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With Gratitude for Our Vets A04 VISITS ALLIGATOR POINT, A12 CELEBRATING 130 YEARS AS YOUR HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER Thursday, November 14, 2019 apalachtimes.com @ApalachTimes facebook.com/Apalachtimes 50¢ OUT TO SEE Library launches Apalachicola weighs Memory Lab today The public is invited to attend the Memory Lab launch party split with Main Street and second anniversary cel- ebration of the Apalachicola Jobless Margaret Key Library, at 80 By David Adlerstein 12th Street, on Thursday, Nov. [email protected] rate drops 14. The event begins with a The Apalachicola city reception at 4:30 p.m., fol- commission moved closer sharply lowed by the ribbon cutting at towards a series of changes 5 p.m. for the new Memory Lab, last week that could sever By David Adlerstein an area where documents such the city’s relationship with [email protected] as photos, certificates, VHS Main Street, and reinstate tapes, 8mm film, and cassette the CRA. With a decline in the labor recordings can be converted At a workshop held prior force, Franklin County’s and preserved in digital formats to the Nov. 5 meeting, the unemployment rate dropped on either a DVD or thumb drive, commissioners discussed sharply in September. or both. the future of the CRA According to preliminary (Community Redevelop- numbers released Oct. 18, HCA hosts chalk art Saturday ment Agency), with Mayor Franklin’s jobless rate fell Kevin Begos pressing for by seven-tenths of 1 percent The Apalachicola Center for the reinstatement of the in September, from 3.5 to History, Culture and the Arts agency. The work of the By unanimous consent, commissioners on Nov. 5 passed a 2.8 percent, with 37 people is hosting the second annual CRA was suspended at resolution thanking retiring Orman House State Park Ranger leaving the jobless rolls, Apalach Chalk Art Festival this the tail end of the previous Mike Kinnett, shown above with wife Billie, for his 12 years which now number 139. Saturday, Nov. 16tfrom noon administration after city of dedicated service on behalf of the 1838 landmark. “He has The labor force shrank by to 3 p.m. at Riverfront Park, officials agreed to a plan brought Apalachicola to life for tens of thousands of visitors 63 workers, from .5,022 in downtown Apalachicola. to repay from city prop- with his knowledgeable and witty tours of the home,” it read. August to 4,959 last month. There this event? There is a $5 erty tax monies, over five “He confronted in his daily work hordes of insects, a limited The workforce remained participation fee that includes a years, about $160,000 in budget, occasional Byzantine bureaucracy and the constant larger than one year ago, bundle of chalk and a square of previous obligations due challenges of caring for a historic home. (and still) worked when it was at 4,841, the the sidewalk. Onlookers and the CRA. tirelessly with Orman descendants, volunteers and the state jobless rolls at 140 were artists of all ages are encour- to add historic furnishings, documents and clothing to the about the same, and the aged to come. First, second See SPLIT, A6 Orman House.” [ DAVID ADLERSTEIN | THE TIMES ] unemployment rate was a and third place awards will be tad higher at 2.9 percent. given to each age group that The unemployment rate in will be announced at 3. p.m. Gulf County dropped from The event will feature musi- 4.4 to 3.8 percent, while in cian Clayton Mathis, St George Bay it declined from 3.5 to Island Food Truck, Mellow 3.0 percent. Mullet Shaved Ice Truck, face The Franklin County painting, t-shirts and more! unemployment rate was For more information and better than both the national rules visit www.apalachico- average, which was 3.3 per- lahca.com/events-exhibits/ cent in September, and the current/ state average, which was 3.0 percent. Crooked River Farmers Franklin’s September Market on Saturday numbers tied it for 12th best in the state, together with The Crooked River Light- Alachua, Broward, Clay, house welcomes author Cherry Leon, Liberty, Sarasota Rankin, a Carrabelle native, and Union counties. Ahead to this Saturday’s Farmers of these were five counties Market to share and sign her – Baker, Nassau, Orange, new cookbook. Pinellas and Santa Rosa – This fabulous cookbook all tied for seventh at 2.7 “Keep It Simple, Let’s Cook” is percent. full not only of delicious recipes Topping the state were but also inspirational stories Seminole and Wakulla coun- tied to each of them. Rankin ties, each at 2.6 percent; will be at the lighthouse from Jacksyn Rheilee Furr, 2, signals quiet to her mom, Sierra Proctor, at the First Baptist Christian Walton at 2.5 percent; St. 