THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2020, PAGE 1 GADSDEN COUNTY TIMES WWW.GADCOTIMES.COM Thursday, October 29, 2020 Vol. 119, No. 44 u One Section 50 cents RF Munore wins, 56-0. Page 5 Details emerge on fatal shooting County-wide curfew lifted No new Covid-19 cases in Gadsden schools By ERIN HILL The Gadsden County Times Additional details have emerged after the arrests of three men accused of being connected to the murder of a Greensboro man. Edward White was fatally shot on Sept. 24. According to Gadsden County Sheriff’s Office arrest affidavits the followig occured: Just after 1 a.m., deputies were dispatched to an area near the Express Lane gas station in Greensboro for a reported car crash and shooting. Upon arrival, depu- ties discovered a gray Nissan Altima, riddled with bullets, that had crashed into a tree. White was unrespon- sive and slumped over, while still buckled into the passenger seat. A male victim in the back seat was franti- cally screaming that his girlfriend had been shot. The male victim said a black man who goes by the name “Preacher Man” did the shooting. He said a few hours earlier, White had called him and his girlfriend while they were at home, and asked them to ride to Sawdust with him to get pain medication. While en route, White pulled over and asked the female victim if she could drive because he could hardly see out of his right eye. The male victim said as they passed a house on Union Chapel road, White exclaimed, “There go Preacher Man stand- ing in the front yard! Don’t stop!” The male victim said he saw Preacher Man run into a house, run back out and fire a gun into the air. He said he and White told the female victim to drive quickly out of the area. The male victim said as they turned onto Providence Road, off of Union Chapel Road, he noticed a vehicle, with its bright lights on, pass them, turn around and speed up behind them, and start firing at the car, as they approached the Sawdust commu- nity park. The female victim kept driving until she crashed into a tree on Selman Street (High- way 12), while trying to make a turn. The female victim said after they wrecked, the shooters pulled up beside them and began firing into the car. There were bullet holes on the passenger side and rear of the Nis- san. Bullets appeared to have struck the truck before travelling Aidavit reveals more about what happened on the night Edward White was killed COUNTY COMMISSION Commissioners vote to end 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew By ERIN HILL The Gadsden County Times Gadsden County is no longer under curfew. Commissioners narrowly voted to lift the county-wide 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew during an emergency meeting last Friday. Commissioner Sherrie Taylor said al- though local governments can’t enforce mask mandates, they can enforce curfews. Taylor said she wanted an ordinance in place so law enforcement officers can shut down late night parties and club, because she believes the events are connected to the recent surge in gun violence. Commissioner Brenda Holt pointed out that although a curfew has been in place, most of the recent shootings occurred when people weren’t following the curfew. “Each person is going to have to take it upon themselves to do what they need to do to protect themselves and other people,” Holt said. Commissioners Gene Morgan, Brenda See COUNTY/Page 3 See SHOOTING/Page 4 By ERIN HILL The Gadsden County Times There were no new Covid-19 cases reported in Gadsden Coun- ty Schools in the past week. Although no new cases were re- ported in Gadsden Schools, one more person has died from Co- vid-19 in Gadsden County, and 2 more have been hospitalized. There were a total of 18 new cases among residents overall. As of Tuesday, a total of 3,042 residents have tested positive for Covid-19 since March, accord- ing to the Florida Department of Health data. Of those residents, 240 have been hospitalized and 55 have died. DOH conducts Covid-19 tests at Capital Regional Medical Cen- ter in Quincy from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesdays. Citizens also have the option of going to their per- sonal health care provider. CVS in Quincy also offers self-testing for those who are symptomatic. Home Depot on Capital Circle Northwest and Florida A&M University are still offering testing as well. Gadsden County Commission- ers voted to lift the 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. during an emergency meet- ing on Friday. This came two weeks after the board decided to suspend the weekly Covid-19 emergency meetings, unless need- ed. County offices have also began reopening. Only three schools impacted by new cases, half the number of schools reported the previous week FAMU Scholarships Torry McLellan, Malina Murray, Jade Franklin, heresa Moore, and Fredia Houston after Murray and Franklin are awarded with scholarships from the Gadsden County Chapter of the FAMU National Alumni Association. Torry McClellan presents scholarship recipient Camille Reed with a certiicate. Michael Brown, pictured with Torry McClellan, a receives a scholarship and certiicate. By ERIN HILL The Gadsden County Times A Tallahassee man is dead after after crashing his motorcycle in Havana last week, trooper say. The 30-year-old was traveling south on U.S. 27 when he failed to negotiate a curve to the left causing the motorcycle to travel off the roadway to the right. The motorcycle collided with the curb before striking a light pole. The driver was thrown from motorcycle. He was transported to the Capital Regional Medical Center Gadsden Emergency Room, where he was pronounced dead. Florida Highway Patrol was assisted by Havana Police Department, Gadsden Sheriff’s Office, Gadsden EMS, and Havana Fire. Motorcyclist dies in Havana crash PHOTOS SUBMITTED.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2020, PAGE 1GADSDEN COUNTY TIMES
WWW.GADCOTIMES.COM
Thursday, October 29, 2020 Vol. 119, No. 44 u One Section 50 cents
RF Munore wins, 56-0. Page 5
Details emerge on fatal shooting
County-wide curfew lifted
No new Covid-19 cases in Gadsden schools
By ERIN HILLThe Gadsden County Times
Additional details
have emerged after
the arrests of three
men accused of being
connected to the murder
of a Greensboro man.
