Union’s Wight enjoys world’s UCHS football greats Spiller, beauty from up high, 1B Warren to host youth camp, 4B USPS 648-200UnionUnion — Lake Butler, Florida CountyCountyThursday, June 26, 2014 TimesTimes102nd Year — 9th Issue — 75 CENTS etc. The women Van Zant hosting LB Town Hall, June 26 State Rep. Charles Van are winners Zant is hosting a Town Hall Meeting to discuss important Record turnout gives Redman and Browning issues with the public on Thursday, June 26, at 7 p.m. a win for Lake Butler city commission seats at Lake Butler City Hall. Topics will include the state budget and spending, At Polls Absentee TOTAL Florida online high school SEAT 3 and college, your family health care options and more. Robert Osborne 138 43 181 For more information, call Annette Redman 195 61 256 his office at 386-312-2272. SEAT 4 Annette Redman won Seat 3. Debra Browning won Seat 4. UC Planning and Zoning Debra Browning 165 55 220 Board, June 26 Dallas Ray Crawford 143 45 188 The Union County TOTALS 641 204 845 Planning and Zoning Board will host a hearing on Thursday, June 26, at 9:30 a.m. in the board room of the Union County Courthouse. Canning Workshop, June 26 Learn the basics of canning and take home what you can at the Union County Extension Office Canning LEFT: Acting Vice Mayor Fred Sirmones was unopposed for Seat 5. ABOVE: All four candidates campaigned outside Workshop on Thursday, of the Lake Butler Community Center on Tuesday during the election for Lake Butler city commission Seats 3 and June 26, at 1 p.m. 4. Turnout was double that of the previous two elections. They join Sirmones, Acting Mayor Jimmy Beasley and The cost is $5. Register Commissioner Randy Jenkins on the board. Each commissioner’s salary is $10,674.54. The term is for four years. and pay by June 24. Call the office at 386-496-2321. Free HIV testing, counseling, June 27 Weekend storms wreak havoc The Union County Health Flooding, wind damage, accidents and power outages Department is sharing the importance of National HIV Testing Day by offering free HIV counseling and testing on a walk-in basis from 8 a.m. to noon on Friday, June 27. The health department is located at 495 East Main Street in Lake Butler. Contact them at 386-496- 3211 with any questions. Florida Cabinet NE Fla. Congressional Update, June 28 honors Sheriff Join Rep. Ander Crenshaw, Jerry Whitehead Rep. Ron DeSantis and Rep. Saturday’s downpour contributed to a three-vehicle Ted Yoho on Saturday, accident in front of Dollar General in Worthington June 28, for a Northeast Springs. One patient was admitted to trauma unit. Nearly 50 attend Florida Congressional Update at the University of BY VINCENT ALEX BROWN General in Worthington Springs. One of Also on Saturday, a transformer special resolution North Florida. It’s a great Times Editor the vehicles, a Mercedes SUV, ended up was blown at Hardee’s on Saturday, opportunity for them to give down in the ditch by the entrance, it’s knocking out the power for a while. presentation in you a D.C. Update, and more Over the weekend, Union County was front end totaled. A Dodge conversion At the Reception and Medical Center, importantly, to listen to and hammered by intense thunderstorms van had been rear-ended and a Honda a tree caught fire near the Work Camp, Tallahassee address your questions and that caused problems for many here and Odyssey minivan had minor damage to presumably started by a lightening concerns on federal issues. throughout the area. its front bumper. strike. But is was quickly extinguished. BY VINCENT ALEX BROWN They’ll also have Cindy Torrential downpours flooded yards Three patients were transported to All that happened “within 45 minutes,” Times Editor Graves, host of The Cindy and a state highway in Lake Butler, and UF Health Shands Hospital, including a according to EMS Director Mitch Andrews, Graves Shows, on AM 600 contributed to automobile accidents 28-year-old female who was admitted to which kept his department, the sheriff’s On June 17, six months after Sheriff WBOB radio in Jacksonville there in and in Worthington Springs. the trauma unit. office and others pretty tied up—so much Jerry Whitehead passed away suddenly on hand to moderate the event. Wind gusts downed large tree limbs On State Road 100 west of Lake so that even Bradford County EMS was at the age of 60 from cardiac arrest and damaged one resident’s roof. Hail Butler, a man lost control of his Ford called in to respond to the Worthington following a brief illness, Gov. Rick Scott Dinner on the grounds was reported in Raiford. Power outages F-150 pickup, ending up by the fence Springs wreck. And as standard procedure, and his cabinet presented a resolution at Morning Star Baptist occurred intermittently and knocked