1_Layout 1 8/30/12 10:57 AM Page 1 Since 1865, Telling It Like It Is And Defending The Peasant's Right To Know Our 147th Year, Number 52 Friday, August 31, 2012 Madison, Florida www.greenepublishing.com Madison Goes Wet For Bruce Jordan Named Acting BFy Jaicorb Bsembtry TimThee sec oIndn par t Oof ver 100th eY Meadisaon rCos unty Greene Publishing, Inc. the ballot concerned the Commission to approve For the first time in sale by drink or by the the vote. A workshop Fire Chief over 100 years, hard package. A total of 3,061 conducted by a member By Jacob Bembry liquor will be able to be voters cast their ballots of the Department of Greene Publishing, Inc. sold legally in Madison for sale by the drink Business and Profes - Bruce Jordan was County. Voters had their while 1,401 cast their bal - sional Regulation on the named the acting fire say on Tuesday, Aug. 28, lot for sale by the pack - requirements to enter chief for the City of and made Madison age. the lottery to get a busi - Madison, replacing Al - County one of Florida’s Total voter turnout ness license will be held fred Martin, who has wet counties. for the election was 42.3 at the 53 Bar on Thurs - been suspended with A total of 3,064 vot - percent, approximately day, Sept. 6, at 2 p.m. pay, following Martin’s ers (or 61.61 percent) of five percent lower than Midway Church of arrest for four felony the voters cast their bal - the turnout for the pri - God Pastor Retis Flow - counts of grand theft lots in favor of the wet mary election. ers, who chaired the and official misconduct. county referendum, The sale of hard group opposed to liquor Jordan said he was while 1,909 (or 38.38 per - liquor will not be able to sales, Citizens for Madi- called to the office of cent) voted against the be done until 90 days af - Please see Wet, City Manager Tim Ben - measure. ter a required vote by Page 3A Ted Ensminger nett, who placed the du - ties on him. Jordan has worked Bruce Jordan Public Workshop Set For Proposed for Madison Fire & Rescue 17 years. Also an emer - gency medical technician (EMT), he has worked Improvements To Dangerous Intersection with Madison County EMS for 18 years. Jordan has firefighter training and graduated from EMT school at Taylor Technical in Perry. He holds an Associate of Science degree. Since becoming the acting chief, Jordan has worked administration for the department, attend - ing many meetings, including department head meetings as well as meetings with Emergency Man- Please see Bruce Jordan, Page 3A Aucilla Area Solid Waste Administration And County Commission To Hold Workshop By Jacob Bembry GOreenne Pu blSishinag, Ilnec. Of Land Greene Publishing, Inc. photo by Heather Bowen, August 30, 2012 The Aucilla Area Solid Waste Administration and the Madison County Board of County Commis - By Jacob Bembry improvements at the intersection striping SR 53/SR 145 to provide sioners will hold a workshop Tuesday, Sept. 4, at 5 Greene Publishing, Inc. of US 90 and State Road 53/State left turn lanes onto US 90. p.m. at the Administration’s offices, located at 1313 The Florida Department of Road 145. Also to be discussed will be SW Greenville Hills Road in Greenville. Transportation has scheduled a Improvements being recom - the installation of a raised con - The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the sale public workshop on Thursday, mended include widening of the crete traffic separator on US 90 of a 130-acre adjoining tract to the Administration Sept. 27, at the County Commis - intersection to accommodate from SR 53/SR 145 to Hancock. by the Board of County Commissioners. The county sion Chambers at the Courthouse trucks turning onto the roads, The workshop will be an open currently owns the property. Annex, located at 229 SW Pinck - resurfacing the existing roadway house format from 4:30-6:30 p.m. A A good portion of the land is swamp land and it ney Street in Madison. The work - on SR 53/SR 145 from SE Rutledge public comment period will begin is believed the Administration will use the property shop will discuss proposed safety Street to Livingston Street and re- at 6:30 p.m. as a buffer, although they could possibly use the property for another purpose later. The public is invited to attend the workshop. Wreck Prep Charter Presentation Set On School Board Agenda SRWMD Distributes Caused By Jacob Bembry screened school volunteers; personnel Greene Publishing, Inc. changes; and staffing table revisions. Payment In Lieu Of By Wet A presentation