WHS Band awards

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Band leaders for the 2025-26 school year were recently announced – above, Chase Hall, Summer Tanner, Emilee Mason, Corbin Ferreira, JP Dissmore, Kathryn Dissmore, Emily Zak, Michael Hill, Troy Thaxton, Matthew Thaxton, Mr. Matthew Spindler. Brooks Marr, left, was named Band Student of the Year. (Photos by Perry Dissmore)

Bob Crowson’s Vietnam experience

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The Sopchoppy native enlisted in the U.S. Marines in 1967

U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Bob Crowson

By BEVERLY CROWSON PARISH
Correspondent

If Marine Corps veteran Bob Crowson of Sopchoppy comes to see you, he’s going to bring you something: a mess of fish he caught in the rivers of Wakulla County, a sack of potatoes from his garden, or just a big, warm hug and a “how ya doing” greeting.
When the 19-year-old Crowson joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1967, he took that same giving spirit he learned here among the rivers and woods of Wakulla County with him to Vietnam where he risked his life time after time protecting others while in combat.

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‘Tate’ premiere was sold out

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Some cast members at the movie premiere in Tallahasssee.

By LINDA ANN McDONALD
Correspondent

The first fictional film on the legend of Tate’s Hell, a dangerous cypress swamp located in the areas of Carrabelle and Apalachicola, was a red-carpet premiere held in the IMAX Theater at the Challenger Learning Center to a full house of 203 seats in Tallahassee.

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Memorial Day observance and VFW community event is set

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A Memorial Day ceremony will be held on the Courthouse lawn beginning at 10 a.m., hosted by the county Veterans Service Office on Monday, May 26.
The solemn event is to pay tribute to those who fell in service to our country.
Afterwards, the VFW Post 4538 will hold a community event at the post, 475 Arran Road, with hamburgers and hot dogs, sno-cones, cake walk, silent auction and raffles from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Class of ‘75 reunion

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The Wakulla High School Class of 1975 will gather for supper at the Seineyard at Wildwood on Saturday, June 14, 2025 at 6 p.m. to celebrate the 50th anniversary of our graduation.
We will order from the menu and The Allie Cats will be playing later in the evening. Please reach out to Randy Myers, Gwendolyn Manning Staten, Jack Townsend, or Sandra Davis Vidak for more information and to join our group page on social media.