Serving Satsuma ● Pomona Park ● Lake Como ● Crescent City ● Seville ● Pierson ● Welaka ● Fruitland ● Georgetown ● East Palatka ● Palatka ● Interlachen ● Melrose ● San Mateo since 1898 Putnam County Putnam County’s Favorite Weekly Community Newspaper 50 May 23, 2018 • Vol. 77, No. 2 (2 sections) Crescent City, FL (Includes 7% FL Sales Tax) Viking 5K Run What’s Going On? CCHS Class of 2018 Learn all about the Who is this lady Senior photos for Fifth Annual Viking and what did she Crescent City High 5K run. receive? Graduating Class. Page B1 Page A3 In This Issue! Dancing in the Street The Steps & Beats Line Dancers will perform to 50-60s music at the ”Dancing in the Street” B2M Tour Jag’s Stadium car show on Saturday, May 26. The Cruise-in Boyz II Men Mentoring Project Tour Jaguar’s TIAA Bank Field is from 5 to 8 p.m. and will be held at the Pizza BoyZ parking lot located at the 700-800 block of St. Johns Avenue in downtown Palatka. For more info visit patgrillo.blogspot.com. Fifth Annual Viking 5K Run The fifth annual Viking 5k Run will take place at 8 a.m. on Saturday, May 26 beginning at the Bronson-Mulholland House on 100 Mad- ison Street in Palatka. Pre-sign up is $25 for non-St. Johns River State College employees and alumni or $20 for employees and alumni. Sign up on May 26 will be $30. Overall winners will received a $100 prize with all age division winners receiving awards. You can pick up a package at Viking Night on Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. at Uncork and Unwind at 114 South Sec- ond Street in Palatka. Live at the Larimer Mike Jones Photos by Mike Jones The Arts Council of Greater Palatka invites you The Boyz II Men Mentoring Project members on Friday, May 18 at the Jacksonville to spend the evening with Sam Wimberly and Staff Writer Jaguars, TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville, getting ready for a behind the scene tour Friends at the Arts Council’s “Live at the Larim- On Friday, May 18 the of the Jaguar’s facilities. er” on Friday, May 25 at the Larimer Arts Center Boyz II Men (B2M) Mentor- located at 216 Reid St. in Palatka. Tickets just $5 ing Project took a behind the small to accommodate all the end zone complete with of B2M and President Elect scenes tour of TIAA Bank twenty one of the B2M mem- two spas with glass fronts of the Rotary Club of Cres- at the door. Enjoy country, swing, folk, pop, old bers at once. McNeil pointed over looking the field. standards, show tunes, old tunes, new tunes, and Field, former EverBank cent City, hopes that tours Field, the home stadium of out that on TV the national The tour ended at field lev- like this will possibly lead to blues music with light refreshments provided. For the Jacksonville Jaguars. broadcasts looked perfect el where the B2M members more involvement from orga- more info call 386-328-8998. Upon arrival the B2M and polished through the came as close to the field as nizations like the Jaguars members were greeted by use of green screen tech- they were allowed due to re- and help its members with tour guides Johnny McNeil nology. The writers booth cently being replaced after a possible career choices and and Mary Tilger who gave was the largest and is able monster truck show. opportunities, as most of the Sales Tax Holiday all members a Jaguars lan- to seat hundreds of writers On the way back B2M members wish to work in the Florida will be having a Disaster Prepared- yard and brief overview of and holds a no talking poli- stopped at Ride Solutions in pro-sports industry. the tour. cy during games. The media Palatka to thank the staff for Boyz II Men Mentoring ness Sale Tax Holiday from Friday, June 1 to dining area was next and is providing transportation to Project is a nonprofit, faith- Thursday, June 7. Items such as reusable The first stop on the tour was of the new Daily’s Place said to serve the best food in and from the tour. based program whose mis- ice packs, candles, batteries, flashlights, lan- amphitheater built directly the stadium. All of the B2M members sion is to teach and demon- terns, fuel containers, bungee cords, anchor adjacent to the stadium. The The highlight of the tour hand wrote a thank you let- strate the principles of amphitheater boosts seating was a look around the own- ter to the Jaguars and their manhood to young men in systems, radios (two way and weather band), er’s, Shad Khan, sky-box owner for providing the free grades five through 12, in- tarps, generators, and other like products will for 5,550 year round and is