 7 or 8 years old and wrote his
first song when he was about 12.
Sometimes, he said, he writes the
lyrics and later puts it to a melody, but usually it’s the melody
that comes first and the words afterward.
His musical influences were
country, reggae and “beachy-type
music,” he said, pointing with
admiration to such entertainers
as Bob Marley, Brantley Gilbert
and Kenny Chesney. Wherever
or whenever inspiration strikes,
Blaire said he’s compelled to
write it down right away.
“I’ll be sound asleep and I’ll get
some sweet words and a melody
in my head,” he said. “I have to
get up and call mom and dad in
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Britt & Blaire sign record deal with Mike Borchetta.
the middle of the night and say,
‘Hey, ya’ll wake up. You’ve got to
hear this.’”
Brittany, who began singing
in church as a pre-schooler and
later in school plays in Jacksonville, said her strongest influences
include artists such as Carrie Underwood and Miranda Lambert,
though many people have told
her she sounds “just like Jewel”
on some songs.
If they were nervous on the air,
the young couple didn’t show it at
all, neither in their voices as they
answered the deejays’ questions
nor when they sang songs for
the listening audience. It was the
first time anyone had heard their
songs played on the radio.
Sharon Beavers, a gospel and
country songwriter and singer
from Macclenny who has been a
mentor to Blaire, said she got a
little teary-eyed when she heard
their voices come over the radio
for the first time Monday morning at a friend’s house in Ocala.
“They sounded amazing and
very professional,” she said.
“They were smooth and very relaxed. It just touched my heart.
I’m so very proud of them.”
But she wasn’t surprised, said
Mrs. Beavers, who has heard the
two perform at county fairs, fundraising events and in local restaurants during karaoke nights that
she’s managed.
“The first time I heard Brittany sing she had that extra special thing that many [performers] don’t have,” she said. “And
the first time I heard Blaire I just
knew that talent was there, he
just didn’t realize how talented he
was. He wanted to write [songs]
and play the guitar and be in the
background. But he’s come so far
in the past year with his voice and
confidence. He’s such a presence
on the stage.”
Mrs. Beavers said she thinks
both are ready to do what it takes
to be a success in the competitive
music industry.
“They just have that connection and look so great together,”
she said. “I can see how they’ve
grown in the last year. They’re exactly where they need to be.”
Britt & Blaire have appeared
twice in the past year at Maver-
ick’s country and western dance
club at the Jacksonville Landing,
once at Cow Patti’s in Yulee, and
on March 31 the duet will perform for the first time at Cotton
Eyed Joe’s in Fernandina Beach.
After the contract was signed
and the newlyweds, who were
married in Macclenny on Feb. 17
about a week before they moved
to Nashville, walked out of the
radio station feeling pretty good
about their future. So did Mike
Borchetta.
“I know talent,” he said. “I
can’t tell you how proud I am of
these children, and I say children
because I’m so old.”
Some day, perhaps, he’ll look
back and remember the early
days with Britt & Blaire fondly
like he remembers the early days
with others who went on to become giant stars.
Mr. Borchetta gave Tim McGraw his first big break when he
signed the young singer to a contract with Curb Records in 1993
and soon watched him hit No.
1 on the charts with the heartwrenching ballad Don’t Take the
Girl. In the late 1980s he had Hal
Ketchum under contract and said
he took him on a promotional
tour to numerous radio stations
promoting his song, Small Town
Saturday Night, which became a
No. 1 hit and was the most played
record of the year in 1991.
He’s not the only one who has
confidence in Britt & Blaire. His
wife Martha also has an eye and
an ear for talent and she said the
couple has what it takes to succeed in the business.
“They’re the real deal,” Mrs.
Borchetta said, adding that
they’re talented, attractive and
both had a good family upbringing. “They’re good kids. If they
weren’t, we wouldn’t be here.”
After the morning radio show,
she said she asked Dave Tyler for
his candid opinion of Brittany
and Blaire on a scale of 1 to 10.
“He said ‘a 10,’” she said.
In the parking lot of the Ocala
restaurant where everyone met
for lunch, Mr. Tyler commented
on the couple’s chances are of hitting the big time.
“The sky’s the limit,” he said.
“They were great. Outstanding.”
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If you fail to file your response or answer, if any, in the
above proceeding with the Clerk of this Court, and to
serve a copy thereof upon the plaintiff’s attorney, Law
Offices of Daniel C. Consuegra, 9204 King Palm Dr.,
Tampa, Florida 33619-1328, telephone (813) 9158660, facsimile (813) 915-0559, within thirty days of
the first publication of this Notice, a default will be
entered against you for the relief demanded in the
Complaint or petition.
DATED at BAKER County this 25th day of January,
2012.
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the provision of certain assistance. Please contact
Ms. Jan Phillips, ADA Coordinator, Alachua County
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CONTACT US
William Baker, 68 Lorrine Buffington ‘Bud’ Davis Sr.,
Allen Harrell, 51,
of Glen St. Mary 67, of Macclenny 76, of Sanderson of Cincinnati, OH
William “Bill” Edward Baker
Lorrine Buffington, 67, of
Jr., 68, of Glen St. Mary died
March 24, 2012. He was born
in Jacksonville to the
late William
Edward
Baker Sr.
and Thelma
Smith Baker on December 10,
1943.
He
was a 1961
graduate of
Paxon High
William Baker
School and
received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mathematics
from Jacksonville University in
1968.
Mr. Baker resided in Baker
County since 1973 after moving from Jacksonville. He was
a member of Unity Church for
Creative Living in Jacksonville
and of the Baker County Amateur H.A.M. Radio Operators,
call sign K4gns. Bill worked
for Duval County schools from
1968-1985 and then the Baker
County school system from
1985-1996 retiring as assistant
superintendent. At the time of
his death, he was a consultant
to school systems throughout
Florida, mentoring administrators and faculty. Bill loved playing the guitar, hiking and gardening, and was an avid Atlanta
Braves fan.
Survivors include loving wife
of 47 years, Carol Meeks Baker; daughters Pam (Michael)
Baker Robinson of Macclenny
and Karen (Christopher) Baker
Clifton of Callahan; sister Dorothy Baker Gray of Jacksonville;
grandchildren Shea Robinson,
Shanna Robinson, Wyatt Clifton
and Jessie Clifton.
The celebration of life will be
held at the Baker residence at
14413 Tim Rhoden Road, Glen
St. Mary Friday, March 30 at
4:30 pm with Ms. Dale Beaman
officiating. There will be a time
of sharing personal stories, so
bring a memoir of Bill for the
family’s scrapbook if possible.
Casual attire is recommended.
V. Todd Ferreira Funeral
Services is in charge of arrangements. In lieu of flowers please
make a donation to the Red
Cross Jacksonville Chapter,
751 Riverside Avenue, Jacksonville, FL 32204 or to the Baker
County YMCA, 98 West Lowder
Street Macclenny, FL 32063 in
Mr. Baker’s name.
The Road
to Calvary
Corner of Madison & Stoddard
Glen St. Mary
Rev. Tommy & Doris Anderson
Youth Director Margie Howard
Phone: 904-259-2213
Sunday School: . . . . . . . . . . . .10:00 am
Sunday Morning Service . . . .11:00 am
Sunday Evening Service . . . . . 6:00 pm
Wednesday Night . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 pm
Macclenny died March 24,
2012. She was born in Jacksonville to the
late Alton
and Gussie
J o h n s
Crawford
on December 8, 1944.
She
was
raised
in
Moniac, GA
and graduated from
St. George
H i g h Lorrine Buffington
School.
Lorrine was a member of Christian Fellowship Temple and
loved working as part of the
cooking ministry at the church.
She was passionate about her
family and her home. She actively supported her husband
Vincent while he served in the
military from 1978-1993. After
his retirement they moved back
to Moniac, GA and resided in
her childhood home. In 2004
they moved to Macclenny.
Lorrine was constantly striving to improve her home, working on its appearance and making it comfortable for family and
guests. She loved being around
children, watching romantic
movies, the Academy Awards,
The Young and the Restless and
HGTV. She also enjoyed reading
romantic books and listening to
gospel music. She was predeceased by daughter Shaina Dee
Buffington and brother Johnny
Crawford.
Survivors include her loving
husband of 33 years Vincent
Buffington; sister Corrine Eddy;
niece Teresa Yost, all of Macclenny; nephews Tommy Eddy,
Jerry Eddy, Mitchell Crawford,
Frankie Crawford and Mike
Crawford.
The funeral service was held
at her church on Wednesday,
March 28 at 2 pm with pastors
David and Tim Thomas officiating. V. Todd Ferreira Funeral
Services was in charge of arrangements.
Revival April 4-6
Crossroads to Victory church
located on Hwy 121 South in Raiford will host a revival April 4-6
at 7 pm nightly. Randy Ogburn is
the guest speaker.
