VOL. 49 NO. 47 Edwards Found Guilty As Charged In Murder...

Wed. June 26, 2013 VOL. 49 NO. 47

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A Madison Countyjury returned a guilty ascharged verdict againstCedric Edwards, whowas charged with firstdegree murder whilearmed. The verdict wasreturned Friday, June21.

According to a Madi-son Police Departmentreport, at approximate-ly 10:30 a.m. on Aug. 25,

2011, MPD officers weredispatched to the Madi-son County Health De-partment parking lot,located at 218 ThirdStreet, in Madison. Thecall was regarding aman, who had been beat-en. Before police andemergency personnel ar-rived, the Health Depart-ment staff hadattempted to render aid

to the victim, MichaelLogan, 62, of Madison.Due to the severity ofhis injuries, the manwas obviously dead.

Witnesses identifiedthe suspect as Cedric Ed-wards. Edwards was lo-cated outside hisresidence a short dis-tance from the scene ofthe crime. He was takeninto custody and trans-

ported to the MadisonCounty Jail without in-cident.

Witnesses saw thesuspect striking the vic-tim repeatedly withwhat was described as astick, which turned outto be an iron tire jackhandle.

Edwards was sen-tenced to life without pa-role.

Cedric Edwards

Edwards Found Guilty As Charged In Murder Trial

By Lynette NorrisGreene Publishing, Inc.

Rather than write off a list of 25items reported missing fromGreenville Elementary School, pend-ing an investigation, a list that in-cluded computers and at least onecopier, the Madison County SchoolBoard insisted on an investigationand a search for the items through-out the school district. The list ofitems is valued at about about$116,000.

Board member VeEtta Hagan,whose district includes theGreenville school, stated that shewas upset with the way the account-ing had been handled up to thatpoint, and disagreed with the recom-mendation to simply write it offwithout trying to find out if theitems had been moved to anotherschool or another building withinthe Madison County School District.

“This is brand-new stuff,” shesaid. “It is dishonest and unfair toGreenville.”

School board member KarenPickles joined Hagan in insistingthat the issue be taken off the con-sent agenda, expressing dismay thatit had not already been looked intofurther. “When I saw this list ofitems, I was livid,” she said.

School BoardQuestions

Missing ItemsFrom Greenville

Elementary

Madison CountySheriff Ben Stewart re-ports that on Thursday,June 20, Madison Coun-ty Sheriff ’s Officedeputies were dis-patched to CrosswindsRehabilitation Center inGreenville in referenceto a complaint that ablack male had just bust-ed the window out of anemployee’s vehicle thatwas parked in the park-ing lot and stole a pursebelonging to the victim.The male then got into agold colored sedan andleft the area headed to-ward Madison on US 90.

As deputies were re-sponding they observedthe gold car approachingthem at a high rate ofspeed. Deputies activat-ed blue lights and thedriver of the gold car(later identified as JohnWesley Smith Jr.)swerved over in the laneof the deputies, forcingdeputies to take evasiveactions to avoid a headon collision.

Deputies turnedaround and initiatedpursuit that reachedspeeds of 110 miles perhour. Smith continued toflee deputies by passingother traffic on hills andcurves. Deputies backedoff for the safety of oth-er motorists but man-aged to keep the gold cardriven by Smith in sight.

Once the pursuitreached Madison, Smithturned onto Captain

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A man was seriously injured when thetruck he was traveling in collided with atree and a telephone box on Monday after-noon, June 24.

According to a Florida Highway Patrolreport, Timothy Scott Chastain, 44, of Pavo,Ga., was traveling north on NE Rocky FordRoad. For an unknown reason, Chastaintraveled northwest across the southboundtravel lane of the road and continued trav-eling northwest onto the grass shoulder.

The front of Chastain’s 2006 Ford F250collided with a wire fence and continuedtraveling in a northwesterly direction

through the fence. Chastain then traveled north across the

paved driveway. On the north side of thedriveway, the front of the pickup collidedwith a tree and a CenturyLink phone junc-tion box.

The pickup came to a final rest at thepoint of impact facing north.

Chastain was flown by helicopter toShands in Gainesville where he was treatedfor serious injuries.

Madison County EMS, Cherry LakeFire and Rescue and the Pinetta VolunteerFire Department assisted at the scene.

FHP Trooper John Sleigher was the in-vestigating officer.

