Wakulla Historical Society holds open house

Historical society volunteers with goodies for the open house โ€“ Brenda Hindrick, Debbie Jay, Alaine Solburg and Alindeara Jefferson.

Story & Photos By
LINDA ANN McDONALD

The Wakulla County Historical Society held its annual open house event in its museum on both Friday, December 5, from 4-7pm and Saturday, December 6, from 1-4pm. The museum was formerly the countyโ€™s jail house located at 24 High Drive, in Crawfordville.

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FWMAโ€™s Christmas with the Critters

By LINDA ANN McDONALD
Correspondent

Despite cold rain and weather, a huge crowd turned out for the Florida Wildlife Mammal Associationโ€™s 7th annual Christmas for the Critters. The event was on Saturday, December 6th at Hudson Park.
125 beautiful native red cedar trees were available for decoration along with a huge variety of pre-decorated trees to choose from.

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New movie is screened

โ€˜Galaxy Trollsโ€™ features local actors, locations

The cast of โ€˜Galaxy Trollsโ€™ which premiered at Palaver Tree Theater last week. Photos by GERALD BROWN

Story By
LINDA ANN McDONALD

Crawfordvilleโ€™s Palaver Tree Theater hosted a private screening of a short film titled โ€œGalaxy Trollsโ€ for the participants and the parents of the children who appeared in the film.
โ€œGalaxy Trolls,โ€ which screened Tuesday, Nov. 25, is a short bit of film thatโ€™s a sample of what the longer movie is supposed to look like.

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St. Marks School reunion

The historical society brings together students of the old school

Alumni of the old St. Marks School gathered last week to share memories of the school.

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LINDA ANN McDONALD
Correspondent

The Wakulla County Historical Society held a reunion on Tuesday, Nov. 11, for those who attended the old St. Marks School. The eldest attendee of the event was 92-year-old, Davis Raker.

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Shrine Club hosts a turkey shoot on Saturday

Participants shooting.

Story & Photos By
LINDA ANN McDONALD
Correspondent

The Wakulla Shrine Club hosted its annual turkey shoot of the holiday season on Saturday, Nov. 1.
The event was held at the Shrine Club building, 4141 Crawfordville Hwy. Proceeds from the event support the Shriners Hospitals for Children, which focus on orthopedic conditions, burns, cleft lip/palate, and spinal cord injuries. The organization provides care to children at no cost to families.

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