Elmus “Bud” Davis Sr., 76, of
Sanderson died Tuesday, March
20, 2012. He was born January
12, 1936 to
the late Albert (Birdie)
Davis
and Pearl
Raulerson
Davis. He
was a lifelong resident of Baker County
and member of Dinkins New
Elmus Davis
Congregational Methodist Church. He
was a retired millwright union
worker in Local #241 of Jacksonville for 41 years and member of the Masonic Lodge #122
of Sanderson for many years. He
enjoyed spending time with his
family, which he loved above all.
He was an avid hunter, fisherman and farmer — all remaining
as his legacy. He was preceded
in death by 11 brothers and sisters.
Survivors include his loving
wife of 56 years Shirley Canaday
Davis of Sanderson; children
Rita F. Davis, Richard (Sharon) Davis, Elmus (Carolyn)
Davis Jr., Jerry (Cheryl) Davis, Cindy (Eddy) Sanders and
Scott (Lori) Davis; sisters Pearly
Shumate and Alice Roaldsen;
brothers Carlton (Margie) Davis and Preston (Miriam) Davis
all of Sanderson; 23 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren
and many nieces and nephews
which he loved.
The funeral service was held
Saturday, March 24 at 2 pm at
his church with Eddy Sanders
officiating, assisted by Rev. Tim
Alford. Interment with Masonic
rites followed at Cedar Creek
Cemetery. Guerry Funeral Home
was in charge of arrangements.
Allen Edward Harrell, 51, of
Cincinnati, Ohio died March
13, 2012. He was born in Jacksonville to the late Allen Henry
Harrell
and Marilyn Yonn,
and raised
in
Baker
County before moving
to Ohio. Allen enjoyed
painting,
music and
watching
the Bengals.
He was preAllen Harrell
ceded
in
death by his dad Henry Yonn
and son Jeremy Harrell.
Survivors include mother
Marilyn Yonn of Macclenny;
son Allen Yonn of Macclenny;
daughter Victoria Harrell of
Highland Heights, Ky.; grandchildren Camron, Austin and
Corey, all of Independence,
Ohio, Abigail and Austin Yonn
of Ocala; sisters Cheryl Harrell
(Dennis) Sievwright of Durrand,
WI and Bridgett Woodmansee
of Macclenny; brothers James
(Laura) Yonn of Lake Butler,
Don (Linda) Yonn and Sherman
Yonn, both of Maclenny, and Allen Henry (Meghan) Harrell III
of Rochester, NY; many nieces,
nephews, aunts and uncles.
Mr. Harrell was cremated.
There will be no funeral service.
Newcomer Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
Welcome
First Baptist Church
Sanderson
Congregational
Holiness Church
of Sanderson
CR 229 S., Sanderson FL
Sunday School . . . . . . . 10:00 am
Sun. Morning Worship . 11:00 am
Sun. Evening Worship . . 6:00 pm
Wed. Eve. Bible Study . . 7:00 pm
Pastor Bob Christmas
http://www.fbcofsanderson.org
New Hope Church, Inc.
23-A to Lauramore Rd. & Fairgrounds Rd.
Sunday School
Sunday Morning Worship
Sunday Children’s Church
Sunday Evening Services
Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting
9:45 am
11:00 am
11:00 am
6:00 pm
7:00 pm
Pastor J. C. Lauramore welcomes all
The Lord’s Church
Intersection of CR 125 & 250 in Taylor •• 259-8353
Sunday school ~ 10:00 am
Sunday service ~ 11:00 am
Wednesday night Bible Study ~ 6:30 pm
Family style dinner ~ 1st Sunday of the month
following service
‘A church alive is worth the drive!’
Pastor Bobby
& Faye Griffin
Christian Fellowship Temple
Connecting > Growing > Serving
David Thomas-Senior Pastor Tim Thomas- Associate Pastor
Gary Crummey-Youth Pastor
Looking for a place to plug in?
Join us this week!
There’s something for every age!
Sundays
Sunday School- 10:00 am
Sunday Worship- 11:00 am
Evening Worship- 6:00 pm
Wednesdays
Wednesday Worship- 7:00 pm
Cemetery meeting
We’re located at 251 W. Ohio Ave.
Macclenny, FL
Office: 904-259-3548
Mantown Cemetery will hold
its semi-annual meeting and
grounds cleaning Saturday, April
14 beginning at 9 am. For more
information call 904-705-3070
or 904-476-8907.
Check us out on the web!
www.christianfellowshiptemple.com
CR 127 N., Sanderson, FL
Sunday School 10:00 am
Morning Worship 11:00 am
Sunday Evening Worship 6:00 pm
Wed. Evening Prayer Serv. 7:30 pm
Pastor: Oral E. Lyons
Mt. Zion N.C.
Methodist Church
Pastor Tim Cheshire
904-266-2337
Gid Giddens
904-387-0055
Baldwin
Jacksonville
Arrangements made in your home or our facility
Fair & Reasonable Prices
Funeral & Cremation Services
Locally Owned & Family Operated
Proudly Serving Northeast Florida
‘Behold the Lamb’
Sanderson Congregational
Holiness Church
Easter Play
Friday, April 6 7:30 pm
Saturday, April 7 7:30 pm
Sunday, April 8 10:30 am
Sunday School
9:45 am
Sunday Morning Worship 11:00 am
Sunday Evening Worship 6:00 pm
Wednesday Prayer Service 7:00 pm
Cleveland Miller, 74, of Glen
St. Mary died March 27, 2012.
He was born to the late Kenneth Miller and Zella Mae Spivey Miller on June 23, 1937 and
was a resident of Baker County
since 1991
after moving
from
Jacksonville. Cleveland served
honorably
in the US
Army. He
retired in
1991 from
Florida
Rock where
he was a Cleveland Miller
truck driver. He enjoyed fishing, farming,
standing around a burn barrel
with friends and family, tending to his cows, He was an avid
Gator fan and outdoorsman. He
was predeceased by his wife of
39 years: Rosa Miller and his
grandson: Garrett Harris.
Survivors include his children Richard Gowdy of Baker
County, Curtis (Windy) Miller of
Glen St. Mary, Sherrie Cribb of
Kentucky, Cleveland M. (Shannon) Miller of Glen St. Mary,
April Conner of Maxville, Eric
(Tina) Miller of Macclenny and
Candi (Riley) Force of Glen
St. Mary; brothers and sisters;
grandchildren Kenneth (Wendi), Samantha, Justin Miller,
Kayla Bell, Britney Motes,
Thomas Geddings, Carrissa and
Chelsea Miller, Richard and
Rebecca Conner, Katina Todd,
Taylor, Adam and Amber Miller,
Melissa, Robert and Alyssa Baker and Brendon Force; greatgrandchildren: Gabriella Harris,
Kylee Miller, KatieAne Nipper,
Cole and Alexis Thirston and
Rainey Mote and his beloved
dog Gracie.
A service will be held at the
Ferreira Funeral Services Chapel on Friday at noon with
pastors Greg Combs and Billy
Worthington officiating. The
family will receive friends and
family on Friday at 10:30 am at
the funeral home.
Harold Lykins,
54, of Macclenny
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Martha Wilcox,
69, of Olustee
Martha Wilcox, also known
as Lily Pearl, 69, of Sanderson
died Wednesday, March 21,
2012 at her residence after a
sudden illness. She was born in
Sanderson to Rosa Lee and Walter James
Wilcox. She
attended
the
public schools
of
Baker
County and
was a faithful member
of McCray’s
Temple
in
Olustee. She was
Martha Wilcox
preceded
in death by
her father Walter James Wilcox
and brothers Willie C. Wilcox,
Walter James Wilcox Jr. and
Wilbur Charles Wilcox.
Survivors include mother
Rosa Lee Wilcox of Olustee;
daughter Linda Snead of Rochester, NY; sons Alvin and Brian,
both of Olustee, Melvin, Anthony and Timothy, all of Rochester, NY; a grandson that she
raised as her own, Devontae;
sisters Betsy of Olustee, Betty
of White Springs, Rose Marie
of Lake City; daughter-in-law
Crystal Bell of Olustee; other
grandchildren; a host of greatgrandchildren, nephews, nieces,
cousins and other relatives and
friends.
The funeral service will be
held Saturday, March 31 at Faith
Bible Church with Elder John L.
Morgan officiating. Interment
will follow at Olustee Memorial
Cemetery. The family will receive friends Friday, March 30
at McCray’s Temple in Olustee.
Cooper Funeral Home of Lake
City is in charge of arrangements.
In loving memory of
Debra Lynn Hart
4/8/1964 – 4/1/2007
- Even though it’s been five
years since you left us, we still
think of you everyday. We will
always love and miss you very
much.
- Liz, we all miss you so much
and love you. Every day without
you has been rough. Always remember, your memory lives on.
Love ya.
- We always think of you as
we are now. We miss you very
much.
You will never be forgotten.
You left a precious part of you to
carry on.
