****Happy Anniversary today to Walt and Joan Moehle! I wish you many, many more! ****Jefferson Somerset Volleyball Coach Alesha Dunlap mentions the start of the school’s Summer Day Camps/Clinics. The first camp…
Confederate Memorial Day celebrated
Debbie Snapp, ECB Publishing Inc. The State of Florida and the Florida Legislature designated that April is Confederate History Month. So, on April 29 the Sons of Confederate Veterans, Major Pickens Bird…
Isreal “Mook” Blackshear
Isreal “Mook” Blackshear, 78, of Greenville, passed in Valdosta, GA on May 6, 2018. Funeral services are 3:00 p.m. Saturday, May 19, at New Zion M.B. Church, Greenville, with burial in the…
History for May
Aboriginal History for May May 14, 1607: Jamestown, VA, the first permanent English colony in North America, is founded in the heart of the Powhatan chiefdom. At first, the colonists, decimated by…
Accused shooter denied bond
Lazaro Aleman, ECB Publishing, Inc. A local man who has been jailed for nearly two years without bond on a charge of attempted murder failed to get a bond set at a…
Employment Matters
Pending grads of all types; college, trade, tech and yes even high school. Since February I’ve been sharing information about what to expect and how to prepare for those post-grad job interviews…
Watermelon Festival Baby Photo Contest participants wanted
Debbie Snapp, ECB Publishing, Inc. It’s that time again for the Watermelon Festival Baby Photo Contest. Join in the fun by participating in this annual event. Each year this event draws a…
Dr. Robert “Bob” Sylvester
Dr. Robert “Bob” Sylvester, age 82, of Monticello, Florida passed away on May 12, 2018. Born in Pascagoula, Mississippi to Ellis P. and Beryl Sylvester, who along with his sister, Joan Ratcliff,…
My Brothers’ Burden Walk: Marching For the Lives of Firefighters
Ashley Hunter, ECB Publishing, Inc. The jobs of firefighters are usually dangerous; when others run away from fires, explosions, disasters and danger, firefighters run directly into the threat. Firefighters know the risks…
Saving a school: Howard Academy Field Day
Ashley Hunter, ECB Publishing, Inc. The third annual Howard Academy Field Day took place on Saturday, May 5 at the Historic Howard Academy school grounds. Howard Academy was built in 1936 to…
Graduation Thoughts
Graduation exercises are called “Commencements.” Commencement means to begin or start. To be sure, there is life after high school and new beginnings and new starts. The whole business of graduation is…
Softball Playoff dates changed
Due to the inclement weather threatening the State of Florida over the next several days, the Florida High School Athletic Association has postponed this week’s scheduled state play-off softball games. Aucilla Christian…
Headed to State
Rick Patrick, ECB Publishing, Inc. The first two rounds of the state softball tournament proved to be of little difficulty for the Aucilla Christian Academy (ACA) Lady Warriors as they cruised to…
Ag Literacy Day with Farm Bureau
Debbie Snapp, ECB Publishing Inc. Jefferson County Farm Bureau (JCFB) and volunteers read to the students in classes kindergarten to fifth grades at Community Leadership Academy in Tallahassee for Ag Literacy Day….
Using technology in Jefferson classrooms
Story Submitted Technology is everywhere you look these days, from internet connected doorbells to the devices in the hands or pockets of almost everyone walking down the street. Today’s classroom is no…
Stars of today; Heroes of tomorrow
Ashley Hunter, ECB Publishing, Inc. Six graduating students at Jefferson Somerset were honored and acknowledged on Friday, May 4 at a signing ceremony. The six students, Quashawn Hernandez, Mark Vinson, Elliot Robinson, Jadica…
New Section: Adoptable Animals from Wolf Creek Pet Adoption Center
You may be seeing a new section in the newspaper from time to time, as reporter Ashley Hunter gets the scoop on special adoptable animals living at the Wolf Creek Pet Adoption…
Jared Jackson has shot with NFL
Rick Patrick, ECB Publishing, Inc. Making an impression is nothing new for Jared Jackson, a former Aucilla Christian Academy (ACA) standout football player and a walk-on for the Florida State University (FSU)…
Anti Gun Kids
Kids walked out of school again last week, In memory of the Columbine and the Parkland shootings by two mentally disturbed youths. Unfortunately, these kids have no idea what is really going…
Florida’s continuing sports welfare
Yesterday the Tampa Bay Times reported how Pinellas County is spending over $41 million in bed tax revenue to pay for improvements to a stadium used by the Toronto Blue Jays, a…