Free public conference presented by ARI takes the stage this October

Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. History enthusiasts, mark your calendars, because the Aucilla Research Institute's (ARI) biennial public conference has been announced for Oct. 3 and 4, from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. each day at the historic Monticello Opera House. The two-day conference's theme is “Water, Wind, Fire, and Adaptations: Resilience of the Big Bend and Apalachee Bay,” examining natural disasters in our region and how and why they shaped people's lives through history. It wil