WINNING WITH CINNAMON, A10 CELEBRATING 130 YEARS AS YOUR HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER Thursday, January 25, 2018 apalachtimes.com @ApalachTimes facebook.com/Apalachitimes 50¢ OUT TO SEE ABC sixth- Butts and Clucks Court rejects denial this weekend grader tops More than two dozen pro- district bee fessional cooking teams, of Armistead RV park from as far south as Orlando By David Adlerstein and into Georgia and Ala- By Lois Swoboda and land across site plan) before it afford The Apalachicola Times bama, will vie for a piece of David Adlerstein Franklin (him) an opportunity to [email protected] $10,000 in prize money this The Apalachicola Times Boulevard present evidence on the 850-653-8894 weekend at Battery Park in from the matter,” wrote Lewis. Apalachicola. St. George Island Piggly “The record establishes It took two words asso- Admission is free to the sev- businessman Walter Wiggly that the (commissioners) ciated with sickness and enth annual Butts and Clucks Armistead has won his suit Armistead Express and failed to properly conduct ugliness, but after 13 rounds event, which begins Thursday against the county, after adjacent to a quasi-judicial hearing on ABC sixth grader Avery Pharr night at 5:30 p.m. with a spe- Circuit Judge Terry Lewis the St. George Island boat the (site plan).” has secured the crown as dis- cial training seminar of local ruled Jan. 16 that county ramp. The judge ordered the trict spelling champ. judges by representatives of commissioners denied Lewis noted in his county to grant Armistead Pharr, 12, correctly spelled the Florida BBQ Association, him due process when ruling that he was not a site plan review within the word “bilious,” (mean- which sanctions the compe- they decided in April not addressing any view on a “reasonable” period of ing affected by or associated tition. The pros start cooking to approve a site plan for the merits of putting in time. with nausea or vomiting) and midday Friday in the park, an RV park on St. George an RV park, but only on In an interview after then nailed the word “gro- which will see Bay Avenue Island. the process conducted by the court’s decision, tesque,” (meaning comically in the park closed through In his five-page deci- the county in handling the Armistead said that he or repulsively ugly or dis- Sunday. On Saturday it’s sion, rendered three weeks site plan put before them intends to resubmit the torted) to edge out Franklin cooking all day, with the band after a Dec. 28 hearing, by Armistead’s company, site plan, and would be County seventh grader Alon- Southern Flood playing from Lewis quashed the com- Franklin Boulevard Devel- willing to discuss modifi- dra Jimenez, herself a former 3 to 5:30 p.m. missioners 4-1 decision opment LLC. cations with county staff district champ, at the Jan. Organizer John Solomon last April to deny approval “The record reflects that prior to that. 12 competition in the high said there will be plenty of for a 10-slip RV park on the (county commission- school media center, over- food vendors on hand, selling an undeveloped parcel of ers) made a motion on (the See ARMISTEAD, A16 seen by Franklin County ribs, pulled pork, turkey legs, language arts teacher Callie even some seafood options. Nichols. In addition, locals will have a chance, for a $5 entry fee, to See SPELLING, A6 enter the deviled egg contest. Entry information is available at www.buttsandclucks.com, or be calling 653-9419. Winner of the event goes on to the 30th annual Jack Daniel’s World Champion- ship Invitational Barbecue in Lynchburg, Tennessee, and the 2018 American Royal World Series of Barbecue held Labor Day weekend in Kansas City. Farmers Market Saturday Centennial’s Join us this Saturday, Jan. parent tops 27, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for the Apalachicola Farmers Forbes’ Market under the Mill Pond Pavilion at Scipio Creek. Buy ‘Best 100’ produce, fresh baked bread, scones and cakes, seafood, Special to the Times local honey and jams direct from the source. Chat with Home BancShares, Inc., the artisans who craft wood, The countdown is on in the breakout room. [LOIS SWOBODA | THE TIMES] parent company of Centen- silver, beads and glass, and nial Bank, has been ranked enjoy live entertainment and #1 on the Forbes 2018 “Best meet friends and neighbors, Banks in America” list, a rise year-round, rain or shine! Leave reality behind from #8 in 2017’s rankings and #15 in 2016’s rankings. Manhattan songstress This is the ninth consecu- performs Sunday tive year Forbes has ranked at breakout room America’s largest banks, The Ilse Newell Fund For using financial data from S&P the Performing Arts will pres- By Lois Swoboda Global Market