Edward White was
fatally shot on Sept. 24.
According to Gadsden
County Sheriff’s Office
arrest affidavits the
followig occured:
Just after 1 a.m.,
deputies were
dispatched to an area
near the Express
Lane gas station in
Greensboro for a
reported car crash and
shooting.
Upon arrival, depu-
ties discovered a gray
Nissan Altima, riddled
with bullets, that had
crashed into a tree.
White was unrespon-
sive and slumped over,
while still buckled into
the passenger seat.
A male victim in the
back seat was franti-
cally screaming that his
girlfriend had been shot.
The male victim said
a black man who goes
by the name “Preacher
Man” did the shooting.
He said a few hours
earlier, White had called
him and his girlfriend
while they were at home,
and asked them to ride
to Sawdust with him
to get pain medication.
While en route, White
pulled over and asked
the female victim if she
could drive because he
could hardly see out of
his right eye.
The male victim said
as they passed a house
on Union Chapel road,
White exclaimed, “There
go Preacher Man stand-
ing in the front yard!
Don’t stop!” The male
victim said he saw
Preacher Man run into a
house, run back out and
fire a gun into the air.
He said he and White
told the female victim to
drive quickly out of the
area. The male victim
said as they turned onto
Providence Road, off of
Union Chapel Road, he
noticed a vehicle, with
its bright lights on, pass
them, turn around and
speed up behind them,
and start firing at the
car, as they approached
the Sawdust commu-
nity park. The female
victim kept driving until
she crashed into a tree
on Selman Street (High-
way 12), while trying to
make a turn. The female
victim said after they
wrecked, the shooters
pulled up beside them
and began firing into
the car.
There were bullet
holes on the passenger
side and rear of the Nis-
san. Bullets appeared
to have struck the
truck before travelling
Ai davit reveals more about what happened on the night Edward White was killed
COUNTY COMMISSION
Commissioners vote to end 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew
By ERIN HILLThe Gadsden County Times
Gadsden County is no longer under
curfew. Commissioners narrowly voted to
lift the county-wide 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew
during an emergency meeting last Friday.
Commissioner Sherrie Taylor said al-
though local governments can’t enforce
mask mandates, they can enforce curfews.
Taylor said she wanted an ordinance in
place so law enforcement officers can shut
down late night parties and club, because
she believes the events are connected to the
recent surge in gun violence.
Commissioner Brenda Holt pointed out
that although a curfew has been in place,
most of the recent shootings occurred when
people weren’t following the curfew.
“Each person is going to have to take it
upon themselves to do what they need to
do to protect themselves and other people,”
Holt said.
Commissioners Gene Morgan, Brenda
See COUNTY/Page 3
See SHOOTING/Page 4
By ERIN HILLThe Gadsden County Times
There were no new Covid-19
cases reported in Gadsden Coun-
ty Schools in the past week.
Although no new cases were re-
ported in Gadsden Schools, one
more person has died from Co-
vid-19 in Gadsden County, and
2 more have been hospitalized.
There were a total of 18 new cases
among residents overall.
As of Tuesday, a total of 3,042
residents have tested positive for
Covid-19 since March, accord-
ing to the Florida Department of
Health data. Of those residents,
240 have been hospitalized and
55 have died.
DOH conducts Covid-19 tests
at Capital Regional Medical Cen-
ter in Quincy from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
on Tuesdays. Citizens also have
the option of going to their per-
sonal health care provider. CVS in
Quincy also offers self-testing for
those who are symptomatic. Home
Depot on Capital Circle Northwest
and Florida A&M University are
still offering testing as well.
Gadsden County Commission-
ers voted to lift the 10 p.m. to 5
a.m. during an emergency meet-
ing on Friday. This came two
weeks after the board decided
to suspend the weekly Covid-19
emergency meetings, unless need-
ed. County offices have also began
reopening.
Only three schools impacted by new cases, half the number of schools reported the previous week
FAMU Scholarships
Torry McLellan, Malina Murray, Jade Franklin, h eresa Moore, and Fredia Houston after Murray and Franklin are awarded with scholarships from the Gadsden County Chapter of the FAMU National Alumni Association.
Torry McClellan presents scholarship recipient Camille Reed with a certii cate.
Michael Brown, pictured with Torry McClellan, a receives a scholarship and certii cate.
By ERIN HILL
The Gadsden County Times
A Tallahassee man is dead after after
crashing his motorcycle in Havana last week,
trooper say.
The 30-year-old was traveling south on U.S.
27 when he failed to negotiate a curve to the
left causing the motorcycle to travel off the
roadway to the right. The motorcycle collided
with the curb before striking a light pole.
The driver was thrown from motorcycle.
He was transported to the Capital Regional
Medical Center Gadsden Emergency Room,
where he was pronounced dead.
Florida Highway Patrol was assisted by
Havana Police Department, Gadsden Sheriff’s
Office, Gadsden EMS, and Havana Fire.
