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Sun staffers and their books

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Two Wakulla Sun staffers have recently published books or received awards:

  • “Sea the Music by the Bay,” by Sun photographer Gerald Brown, along with co-author Herb Donaldson, is about local musicians after Hurricane Michael. He will have a book signing at Palaver Tree on Friday, Aug. 22, from 5 to 8 p.m.
  • Sun religion columnist Sheryl Boldt finished third in the nationwide ACFW Kingdom KidLit Contest for her children’s book, “Zack’s Surprisingly Great Kind of a Day” in the category of Unpublished Picture Books, the largest category entered this year.

Changes to school zone at Medart Elementary

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Just in time for the start of the new school year, there’s been an adjustment to the school zone at Medart Elementary.
The school, located on Highway 98 just beyond the triangle where U.S. Highway 319 forks off towards Sopchoppy, has long had school zone flashers that tend to surprise unsuspecting drivers on the road, where the speed limit is 55 mph, and suddenly they come upon the flashing school zone lights and a drop in speed limit to 20 mph.

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Corrections

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  • Because of a technical problem, a table with school grades on the front page gave the wrong grade for Shadeville Elementary – the school received an A this year and last year.
  • The columns for the Church Page were not updated, and last week’s columns ran instead.
    We regret the errors.

Correction

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Because of an oversight when compiling last week’s story on Wakulla Lady War Eagle softball players named to the All-Big Bend team, sophomore Parker Stubbs was inadvertently left out of the story.
Along with Cylie Long, named Softball Player of the Year, and Charley Butler, named Softball Pitcher of the Year, Stubbs was named to the All-Big Bend First Team.
A sophomore, Stubbs was an infielder for the Lady War Eagles who played 24 games, had a .342 average, with 26 hits in 76 at-bats, with one home run and 18 RBIs.
We regret the error.

Two killed in crash at Port Leon, Hwy. 98 near St. Marks

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Two Crawfordville women were killed in a July 4th car crash at the intersection of U.S. Highway 98 and Port Leon Drive, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Around 6:18 p.m., a 50-year-old woman driving a sedan and her 15-year-old passenger appeared to have failed to yield the right-of-way to a pickup truck pulling a trailer and the sedan was T-boned, according to FHP’s report.

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Cylie Long, Charley Butler named to All-Big Bend

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Lady War Eagles softball coach Sally Wheeler named All-Big Bend Softball Coach of the Year

Charley Butler was named All-Big Bend Pitcher of the Year.

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The Lady War Eagles made it all the way to the Final Four for the state championship but fell to the Eustis Panthers back in May.
Three of those Lady War Eagles were recognized for their season: Cylie Long was named All-Big Bend Player of the Year; Charley Butler was named All-Big Bend Pitcher of the Year; and Sally Wheeler was named All-Big Bend Coach of the Year.
Overall, the softball team had a 22-5-1 season.

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