Intelligence. ent on Sunday, Jan. 28, Tara The Apalachicola Times “Being ranked as the best Burns, a Manhattan-based [email protected] bank in America is a direct singer, at Trinity Episcopal 850-653-1819 reflection of our people, our Church at 4 p.m. Suggested customers and the communi- donation $10, with artist I am an unapologetic ties we serve. It’s an honor for reception afterwards. geek. I love puzzles, codes Home BancShares to be rec- and games of all kinds. I ognized as the strongest, most Mardi Gras Ball Feb. 3 geocache, subscribe to reliable banking institution in Lumosity Brain Games and the country,” said John Allison, Join the festivities on Feb. play Solitaire, Scrabble chairman. “We continue to set 3 as the Franklin County and Bridge online. ourselves apart in the indus- Habitat for Humanity hosts That’s why, when I try and being recognized by its annual Mardi Gras benefit heard about the new Forbes, who objectively evalu- celebration at the Coombs “breakout room” at the ate and recognize performance Armory in Apalachicola at Mainstay Suites in Port through industry rankings, is a 6:30 p.m. Entertainment St. Joe, during the January Spymaster Ricky Reid glances over his shoulder while distinct honor that our entire by Tony Partington and the luncheon of the Apala- explaining the puzzle. [LOIS SWOBODA | THE TIMES] organization can be proud of Recollections. Tickets can be chicola Bay Chamber of having achieved.” purchased at Peoples Bank, 58 Commerce, I was ready Home BancShares, which Fourth Street in Apalachicola to play. a locked room trying to are billed as a great way completed its $2.89 billion and the law offices of Kristy I was not disappointed. find a way out by crack- for families, friends and acquisition of Stonegate Bank Branch Banks in Eastpoint. For those not in the ing codes, discovering coworkers to learn more at the end of the third quar- Your $50 donation includes loop, escape rooms are a clues, and solving puz- about one another and ter of 2017, scored among the dinner, entertainment and new form of live action zles. Players generally develop teamwork skills. top six banks for return on dancing. entertainment. Basically, work in teams of four or players spend an hour in more. Breakout rooms See BREAKOUT, A2 See FORBES, A14 Volume 132 Number 40 Opinion .................... A4 Outdoors ................. A10 A5 A11 Phone: 850-653-8868 Society ......................A8 Sports...................... A11 Controversy over Lady Seahawk soccer gets Fax: 850-653-8893 Faith .................... A9,14 Classified .................A15 a land claim Senior Night win * ** A2 Thursday, January 25, 2018 | The Times staging trivia-themed scav- BREAKOUT enger hunts, “trivenger hunts.” From Page A1 “Some of the (trivia) teams were getting quite clever, which is where the idea for Now normally I am a team trivenger hunts came from, player, sort of, anyway since Luckarift said. I couldn’t convince any of my She said the breakout room friends to tag along, (Thanks a is a spin-off from the hunts. lot, Barb and Terry.) I under- Mainstay Manager David took the challenge alone on Ashbrook said he views the Friday, Jan. 12. breakout room as a market- Players are guided to the ing tool. He said December, game room at the dead end January and February are of a side corridor by the very traditionally slow months at charming Ricky Reid, recently the hotel and he hoped the arrived from Chicago. He game would generate some explains the game as you income and draw interest to walk to your destination, and the establishment. installs you in the room where The breakout room was he starts a videotape counting originally planned to remain down to your one-hour time open through Feb. 15. limit. “Considering the small Then he leaves. start-up cost, it’s been prof- The videotape begins with Conspiracy theories are part of the action [LOIS SWOBODA | THE TIMES PHOTOS] itable,” Ashbrook said. “If we an interview from a mysteri- continue to have players we ous stranger who informs you may do it for the rest of the the room will self-destruct in riddles. year. I think it would be great one hour, and the countdown Yes, I did finish the puzzle for tourists.” begins. and found the key to unlock He said if the room becomes Just so you’ll know the the breakout room door, but a long-term feature of the room is not actually locked. it took me an hour and 15 min- hotel, there are plans to The phone works and you can utes so, I guess I would have change the theme and puz- leave whenever you want. been dead. Kapow! zles periodically. Right now, I was a little surprised when Ricky said I did okay, con- “Heartbreak Hotel” is under I found myself alone with sidering I worked alone.