Motorcyclist dies
in Havana crash
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OBITUARIES
Tony Lenard Jones
Mr. Tony Lenard
Jones, 63 years of age,
of Quincy, departed
this life on Sunday,
Oct. 18, 2020 in Talla-
hassee. He left to cher-
ish his precious mem-
ories: his wife, Willie
Mae Jones, Quincy,
mother, Christine
Jones, Quincy, two
sons, Damien Jones
and Marlon Jones,
both of Tallahassee,
two daughters, Tonya
Jones, Tallahas-
see, Damesha Jones,
Quincy, one brother,
Gregory Jones, Quin-
cy, two sisters, Bren-
da Swain and Audrey
Martin (Richard), both
of Tallahassee, and
3 grands. A Private
Viewing was Satur-
day, October 24, 2020
at the Mortuary. A cel-
ebration of life was at
1 p.m. Sunday, Oct.
25, 2020 at Sunny-
vale Cemetery, Quin-
cy. Williams Funeral
Home of Quincy, will
be provided the servic-
es for the Jones family
Catherine Moore
Mrs. Catherine
Moore, 79 years of
age, of Quincy, de-
parted this life on Fri-
day, Oct. 9, 2020 in
Tallahassee. Visita-
tion was Wednesday,
Oct. 21, 2020 at The
Mortuary, Quincy. A
burial was held at 11
a.m., Thursday Oct.
22, 2020, with just the
immediate family at
Sunnyvale Cemetery,
Quincy. Williams Fu-
neral Home of Quincy,
Florida will be provid-
ing the service for the
Moore family.
Dwight O. Watson
Dwight O. Watson,
58, of Midway jour-
neyed from labor to
reward on Friday, Oct.
23, 2020 in Tallahas-
see, surrounded by his
loving family. A grave-
side service will be at
noon on 0ct. 30, 2020
at the Tallahassee Na-
tional Cemetery with
honors. Cherishing
his memory, a loving
wife, Margaret D. Wat-
son, one son, Jordan
Watson two, daugh-
ters Chalasia Watson
all of Midway, and
Chumyia Watson of
Ft. Campbell, Ky, his
parents David M. and
Elease K. Watson, one
sister, Anita M. Wat-
son and two brothers
Thomas R. Watson all
of Midway, and David
J. (LaKeisha) Watson
Jr of Tallahassee, one
God Brother Lee V.
Evans Tallahassee, a
host of aunts, broth-
ers-in-law, sisters-in-
law, nieces, nephews
and sorrowing friends.
Visitation will be
Thursday from 9 a.m.
until 3 p.m. at Evans
Funeral Home located
in Quincy, and from
4 p.m. until 7 p.m. at
St. Luke PB Church in
Midway.
Harry James Cannon
Mr. Harry James Cannon, 71 years of age, of Quincy, depart-ed this life on Satur-day, Oct. 24, 2020 in Tallahassee. He leaves to cherish his precious memories: his wife Cora Bryant Cannon, Quincy, five sons, Ste-ven Cannon (Amelia), Ocala, Harry Cannon, Jr. (Stephanie), De-mond Cannon, Andre Cannon, all of Quincy, Harronice Cannon, Tal-lahassee, four daugh-ters, Christina Cannon, Donna Cannon, Shirell Cannon, Shirron Can-non, all of Quincy, 21 grands; 5 great grands. Visitation will be from
2 p.m. - 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, at the mortuary. A celebra-tion of life will be 11 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020 at Mt. Hosea Cemetery, in Quincy. Williams Funeral Home of Quincy, will be pro-viding the service for the Cannon family.
Miguel Douglas Emanuel
Baby Miguel Doug-las Emanuel Wright, 3 years of age, departed this life on Monday, Oct. 19, 2020 in Tal-lahassee. A celebration of life will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, Oct. 30, 2020 at Marlin-Gause Cemetery in Quincy. Williams Funeral Home of Quincy, will be pro-viding the service for the Wright and Jenkins family.
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By VICKIE LILLO
Pandemic…Coronavirus…Co-vid-19…social distancing…shelter at home. It’s prob-
ably safe to say that everyone is ‘sick to death’ of hearing these words.
Just as everyone has gotten equally ‘sick to death’ of having to quarantine inside the house. After all, human beings are social ani-mals…they need to interact with others to feel alive. And now that many venues are ‘reopening’, es-pecially since Florida’s governor has lifted the businesses-closed mandate, you’d expect all to be better on the home front. And yet…another new catch-phrase has cropped up on the pandemic scene – an unattractive one - join-ing this decade’s list of fancy, up-to-date dictionary lingo – ‘travel shaming’.
Now, for those of you unfamil-iar with this newfangled term, it basically means ‘to make people feel bad about wanting to go on a trip or pursue their vacation plans during the pandemic’. Some travel bloggers have actually received ‘hate mail’ when writing about up-coming press trips and their plans to ‘get their feet wet’ again in the travel sector. Travel shaming. Nev-er thought we’d live to see the day when wanting to go somewhere on holiday was considered a treacher-ous and traitorous offense. But it’s perfectly acceptable to venture up-town to the grocery store, sit down to eat at a restaurant, or shop at Walmart, with mask, or for many, sans mask, where literally every-body and his brother has been in direct close contact – both tactile and by breathing - with your food and merchandise. Apparently, the virus is able to distinguish be-tween local residents and visiting tourists. Was that supposed to be a sarcastic remark? You bet it was.
