Category: Community (Page 20 of 26)

By RYAN DAILEY
News Service of Florida

The Florida Senate on Wednesday passed a suite of bills aimed at “deregulation” of public schools, with one measure undergoing a significant change that nixed a provision related to the state’s third-grade literacy policy after it was heavily criticized by former Gov. Jeb Bush.

By LYNN ARTZ
Special to The Sun

To celebrate Florida Arbor Day, a drive-thru tree giveaway will take place on Saturday, Jan. 20th from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The giveaway will be outside the Wakulla County Extension Office at 84 Cedar Ave. Each vehicle will receive two young trees in pots for free.

Special to The Sun

Local author J. Kent Thompson will be speaking at the Wakulla County Historical Society meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 9, at 4:30 p.m. at the Wakulla County Public Library, 4330 Crawfordville Hwy.

Dorothy Lucille Simmons Noegel, known affectionally as “Mama LuLu,” turns 95 years young on Dec. 24th and we had a little party at C-Quarters Marina in Carrabelle. This was not the first gathering for Mama LuLu as her 85th, 90th and now 95th were hosted at C-Quarters by her daughter, Amy, and son-in-law, Russell Cohoon. Mama LuLu served the citizens of Florida with the Road Department (DOT) and then the Public Service Commission. She was born in Monticello and resides in Oclockonee Bay. (Photo special to The Sun)

Post Commander Roxann Dressel is thrilled at the large turnout of the meeting of the American Legion Jake Pigott Memorial Post 114, at the Wakulla County Public Library on December 18th.