Love,
Mom, John and
your daughter Amber Lynn,
J.D., your brother Mike,
Shelly and Family
We publish
obituaries & pictures
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In loving memory of
Brant Johns
7/7/1964 - 3/25/2005
It’s the Three Cowboys minus
one. He’s gone hunting in the
sun. They will all meet again in
the sun, one day.
Love,
S.L. (Brantley) and
Amanda Johns, Mama
and Cecil, Ed and Lisa,
Elton and Katie, all
In loving memory of
Bernice Crawford
nephews and nieces
1/28/1921 - 3/31/2005
Another year has passed us
by. That makes the total seven
since you left us here on earth
for your new home in Heaven.
We know you’re happy there
and free from all your pain, and
still will be that happy day when
we all meet again.
We’ll all be together in that
heavenly home above, among
our friends and loved ones, surrounded by God’s eternal love.
Love,
William, Annie Ruth,
J.L., Kelly and Evelyn
In loving memory of
Pender Logan
Raulerson
In loving memory of
Pender Logan
Raulerson
8/16/1991 - 3/28/2007
Make me whole again, open
your eyes. Taunted by the
shadows of your life, cold and
far away. Like you’re not even
mine, undo everything and take
me higher.
Never believing what they
say because I’m counting the
days to meet you on the other
side. I will always be waiting
until the day that I see you on
the other side. Come take me
home.
I’m not giving in, I want you
back. Holding together by the
shards of our past. Stole my
heart away, I can’t let you go.
Break these chains and let me
fly to you, high above the world
below.
With love in my heart
for you always,
Jessie
In loving memory of
our mother
Bobbie Adams
2/28/1934 - 3/29/2011
With our hearts filled with
love and the beautiful memories of our mother, we love and
miss you. We miss your beautiful smile, your loving arms. You
are our angel from above.
Love,
Tom, Dewey, Phillip,
Robert, Eddie, Walter
and Amanda Adams
Night of celebration
McCray’s Holiness Outreach
Ministry, located at 22838 Leonard Ford Road in Olustee, is having a “Night of Celebration” April
7, 2012 at 7 pm.
The messenger is Minister
Almeda Wallace and we will celebrate holy women uniting together in Christ.
COPIES
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The Office Mart
110 South Fifth St.
Love,
Mom and family
Check it out...
12-17-1931 – 3/27/2008
Thank you for the angel you
lent us for a while. She brought
us laughter and an everlasting
smile. She loved us and inspired
us, our own guiding light.
Now she shines in Heaven
with wings of pure white. She
will forever walk softly in our
hearts and in our dreams.
When our feelings run rampant and our tears begin to
stream, her spirit will surround
us, lending comfort to one and
all.
We will always miss her.
Time cannot erase the pain, yet
we will always be grateful that
into our lives she came.
Love,
Cecil, Kathy, Gail and Family
PRESS CLASSIFIEDS
ONLY
8/16/1991 - 3/28/2007
It has been five years now
since you went to be with God.
I’m sure you know this, but we
all miss you a lot. You touched
so many people’s lives in your
short 15 years.
You know your family loves
you and your adoring peers.
Some called you “a living legend” for the crazy stuff you did.
I remember always thinking, I
want to be like him.
I hope you’re up there happy
and living like a king because
I know your life was short but
you earned your angel wings.
Everybody misses you so very,
very much.
Some just miss you being
here while others miss your
touch. Mom and Dad still miss
you bad and they are doing all
they can. Because to them and
everyone you’ll always be our
“Little Man.”
In loving memory of
Marcille Raulerson
$6.00
cash/check
Deadline Monday at 5:00
In loving memory of
Pender Logan
Raulerson
8/16/1991 – 3/28/2007
Pender,
I love you and miss you more
each day.
Macclenny
church of christ
573 s. 5th st. 259-6059
Sunday Bible Study
9:45 am
Fellowship 10:30 am - 11:00 am
Worship Services
11:00 am
Wed. Bible Study
7:30 pm
Love,
Dad
Minister
Sam F. Kitching
ANNUAL MEETING
Glen Hill Primitive Church
April 6, 7 & 8
with guest speakers:
Elder Michael Green
Elder Shannon Whipp
For more information call 904-304-1368
Sanderson Christian
Revival Center
Pastor: Harold Finley
Sunday School
10:00 am
Sunday Service
11:00 am
Sunday Evening
6:00 pm
Wednesday Service 7:30 pm
Come see the exciting things
the Lord is doing.
Corner of Sapp Rd. and CR 229
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New Life Church
14271 N. SR 121 in Macclenny | 259-6030
Jesus answered, "Verily, verily I
say unto thee, except a man be
born of water and of the Spirit,
he cannot enter into the kingdom of God." John 3:5
Cleveland Miller
of Glen St. Mary
Harold B. Lykins, 54, of Macclenny died March 14, 2012.
Harold was born in Crestline,
OH to the late Harold B. Lykins
Sr. and Delores Avenelle Clay
Lykins on June 18, 1957. Harold
loved his children, fishing and
hunting. He loved telling stories
of his hunting adventures. He
was predeceased by his brother
William Lykins.
Survivors include children
Angela Lykins and Joshua Lykins
both of central Florida, Christie
Barth and Sterling Barth, both
of New Mexico; sister Brenda
Grimes of Sanderson; numerous
nieces and nephews.
The family will hold a private
memorial service at a later date.
V. Todd Ferreira Funeral Services was in charge of arrangements.
121 North † 259-4461
Macclenny, FL
270 US Highway 301 N. • Baldwin FL 32234
www.giddensreedfh.com
Saturday,
April 7
7:00 pm
CR 127 N. of Sanderson
Sunday School
10:00 am
Sunday Morning Service 11:00 am
Sunday Night Service
6:00 pm
Wed. Night Service
7:30 pm
Easter Sunday,
April 8
10:45 am
Rev. Jack Pope, Pastor
Calvary Baptist Church
Pastor Donnie E. Williams, Sr.
Sunday School
Preaching Service
Sunday Night Service
Wednesday Service
523 North Boulevard W.
From Hwy 90 - turn North at caution light in Sanderson, go two blocks
From I-10 – Take Sanderson exit #327, go north, continue north at caution
light, go two blocks - Church is on the right
a few blocks north of Hwy. 90 in Macclenny
Everyone is invited
www.calvarybaptistmacclenny.com •• 259-4529
DINKINS NEW
CONGREGATIONAL
METHODIST CHURCH
10:00 am
11:00 am
6:00 pm
7:00 pm
Pastor Allen Crews
Assistant Pastor Timothy Alford
Saint Peter’s
in the Glen
ANGLICAN CHURCH
9:00 am
Adult Sunday School
7:00 pm
Wednesday Study/
Holy Communion
10:00 am
Sunday Worship/
Holy Communion
Glen St. Mary, Florida
1/2 mile South of I-10 on CR 125,
right on Nursery Road the historic
Budder Mathis House
I must write this letter to thank you, as the administrator,
and your staff for the excellent environment and caring
nature they showed my father, Leo Bordeleau, while there.
He was well satisfied with his short term care, his therapy
program and the kindness everyone showed him. In other
words, he was well cared for by all, staff and management He
was brought into other nursing facilities and nothing could
compare to this one. It really made a difference to him as a
patient or short-term resident. I, his daughter, also want to
send my thanks to everyone, again, for the excellent care you
gave him. It really made a difference. I would recommend this
facility to anyone and Macclenny Nursing and Rehab Center
should receive a hospitality award as well as an excellent care
reward.
- Mrs. Elaine H. Runge
 Close to home
 National Award
winning
 Four star rated
 Loving & caring staff
 Quality rehab center
with experienced
therapists
www.MacclennyRehab.com
755 South 5th Street • Macclenny, FL • 259-4873
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Commercial/Residential Roofing Contractor
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should be mailed to: Classified Ads, The Baker County Press, P.O. Box 598, Macclenny,
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If after that time, the ad continues to run
without notification of error by the person or
agency for whom it was published, then that
party assumes full payment responsibility.
The Baker County Press reserves the right
to refuse advertising or any other material
which in the opinion of the publisher does
not meet standards of publication.
FOR SALE
Double mattress, box springs, frame
and metal replica headboard, 2 years old,
$250. 259-4839.
3/29-4/5
Camille Beckman hand cream, Root
candles, unique gift items. Southern
Charm 110 S. 5th Street. 259-4140.
4/28tfc
GE washer/dryer, 3 months old, matching
set $600, large capacity; coffee and end
tables, wood and wrought iron $75; burgundy Lay-Z-Boy recliner $25. 912-8438297.3/29p
We install 6” seamless gutters. Pressure washing. 259-7335.
8/11tfc
Echo chain saw CS4400, 18” bar, very
good condition, $200. 653-1403. 3/29p
Office Supplies, printer and fax cartridges, rubber stamps and much more. We
specialize in hard to find items. The Office
Mart, 110 S. 5th Street. 259-3737.4/28tfc
We’re back from a whirlwind buying trip!