If anything, this pandemic has done everything in its power to try to dampen our spirits and make us feel depressed by the continued necessity to stay away from other people. Well, enough is enough. We will just have to trust our own good judgment – and GOOD JUDGMENT doesn’t mean min-gling together in huge crowds, in close proximity, at the beach or in packed stadiums for sporting events or rallies (whether for pro-test or politics).
There’s nothing wrong with the desire to travel, as long as you are willing to abide by the rules. And there are plenty of rules. Strict rules exist at the airport and on the planes. Expect to bring your own grub, drinks, blankets and pillows; don’t expect any nice in-flight magazines – they might be harboring Covid-19 germs from previous passengers. Then, there’s
special safety rules at the hotels. Yep, that means those hot, morn-ing buffet breakfasts are probably forever gone. Instead, you get a por-table cold breakfast in a bag. The really complicated rules involve visits out of the country, which may include quarantining for a fortnight, a negative Covid test, within 48 hours of your voyage, and for some locations, required medical insurance, just in case. For those with the wherewithal to be the thrill-seeking, daredevil sorts, let ‘em. No shame in that. Travel will never be as ‘dirt-cheap’ as it is right this minute. Time for carpe diem; in other words, time to seize the day, and take advan-tage of those great bargains. All the while, helping support floun-dering businesses around the country, as well as across the globe. After all, once the world gets back to turning on its axis, and the continents begin reaching out to tourists again with open arms, you can bet those rock-bottom prices and deep discounts are go-ing to vanish into thin air. Fast as a rainbow after a spring shower. For the rest of you, from the se-verely OCD about the virus to those just being extra-cautious, why don’t we try to explore a few alternate ways to safely social-ize with friends and family from our own homes? Time to ‘travel’ a little, even if it’s just a ‘virtu-al’ sensation. Let’s put all of our modern-day technology to good use. And for those of you who simply HAVE TO get out of the house, then you need to invent your own fun, staying as distant from strangers and potential Coro-navirus carriers as possible. Let’s manufacture our own war cry and go to battle against monotony. Take that, boredom. Get out of our way, melancholy. Kick these guys to the curb. America, let’s discover the ‘2020 way to party’. Socializing safely with oth-ers, from your own home Game Playing - For those who get into board games, Tabletopia.com is the place to find hundreds, even a thousand, licensed board games to play on-line for free. Play you’re your current friends or meet new ones, from all around the planet. With so much extra leisure time from sheltering at home, maybe you’d like to try your hand at de-signing your own on-line board game. This is the platform to do it - to create, playtest and promote your own game, built completely from scratch. Maybe even bring it to market. Tabletopia.com allows you to play on Mac and Windows, or download on Stream, Google Play or App Store.
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I have always loved Halloween carnivals at the schools. When
I was in grammar school, we wore our Halloween costumes to the carnival because at that time Trick-or-Treat had not made its way to Havana. The best carnival feature that the younger people enjoyed was the fishing booth. For a nickel they gave you a fishing pole with a clothespin on the end of it and you dropped your line over into the booth and the people hiding there would put a prize on the clothespin.
When I was in high school, I was very tall and the powers that be decided that I would make a good Gypsy fortuneteller. They knew that it would be no problem getting all the jewelry I needed for the costume because even at that early age I collected costume jewelry. I had a long skirt with a silk blouse and scarfs around my waist and in my hair. I don’t remember what I told the boys, but I sure remember what I told the girls. “Someday a handsome stranger will come along, and he will be your “Hussssbond”. That was my best Gypsy accent for husband.
In later years when I worked at Gadsden Nursing Home, they talked me into dressing
up like a Gypsy for the patients. I did and told fortunes to them and made them laugh. They hadn’t told me they wanted me to get on top of one of the tables so they could all see my costume. I asked them if they were crazy. I finally gave in and did it and have pictures to prove it. No, there was no dancing on the tabletop.
Around Halloween time the Havana Theater would have a lot of movies about scary creatures. In the early 1950s, we all knew about the Atomic bomb, and for some reason the movie makers had the idea that radiation would turn small creatures into giant creatures. There was one about these giant ants in the desert where they had tested the A bomb. The scary part was waiting to see
what had caused all the damage and why people were disappearing. When the ants finally came out of hiding, they were so hokey that they didn’t scare us. You could even see the wires that make them move. After that there was one about a giant spider. It was put together better than the ant, but it still moved in an unnatural gait. It was much more frighting to me because I don’t like spiders. I think Alfred Hitchcock got it all right when he made “The Birds”. Now that was a scary movie.
We were so innocent back then that we didn’t know most of the Halloween stuff is occultic and that Halloween is the high holy day for witches. It was just a time for us to dress up in costumes and go to the carnival and have fun without all of the ugliness there is out there today. I don’t know what Covid will do to Halloween this year, but I hope all the little children will have a happy and safe Halloween.
through the passen-ger side back seat, and front seat, into White’s body. White had two or three gun-shot wounds in his back, consistent with rifle rounds.