on the James On the consent agenda will be Madison Preparatory High School, a minutes of the previous meeting(s); TTahe xSuewasnne eT Roiver CWatoer uManagtemieents Dis - By Jacob Bembry proposed charter school, is on the contract with the Taylor County trict (District) will deliver a total of $346,103.52 to 11 GWreene Puablitshhing,e Incr . agenda for the Tuesday, Sept. 4, meet - School Board to participate in the counties as Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) this A one-vehicle wreck ing of the Madison County School North Florida Career Pathways Con - year. on Interstate 10 caused board. sortium for 2012-2013; and an agree - The PILT program was created by the Florida $3,000 in damage to a Other items slated for the agenda ment with the Capital Area Chapter of Legislature to help reduce the fiscal impact to rural 2004 Chevy two-door on include school zone/district transfers; the American Red Cross to use Madi - counties when the State or District acquires lands. Wednesday, Aug. 29, at GED requests; student overnight or son County schools as shelters for dis - Since land owned by the District is tax-exempt, PILT 1:20 p.m. out-of-state trips; staff trips (non-gen - aster relief activities. funds offset the loss of tax revenue when the District According to a eral fund, in or out of state); staff trips Other items of interest to the purchases property for flood control, water quality, Florida Highway Patrol (general fund, in or out of state); the board and a time for public input are water supply and natural resource protection. The report, Norman Ter - 2012-2013 organizational chart; also on the agenda. District will pay PILT funds to counties until their ence Zaldivar, 48, of populations reach 150,000. Fayetteville, N.C., was The PILT funding comes from the Legislature, traveling east on I-10 in enabling the District to make payments to its rural the inside eastbound counties. lane, approaching the Jobless Rates Up “The District is grateful to our Legislative Dele - 235 eastbound mile- gation for their support in securing the funding that marker. allows us to distribute the PILT checks to our com - Zaldivar said that Across The State munities,” said District Executive Director Ann he was going 65-70 miles By Lazaro Aleman nomic Opportunity “There were Shortelle. per hour and hit some Special from ECB (FDEO) on Friday, Aug. 816,0 00 jobless Floridi - The following are totals that each county is standing water and lost Publishing, Inc. 17. ans out of a labor force scheduled to receive: control of the car, The Madison and Jeffer - The f igures show of 9,269,000,” the FDEO Bradford: $15,416.77 car rotated counter - son counties’ jobless Florida’s seasonally reports. “The July 2012 Columbia: $40,100.89 clockwise and struck rates rose again in July, adjusted unemploy - rate was 1.8 percentage Dixie: $21,647.39 the bridge rail with its reflecting a statewide ment rate was 8.8 per - points lower than the Gilchrist: $44,392.72 front. trend that saw Florida’s cent in July, up from year-ago rate of 10.6 Hamilton: $37,752.42 The car continued unemployment rate 8.6 percent in June, percent.” Jefferson: $9,223.41 to travel east and came register a 0.2 percent - while Madison Coun - The U.S. unemploy - Lafayette: $77,306.21 to a final rest, facing age point increase from ty’s rate climbed from ment rate, meanwhile, Levy: $30,401.84 east in the center grass the previous month. 10.8 to 11.4 percent and was 8.3 percent in July. Madison: $20,464.85 median. This according to Jefferson County’s rate The DEO points out Suwannee: $30,429.59 FHP Trooper Chuck the latest statistics re - climbed from 7.7 to 8.7 that Florida’s seasonally Taylor: $18,967.43 Swindle was the investi - leased by the Florida percent during the Please see Jobles s, District staff will distribute PILT payments to gating officer. Department of Eco - same period. Page 3A the county commissions through November. Index Local Weather 2 Sections, 28 Pages Around Madison 4-5A Legals 15A Church 7A From Page One 3A Classifieds 14A History 13A Editorials 2A Homeowners Guide B Section 2A_Layout 1 8/30/12 8:20 AM Page 1 www.greenepublishing.com 2A Madison Enterprise-Recorder Viewpoints & Opinions Friday, August 31, 2012 The peak of hurri - cane season always makes Florida residents start thinking about if Madison County Jacob’s Ladder their family is prepared in case of an emergency, Extension Service Jacob Bembry Becky V. 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