The Franklin Mercantile: trendy trinkets to
timeless treasures. Railroad crossing in
Glen. 259-6040.
3/29c
Landscaping mulch, buy direct, a little or
a lot. 259-2900.
3/22tfc
Antique bookcase, $250 OBO. 259-8013.
3/29p
Upright headstones, hand made. 2598013.3/29p
Fruit trees: Florida King peach, pear, apple and more. Blueberry plants, thornless
blackberries, muscadines. Lowest prices!
904-845-2686 Hilliard. Delivery available.
1/2-7/5p
2004 large truck camper, Bigfoot, top of
the line, slide out, generator, full bath, many extras, $10,000 OBO. 904-879-2143.
3/29p
Now taking bids on a 2002 18'6" Triton
bass boat w/150HP Mercury and trolling
motor; 2002 EZ-Load trailer; 2006 18'
Monterey Bowrider w/inboard/outboard on
2006 Roki trailer. Call Beth Little at 6534453.3/22tfc
The Plant Ladies: Friday and Saturday, 9
am - 1 pm, across from Richard’s Market. Yesterdays, petunia baskets, red salvia, yellow lantana, Gaura, herb baskets,
purple trumpet trees, turkey fig trees, gardenias, lots more. Dept of Ag #4800569.
3/29p
Artists. Oils, acrylics, water colors,
Canvases, drawing pads and much more.
On sale now. The Office Mart, 110 S. Fifth
Street, 259-3737. tfc
Frigidaire A/C, new, still in box, 12,000
BTU, 9.8 EER, cools 640 SF or 20x32
room, $300. 904-586-5791 or 904-4089406.3/29p
Matching sofa, loveseat and chair, all recline, wall-a-way, $500. 259-3352 or 904412-6456.3/29p
2008 Harley Road King with 23,000 miles
and 2006 Keystone Cougar travel trailer.
Sleeps up to 10, both in excellent condition, asking payoff. If interested call 904610-5134 or 275-2571.
3/29p
AUTOMOBILES
2002 New Beetle VW, gray, 5 spd, A/C and
heat, clean, nice, $3300. Call 904-5710913.3/29p
2004 Black Chevrolet Silverado. Only
68,000 miles. Great condition, modifications include 20” chrome wheels, chrome
on dual exhaust, fender flares, gas tank
cover and door handles, 10” sub under
passenger seat, billot grill, great A/C, pristine interior, tinted windows. $9,400. 904588-3057.3/22-29p
Press Ad Deadline:
Monday 5:00 PM
MISCELLANEOUS
Alcoholics anonymous meetings Monday and Friday at 8 pm. Call Wanda 904994-7750. 209 Macclenny Ave.
3/1-12/27p
I have one opening full or part-time to
keep your child in my home. Please call
904-397-0120 or 904-207-0455. References available.
3/22-29p
LOST & FOUND
Lost Dog male, black lab mix with white
on chest and nose. Went missing Saturday
behind Frasers. Cash Reward!!! Please call
904-626-1771.3/29p
ANIMALS
American Bulldogs, 6 weeks, 1 male, 5
females. 2 fawn/white, 4 brindle, wormed,
$100. 904-271-9494.
3/29p
Dogs: all types from puppies to adults.
Animal Control, $65 adoption fees will apply. 259-6786. 11/20tfc
HELP WANTED
Notice to readers:
The newspaper often publishes classified
advertising on subjects like work-at-home,
weight loss products, health products.
While the newspaper uses reasonable
discretion in deciding on publication of
such ads, it takes no responsibility as to
the truthfulness of claims. Respondents
should use caution and common sense
before sending any money or making other
commitments based on statements and/or
promises; demand specifics in writing. You
can also call the Federal Trade Commission at 1-877-FTC-HELP to find out how to
spot fraudulent solicitations. Remember: if
it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
- The Baker County Press
Dump truck driver wanted. Experienced
only. No over the road drivers need to apply. Contact Billy 904-334-8739. 3/8-29p
Full time customer service rep. needed
for busy insurance agency in Macclenny,
salary $20,000/year. Microsoft Office experience a must, insurance experience
helpful but not required. Please submit
your resumé to Farm Bureau Insurance,
P.O. Box 1813, Macclenny, FL 32063.
3/22-29p
Men/women reps for my Avon team
(Macclenny). $10 to start. Free website,
discounted products. www.youravon.com/
clubflorida. Call today 259-1345. 3/29p
Accepting applications for electrician.
Must have valid driver’s license and 5
years experience. Will do background
check. Apply in person at Dependable
Heating/AC and Electrical located at 203
East Macclenny Ave, Macclenny, FL.1/5tfc
Family seeking adult sitters for elderly father, evenings and weekends, background
screen required. Call 259-3093. Leave
name and number.
3/29p
PRN-Registered Nurse and Speech Pathologist: Local homecare seeks RN and
SLP available for weekdays. Please apply
in person at 28 E. Macclenny Ave, Macclenny, FL 32063.
3/15tfc
Experienced dump truck driver, no over
the road (OTR) drivers. Must have at least
2 years verifiable dump truck experience,
904-879-5324.3/29p
Stylist needed, for more information call
Dennis at 904-210-7519.
3//29p
Avon career or pocket money, you decide.
Only $10 to start, Kaycee 275-3215 or
[email protected]. Or self appoint for
$20 www.start.avon.com reference code
Kheinz. ISR.
3/8-29p
Driver needed to deliver magazines to
stores once a month. 386-972-3067.
3/29p
Class-A CDL Flatbed drivers, home on
the weekends, all miles paid (empty and
loaded), lease to own, no money down.
Call 888-880-5916
3/29p
REAL ESTATE
Notice to Readers
All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which
makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on
race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial
status or national origin, or an intention to
make any such preference, limitation or
discrimination.” Familial status includes
P.O. Box 598, Macclenny, FL 32063
BY WEBSITE
children under the age of 18 living with
parents or legal custodians, pregnant
women and people securing custody of
children under 18.
This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which
is in violation of the law. Our readers are
hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on
an equal opportunity basis. To complain of
discrimination, call HUD toll free at 1-800669-9777. The toll free telephone number
for the impaired is 1-800-927-9275.
1-10 acres, high and dry, fish pond, creek
or river front, homes/mobile homes, setup. Owner financing. 912-843-8118
or 904-699-8637. www.landyes.net.
6/30tfc
Copper Creek lot #21 for sale, $42,000.
Call 321-246-2533.
3/15-4/5p
3.46 acres, north Sanderson, set up for
mobile home $42,000. Owner financing.
Call 904-813-1580.
2/10tfc
FSBO- 3 BR, 2 BA, 14 X 80 singlewide on
2.66 fully landscaped acres with 25 x 30
detached block garage and 2 car carport
off John Rowe Rd. in Macclenny, $74,900.
259-5149 or 904-894-6842.
3/8-29p
3 BR, 2 BA brick home on ½ acre in Glenfield Oaks, a gated community, $145,000.
Call 904-813-1580.
3/15tfc
Home for sale, Antlers Run subdivision,
6279 Flag Run Dr., Maxville, FL 32234. All
brick, 3 BR, 2 ½ BA, 2 car attached garage,
over 1600 SF living space on 1 acre. 12x26
screened patio, built in 1999, all stainless appliances, new flooring throughout
of wood, tile and carpet. Just reduced to
$160,000. Rarely does a home go up for
sale in this quiet, peaceful neighborhood.
This home is for sale by owner! Please call
289-1854 or 904-483-8254 for any questions or appointment.
3/29p
1 acre lot for rent or sale, ready for your
mobile home. Call 904-672-8272. 3/29p
4 BR, 2 ½ BA brick house, 2600 SF, Florida
room, detached garage, inground pool on 1
acre, lots of upgrades, many extras. Selling
below appraisal $220,000, 653-1143.
3/22-29p
New Home - 3 BR, 2 BA, in city limits,
1,958 SF total, 1447 SF living, nice two car
garage with stucco/stone exterior, tile bath
and shower with custom wood cabinets,
stainless steel appliances. $143,900. 904591-2640.3/22tfc
Two city lots (cleared), in Glen St. Mary.
Two blocks north on Sherman Ave off US
90. Across from Westside Daycare and two
blocks across from the high school. 904259-2685.3/22-4/12p
7½ acres, prime property, cleared with
large oak trees off Odis Yarborough Rd,
$87,000, 259-5877.
2/9tfc
FOR RENT
3 BR, 2 BA mobile home on 1 acre, $850/
month, $850 deposit. 904-813-3091.
3/22tfc
On Hwy 185, Moniac, 1800 SF doublewide
3 BR, 3 BA, front and rear deck, fenced
yard on 1 acre $700/month. Will sell with
owner financing. 904-879-2143. 3/29p
2 BR, 1 BA mobile home , $450/month
plus deposit, includes water. 259-6528 or
904-424-9589.3/29p
1 and 2 bedroom, 1 bath apartments
available in Macclenny. Quiet established
neighborhood, service pets only. $500$550 per month, deposit required. Call
259-8444 for more information. $100 off
first 2 months rent to qualified applicants.