The next day, law enforcement officers received information from a confidential in-
formant t h a t Preacher M a n ’ s
real name is Ricardo Mathews.
On Oct. 14, the male victim contacted a deputy to provide additional informa-tion. He said out of fear of retaliation, he didn’t identify all of the alleged shooters. The male victim then said the vehicle in-volved was a burgun-
dy two-door Infinity coupe, not a grey car. He identified the other shooters as Lenvon-tae “Buster” Brown and Chavez Street. He was able to pick the two out of a six-man photo line-up. He in-dicated that both men fired shots, but Brown was the driver.
On Friday, Oct. 16, GCSO investigators obtained felony arrest warrants for Brown, Street and Mathews in connection to the shooting.
Brown and Street were both arrested on charges of first degree premeditated murder and attempted first degree murder with a firearm. Both are be-ing held with no bond.
Brown was already out on a $4,500 bond, after being arrested on charges of aggra-vated assault with a firearm, carrying a concealed firearm, improper exhibition of a firearm, grand theft of a fire arm, and witness tampering in May.
Mathews was ar-rested at his home on Monday, Oct. 19 and is being held on a $61,000 bond.
Officers did not have enough information to place Mathews inside the car. According to the female victim, the vehicle approached them from the oppo-site direction of where Mathews fired the first shot.
Shooting
Due to an editing error, retired Ambassador
Bobby Mandell’s name was left out of an article
on the Opinion Page last week, titled “Generals:
President Trump uni t to serve.” Mandell is the
former ambassador to Luxembourg.
h e Times regrets the error.
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By TERRANCE CHISOLMSpecial to The Times
Last Friday the Bob-cats concluded their home field dominance with another impres-sive performance as they hosted the Eagles of Bronson High.
Munroe received the ball and scored on the first play from scrim-mage, as senior quar-terback Xavier Gray reeled off a 61-yard touchdown run that gave the home team a 6-0 advantage.
Gray followed up his explosive run with two passing touchdowns to senior receiver Devon-te Wilson during the second half of the first quarter, which resulted in a 35-0 advantage for the Bobcat heading into the second quarter.
Despite the score, Munroe continued to execute in every phase of the game during the second quarter. While the Bobcat’s defense
duplicated their ag-gressive play of the first quarter, Gray threw his third touchdown of the half as he completed a 54-yard pass to Marco Atkins down the left sideline with 6:18 left to play in the first half.
“We weren’t sure how they were going to play us. We talk to our re-ceivers a lot and explain to them that anytime you get man coverage it’s a gift. They ran cov-er zero with no safety in the middle of the field,
and any time I see that I like our chances. To-night, we took some shots, and capitalized on them,” said Coach Lehky.
Following their stellar first half performance, the Bobcats held a
commanding 42-0 lead at halftime.
Just as in the first half, the Munroe defense held the Eagles scoreless in the third and fourth quarters.
Despite a run-ning clock, the Bobcat offense tacked on two additional touchdowns during the second half, on their way to a 56-0 victory. The win put Munroe at 7-0 for the season, including 5 wins on their home turf.
“Senior night is al-ways a special night, especially after what these seniors have gone through in their high school career. They’ve had some seasons that weren’t real successful. This year the guys have been grinding. It was nice to have our guys show up and show how good they can play.”
This Friday the Bob-cats will end their regular season on the road against Hamilton County.
Bobcats explode during Senior Night
Photo by TERRANCE CHISOLM
Robert F. Munroe Day School scores against Bronson High as they rolled to a 56-0 win.
Robert F. Munroe wins 56-0 over Bronson High on Senior Night
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The other night at dinner, a gal came up to me and said she has just purchased her first handgun.
“Great!” I exclaimed. “Is it a revolver or a semi-automatic?”
She gave me a blank stare. “Um,” she said.
“OK, are you planning to go to the Wakulla County Sheriff’s Office range to practice firing it?” I asked.
“Sure!” she smiled happily.
“Have you purchased eyes and ears too?” (Just want to make sure she’s ready to shoot.)
“Um,” she said again.We’ve all been there.
It’s amazing how quickly we learn basic terms, but we all start from the same place. I remember giving that blank look myself, and still do at times.
First, before you shoot any handgun, you’ll want to have “eyes” and “ears.” Most ranges require you to have these before you shoot. You’ll want to have them anyway be-cause “eyes” means eye protection and “ears” means ear protection. Nobody wants to go blind or deaf.
“Eyes” refers to ANSI rated glasses that will protect eyes from flying debris from shooting. Debris could be a casing flying from a neighbor’s gun, or it could be bits of casing from your own
gun. These glasses run from very very inexpen-sive to, well, more. So long as they are ANSI rated, and they will say so on the packaging, you can spend as little as $5 for a pair.
“Ears” refers to ear protection. Guns are loud. Loud noises can hurt your ears and may make you go deaf early.
Ear protection can be as cheap as some squishy cushions you push into your ears or as expensive as… well, as much as you care to spend.
The earmuff-style ones can even come with noise cancellation that helps suppress loud noises while allowing you to hear someone speak. Just like eye pro-tection, prices vary from about $1 for the squishy cushions to $xxx for the more expensive ones.
There’s an NRR rating on ear protection. It can run from about 20 deci-bels to 29 db or higher.