Man Seriously Injured In Crash

Greene Publishing, Inc Photo by Lynette Norris, June 24, 2013


The “business incubator” is a great concept forsmall businesses just getting started, that can’t paythe full rent for retail space, says Sharon Benoit,who, along with her husband Jim and sister JoySale, own the Everything Pecan bakery, one of fourbusinesses now occupying space in the Lee BusinessComplex.

In Orlando, where Benoit lived before, therewere numerous business incubators for tech compa-nies, but the business incubator is a model thatworks just as well in a small rural community likeLee, where there may not be many tech companies,but there is no shortage of artisans, crafters andsmall business entrepreneurs willing to take achance when presented with an opportunity.

The Lee Business Center is housed in the build-ing that used to be the old Lee School, off of LeeSchool Avenue. Built in the 1800s, it went through acouple of fires and refurbishings over the decades,and it is now owned by the Town of Lee, which hasremodeled the old classrooms and offices into unitsthat small businesses can rent at reduced rates, giv-ing them a chance to grow and get their enterprisesoff the ground, and eventually move on to a bigger,better retail space.

In fact, the daycare center that once occupied anentire wing of the complex is one such small-busi-ness success story. After getting started in the Busi-ness Complex, it was able to purchase and move intoits own building a few months ago.

“We’ve been working hard the last few months,re-doing and repainting to make it more inviting,”said Lee Town Clerk Sarah Anderson about the LeeBusiness Complex, which sits on a pleasant, tree-shaded lot. City workers and other “in-house tal-ent” did most of the renovation, which in a smalltown like Lee translates to about four or five people,with some help from MCI inmate labor to paint theoutside.

Inside, the design has kept the original highwooden ceilings in the corridors, along with the vin-tage charm of the old school doors and 19th-centurybrickwork. Walking down the main corridor, one al-most expects to hear the school bell ringing and seea sudden influx of children spilling into the hallway,laughing and yelling and rushing between classes.In the business spaces, much of the vintage charmis still intact, although dropped ceilings have beeninstalled to lower heating and cooling costs. Most ofthe business suites have restroom access and plentyof natural light coming through the old classroomwindows; however, they look surprisingly fresh,new and vital with a coat of paint on the walls andcarpeting on the floors.

In another touch of artistic charm, all of thebusiness signs over the doors were made by a tal-ented artisan who also does sign work for DisneyWorld, and who delivered the signs herself so shecould see the place.

“She was so excited to see how her signs wouldbe used,” said Anderson.

One of the businesses in the complex, The TaxDoctor MD, located in what used to be the school’sprincipal and administrative offices, looks as mod-ern and updated as one would imagine any tax pre-parer’s office would look, but with a patina ofhistory and the solid feel of being in a old, well-loved, well-built structure.

In what used to be the old library, Joyce Bethea’sWhiffenpooh and Lulu Too offers alteration ser-vices, professional sewing and embroidery projects,

as well as creations from various local crafters andartisans on consignment.

In the back part of the complex, the Fast-PackPackaging Shipping Supplies occupies the largestsquare footage as the anchor business. Theysell/distribute packaging supplies to large compa-nies like eBay and Amazon.com.

Across the main corridor, where the school cafe-teria used to be, Sharon Benoit, husband Jim, andsister Joy Sale operate the Everything Pecan bakery.

Everything Pecan, Whiffenpooh Newest Tenants at the Lee Business Complex

Greene Publishing, Inc. Photo by Lynette Norris, June 19, 2013

Professionally done signs outside welcome visi-tors and list the businesses located inside.


Left to right: Sarah Anderson, Sharon Benoit andShelly Smith look over an empty unit ready for an-other business.


One of the specially created signs hangs abovethe door to Everything Pecan.

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I met up with ole’ Doc Fixumat thuh’ state park Sundee’ after-noon. He’s been all over thiscountry. He said he took off ‘uhwhole summer years ago ‘n seen‘uh big portion of thuh’ midwest.

Then he started tell’n me‘bout ‘uh school teacher namedKatherine Lee Bates that wrote‘uh poem about this countryaround 1893. She was asked ta’ gowest ta’ Colorado Springs ta’teach through thuh’ summer.While she was there, she took ‘uhtrip to thuh’ top of Pikes Peak,14,000 foot’ high. They say fromthere you can see over 100 miles.Doc said that’s where Miss Bates got inspired ta’ write this poem called “Amer-ica The Beautiful.” He said it was later put to music. We all know the song.

