The Wakulla Sun

By JIM SAUNDERS
News Service of Florida

TALLAHASSEE — Florida lawmakers next week will start the annual legislative session, which will include considering hundreds of bills. Here are 10 issues to watch during the 60-day session:

Local business owner Niraj Patel of Barn’s Spirits generously donated a bottle of renowned Pappy Van Winkle bourbon to Wakulla Giving Hands, inspiring a wave of support to help raise vital operating expenses.

Special to The Sun

Suhani Gawde has captured the spotlight at the Capital Regional Science Fair with her innovative project, “The Effect of Nicotine on Embryonic GABA Neurite Morphology.”

Wakulla County Commissioners passed a proclamation at their meeting last week honoring Steve Brown, who died in December.

By JACK RUDLOE
Gulf Specimen Founder

This week I turned 82, so I’m buying myself a birthday present, a fiberglass model of oysters on trees created by Kenny Ellingham of Creative Wildlife. I commissioned it for “Show and Tell.”

Friends of the Wakulla County Public Library held their annual Mardi Gras fundraiser on Saturday night at the community center. (Photos by William Snowden)