Generally speaking, the higher the better. Or, you can put in the squishy cushions and wear the earmuff-style ones over them. That’s what I do. My family tends to go deaf, so I’m really protective of my hearing.
Now, do you want a revolver or a semi-auto-matic handgun? The re-volver is the one that has that round cylinder in its middle. Most revolv-ers have cylinders that hold five or six rounds, but you can find some that will hold more am-munition.
Semi -automat i cs load by placing rounds (which most people call bullets) in a magazine. Then the magazine is placed in the handle or grip of the gun. Semi-automatics can hold as little as two rounds, but most can hold from six to 19 rounds or even more.
Magaz ines come in “single stacked” or “double stacked.” This means that when you load your rounds in a single stacked magazine, the rounds will plop in, one on top of the next in single file.
This can be an advan-tage if you have smallish hands and want a small grip, because the grip only has to accommo-date a magazine with a single file load of bullets.
Magazines that are called double stacked hold two columns of rounds. Sometimes these are stacked side by side and other times fill sort of staggered, with one side stacking slightly lower than the other.
Double stacked mag-azines have an advan-tage of being able to hold more ammunition.
Is your gun shooting “centerfire” or “rimfire” bullets?
The .22 caliber hand-guns shoot rimfire bul-lets. When you’ve shot a round, you can pick up the spent casing and see
a small dimple on the rim of the back of it. This means you are shoot-ing rimfire ammunition. The dimple is where the firing pin hits the back of the casing. The firing pin whacks the casing that ignites the primer that then ignites the powder charge making the explosion that cre-ates pressure sending the bullet flying out of your gun.
Most other guns shoot centerfire rounds. Look at the back of your cas-ing. You will see a round dot exactly in the center of the back. The firing pin of your gun hits this center dot to set off the primer in a centerfire gun.
After you’ve shot your gun, watch to see where the casing lands and pick it up when it has cooled down. You will notice there’s a divot right in the center dot of the casing. That’s the mark of a centerfire gun.
When you decide to purchase a handgun for self-defense or just for target shooting, you’ll hear a bunch of terms
that you won’t generally hear in everyday conver-sation.
Don’t wait for some-one to notice you’ve got a blank look on your face! People you meet at the Wakulla County
Sheriff’s Office range are all too happy to help you out.
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4982-1105 GCT Torres/Garcia Jr.20000727 DRA Dissolution of Marriage
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 2ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT,IN AND FOR GADSDEN COUNTY, FLORIDA
Case No.: 20000727 DRA Division:SMIRNA TORRES,
Petitioner,andJESUS GARCIA, JR.,
Respondent.
NOTICE OF ACTION FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE(NO CHILD OR FINANCIAL SUPPORT)
TO: JESUS GARCIA JR.(Last Known Address): NO KNOWN ADDRESS
YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action for dissolution of marriage has been filed against you and that you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on Smirna Torres,whose address is PO Box 536, Greensboro, FL 32330, on or be-fore November 16, 2020, and file the original with the clerk of this Court at Clerk of Courts, 10 E. Jefferson St., Quincy, FL 32351, before service on Petitioner or immediately thereafter. If you fail to do so, a default may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the petition.
The action is asking the court to decide how the following real or personal property should be divided: NONE
Copies of all court documents in this case, including orders, are available at the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office. You may re-view these documents upon request.
You must keep the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office notified of your current address. (You may file Designation of Current Mail-ing and E-Mail Address, Florida Supreme Court Approved Fam-ily Law Form 12.915.) Future papers in this lawsuit will be mailed or e-mailed to the addresses on record at the clerk’s office.
WARNING: Rule 12.285, Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure, requires certain automatic disclosure of documents and infor-mation. Failure to comply can result in sanctions, including dis-missal or striking of pleadings.
Dated: October 7, 2020.
NICHOLAS THOMAS, CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT( COURT SEAL )
By: Charlotte Willeby, Deputy Clerk
Published October 15, 22, 29 and November 5, 2020.
4020-1105 GCT Bret Lee Newtson2020-CP-303 Notice to Creditors/Summ.Admin
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR GADSDEN COUNTY, FLORIDAPROBATE DIVISION
File No.: 2020-CP-303 Division PROBATEIN RE: ESTATE OF BRET LEE NEWTSON,
Deceased.NOTICE TO CREDITORS (Summary Administration)
TO ALL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS OR DEMANDS AGAINST THE ABOVE ESTATE:
You are hereby notified that an Order of Summary Adminis-tration has been entered in the estate of Bret Lee Newtson, deceased, File Number 2020-CP-303, by the Circuit Court for Gadsden County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 10 E Jefferson Street, Quincy, FL 32351; that the decedent’s date of death was November 23, 2019; that the to-tal value of the estate is $21456.50 and that the names and addresses of those to whom it has been assigned by such or-der are:Name AddressPamela Newtson 1434 Rita Road, Tallahassee, FL 32311ALL INTERESTED PERSONS ARE NOTIFIED THAT:
All creditors of the estate of the decedent and persons hav-ing claims or demands against the estate of the decedent other than those for whom provision for full payment was made in the Order of Summary Administration must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702. ALL CLAIMS AND DE-MANDS NOT SO FILED WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITH-STANDING ANY OTHER APPLICABLE TIME PERIOD, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED.The date of first publication of this Notice is October 29, 2020.
