JeffeFrriday,s Decemober 15,n 2017 V oJl. 11 numober 20 urnal county 75¢ +tax ECBPUBLISHING . COM CRIME Two men sentenced Five years probation Three years in prison 90 days in jail of a controlled substance. Lazaro aLeman ECB PUBLISHING INC The new charges included Cody Brumbley to five , . Lazaro aLeman driving while license sus - ECB PUBLISHING , INC . years of probation and 90 A county man pled to pended or revoked -- ha - days in the county jail. multiple charges in court bitual offender, dealing in A second Wacissa The judge withheld adju - on Monday, Dec. 11, and stolen property, and bur - man was sentenced in dication. was sentenced to prison. glary of a structure. court on Monday, Dec. Brumbley, 20, pled Casey Allan Brumb - Circuit Court Judge 11. no contest to eight ley, 37, of Wacissa, pled Dawn Caloca-Johnson ac - Following brief argu - charges, stemming from no contest to violation of cepted the plea and adju - ments from the state and two incidents in late 2016 probation on three cases dicated Brumbley guilty Casey Allan Brumbley defense, Circuit Court and one in early 2017. dating from 2015 and on all counts except the Judge Dawn Caloca- John Cody Brumbley The 2016 charges in- three new cases dating The old charges in - burglary of a structure, See SENTENCED page 3 See PRISON page 3 Johnson sentenced John from mid 2017. cluded uttering and sale SCHOOL BOARD Buildings, buses, Shore back pay LYneTTe VeIT ECB PUBLISHING MACAa grgaduiac te The Jefferson County School Board again addressed a subject it had discussed at last month's meeting, that of allowing on national the VFW Post #251 to utilize the Full Service Building, located on the vacant television show Jefferson Elementary School campus, as a meeting hall. Photo curtesy of MTV Photo curtesy of MTV Last month, the board had already Smyrnios has also been appearing ing their daily lives and interactions ACA graduate Gus Smyrnios is agreed to lease the facility to the VFW on the covers of romance novels. over several episodes. one of eight cast mates on MTV's #251 for a nominal fee, in recognition of “Floribama.” Among those eight housemates is that organization's history of community Gus Smyrnios, a 2013 graduate of Au - service, but DOE, which must approve cilla Christian Academy, who hails any transaction the board makes (even from Perry, Florida. those that bring in revenue rather than The son of Gus Smyrnios and spending it) had, in the interim, stepped Kristin Smyrnios, the younger in and put several stipulations on the Smyrnios, born in Ft. Myers, is the lease, including a security deposit and a oldest of four children, with two requirement that the VFW be responsible younger sisters and a younger brother. for care and upkeep of the HVAC system, His family moved to Perry when he stipulations that VFW #251 Commander was about seven or eight years old. Ned Hill, Jr., Past Quarter Master Lonnie In high school, being in show Griffin and Auxiliary President Mary business was “never in the plan,” he Madison had told the board at the previ - says, something he never even thought ous meeting that the organization just about, even though he was sort of the couldn't afford, as it would already be tak - class clown who loved to perform and ing on the utility payments and other ex - penses for using the space. make people laugh. See SCHOOL BOARD page 3 Still, his future plans were a little more on the serious side – at age 19, LOCAL he sent in his application to be a state trooper. When he was turned down, Photo curtesy of MTV he enlisted in the U.S. Marines, and Photo curtesy of MTV One of several of the covers of ro - Lloyd project Drawn to Him is another of several mance novels Smyrnios has also been was ready to go and serve in the mili - novel covers Smyrnios is featured on. featured on. tary, until a skateboard accident and a broken arm that required surgery, a back on metal plate and seven or eight months While he was recuperating from LYneTTe VeIT of recuperation time put those plans his second painful break, he had a hard ECB PUBLISHING Lazaro aLeman on hold. time understanding why life was ECB PUBLISHING , INC . When a network brings together In the interim, while his arm “throwing me all these curve balls” just the right ingredients for a mega hit healed, he went back to college and when all he wanted to do was serve his A little more than a month after a show like “Jersey Shore,” the show earned his A.A. degree in Criminal country. businessman pulled his application to the that made Snooki a household name, Justice. It was during this