connected to the Jag’s new suite. The remodeled suite, tour of the stadium. spiring them to develop into be tax-free during this time. For more infor- indoor training facility, Dai- complete with jaguar print The Jaguars started doing productive citizens and to mation visit www.floridarevenue.com. The ly’s Place Flex Field. carpet, rare Jaguar Nike the behind the scene tours make a positive contribution Next B2M toured the main shoes were on display above last year. The tour which to their families and commu- Back To School Tax Free Holiday will be Au- a state of the art heated serv- normally costs participants nity. In partnership with the gust 3 to 5. work tunnel that runs be- hind the scenes to service ing island, spacious seating, was done for free for B2M Putnam County School Dis- fans on game day. two full bars, multiple TVs thanks to Russ Miller and trict, the program includes From there it was on to the and the best view of the play- Adam Podlesh, former Jag’s an after-school component Toddlers Preschool Fest media centers. First was the ing field in the stadium. player, members of the newly for middle school boys and Come to the Toddlers Preschool Fest on Sat- national media broadcast Afterwards they visited formed Ponte Vedra Rotary an in-school program at the room. This space was too the Sky Patio located above Club who were able to put elementary school. For more urday, June 2 from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at B2M in contact with Jaguar information about B2M the Palatka Library located at 601 College Stadium staff. email Gerald Watson at Ger- Road in Palatka. Enjoy a family Resource Fair, Gerald Watson, President [email protected]. arts and crafts, free books and more. For more information contact Paige Chase at 1-386- 336-8536. Dogs Spay or Neuter SAFE of Putnam County will be offering spay and neuter for dogs on Thursday, May 24 from 6:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 112 Norma Street in Hollister. The spay or neuter fee is $65 with rabies vaccinations for $15. Must sign up in person at the SAFE Resale Store located at 819 S. Moody Road in Palatka. Room still available for small dogs, dogs over 50 pounds is full. (Above) Boyz II Men (B2M) Mentoring Project members lounge in the owner’s suite at the Jacksonville Jaguars TIAA Bank Field as part of a free tour. (Right) B2M mem- Lane and Road Closures bers walk to field level to get an up close view of the play- The following is a list of road and lane clo- ing field on the final portion of their stadium tour. sures that may impact traffic through Friday, May 25. State Road 19 from State Road 100 to State Road 20: Daytime lane closures Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3:30 Husband and Wife Booked on Drug Charges p.m. for concrete work related to the resurfac- Special to the and was still being held at ing project. Courier Journal the time of publication. Pasha Hunter, 41, of Palatka was charged with On Friday, May 18 a hus- possession of cocaine with band and wife were arrested intent to sell, possession on multiple drug charges af- of methamphetamine, pos- ter a search warrant was ex- session of a controlled ecuted at Laurel Street resi- substance without a pre- dence Friday afternoon. scription, possession of Earlier last week a civil marijuana with intent to sell process deputy tried to serve and possession of more than www.facebook.com/put- paperwork to Timothy Hunt- 20 grams of marijuana. She namcountycourierjournal er, 38, of Palatka. The dep- was taken to the Putnam uty noticed drug parapher- County Jail. She was held on nalia and smelled marijuana $15,000 bond and released coming from the 1308 Laurel Photo special to the Courier Journal on Saturday, May 19. Street residence. Husband and wife Timothy (photo left) and Pasha A pregnant woman who Detectives with the Drug (photo right) Hunter were booked into the Putnam Coun- lives at the residence was Unit obtained a search war- ty Jail on Friday, May 18 on multiple drug charges. taken by ambulance to rant Friday for the residence Putnam Community Medi- methamphetamine. of marijuana with intent to and property, which includ- cal Center as a precaution. Timothy Hunter was sell, possession of more than ed two vehicles. The woman was not charged charged with possession of 20 grams of marijuana, pos- During the search dep- with a crime, but a copy of cocaine with intent to sell, session of a firearm by a con- uties found cocaine, pre- the report was sent to the possession of methamphet- victed felon.