1/19tfc
For sale or rent, 2 BR, 1 BA block house
on almost 4 acres in Taylor. Call 904-5918995.3/29p
2 or 3 BR mobile home $385-$550;
half acre, garbage, water, sewer,
lawn provided, family neighborhood.
912-843-8118 or 904-699-8637.
www.rentyes.net.
6/30tfc
3 BR, 2 BA doublewide near Cuyler, workshop, kennel on 2 ½ acres, $850/month. 3
BR, 2 BA doublewide in Macclenny, $750/
month. Service animals only. 904-4778995.3/29-4/5p
3 BR, 2 BA doublewide on 1 acre on 125
south, pole barn, fish pond, fenced property, lawn maintenance included. $850/
month, $1150 deposit, 259-9066.12/29tfc
3 BR, 2 BA singlewide $700/month, $700
deposit, clean, newly remodeled. 904509-2280.3/29p
2 BR, 1 BA house in Sanderson, $600/
month, $600 deposit. Service animals
only, 275-3136.
3/29-4/5p
2 BR, 2 BA on 1 acre, CH/A, $550/month,
first, last and $300 deposit. 259-7335.
3/22tfc
Mobile Homes, 2 and 3 BR, A/C, service
animals only. $500-575 plus deposit. 904860-4604.9/1tfc
2 BR, 1½ BA mobile home, CH/A, $600/
month, $500 deposit 923-2191.
3/29-4/26p
2 BR, 1 BA apartment in Glen, ceramic tile,
carpet, CH/A, W/D hook-up, $625/month
plus deposit. 904-234-4637.
3/29p
Maxville, 3 BR, 2 BA on 1 acre, shed,
porch, very clean. Service animals only
$550/month plus deposit. 289-7784 or
904-591-1763.3/29p
2 BR, 2 BA cottage available April 1. Call
259-9590.3/29-4/5p
Professional office space for lease. Prime
location on Hwy 121 Call 259-9022 for de-
COMMERCIAL FR
tails. 11/3tfc
900 SF office space with bathroom; 7500
SF warehouse space with dock with the
potential of an additional 7500 SF warehouse space. Also, separate refurbished
block building with bathroom good for
office. Available access to four acres of
land for parking. 259-5327 or 904-5451944.3/29-4/19p
Smokey Mountain cabin, sleeps 6, near
trout stream, near Cherokee, Gatlinburg,
VACATION RENTALS
Pigeon Forge and Dollywood. $350/week.
386-752-0013.2/23-4/26p
For sale or lease, 1900 SF commercial
building, lots of parking space, 1 block
COMMERCIAL RE
from City Hall, hospital and courthouse.
Call 259-6546 or 219-2842.
1/5tfc
2008 Fleetwood 28x80, 4 BR, 2 BA, 2001
SF, not a base home, additional upgrades,
MOBILE HOME
full length back porch and carport, all appliances, $75,000. 904-200-6749.
3/22-4/5p
No money down, use your land, huge 4 BR
doublewide, 2012, $499/month. Call 2594663.3/15-4/5c
28x64, 2x6 ext walls, 2x4 int walls, 5”
crown, set-up, delivery, steps, skirt, A/C.
Was $60,000, now $55,000 with furniture.
Call Ken 386-754-0198.
3/29c
Dollar and deed can get you a 2012, 4 BR,
2 BA for only $360/month. 904-783-4619.
3/22-29c
No luck getting what you want for your
used mobile home? List it with me and I’ll
get it financed, moved and advertized at
no cost to you. Call John T. 389-752-1452.
3/29c
New 2012 3 BR, 2 BA doublewide, $39,900
includes set-up and delivery, 259-4663.
Wayne Frier Macclenny Factory Outlet, I-10
and exit 336.
3/15-4/5c
New doublewide, 3 BR, 2 BA, set-up, delivery, steps, skirt, A/C. Was $45,000, now
$40,000 with furniture. Call Ken 386-7540198.3/29c
Never before titled, all factory warranties
apply, 3 BR, 2 BA, will move for free, only
$36,900. 904-783-4619.
3/22-29c
EZ terms, owner financing, set-up on your
land, very nice 32x68, 4 BR, 2 BA. Call John
T. 389-752-1452.
3/29c
Used singlewide, $9500, very clean, includes delivery, 259-4663. 3/15-4/5c
New singlewide, 2 BR, 1 BA, $699 down,
$169/month, will finance. Call John T. 389752-1452.3/29c
Never before titled, 4 BR, 2 BA, will move
for free, only $46,900. 904-783-4619.
3/22-29c
Used 14x52 singlewide, nice 2 BR, 1 BA,
set-up, delivery, steps, skirt, only $13,900.
Call Randy 386-754-8844.
3/29c
I buy used mobile homes, I move, good
money, 259-4663.
3/15-4/5c
Land and home on 2 acres, nice 3 BR, 2
BA, lots of room, near Santa Fe River. Call
John T. 389-752-1452.
3/29c
Used doublewide, 3 BR, 2 BA, wood kitchen floors, new carpet remodeled, must see.
Only $30,000, delivery, set-up, steps, skirt,
call Randy 386-754-8844.
3/29c
Palm Harbor, 4 BR, 2 BA, 2012 model, only
$450/month. 904-783-4619. 3/22-29c
Assume Payments, never titles or lived
in, set-up on your land or mine, this large
Placement, correction or cancellation of
classified ads may be done by phone,
e-mail or in person anytime before
Monday at 5 p.m. for publication on the
following Thursday.
YARD SALES
Friday only 8:00 am - ?, 15 Jule Rd, off 228 S just past
American Enterprise Bank, Macclenny. Moving out of
state sale, lots of home décor, TV, desk, dresser, kitchen
stools, ladies church clothes and shoes, lots of misc.
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"Your Hometown Metal Expert"
The Lady Wildcat softball
team traveled to Daytona Beach
over the weekend to play some
of the best teams in the state.
They would like to have gone in
on a high note with lots of momentum behind them, but they
suffered a rare loss to an area
team, falling to West Nassau.
The Cats hosted the Warriors
on March 20, and played a close
one before losing 6-7. The girls
scattered 16 hits to the Warriors’
9 hits, but West Nassau was able
to make them count while BCHS
left 10 batters stranded on base.
West Nassau scored first with
a single run in the second inning. BCHS answered to tie the
score when Kylie Holton crossed
home plate. But it could have
been a big inning for BCHS,
which left three runners stranded.
West Nassau made them pay
in the third, scoring two runs
and taking a lead they would not
relinquish.
BCHS closed the gap to 4-3
when Genie Taylor and Tayler
McCann scored in the fourth
inning. Then West Nassau answered with an insurance run in
Friday only 8:30 am - ?, Glenwood neighborhood,
7982 Briarwood Cir. Multi-family sale, twin trundle bed,
baby bed, household items, teen brand name clothes.
the top of the fifth.
BCHS rallied with a pair of
runs in the bottom of the fifth
inning. Taylor Crummey and
Clara Harvey both scored to go
ahead with a 5-4 score. The Cats
added an insurance run in the
sixth when Holton cracked a
home run.
The defense deserted the Cats
in the seventh and their opponents scored three runs, including the winning run coming
across home on a Wildcat error.
Haley Crews was on the
mound for the Cats and had
7 strike outs. Holton and Ge-
nie Taylor went 4 of 4 from the
plate.
The girls continued to struggle, losing their opening two
games at the Spring Slam tournament in Daytona Beach. They
fell 0-6 to Satellite Beach, one
of the best teams in the state,
and lost to Pine Ridge 1-2. Tayler McCann had the only run for
BCHS.
The Lady Cats bounced back,
defeating Pedro Menendez 7-3.
The Cats put the game to bed in
the second inning, scoring five
runs. Crummey, Harvey, Brooke
Roberts, MacKenzie Wingard
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SPECIAL EXCEPTION NOTICE
Friday only 8:00 am - ?, 1013 Christie Court. Lots of everything.
Friday only 8:00 am - ?, 582 North Blvd. Multi-family, furniture, clothing,
kitchen items and much more, nice stuff.
James Kirkland is requesting a Special Exception for
the purpose of selling beer and wine at his business,
Jim Kirkland Tattooing, Inc, located at 1435 S 6th Street,
Macclenny, Florida. There will be a Zoning adjustment
Board meeting April 2, 2012, 5:00 PM at City Hall. Any
support or objections will be heard at this time.
Friday and Saturday 8:00 am – 2:00 pm, Klein Road in Glen St. Mary,
follow the signs. Infant clothes to 6T, men’s suits, name brand clothes for
women and children size 0-14, dishes, toys, purses, belts, lots of everything.