time that he was state for up to $1.5 million in Community it's not entirely unexpected that it However, without the money to dating a girl who was in the modeling Development Block Grant funding to re - would try to replicate that magic. go on to FSU for his bachelor's de - business, and happened to go along develop his property in Lloyd, his repre - And so, five years after “Jersey gree, he went back to the recruiting of - with her to one of her photo shoots. sentative told the Jefferson County Shore” ended, enter “Floribama fice and again enlisted with the Someone there, at her photo shoot, Commission last week that the project Shore,” MTV's newest entry in the Marines. All the paperwork was liked the way he looked and asked him was still very much on. “Shore” line, this time, as the title im - signed and he was ready to go again, if he had ever thought about modeling. Bruce Ballister, who is guiding busi - plies, along the Florida Panhandle when, just a week and half, or maybe Soon he had his first photo shoot, nessman Arun Kundra through the grant west to Alabama. With a new cast and two weeks out from his leave date for and then a photo composite which he process, told commissioners on Thursday different locale (Panama City Beach), boot camp, he joined a pick-up game sent out to all the major agencies in evening, Dec. 7, that pursuit of the project MTV takes the same concept of eight of soccer with some buddies and Florida, eventually signing with about was never in question. The reason that the young adult housemates sharing a ended up with a badly broken leg that seven or eight of them. application had been withdrawn, Ballister See SHORE page 3 See PROJECT page 3 summer abode on the beach, follow - needed surgery and a metal rod. VIEWPOINTS 2A TV THIS WEEK 9A ACA COMMUNITY NEWS 4-6A FOOD, FUN & ENTERTAINMENT 10A Chamber spelling HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE 7A FARM & OUTDOORS 11A Happenings bee SCHOOL 8A CLASS. & LEGALS 12A see page 4A see page 8A HEALTH FOCUS B SECTION 2A • JEFFERSON COUNTY JOURNAL • FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2017 VIEWPOINTS Letters To The Editor Passingby Nelson Pryor, GuestParade Columnist Letters to the Editor are typed word for word, comma for comma, as sent to this newspaper. Please keep letter to 600 words or less. Roosevelt Greets Christmas Remembering a Co-worker and Friend,When elected to office and goingBrettinsightful improvements King to the through training to become a Certified processes in the office as a result of Florida Appraiser, they don’t teach you many of those conversations. how you are to handle the loss a beloved I will fondly remember Brett as a staff member and colleague. I have warm fun-loving friend who’s eyes learned this tough lesson in life since twinkled when he beamed his unre- Brett King’s unexpected passing in No- strained smile. He was given a nick- vember. Brett was hired as Chief name “Brettiful” by our “forever” Deputy over two years ago and will be Sheriff, David Hobbs. Brett was a man remembered as an extremely intelligent of very thoughtful and often times quick and thoughtful appraiser, as well as a witted conversation and banter. He How about this for a Christmas “On behalf of a grateful country, I leader, at the Property Appraiser’s Of- drank a lot of water, had a drawer full greeting headline? “Roosevelt Greets send to the men and women of our fice. He had the confidence and ability of protein bars and was obsessed with the Armed Forces, Special Yule Message Armed Forces everywhere warm and to seamlessly blend the unique chal- the Seminoles. He adored his beautiful Goes to the Wounded, Another Tells of confident good wishes this fourth lenges of mass appraisal with his broad wife Ashley and enjoyed planning fun Pride in All Our Military.” This headline Christmas of war. On Christmas Day background in real estate and technol- and exotic trips with her. He spoke was in the New York Times of Decem- more than on any other day, we remem- ogy. often of his lovely mother Sarah and ber 21, 1944. ber you with pride and with humility; While I think Brett always knew how she spoiled him as a child. He Don’t expect such a story, let alone with anguish and with joy. We shall keep how much I appreciated his hard work worked hard to make her proud and a headline, from our current newspapers, on remembering you all the days of our and dedication, I would be remiss by not helped her manage their family prop- television, or, our current President. But lives. telling everyone just how great he was.