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. during the School Veterans Day service. [ DAVID ADLERSTEIN | THE TIMES ] Johns at 2.4 percent; Oka- heart of the farmer’s market, loosa at 2.3 percent; and which runs from 9 a.m. to 1 Monroe County, the best in p.m. at the foot of the light- the state, at 2.0 percent. house. The market, held every The number of jobs in first and third Saturday, will With gratitude Florida was 9.05 million be featuring vendors from the in September, up 224,700 community with locally made jobs compared to a year goods, veggies, baked goods, ago. The industry gain- art and more. ing the most jobs was for our vets education and health ser- Don’t miss Gulf-Franklin’s vices (+59,600 jobs, +4.5 ‘Super Saturday’ By David Adlerstein long after being drafted Apalachicola’s First percent). Other industries [email protected] while still in teenager to Baptist Church, where gaining jobs over the year Gulf Coast State College is go handle explosives in the the students from the included professional and hosting “Super Saturday” this From the river to the tunnel of Southeast Asia, First Baptist Christian business services (+49,200 Saturday, Nov. 16, from 11 a.m. sea, from the church the tributes over Veter- School presented their jobs, +3.6 percent); leisure to 2 p.m. at the College’s Gulf/ sanctuary to the school ans Day weekend spoke annual program Monday and hospitality (+30,300 Franklin Campus in Port St. gymnasium, Franklin of the varied experiences morning. jobs, +2.5 percent); trade, Joe. County paid tribute to its of those who have served “We have freedoms transportation, and utilities It’s an all-encompassing veterans with a trove of in the military. other people only dream (+20,400 jobs, +1.1 per- event for prospective stu- salutes last weekend. And all had one unify- about,” said Wilson, cent); financial activities dent interested in enrolling With inspiring words ing theme, that veterans who along with buddies (+19,100 jobs, +3.3 percent); for the Spring 2020 semester, from speakers who ranged represent the best in this Alvin Martina, Shorty construction (+16,200 jobs, and for current students who from Navy fighter pilot nation, men and women Dasher and Pete Adams, +2.9 percent); other services need to register for classes. Gordon Hunter, who flew willing to sacrifice as left Apalachicola on a bus (+9,900 jobs, +2.8 percent); The $20 application fee is cur- missions over North Viet- much as their very life to more than 50 years ago to government (+9,700 jobs, rently being waived for all new nam soon after graduating preserve the freedoms and head to Vietnam. +0.9 percent); and manu- students. college in California on liberties we enjoy. Of that quartet, only facturing (+7,700 jobs, +2.1 For more information, please an ROTC scholarship, to “We live in the great- Wilson and Adams are percent). contact Al McCambry at (850) Army sergeant Charles est nation on the planet still with us, and the two The one industry losing 625-5037 or amccambr1@gulf- Wilson, who earned a Earth,” Wilson told jobs was information (-2,100 coast.edu. GED in the service not a packed house at See VETERANS, A8 jobs, -1.5 percent). Volume 134 Number 30 Law Enforcement .........A2 Faith ........................A11 A5 A13 Phone: 850-653-8868 Opinion .................... A4 Outdoors .................. A12 Ghosts walk at Chestnut New coach readies for Fax: 850-653-8893 Society ..................... A10 Sports...................... A13 Cemetery Hawks hoops * ** A2 Thursday, November 14, 2019 | The Times Apalach fly-in benefits ’Cops for Kids’ Special to the Times with Centric contributing another $720 to the cause, A pancake breakfast fly-in which among many priori- Saturday, Nov. 2 at the ties purchases Christmas gifts Apalachicola Regional Air- for needy children in the local port attracted 15 aircraft and area. around 50 people who flew “We would like to thank the in. Centric Aviation provided volunteers of FARA (Friends food as sponsors of the event, of the Apalachicola Regional with all proceeds going to the Airport), the airport volun- sheriff office’s Cops for Kids teer group, who came out to charity fund. help with set-up and clean- Andrew Hartman, manag- up for this event,” he said. ing member of Centric, said “Centric Aviation is happy to fly-in visitors, local pilots contribute to this great cause and community members which benefits the kids of this raised $280 in donations, community.” Sheriff A.J. Smith accepts a $1,000 check from Centric Aviation’s two co-managers, Tara Maugham, right, Flyers enjoy breakfast at the airport [ ANDREW HARTMAN | SPECIAL TO and Andrew Hartman, left, together with Hartman’s two sons, Landon, 7, left, and Logan, 5, who helped THE TIMES ] during the fl y-in by collecting the donations.
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