Tigers Softball Senior Night Jeffersonsee page 11 Friday, April 27, Journal2018 Vol. 11 number 39 75¢ +tax ECBPUBLISHING . COM Aucilla Christian Academy District Champs-Sweet 16- defeated 2-1, in a ECB Publishing, Inc. Photo Submitted Rick Patrick, dramatic The Aucilla Chris- championship game tian Academy Lady Warriors are once again The Aucilla Christian Academy with Canterbury that Class 2A District 1 (ACA) Lady Warriors have become a went on for nine innings. Abigail Champs after defeating force to be reckoned with in Class 2A This year, the Lady Warriors Morgan picked the FAMU High Lady Rattlers, 15-0. Pictured softball. For the fifth year in a row, the made their way into the tournament by up the win on the mound for in the front row, from Lady Warriors are heading into the defeating the Lady Rattlers of FAMU the Lady Warriors with three innings of left to right, are: Abigail Morgan, Kaylie Rogers, Florida High School Activities High in short order. The Lady Warriors near perfect pitching. Morgan gave up no Carly Joiner and Eliza- Association (FHSAA) state softball went out to a quick lead by scoring seven runs, zero hits, walked no batters and beth Hightower. Pic- tournament. runs in the first inning. The Lady Warriors struck out eight. Morgan threw a strike tured in the back row, from left to right, are: Is- In the previous four trips to the added eight runs in the second inning, percentage of .882. abella Gray, Lindsey tournament, the Lady Warriors have come leading officials to call it an afternoon The Lady Warriors will bring a 15-9 Davis, Ali Townsend, Anna Lee Trest, A'syria home with the State Championship when the Lady Rattlers failed to score in record into the tournament when they host Shuler, Marilee Heaps, Trophy twice. Last year, the Lady the top of the third inning. The Lady the Regional Semi-final game on Ashlyn Rogers and Warriors fell just short of winning a third Warriors won the contest easily with a 15- Thursday, May 3, at 7 p.m., in Aucilla. Lena Kimmell. Not pic- tured is Albree Shiver. championship in a row when they were 0 shut-out. The opponent has yet to be determined. CRIME Two arrested for drugs ECB Ashley Hunter, Publishing, Inc. Two people were arrested on drug-related charges on Friday, April 20, after a traffic stop revealed illegal materials in the vehicle that the individuals were traveling in. Jorge Martinez Photo submitted Jefferson County Jim Jones, of the Crystal River Rotary Club (center), and Edward Carraway, of the Mon- Sheriff's Office's Cpl. ticello Rotary Club (far right), spent time with the chief and crew of the Patulul Fire De- Bradley was traveling partment, the recipient of the fire engine that the two clubs donated and shipped last year west on I-10 when he to Guatemala. observed dark sedan traveling too closely to another vehicle, at which point, Cpl. Bradley turned on his Monticello fire truck lights and conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle. Cpl. Bradley made working in Guatemala Tasfeyi Alan Nasaar contact with the driver See DRUGS page 4 Laurenceau ECB Publishing, Inc. Lazaro Aleman, CITY That obsolete fire truck that the Monticello Volunteer Fire Department Ecological park (MVFD) donated to the Monticello Rotary Club last year is fighting fires and saving to get pavilion lives in Guatemala. So reports former Monticello Rotary Club President Edward Carraway, who and restroom with Jim Jones, of the Crystal River Rotary ECB Publishing, Inc. Club, recently traveled to Guatemala to Lazaro Aleman, check on the truck and the other firefighting equipment that the Rotarians Now that the issues of the utility easement and donated and meet with the truck's new the appearance of one of two structures at the eco- crew and chief. logical park have been addressed, the Monticello Some may recall that the MVFD last City Council recently gave the engineer the go- year donated its 1982 fire engine to the ahead on the project. local Rotary Club when the department Engineer Debra Preble, of Dewberry Engineer- upgraded its fleet with the addition of two ing Inc., appeared before the Monticello City Coun- used but newer engines. Even though the cil on Tuesday evening, April 3, to request 1982 engine was deemed no longer Photo submitted permission to proceed. adequate for use here, as it didn't meet U.S. Edward Carraway, of the Monticello Rotary Preble informed the council that an easement standards, it was still functional and Club, recently visited Guatemala to check on the had been negotiated with the American Legion, former Monticello Volunteer Fire Department en- capable of viability. Thus, the Monticello which would allow for the placement of water and Rotary Club, in conjunction with the gine that Rotarians donated to the fire depart- See FIRETRUCK page 4 ment in Patulul. sewer lines