Friday and Saturday 9:00 am – 1:00 pm, 3 ½ miles north on 23A from
Hwy 90. High chair, play pen, entertainment center, etc. Clothes all sizes,
uniforms size small, large and extra large.
Friday and Saturday 7:00 am – 5:00 pm,Bob Kirkland to 6525 North 40th
Circle. Moving sale, everything must go.
ZONING VARIANCE NOTICE
Friday and Saturday 8:00 am – 3:00 pm,1015 Christie Court. Huge 3 family sale, household items, clothes-Hollister, American Eagle, etc.
Bonnie Mathis is requesting a Zoning Variance to install
a privacy fence on her property located at 1223 Pine
Circle, Macclenny Florida, and relax the set back.
Friday 9:00 am – 12:00 pm and Saturday 8:00 am – ?, 8377 Hillcrest
Drive. A/C, microwave, TV, sewing machine, gifts in boxes, odds and ends,
good stuff.
Saturday only 8:00 am - ?, 6142 South River Circle, Macclenny. Clothes,
household items, etc. and also some air conditioning and plumbing supplies.
The First Baptist Church of Macclenny is requesting
a Zoning Variance to install an 8 foot chain link fence
around their retention pond.
Saturday only 8:00 am - ?, 4161 Dogwood Street. Variety of items. Proceeds go to Grace Baptist youth for summer camp.
Saturday only 8:00 am – 1:00 pm, 10424 St. Mary’s Circle East, Macclenny. Moving sale, many home related items at great prices. Ask about
vintage record collection. Rain cancels.
A Zoning Adjustment Board Meeting will be held on
April 2, 2012 at 5:00 PM at City Hall to hear any support
or objections.
Saturday only 7:30 am - 12:30 pm, Dixie Mini Storage, 110 N. 8th Street,
Macclenny. Multi-family.
and Haley Crews all scored.
They added an insurance run in
the third when Holton blasted a
solo home run. Roberts scored
in the sixth inning. Haley Crews
went the distance on the mound
and struck out 11 batters.
The bats came alive in the final game of the tournament, a
15-3 dismantling of Gulf Coast.
BCHS opened the scoring
with a trio of runs in the top of
the third, added four more in the
fifth, three in the sixth and five
in the seventh inning. Gatto collected the win.
The girls face Bishop Kenny
in a district game on the road
Thursday, March 29 before returning home to face Baldwin
at the softball field the following
evening.
Fourth
place for
track team
BOB GERARD | SPORTS
The boys’ and girls’ track
teams turned in a fourth place
finish at the Bishop Snyder Invitational on March 22. The host
Cardinals won in the girls’ division and Bartram Trail among
the boys.
Chelsey Ruise won the triple
jump and finished second in the
long jump and triple jump. Ashley Suggs won the discus and
Kasey Russell was third. Niesha
Givens won the shot put and
Russell was second.
Baker County was third in
the 4-by-100 meters, fourth in
the 4-by-400 meters and fifth in
4-by-800 meters.
Tyler Lokey won the 100
meters and Nick Kinchloe was
fourth in the 3200 meters. The
4-by-100 meter relay team was
fourth and the 4-by-800 meter
team was fifth. Falon Lee placed
third in the high jump and Mike
Boone was fourth in the triple
jump. Wesley Combs was fifth.
CeCe Jefferson won the shot
put and Rashodd Hadley was
third. Jacob Carter was fifth in
the discus and Jonathan Kinney
was sixth.
The teams return to Bishop
Snyder for a meet on April 3.
Saturday only 7:00 am – 12:00 pm, 235 E. Ohio Ave, Macclenny. We will
have women’s clothing all sizes, prom dresses, coffee table, treadmill, kitchen stuff and all kinds of knick knacks.
Saturday only 8:00 am - ?, on George Hodges Rd. next to Zaxby’s, follow
signs.
Saturday only 8:00 am – 12:00 pm, 6485 Bob Kirkland Rd. Moving sale,
furniture, 2 queen beds, assorted household items.
Saturday Night 7:30 pm - ?, Big Barn Auction off Stasi Rd. in Glen. Antiques
and collectibles. AU913, AB 516. For questions call 904-509-5478.
3 BR, 2 BA, 32x62. Call John T. 389-7521452.3/29c
$48,500, 2012, 3 BR, 2 BA, set-up, AC,
steps, skirting, all furniture, 259-4663.
3/15-4/5c
New 2011 3 BR, 2 BA, built for elderly couple, reduces $10,000 for quick sale. Call
Mike 386-754-0127.
3/29c
Free delivery and set-up, new 3 BR, 2 BA
doublewide only $265/month. 904-7834619.3/22-29c
Limited time, select models, $1000 over
invoice, furniture included, 4 lot models
must go. Call Mike 386-754-0127. 3/29c
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Rental assistance available to
Qualified applicants
this institution is an equal opportunity provider and
employer.
Macclenny Realty, Inc.
WE HAVE THE HOME FOR YOU
533 S. 6th St. • Macclenny • 259-7709
Wayne Combs, Lic. Real Estate Broker
Cell. 338-4528
Commercial building with over 3600
SF of space located on west us 90 presently rented. Tenant will consider staying at location or relocating. Lots of
parking and traffic. This is a must see for
an investment or start up business with
room to grow. $279,000
COMMERCIAL GENERAL
Corner lot zoned commercial neighborhood
on Hwy. 121 North. (Adjoining property available if needed) $79,900
Excellent business location. Four lots total
1.20 acres with approx. 320 ft. Hwy. 121 frontage. $239,900
Great location for retail business 1404 SF
building currently used as a car lot. No sign
on property. Zoned commercial general.
$250,000
Excellent corner for business. .92 acre located
on US Hwy. 90 zoned commercial general.
$219,900
Corner lot in excellent business location on
Hwy. 125 S. in Glen St. Mary. $49,900
VACANT LAND
1 acre vacant lot with small oaks ready for your
dream home. Close to Shoals Park in Hunter’s
Ridge. Priced to sell! Reduced to $19,999
Two beautiful ½ acre lots with giant oaks, less
than a block from boat ramp and park on 6
Mile Creek. Close to St. Johns River, St. Augustine beach and Bass Haven. $109,900 each
1 acre lot with trees. High & dry! In Hunter’s
Ridge. $29,900
11.07 acres zoned commercial in projected
developing area of Baker County. Located near
I-10 and Hwy. 90. $440,000
SOLD
EQUIPMENT RENTALS
Front End Loaders
Mini-excavators • Bobcat
Ditch Witch •Generators
Pressure washers • Trailers
Commercial Mowers
MACCLENNY CYCLE
AND MARINE
259-5494
• Sprinkler Systems
• Residential and Commercial
• Installations and Repairs
• Free Estimates
259-0783
3/29-4/19p
3/29-9/20p
PERRY ROOFING AND
SHEET METAL INC.
Residential & Commercial
Contractor
Emergency Repairs
Metal Roofs & Shingle Roofs
Flat Roofs
Gutters, Vinyl Siding
Roof Maintenance & Inspections
Free Estimates
Cell 904-662-5473
CCC#13268823/15-4/26p
BRUCE SCOTT TREE SERVICE
Inexpensive tree work
15 years experience
904-838-3130
STEPHEN’S TREE SERVICE
Tree trimming and removal
Stump grinding
On site wood splitting
Call for details
Reasonably priced
Free estimates
Licensed and insured
653-1314
3/29-4/5p
CHALKER BRANCH
CONSTRUCTION, INC.
LAND CLEARING
Fill dirt • Slag
Cypress mulch • Red mulch
A little or a lot
904-275-2514
904-298-4593
2/10tfc
12/15-6/7p
FILL DIRT
Culverts installed
Tim Johnson
259-2536
Complete site and utilities contractor
We sell dirt, slag and lime rock
Asphalt millings now available
Land clearing • Ponds
Owner: Mitch Canaday
904-219-8094
904-275-3140
License No. CU-C057126
1/26-4/26p
PRINTING & FAXING
Black & White and Color Copies,
Custom Business Forms,
Business Cards,
Signs, Stickers,
Invitations for any occasion,
Rubber Stamps
and so much more!!!
The Office Mart
110 South Fifth Street
5/11tfc
KONNIE’S KLEAR POOLS
In-ground and above ground pools
Installation available
Chemicals • Parts
Service • Cleaning
698-E West Macclenny Ave.
(Aardvark Shopping Center)
Fall Hours: Thursday and Friday
10:00 am-6:00 pm
Saturday 10:00 am-2:00 PM
Closed Sunday thru Wednesday
(CPC 053903)
259-5222
ROGER RAULERSON
WELL DRILLING
ANGEL AQUA, INC.
2” and 4” wells
Call Roger or Roger Dale
259-7531
Licensed & Insured
Family owned & operated
12/31tfc
5/19tfc
Certified Building
Contractor and Roofer
Residential•Commercial •Additions
CBC1256393
CCC1329844 CANADAY CONSTRUCTION,
INC./CANADAY TRUCKING
259-3737
Greg and Julie Combs
2/16-4/12p
259-2900
A & D IRRIGATION
& PRESSURE WASHING LLC.
