Civil lawsuit settled inhit-and-run

Back in January, Alfreda Nelson hit a boy on a bike and left him in the road with serious injuries

By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor

The family of a boy struck by a hit-and-run driver back in January filed a civil lawsuit in Wakulla Circuit Court seeking unspecified damages and then shortly settled the case for a lump sum.
Alfreda Lashon Nelson, 44, was arrested by law enforcement shortly after the incident and charged with felony hit and run. She was released on $50,000 bond.

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Stephen C. Smith Regatta is this weekend at Shell Point

Windsurfers race at last year’s regatta at Shell Point. (FILE PHOTO/GERALD BROWN)

Special to The Sun

The Regatta is back – April 25 -27 at Shell Point Beach.
For the past 51 years, the Stephen C. Smith Memorial Regatta (www.smithregatta.com) has been held at Shell Point Beach in southern Wakulla County for the benefit of the American Cancer Society in memory of Stephen Smith, a local sailor who died from a rare form of leukemia at the age of 29.

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