across the Legion's property to service the park. As for the restroom's objectionable red roof, the problem could be mitigated by choosing a See PARK page 4 INSIDE OBITS 8 FARM & OUTDOORS 13 Did you know? Weather SECOND FRONT 2 WATERMELON FESTIVAL 9 FOOD, FUN & ENTERTAINMENT 14 the highest confirmed temperature for this VIEWPOINTS 3 SPORTS 10-11 TV THIS WEEK 15 ever recorded in Florida was 109. weekend COMMUNITY NEWS 5-8 ARBOR DAY 12 CLASSIFIEDS & LEGALS 16 June 29, 1931 in Monticello. JeffersonSecond FrontJournal Page! county ECBPUBLISHING . COM Two-car accident in city on Saturday Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. One of two drivers involved in a traffic accident in the city on Saturday afternoon had to be taken to the hospital for treatment. According to the Monticello Police Department (MPD), which responded to the call, the accident occurred about 3 p.m. Saturday, April 21, in front of the Gerry Medical Clinic, at York and North Jefferson streets, and involved a 2006 Mercury and a 1997 Nissan. The MPD report identifies Willard Barnhart as the driver of the Mercury and Chandra Tucker as the driver of the Nissan. Both vehicles were towed away and Tucker was transported to Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. The MPD report does not detail what happened or if one or the other driver was at fault. Another above average hurricane season is forecast ECB Publishing, Inc. Lazaro Aleman, With the start of the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season only a month and half away, a just-released forecast varies only slightly from last year's historically destructive season. The Colorado State University (CSU) Tropical Meteorology Project, released its April outlook, and is forecasting 14 named storms in the coming season, seven of them hurricanes and three major hurricanes. These numbers, say the experts, are slightly above the 30-year average of 12 named storms -- six of them hurricanes and two major hurricanes. A major hurricane is defined as one that is a Category 3 or stronger on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, which means it carries winds of 111 to 129 mph and has the potential to cause significant loss of life and property damage. According to the CSU report, the probability of major hurricanes making landfall this year are 63 percent for the entire U.S. coastline; 39 percent for the East Coast, including peninsular Florida; and 38 percent for the Gulf Coast, from the Florida panhandle westward to Brownsville, TX. The 2018 forecast, coming in the wake of last year's devastating hurricane season (which produced monster storms Harvey, Irma and Maria) can be anything but reassuring to island and coastal residents of the storm- ravaged Caribbean and Eastern Seaboard, respectively. The 2017 season, in fact, according to the CSU report, was the fifth most active since such record keeping started in 1851, rating 245 percent higher than the average season. The 2018 season, meanwhile, is predicted to be 135 percent higher than the average, according to the CSU report. Keep in mind, however, that the CSU forecast is only a projection, and an early one at that, if it is based on 30-plus years of statistical data, including sea-level the U.S. mainland. at the peak of the hurricane season, the say. The peak of pressures, sea-surface temperatures and other features of In short, states the Weather Channel, “a season can hurricane season is August through October, with similar seasons in the Atlantic and eastern Pacific deliver many storms, but have little impact; or deliver September the prime month. oceans. few storms and have one or more hitting the U.S. coast Another factor with a more direct role in the Here, however, are some things to keep in mind with major impact.” development of tropical cyclone in the Atlantic, say the relative to the CSU outlook, according to the Weather Before the 2016 and 2017 seasons -- which experts, is water temperatures, with warmer Company, whose chief journalistic mission is reporting accounted for five and seven named storms hitting the temperatures allowing hurricanes to intensify. At present, on breaking weather news, the environment and the U.S. coast or territories, respectively -- the 10-year the water temperatures in the North Atlantic are cool, but sciences. average for 2006 through 2015 was seven named storms, what they may be during the peak of hurricane season Although the Atlantic hurricane season runs a record low for any 10-year period since 1850, remains a question, say the experts, noting that during officially from June 1 through Nov. 30, that doesn't mean according to meteorologist Alex Lamers of the National the last few years, Atlantic waters have started the year that storms can't occur before or after this period, as has Weather Service.