out north of the road, damaging it before the Florida Highway Patrol responded to honoring him for “his 29 years of in WS, June 29 a transformer at a local restaurant. And coming to rest. investigate that accident. service and dedication to the Union Everyone is invited even a tree caught fire. The wind throughout the area was “It was just one of those days,” County Sheriff’s Office, and for being to attend Morning Star Late Saturday afternoon, the first day so strong and directional that some Andrews said. the longest serving sheriff in the state.” Baptist Church’s 5th Sunday of summer was marked by heavy rains wondered if a tornado had come through. On Sunday, residents reported brief, Attorney General Pam Bondi also Service at 11 a.m. followed that quickly flooded yards and even State For one resident, it tossed large branches intermittent power outages and more rain, told the crowd assembled at the State by dinner on the grounds on Road 100 in front of the Union County across the yard and tore the top corner adding to an already saturated ground. Capitol that “it’s about honoring his June 29. Special music with EMS station, dumping six inches of of the bedroom roof, though damage was In neighboring Bradford County, family.” Over a dozen sheriffs, officials J.W. and Linda Kitchens will standing water on the north side of the mostly limited to the overhang area— News4Jax.com reported that trains had and leaders from Union County, and follow the meal. road. Justin Denunzio, with Streets & perhaps the result of a microburst. to be stopped in Hampton after a tree others joined Whitehead’s family in The church is located on Roads for the City of Lake Butler, used Many spent the evening and following fell onto the tracks. Tallahassee. Afterward, the governor State Road 18, a half-mile a backhoe to push water off of it while days clearing downed tree branches and In Columbia County, a resident said invited the group of nearly 50 up front west of State Road 121 in Mark Hamlin with EMS and a Union debris scattered by the storm. tree limbs were down there too after to take a photo. Worthington Springs. County deputy redirected traffic. The Weather Channel said winds what looked like tornado-type damage, Baker County Sheriff Joey Dobson, The downpour also contributed to a came from the southwest at 19 mph and that a power pole snapped in two, who was elected in 1996, spoke first, Pop Warner sign-ups, three-vehicle accident in front of Dollar gusting to 32 mph. dangling in the street and creating sparks. saying it was honor to be there and to July 4 Columbia County deputies blocked it off know Whitehead. “Not only was he a till the local utility could repair it. fellow sheriff, but he was my friend. Union County Pop Warner Similar flooding and high winds “We grew up together in neighboring has opened registration for happened a couple of weekends before football and cheerleading on in Union County and beyond. See JERRY, 6A July 4. Sign-ups are at the Pop Even though we’re three weeks into Warner building at the O.J. hurricane season, it seems as though Phillips Recreation Complex. Florida’s intense summer storms so far ABOVE: Tammy Whitehead, the Football fee is $150 for July are the ones causing the most concern— widow of the late Union County 5 to 26. Cheerleading is $175. and damage. Sheriff Jerry Whitehead, holds Coaches, volunteers and a framed copy of the resolution sponsors are needed. Lake Butler city employee Justin presented by Gov. Rick Scott and Denunzio used a backhoe to clear the Florida Cabinet honoring her the flooding on State Road 100. husband in memoriam. Deadline Monday 5 p.m. before publication • Phone 386-496-2261 • Cell 352-283-6312 • Fax 386-496-2858 [email protected]• • www.StarkeJournal.com• www.StarkeJournal.com • www.facebook.com/unioncountytimes • 2A Union County Times • Thursday, June 26, 2014 etc. Union County Public Library summer programs schedule 10 & Under, Thursdays, 10 a.m. June 26: “Fizz, Boom, Todd Kay” at Lake Butler Elementary School – Juggling with a magical twist! Teens & Tweens, 11 & Up July 12, 5-7 p.m.: Game night featuring tournaments and an open game floor. Lake Butler Woman’s Club Visit www.facebook.com/ unioncountylibrary. awards 2014 scholarship to ‘Ballad of America’ at Ashli Boatwright, Brooke and Joshua Carr, Paden Clyatt, Ethan Crawford, Ben Miranda Merritt library, June 30 Crowder, Riggs and Whip Davis, Trip Davis, Hannah Fisher, Chase Gallagher, Lake Harris, Jayda Hendrieth, Trevor Holtzendorf, Jessica Howard, Emma & Kendal Jeffers, Back by popular demand, The GFWC Lake Butler Woman’s Club is pleased to award Liberty Nice, Kale Oden, Tenli Parrish, Lauren and Kasey Rhodes, Layla Robinson, their 2014 scholarship to Miranda Merritt.