Person Giving Notice:Pamela Newtson
1434 Rita Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32311Attorney for Person Giving Notice:Robert S. Williams, Attorney Florida Bar Number: 44253Williams & Coleman, P.A. 701 East Tennessee Street,Tallahassee, Florida 32308 Telephone: (850) 222-0013Fax: (850) 222-9047 E-Mail: [email protected] E-Mail: [email protected] October 29 & November 5, 2020.
4018-1105 GCT Miller, Daisy19001143CAA Notice of Action
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUITIN AND FOR GADSDEN COUNTY, FLORIDA
Case No: 19001143CAA
CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC,Plaintiff,
vs.THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, TRUSTEES OR OTHER CLAIMANTS CLAIMING BY, THROUGH, UNDER OR AGAINST DAISY MILLER A/K/A DAISY J. MILLER A/K/A DAISY JOYCCE MILLER, DECEASED; et al.,
Defendants.
NOTICE OF ACTION
TO: THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, TRUSTEES OR OTHER CLAIMANTS CLAIMING BY, THROUGH, UNDER OR AGAINST DOROTHY DIXON MILLER412 CHARLIE HARRIS QUINCY, FL 32352
THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, TRUSTEES OR OTHER CLAIMANTS CLAIMING BY, THROUGH, UNDER OR AGAINST DOROTHY DIXON MILLER1207 Breckenridge Run Tallahassee, FL 32311
LAST KNOWN ADDRESS STATED,CURRENT RESIDENCE UNKNOWN and any unknown heirs,
devisees, grantees, creditors and other unknown persons or un-known spouses claiming by, through and under the above-named Defendants, if deceased or whose last known addresses are unknown.
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that an action to foreclose Mort-gage covering the following real and personal property de-scribed as follows, to wit:
THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED LAND, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN GADSDEN COUNTY, FLORIDA TO WIT: COMMENCE AT THE CEN-TER OF SECTION 17, TOWNSHIP 3 NORTH, RANGE 3 WEST, GADS-DEN COUNTY, FLORIDA, AND RUN WEST 417 FEET TO A CON-CRETE MONUMENT THENCE RUN NORTH 264 FEET TO A CON-CRETE MONUMENT, THENCE RUN WEST 290.4 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, THENCE RUN NORTH 300 FEET TO AN IRON, THENCE RUN WEST 80 FEET TO AN IRON, THENCE RUN SOUTH 300 FEET TO AN IRON, THENCE RUN EAST 80 FEET TO THE POINT OF BE-GINNING. ALSO: COMMENCE AT THE CENTER OF SECTION 17, TOWNSHIP 3 NORTH, RANGE 3 WEST, GADSDEN COUNTY, FLOR-IDA, AND RUN WEST 417 FEET TO A CONCRETE MONUMENT THENCE RUN NORTH 264 FEET TO A CONCRETE MONUMENT, THENCE RUN WEST 290.4 FEET, THENCE RUN NORTH 300 FEET TO A FENCE CORNER, THENCE RUN WEST ALONG A FENCE 80 FEET TO AN IRON AND POINT OF BEGINNING,THENCE RUN WEST ALONG SAID FENCE 87.5 FEET TO AN IRON, THENCE RUN SOUTH 110 FEET TO AN IRON, THENCE RUN EAST 87.5 FEET TO AN IRON, THENCE RUN NORTH 110 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.LESS AND EX-CEPT A PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED IN GADSDEN COUNTY FLOR-IDA AND BEING DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCE AT THE CENTER OF SECTION 17, TOWNSHIP 3 NORTH, RANGE 3 WEST, AND RUN WEST 417 FEET, THENCE NORTH 264 FEET, THENCE WEST 290.40 FEET, THENCE NORTH 190 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINN-ING, THENCE CONTINUE NORTH 110 FEET, AND RUN WEST 167.50 FEET, THENCE RUN SOUTH 110 FEET, AND RUN EAST 167.50 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on Meaghan A. James, Esq., Lender Legal Services, LLC, 201 East Pine Street, Suite 730, Orlando, Florida 32801 and file the original with the Clerk of the above-styled Court on or before 30 days from the first publication, otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
WITNESS my hand and seal of the said Court on the 20 day of October, 2020.
If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommo-dation in order to participate in a court proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the Office of Court Administration at (850) 577-4401, or at the Leon County Courthouse, Room 225, 301 S. Monroe Street, Tallahassee, FL 32301 within 2 working days of receipt of a notice compelling you to appear at a court pro-ceeding; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711. The ADA Coordinator for the courts in Leon County is Doug Smith. He may be reached at (850) 577-4444 or through the Florida Relay Service, TDD at 1-800-955-8771. The address for the Of-fice of Court Administration is: Leon County Courthouse, 301 S. Monroe Street, Room 225, Tallahassee, FL 32301. In all other counties in the circuit please contact the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office and ask for the ADA Coordinator. The Clerk’s number is included on each county page.
NICHOLAS THOMAS, CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT(COURT SEAL)
By: Charlotte Willeby, Deputy Clerk
Published October 29 & November 5, 2020.
