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The most colorful, as well as the most despised, era of Wakulla county’s past was the days of Reconstruction following the Civil War, from 1866 to 1870. H. Clay Crawford’s account of this time when scalawags and carpetbaggers from the North administered the affairs of the county, goes as follows:
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By SLIM RANDLES
“Mavis, dear, is that coffee HOT this morning?”
“Sure is, Windy.”
“Well then, slaver a bunch of it in a cup and flop it down here in front of a freezin’ guy, would you? Thanks, Hon.”
“Freezing, Windy?”
“Ain’t the first time, Doc, but they never seem any easier as I get older.”
“You want to come in for a checkup later?”
By AL HARTMAN
The Old Pro
Hope you all are doing well. Boy, time just seems to be on wings.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the Federal fishery has opened recreational Red Snapper season, weekends only, Sept. 1 and runs until Nov. 30.
They also opened Snook season starting Sept. 1 and closes Nov. 30.
By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
The Wakulla County Commission ordered a countywide mandatory evacuation ahead of landfall of Tropical Storm Helene, which is projected to be a Category 3 hurricane with storm surge estimated to be 10 to 15 feet.
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News Service of Florida
TALLAHASSEE – As Tuesday’s presidential debate drew tens of millions of national viewers, much of the action in Florida this week was in the courts.
An appellate-court panel heard arguments in a two-state legal battle between Florida State University and the Atlantic Coast Conference over issues such as sports media rights.
A photo on last week’s Opinion Page illustrating the Wakulla County Historical Society’s program on local coaches set for Tuesday, Sept. 10, incorrectly identified the team: It was the 1976 Wakulla War Eagle football team.
We regret the error.
By JIM TURNER
News Service of Florida
TALLAHASSEE – Florida slowly got back to business after Labor Day weekend getaways and the first full slate of college football games.
For Capitol types, the House and Senate this week scheduled committee meetings that will start in December and lead up to the 2025 legislative session. Lawmakers also got briefed on what to expect with the state’s finances over the next three years.
And state utility regulators started formally looking at the possibility of adding nuclear power in the future.
