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75¢ Friday/ Saturday February 19-20, 2021 www.perrynewspapers.com GP-Foley at full operation TCHS evacuated A little over seven “To date, we’ve months after temporarily called approximately 70 idling two of three employees back to work. production lines and cutting Currently, we have over its workforce by 30%, the 400 employees working at local Georgia-Pacific (GP) the mill,” Mixon added. Students at Taylor County High School Foley Cellulose Mill has As a result of the evacuated to the nearby Dorsett Stadium returned to full operation worldwide economic Thursday afternoon as a precautionary and re-filled some 70downturn and reduced measure due to the school receiving positions. product demand associated a “suspicious letter” that contained an “We are very pleased to with the COVID-19 share that we re-started #2 pandemic, the GP Foley “unknown white powder.” No further details mill and sent sheet to reel mill “temporarily idled” regarding the incident were available as of on Tuesday last week,” GP production lines #2 and press time Thursday. Public Affairs Manager ➟ Please see page 2 Scott Mixon said. 4-H history on the hoof! Aman earns back-to-back grand champion buckles Senior Taylor County year, Aman took first & Sale held in Madison 4-H Livestock Club place and earned “Grand this week. member Noah Aman is no Champion” honors in Aman and his steer stranger to knowing what the Feeder Steer and named “Bandit” – a it takes to win a Grand Homegrown Feeder short horn cross breed – Champion buckle. divisions at the North ➟ Please see page 2 For the second straight Florida Livestock Show Liz Newman is pictured with her first-place swine “Hoss” and her Grand Champion belt buckle. Boss Hog ‘Hoss’ earns grand champion swine Taylor County 4-H – making Liz the firstdivision at this year’s made history this week Taylor County youth and show -- Taylor County’s at the North Florida first female to win the first Grand Champion Livestock Show & Sale, coveted title in the swine finish in the swine division as Liz Newman and her category. since 1955 — Newman Noah Aman is pictured with family members and his Grand Champion pig “Hoss” earned Grand With her first place Champion Swine honors showing in the swine ➟ Please see page 2 Steer “Bandit” following first-place finishes in Feeder Steer and Homegrown Feeder categories. Vaccine clinic has 170+ openings Despite a winter storm go according to plan. across the state to cancel “Luckily, we are not During last Friday’s either did not answer and that delayed Taylor County’s Icy roads and power vaccine appointments. having to call and cancel clinic, DOH-Taylor call back, they had already 500-dose allotment of the outages across the country However, the Taylor people. We have enough experienced a shortage received the vaccine, they COVID-19 vaccine, the delayed some 200,000 County Health Department to cover both the first ofand appointments, and was did not want to drive to local health department’s Moderna vaccines (DOH-Taylor) had more second doses scheduled only able to give out 320 Taylor County – as there mass vaccination clinic set scheduled to arrive in than 300 unused doses from for today,” DOH-Taylor of the allotted 500 available were lots on the list from for today (Friday) at Forest Florida on Tuesday, Feb. 16, previous clinics available to Operations Manager doses. ➟ Please see page 2 Capital Hall is expected to forcing health departments give out today. Martine Young said. “It was a case of people Demps: Born to teach By CAITLYN BURCHETT smooth, encouraging the a teacher. how to count.” Staff writer little ones to follow along. Born in 1945 to a At just 24, Demps NEW YORK, 1953: At just eight years of age, family of seasonal migrant formally began her career Children gather beneath Demps herself was but a workers, Demps was the in education after receiving the cool leaves of a cluster child, yet she already knewfourth of seven children. a bachelor degree from of apple trees, as relatives her place in the world. “Let me tell you what Florida Agricultural and brave the late-August sun “I was born to teach,” the got me started,” Demps Mechanical University to pluck the delicious reds now 75-year-old said in a began. “I didn’t want to do (FAMU). from the branches of a matter-of-fact tone. the agricultural work. So, “First I taught at Kerbo neighboring row. From the fields where I got this idea, ‘why don’t Elementary -- an all-black “One…two…three… her family harvested fruit, I gather up the kids that school in Mayo during four…five,” Carolyn to her first-grade classroomare sitting there, not doing segregation. Second and Carolyn Demps taught at Perry Primary for 28 Demps slowly counts on her at Perry Primary, Demps anything?’ So, I got the kids ➟ Please see page 2 years before her retirement in 2000. fingers, her words slow and always knew she would be together and I taught them Index One section 132nd Year, No. 8 Weather Religion .................. A-4 Looking Back ......... A-8 Friday 56˚ Saturday 57˚ Sunday 64˚ Sports ................... A-5 Entertainment ....... A-9 53˚ 37˚ 38˚ Community ........... A-7 Classifieds .......... A-10 70% A-2 Perry News-Herald February 19-20, 2021 Taylor County North Florida Newman: ‘A dream I’ve had since I started livestock Livestock Show Champions showing as an eight-year-old little girl came true’ Swine BOSS HOSS HOG Lundy Tharpe said. participants and is known house,” Newman told knew it was going to be Continued from page 1 “Liz Newman has as a “swine expert” in Rotary Club members last hard work, but realizing my 1955: Bish Clark definitely made a thename Taylor for County 4-H week. dream made it worth every 2017: Tucker Wiles* joins a short list of previous herself, as she made a clean Livestock Club. Hoss did just that this single minute,” Newman 2021: Liz Newman Grand Champion and sweep this year, winning Liz says she selects a week, as hours and hours said, thanking her family Reserve Champion winners Senior Record Book, firsthog that has good genetics, spent researching, working for “always being there to Steer from Taylor County (see place high point individual skeletal structure and and implementing new support me and for always graph) to win a buckle at 1982: Scott Welch for Livestock Judging, muscle. strategies finally paidbelieving I could do this.” the annual event. 1996: Meagan Cone Grand Champion and firstBut, then she puts in the off for Newman, who is “This is what I have been Bish Clark Sr. won the 1999: Zachary Cone place Senior Showmanship time and work at home. now in her seventh year working toward for all of title as an adult in 1955. 2000: Cacia Dice in the swine division,” While her family spent of participating in the those years. God blessed “In order to receive the 2015: Noah Aman* Tharpe added. time at the beach in July, Liz livestock show. me to make history,” title of ‘Grand Champion; 2015: Lesha Fletcher* Newman, a 10th grade spent her time farrowing a “Last night, a dream I’ve Newman added. “It will be you really must win it at 2019: Noah Aman student at Point of Grace litter of hogs. had since I started livestock a night that I will remember home,” Taylor County 4-H 2020: Jade Fletcher* Christian Academy, “I like my hog to walk showing as an eight-year- and cherish forever. It’s still Extension Agent Abbey bested a fieldin the ring of like a 87power old swine little girl came true. I all so surreal to me.” Heifer 2015: Jade Fletcher 2016: Hunter Fletcher Aman first won grand champion in 2019 and has 2018: Hunter Fletcher 2019: Jade Fletcher* added four more belt buckles in the past two years Feeder Steer 2004: Ayla Jones* AMAN the same division in 2019. Christian and is known In addition to his wins the same category last year 2019: Clint Terrel Continued from page 1 He has added four more in the Taylor County 4-H listed above, Noah’s sister (2020) and Reserve Grand 2020: Noah Aman Grand Champion belt Livestock Club as a cattle Jade Fletcher won Reserve Champion in Heifer in 2021: Noah Aman bested a field of 39 cows buckles to his collection expert. Grand Champion Steer 2019. at the show and 10 steers over the past two years, Noah’s family has two years in a row (2019- Lesha Fletcher won competing in the Feeder winning in both the Feeder dominated the steer and 20), a Grand Champion Reserve Grand Champion Home Grown Steer drive. Steer and Homegrown heifer categories at the award in the “Home Grown Steer in 2015, and Hunter Heifer Aman also won first place Feeder divisions in 2020 North Florida Livestock Heifer” category in 2019 Fletcher won Grand 2019: Jade Fletcher Senior Record Book for the and 2021. Show & Sale in recent followed by a Reserve Champion titles in 2016 and 2020: Jade Fletcher* cow division and third place A “Feeder Steer” is a years. Grand Champion finish2018. in in Senior Showmanship. steer falling in the 550 to Home Grown He began his show career 800 lb. weight range, while at the age of six by showing animals have to be born at Feeder Steer goats and hasn’t stopped yet. a club member’s home or 2020: Noah Aman Aman won a Reserve local family farm in order 2021: Noah Aman Grand Champion title in the to compete in the “Home Steer Division in 2015, and *denotes Reserve Grown” classification.