4017-1029 GCTFictitious Name
Notice is hereby given that SARAH FABIAN ROBERTS, owner, de-siring to engage in business under the fictitious name of
SHEAR WONDERSlocated at 224 West Washington Street, Chattahoochee, Florida 32324 intends to register the said name in GADSDEN county with the Division of Corporations, Florida Department of State, pursuant to section 865.09 of the Florida Statutes.Published October 29, 2020.
4019-1029 GCTFictitious Name
Notice is hereby given that GWENDOLYN DIANE COSTILLA, OWNER, desiring to engage in business under the fictitious name of
GWEN TAX SERVICESlocated at 17650 Blue Star Hwy, Quincy, Florida 32351 intends to register the said name in GADSDEN county with the Division of Corporations, Florida Department of State, pursuant to sec-tion 865.09 of the Florida Statutes.Published October 29, 2020.
4021-1105 GCT Edward C. Higdon200000295CPA Notice to Creditors
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR GADSDEN COUNTY, FLORIDAPROBATE DIVISION File No. 200000295CPA Division
IN RE: ESTATE OF EDWARD C. HIGDON a/k/a CANTEY HIGDON, SR., EDWARD CANTEY HIGDON, SR. and E. C. HIGDON, SR,
Deceased.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The administration of the Estate of Edward C. Higdon, who was also known as Cantey Higdon, Sr., Edward Cantey Higdon, Sr. and E. C. Higdon, Sr., deceased, whose date of death was August 21, 2020, is pending in the Circuit Court for Gadsden County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 13 North Monroe Street, Judicial Complex, Quincy, Florida 32351. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below.
All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM.
All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE.
ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED.The date of first publication of this notice is Oct. 29, 2020.
Personal Representative:Bessemer Trust Company of Florida
By: Grant Gardner Title: Principal1002 S.E. Monterey Commons Blvd., Suite 101, Stuart, FL 34996Attorney for Personal Representative:Brian D. Kennedy, Esq. Florida Bar Number: 0714801Jones Foster P.A. 505 South Flagler Drive, Suite1100,West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Telephone: (561) 659-3000Fax: (561) 650-5300 E-Mail: [email protected] October 29 & November 5, 2020.
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Holt and Sherrie Taylor voted in favor of ending the curfew.
Taylor went on record to say she does not agree with the curfew being lifted, but she voted for it so there would be a resolution in the books.
During the emergency meeting, the board also shot down county administrator prospect Derrick Elias’ pro-posed contract. Last month the Board selected Derrick Elias to fill the Gadsden County administrator posi-tion.
Elias initially presented a contract to the board re-questing a $127,500.00 an-nual salary, which the board rejected during the regu-larly scheduled board meet-ing on Tuesday. The Board subsequently voted to offer
Elias a contract with a sal-ary of $105,000.00 annually for five years. Elias refused the county’s offer, and sent the board five counter of-fers Thursday night, each of which, with benefits, totaled more than $120,000 a year.
County Attorney Harold Knowles, said the board was presented with a spread-sheet with data from 16 similarly situated counties within the state. The spread-sheet included information on what the counties pay their administrators, as well as any additional benefits, including car allowances, if they have one. According to that data, the average salary for a county administrator is $91,615.56.
Morgan said Elias is a great potential hire, but he doesn’t have any experience as a county administrator.
“I think he needs to con-sider the fact that this is a
five-year contract we’re look-ing at, and pretty much in-cludes everything he was asking for,” Morgan said. “Also, we already provide a vehicle for this position, so there’s no reason to have a monthly vehicle allowance, because there’s already a ve-hicle provided.”
Morgan said once Elias gains experience, the coun-ty could reward him with an appropriate review and raise.
Taylor agreeing with Mor-gan said she would she agreed the county should maintain the base salary of $105,000 a year, but she also wanted the attorney to add language to the contract stating Elias would receive an increase if his perfor-mance warrants one.
“This could be very well spelled out in the contract, because you don’t want to lose this guy, and you cer-
tainly don’t want to start the process all over,” Taylor said.
She suggested trying to get Elias to agree to a salary within the county’s means, and having him work to-wards what he wants his base salary to be.
Morgan said if Elias didn’t want to accept the county’s proposal, then the board needed to reopen the search for a new candidate.
“We can’t afford these kind of salaries. We’re too small. We have a limited tax base,” Morgan argued.
Hinson pointed out that Elias has been on some county projects. He served as chairman of the Transporta-tion Disadvantaged Board, and spent multiple years as a city commissioner.
“Personally, I prefer to have someone that was a county commissioner, or a city commissioner because
they understand when things go bad, they still re-main calm,” Hinson said. “I don’t want somebody off the street, or somebody that does just public administra-tion stuff.”
Hinson said he wants to hire someone who under-stands the stress level that comes with the position. He also said he agrees with ev-erything Elias requested.
Hinson suggested a two-year contract, instead of five, because the board will have at least one new commis-sioner coming in in the new term.
Viegbesie said after com-paring the amount Elias is requesting to the salaries of county administrators in other counties, the amount gives him concern.
Viegbesie, Morgan, Holt and Hinson voted to reject Elias’ offer, with Taylor hav-ing the only opposing vote.
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