4/21tfc
Water conditioning treatment
Water softeners - Iron filters - Sulfur
Removal - Sales - Rental - Service
Repairs - Salt delivery
Complete water softeners supplies
797 S. 6th Street, Macclenny
259-6672
PEACOCK PAINTING, INC.
Professional painting
Pressure washing
Interior * Exterior
Installing Stucco * Stone
Residential * commercial
Fully insured * Locally owned
25 years experience
259-5877
2/10tfc
FULL LINE OF WEDDING
INVITATIONS & ACCESSORIES
Shower and anniversary invitations
The Office Mart
110 South 5th Street
259-3737
4/28tfc
C.F. WHITE
SEPTIC TANK SERVICES
New systems & repairs
Field dirt * Top soil
Bulldozer & backhoe work
Culverts installed
275-2474
509-0930 cell
GATEWAY PEST CONTROL,
INC.
259-3808
All types of pest control
Call Eston, Shannon or Bill
Ask about our fire ant control
6/26tfc
RONNIE SAPP WELL DRILLING
Water treatment
Septic tanks • Drain fields
Residential • Commercial
New Construction • Remodel
259-6546
Elec. license # EC-0001471
AC license # CA-C057649 2/10tfc
ERIC RAULERSON
CONSTRUCTION
Design/build • Engineering
Drafting and permitting
services available.
New brick home with lifetime
roofing starting at $55/SF
904-483-8742
904-259-3299
CRC13278781/14tfc
904-259-6934
Licensed Florida and Georgia
11/19tfc
JOHN WILLIAMS PLUMBING
Repairs • Re-pipes • Remodels
Drain Cleaning Sump pumps
Water heaters New construction
904-259-4580
CFC0569612/2-4/26p
CYPRESS LAWN SERVICE
Licensed • Insured
Specializing in commercial
and residential
476-0402
12/7tfc
7/15tfc
DEPENDABLE HEATING, AC
AND
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR
RICH LAURAMORE
CONSTRUCTION, INC.
Custom homes
Additions • Remodels
259-4893 or
403-4781 cell
RR License No. 282811470
CYPRESS HOME BUILDERS, INC.
Custom new home construction of
Log home and conventional homes
Jody Paul Thrift
904-591-2640
9/9tfc
11/19tfc
2/10tfc
SOCIAL&SCHOOL
SOCIAL NOTICE SUBMISSION INFORMATION
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be submitted within four weeks of the event. All news and advertising must be submitted to the newspaper
office prior to 5:00 p.m. on the Monday prior to publication, unless otherwise noted or arranged. It is requested
that all news items be typed or emailed to insure accuracy in print.
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SPORTS NOTICE SUBMISSIONS
We welcome your sports submissions for youth league, traveling league or individual athletic achievements.
The paper reserves the right to publish submissions. It is requested that all news items be typed or emailed to
insure accuracy in print.
The annual Kirkland-Johnson reunion will be held Sunday,
April 15 at Oak Grove Church.
Bring your covered dish to share
at noon. Call Gary Kirkland at
904-501-7481 for more information.
March 29
Son born Leap Day To wed May 10th
Jeremy and Chelsea Sharp
of Macclenny are pleased to announce the arrival of daughter
Lexie Kiren on February 29, 2012
at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in
Jacksonville.
Lexie weighed 8 lbs., 2 oz. and
measured 21 inches long.
Grandparents include Harold
and Tina Sharp of Macclenny,
George and Rhonda Heath of
Green Cove Springs.
Scholarship offered
The Delta Kappa Gamma
Teachers honorary sorority is
awarding one $500 scholarship
to a female pursuing a degree in
education with intent to teach.
The scholarship can be awarded to a senior at Baker County
High School or to a previous high
school graduate.
Application deadline is April
11, 2012. For more information
please contact Dr. Garlon Webb
at 259-6225.
IT’S A BOY!
Leonard and Deborah Burnette of St. George, GA, along
with Mike and Terri Wallstedt
of Macclenny, are pleased to announce the engagement of their
children Alexis Lynn Burnette
and Andrew Wilson Wallstedt.
The wedding will take place
May 10, 2012 at 6 pm at the Hilliard Mansion. Family and friends
are invited to attend.
Following a honeymoon in
Gatlinburg, the couple will reside
in Macclenny.
Family reunion
The Hardy and Carrie Hogan
Rhoden family reunion will be
Saturday, April 28, 2012 from
11:30 am - 2:30 pm at Heritage
Park in Macclenny. Call 904266-4064 for more information.
500 Dollars
& DeeD
is all you need to
move into your
new Manufactured
& Modular Home
Call pat
Luke Alexander Robinson
Son is born
Sean and Katie Robinson
are delighted to announce
the birth of their precious
baby boy, Luke Alexander.
Luke arrived at 7:51 a.m. on
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
at St. Vincent’s Medical
Center, Jacksonville.
Proud grandparents are
Alex and Betty Robinson of
Macclenny and Robert and
Rebecca Joyce of Jacksonville.
800-414-2130
Photo by Joel Addington
SWAT club’s Megan Anderson shows fellow students the white, cancerous cells inside a replica of a smoker’s lungs.
‘Kick Butts Day’ at BCHS
JOEL ADDINGTON
NEWS EDITOR
[email protected]
Kick Butts Day 2012 was on
full display during lunch at Baker County High School March 21
as members of Students Working Against Tobacco or SWAT
focused on the health risks of
smoking for fellow students in
eye-catching fashion.
The annual anti-smoking
campaign, now in its 17th year,
encourages youths to band together against the wiles of “Big
Tobacco,” according to its website, www.kickbuttsday.org.
Some 1200 Kick Butts Day observances took place nationwide,
including the event at the Glen
St. Mary campus last week.
There SWAT club members,
clad in striking, traffic-cone orange T-shirts under a tent of the
same color with the club logo,
lectured passersby about what’s
inside cigarettes and the havoc
those ingredients can wreak on
the lungs and mouths of longtime smokers.
The club’s Megan Anderson
used anatomical models to show
students the effects of habitual
tobacco use while telling them
about the more than 100 ingredients, many of them chemicals,
The family and friends of Petty Officer First
Class Steven Manning would like to congratulate
him on being selected for LDO (Limited Duty Officer) for the United States Navy.
He also recently passed the Chiefs exam and
was accepted, but respectfully withdrew, to
move forward with the LDO program.
In his 10½ years with the Navy, OS1 Manning
has received many awards and medals, most recently Sailor of the
Year.
OS1 Manning enjoys volunteering for local charity efforts, running marathons, off-road biking and hiking.
We are very proud of your accomplishments, Steven, we love and
miss you!
José and Edwina Ortiz (Dad & Mom), Gary & Teresa Manning (brother & sisterin-law), Edwina & Scott Gonzalez (sister & brother-in-law), nieces & nephew:
Kayson & Gregory Manning, Selena Gonzalez and friends in Baker County
inside a typical cigarette. She said
18 of the ingredients have been
shown to cause birth defects
while 38 may cause cancer.
She displayed a set of tarnished lungs with white cancer
cells visible inside alongside “Mr.
Gross Mouth,” a model of the
grimy, discolored teeth, deteriorated gums and cold-sore littered
tongue of a dedicated smoker.
Two other club members, Jewelie King and Johnathon North,
donned cigarette costumes and
passed out flyers encouraging
students to take a three-question
quiz after hearing Ms. Anderson’s presentation to win SWAT
cups and water bottles.
Club sponsor Anne Lewis
was present for the event, which
largely took place in the courtyard between the front office and
cafeteria, but said she left the
activities solely in the hands of
about 10 SWAT club members.
Ms. Lewis said the outreach
event also served as a membership drive for new club members.
Part of the club’s mission is
educating peers about the risks of
tobacco use and “tobacco companies’ deceptive marketing practices,” states a press release for
Kick Butts Day 2012.
“The tobacco companies make
smoking look cool in their ads,
but that’s nothing but a lie,” said
Tyler Braddy, the SWAT representative for Baker County.
“There’s nothing cool about bad
breath, smelly clothes and tobacco-stained teeth.”
The event was funded by the
Florida Department of Health
through a tobacco prevention
grant.
