From Havana to West Point

Veteran Mike Spencer talks about making the choice to be successful

Veteran Mike Spencer made the choiee to be a success.

By MARJ LAW
Correspondent

How can a young man from Havana, Florida become a graduate from West Point?
How is it possible he would then oversee IT supporting senior level Department of Defense officials and staff in operation, maintenance and enhancement of the Joint Staff global IT enterprises?
How could he hold senior and executive positions working with technology for the Department of Defense, U.S, Army training and simulations and U.S. Army Aviation organizations?

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What local veterans taught students about America

Some of the veterans who spoke: Jeffrey Donaldson, Bill Peck and Fred Nichols.

By Wakulla School District

Each fall, Wakulla High School teacher Nancy Floyd Richardson invites local veterans into her English 3 Honors classroom to help students explore what it means to be an American. The guest speakers are part of a larger project that combines research, interviews, creative writing, peer editing, and public speaking, as students prepare entries for the Veterans of Foreign Wars Voice of Democracy scholarship competition.

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Carrie Hughes wins

Wins handily in three-way race; school referendum is approved

Candidates Carrie Hughes, left, with Beverly Keister and Patricia Dyszer at a September forum.

By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor

Republican Carrie Hughes won the race for the district 4 county commission seat over Democrat Beverly Keister and no-party candidate Patricia Dyszer.

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