Presentation of $1,500 recently from Wakulla Moose Lodge 2510 to local VA in honor of Paul Peters, a veteran member who passed away recently. The Pool players collected these funds for this donation. A big thank you to our Pool players! (Photo submitted)

Landon Davis, well known locally for his work as an umpire fro 34 years in youth and college baseball, from Florida to Texas, was killed in a head-on crash on Aug. 11.

A service will be held on Saturday, Aug. 22, at 10 a.m. at Tallahassee State College athletic field in Tallahassee.
A burial will be held at Lake Ellen Baptist Church in Crawfordville the same day at noon.
Davis umpired for more than 15 years at Florida State, Tallahassee Community College and Florida A&M.
Problems with nerve damage in recent years had led to him cutting back on his umpire work.
He worked in chemical sales with Tribe Chemical.

By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor

We had a couple of good crowds on hand for the recent candidate forums.
Republican candidates for county commission Quincee Messersmith and Carrie Hughes shared their views at the library on July 28. There were about 40 people there.
And last week we hosted the Republican and Democrat candidates for Congress, seeking the district 2 seat currently held by retiring U.S. Rep. Neal Dunn. About 60 people turned out for that one.

I appreciate those citizens who showed up for the forums, who watched the video on our website or YouTube, and who submitted questions.
I also appreciate the candidates who put themselves out there to run for office, to be voted up or down by the people. It’s often thankless, and sometimes cynical people point fingers at them.
But without people running for office to represent us, we have no democracy.
Now it’s time for voters to vote.
And as an editor’s note, I will point out that, due to next week’s election, The Wakulla Sun will come out one day later so that we can get the election results to you.
The paper should be printed on Wednesday and in the news boxes that night.
If you usually get your paper on Thursday, it will likely be Friday before you get it.
But it will be worth it to get the results.
I can hardly wait.

William Snowden is the editor and publisher of The Wakulla Sun.

The Wakulla Sun has invited all 12 candidates for Congressional District 2 to a gathering on Tuesday, Aug. 4, at the public library beginning at 6 p.m.
There are eight Republicans and four Democrats in the party primary to be held Aug. 18. The party winners will face off in the November general election.
The Democrat candidates are Yen Bailey, Brice Barnes, Amanda Marie Green and Nic Zateslo.
Republican candidates are Keith Gross, Lee Jones, Nick Lewis, Luke Murphy, Jim Norton, Evan Power, Austin Rogers, and Audie Rowell.
The Sun has received commitments from most of the candidates to attend.
The Sun will livestream the forum on Facebook and archive the video on our YouTube page.