BCHS: Cheerleading Try-outs
Clinic, 3 pm, Tennis vs. Hilliard,
3:30 pm, Varsity and Junior Varsity Softball at Bishop Kenney,
4:30 pm, Junior Varsity Baseball
at Baldwin, 6 pm BCMS: No
After School Lab KIS: Accelerated Reading Goal #7 WES:
Good Moring Show Club Meeting, 8 am, Last Day of Tutoring/
After School Reading Club, 3:15
pm PK/K: Scholastic Book Fair,
Spring Fling and Parties
Photos by Joel Addington
Damp start to little league softball
The Baker County Little League’s softball teams
started play the evening of March 23 under
cloudy skies following a brief opening ceremony, which was hastened by showers, at the twin
fields on N. 6th St. League officials said a prayer
and introduced all sixteen teams in this year’s
league before sponsor Larry Burkins of Burkins
Chevrolet threw out the first pitch. The league is
divided into five age divisions ranging from 4-6
for pee wee and 13-16 for seniors. They’ll play
two, 12-game seasons through May 19 before
all-star play begins. Games are held at the fields
from 6 to 8 pm on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, and from 9 am to 2 pm on Saturdays. Pictured above are (from left) Kayla Wallace, Kensey
Eldredge, Jorda Kay Parker, Emily Myers, Jordon
Jarrell and Taylor Mann. At left are (from left)
Mattie Ball, Kaylee Rodgers, Mackenzie Norrell,
Dezerae Eaton and Taylor Crews.
March 30
District-wide: Teacher Planning
Day BCHS: Cheerleading Tryouts, 3-5 pm, Varsity and Junior
Varsity Softball vs. Baldwin, 5
pm, Baseball vs. Paxon, 6:30 pm
March 31
BCHS: Junior Varsity Baseball at
Fernandina, 11 am
April 2
District-wide: Spring Break
April 3
April 4
The Baker High varsity baseball team split contests the past
week, losing to Fernandina
Beach but bouncing back to defeat Bradford County in a shutout.
The Cats fell to the Pirates 3-1
on March 20 in a game played at
the Baseball Grounds in Jacksonville. Hunter Hanks threw a
complete game and pitched the
ball well, but as has happened in
recent games, the Cats struggled
offensively.
“Hunter threw well, we just
couldn’t get anything going at
the plate,” said Coach Fred Matricardi.
Jared Crews had an RBI single for the Wildcats’ only run.
The Wildcats had a little more
success on March 22 at home as
they shut out Bradford County
4-0. Dillon Jones and Jacob
Milton combined to throw the
shutout. Jones went five strong
innings and Milton came in for
the final two innings in relief.
Offensively, Ethan Wilkerson
hit his second home run of the
season and added a sacrifice fly
for 2 RBIs. Chris Waddell added
an RBI double.
Matricardi would like to coax
more offensive production out
of his bats.
“We have been getting great
pitching all year, we just need to
get more consistent at the plate,”
he said.
The Cats host Paxon in a district contest on Friday, March
30 at 6:30 pm.
Bishop Kenny tops
BCHS tennis teams
Evangel’s Easter Weekend
Good Friday, April 6 @ 7 pm:
“The Perfect Lion” - Our 2nd Annual Easter Production
Saturday, April 7 from 8-9:00 am:
Men’s Resurrection Breakfast
Saturday, April 7 @ 10:00 am (Central campus):
Easter Eggstravaganza - Ages 0-12
Easter Sunday, April 8 @ (Central campus):
Easter services 8:15 am and 10:45 am- “The Risen Christ”
Easter Sunday, April 8 @ 6 pm:
“The Perfect Lion”
Ladies, join us April 19-21 at our Annual Women’s Conference!
The Wildcat boys’ and girls’ tennis teams split matches last week,
losing March 20 to a very good Bishop Kenny squad before coming
back to beat West Nassau at home two days later.
Bishop Kenny consistently is one of the area’s top teams and demonstrated it by beating the boys 0-7. Only the number 2 doubles match
was competitive with Jared Stafford and Hunter Stavely losing 5-8.
The girls also fell 0-7 to the Crusaders.
The teams had a better result against the West Nassau Warriors.
The boys defeated the team from Callahan 7-0.
Nick Dukeman won the number one singles 8-3 and Sam Murphy
the number two 8-1. Jared Stafford and Hunter Stavely won 8-0, 8-0
and Tyler Curry won on a forfeit.
The doubles team of Dukeman and Murphy won 8-2 and Curry
and Tanner Orberg won 8-5.
The girls’ match was more competitive with BCHS winning 4-3.
Tianna Raysor won number one singles 8-5 but Kaylann Stafford lost
number two singles 6-8. Haleigh Latimer lost 5-8 before Logan Raulerson bounced back to win 8-3 and Savanna Rhoden won 8-5.
The doubles team of Raysor and Stafford lost 3-8 and Raulerson
and Toree Jones lost 4-8.
The teams face Hilliard and district foe Terry Parker at home on
Thursday, March 22 in the last match before the district tournament
at Bolles the first week in April.
Doors open Thursday & Friday: 5:30 pm & Saturday 8:00 am
Current prices are $35 (until April 5)
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Easter worship is a biblical command.
Visit one of the many churches in your area!
Visit our Southwest Campus- 5040 C.R. 218 | Middleburg
Southwest Easter Services: 9:00 am and 10:40 am
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON
PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT
AGREEMENT FOR IWMS
BIO-MEDICAL THERMAL
REDUCTION FACILITY
The Baker County Board of County Commissioners will hold two
Public Hearings on Monday, April 3, 2012 at 6:00 PM, or as soon
thereafter as possible, and on April 16, 2012 at 6:00 PM, or as soon
thereafter as possible, in the Baker County Administration Building, 55 North Third Street, Macclenny Florida, to consider entering into a development agreement with IWMS for the development of the 24.07 acre site as a Bio-Medical Thermal Reduction
Facility located on Tax Parcel: 27-2S-22-0000-0000-0035 at the
north end of Enterprise East Boulevard. The agreement includes
a variance to the Baker County Land Development Regulations as
to the maximum allowed height of structures.
Proposed Development Uses:
Construction of a bio-medical thermal reduction facility, together
with appurtenant facilities, a portion of which is no taller than 100
feet tall requiring a variance, such as but not limited to, an office
building, driveways, vehicle parking, guardhouse, truck wash, a
truck maintenance garage, storm water facilities, power supply
and other accessory uses
Proposed Building Densities and Heights:
92,800 square feet of buildings
162 parking spaces approximately
Storm water retention
Photo by Debbie Pelham
Bobcats shutout Lake
City, Hilliard middle
The Baker County Middle School’s Bobcats softball team shutout Lake City
Middle School at home on March 22, scoring eight unanswered runs in the late
afternoon conference game. Delicia Washington scored three runs in the game,
including a home run. The girls went on to defeat Hilliard Middle School March
27 in the sixth inning 10-0. The conference championship is scheduled for the
afternoon of March 29 in Macclenny, but it was unclear as of press time whether
the Bobcats would play. Coach Jon Mobley said BCMS, Lake City and Live Oak
are locked in a three-way tie for the division title. According to his understanding of the rules, Coach Mobley said a drawing will take place to eliminate one
team and a coin flip will determine the ultimate division winner. Pictured above
is Brandi Callaway tagging a Lake City base runner.
Church softball
The Baker County church softball league invites all churches in
the county to play softball for the
new 2012 season.
We are also trying to have
enough to restart the women’s
league. A meeting with coaches
will be held Tuesday, April 3 at
Cross Roads Sunday School class
at Christian Fellowship Temple.
For more information call David Crews at 904-545-5070 or
Mike Carrigg at 904-482-2080.
Copies of said development agreement may be inspected by any
member of the public in the Commissioners office, address stated
above. On the above mentioned dates, all interested parties may
appear and be heard with respect to the proposed development
agreement which is titled as follows:
Development Agreement By and Among Baker County, Florida
Baker County Development Commission and Integrated Waste
Management Systems, Inc.
There will be speakers everyday as well as live professional music on Friday and Saturday!
Speakers: Kim Wiggins, Gail McWilliams & Mercy Lokulutu
Also including: Live Classical Ballet, Fashion Show, Friday Night After Party,
Lunch and Show, Girlfriends’ Boutique, Kids Connection ...and so much more!
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CONCEALED WEAPONS CLASS MARCH 31 AT 9 AM.
In accordance with Section 286.0105, F. S.: “If any person decides
to appeal any decision made by the County Commission with respect to any matter considered at this scheduled meeting or hearing, the person will need a record of the proceedings, and for such
purposes the person may need to ensure that a verbatim record of
the proceeding is made which record includes the testimony and
evidence upon which the appeal is to be based.”
According to the Americans with Disabilities Act, persons needing a special accommodation or an interpreter to participate in this proceeding
should contact the Administration Department at (904) 259-3613 at least
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Introducing
Dr. Hisham Hanai
at
Dopson Family
Medical Center
Dr. Hisham Hanai is
Board Certified by the
American Board of
Family Medicine
Dr. Hanai will begin his family practice in Baker County
March 26 at the Dopson Family Medical Center located
next to Ed Fraser Memorial Hospital.
Now accepting new patients~
Call 259-7815
to schedule an appointment.
Insurance Accepted:
Dopson Family
Medical Center
159 North 3rd Street | Macclenny
All Florida PPO
AvMed
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Cigna
CCN Network
Healthcare Compare
Health Options
Southcare Network
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