Doc said he could understand the words better than most ‘cause he’d seen‘uh lot of what Miss Bates saw in her travels. He’s seen young, green, wheatfields, thousands of acres big, blow’n in thuh’ wind, that looked like waves onthuh’ ocean. He said it made him realize why we’ve got plenty ta’ eat. He’s seenthuh’ spacious skies from Pikes Peak and in Montana where thuh’ air is so pure‘uh feller can see more’n 100 miles. He said ‘uh blue haze ‘n ‘uh red faced moun-tain in thuh’ far distance looks ‘uh majestic purple.

Ole’ Doc said it’s ‘uh pure shame most people never see such sights ta’ knowfer’ their self what’a beautiful country we live in.

I told Doc I was real glad I could at least here first hand from him even if Inever get ta’ go.

Sincerely yourn’Cracola O’Lustee

( Cracker fer’ short)

Coexisting with nature is awonderful thing, but it doesn’tmean you have to allow crittersto take over your home. Pest in-festations can impact your fami-ly in a number of undesirableways, creating an environmentthat’s unhealthy and, in manycases, downright intolerable.Fortunately, you don’t need tosaturate your home with chemi-cals in order to keep pests at bay.By practicing natural pest con-trol, you can encourage would-be intruders to live somewhereelse while keeping your home,health, family, pets and the earthsafe.

Negative Effects of Pest

Infestations on Your

Health

Stress: When you know yourhome is infested with rodents orinsects, it’s hard to stop think-ing about them. Your skin mightcrawl at the thought of bed bugswalking on you as you sleep, oryou may start to feel phantomants crawling across your arms.It’s normal to experience stresswhen your home is infested, andsome homeowners still feel anxi-ety even after a pest controlcompany has taken care of theproblem. When you practice nat-ural pest control, which focuseson prevention, you’ll find peaceof mind in knowing you’re doingall you can to keep pests out.

Diseases: Rodents are noto-rious carriers of diseases suchas the bubonic plague, Hantavirus, salmonellosis, tularemia,rat bite fever and leptospirosis.The scary thing is that a rodentdoesn’t need to bite or touch youto pass on an illness. Simply be-ing exposed to its droppings ornesting site can make you fall illwith, for example, the Hantavirus. Some of the diseases ro-dents carry present like the flu,making them initially difficultto properly diagnose until theillnesses are in their advancedstages.

Discomfort: What do mos-quitoes, fleas and bed bugs havein common? Their bites makeyou feel itchy. While most insectbites are more annoying thanharmful, scratching itchy spotscan lead to a secondary infec-tion.

Asthma triggers: Asthma isone of the most prevalent chron-ic diseases in children andadults, and up to 60 percent ofasthma sufferers are allergic tocockroaches. Merely touching aroach’s exoskeleton, which thebug can shed, can trigger anasthma attack. Using chemicalslike toxic baits, fumigators orsprays to get rid of pests cantrigger asthma symptoms andpossibly make them worse than

usual.Toxic bites: Most spiders

are harmless and meek, butthere are a handful that can domajor harm if they bite you.These include the recluse vari-eties, hobo, black widow, brownwidow and red widow spiders.

Pest Prevention Tactics

The best way to practice nat-ural pest control is by employingsimple prevention techniques.These natural methods, whenused regularly, can help youkeep infestations at bay betterthan any toxic repellents. Forexample:

Don’t leave food out in the•open.

Store pantry items in lidded•glass or thick plastic containers.

Eliminate sources of stand-•ing water in and around yourhome.

Seal holes and cracks along•the exterior of your home.

Use lids on your trash cans.•Keep your landscape mowed,•

pruned, weeded and manicured.Clean your house regularly•

and keep it tidy.Keep wood piles high, dry•

and away from your house.Inspect your luggage for•

signs of bed bugs after traveling.Inspect guest rooms for signs•

of bed bugs after you’ve hadovernight visitors.

Plant insect-repelling plants•and flowers around the exteriorof your home, including mint,pennyroyal, petunias, tansy,rosemary, geraniums,marigolds, citronella and worm-wood.

Home Infestations: What

to Do

Pest infestations can happenin even the cleanest homes. Thetrick is quickly taking care ofthe problem by calling a greenpest control company that prac-tices Integrated Pest Manage-ment (IPM). IPM involves usingknowledge of pest biology (witha bit of common sense thrownin) For example, technicianswill identify the pests, get rid oftheir nesting sites, make it hard-er for the pests to access yourhome and use other natural pestcontrol techniques to give you ahealthy, critter-free environ-ment. Green pest control compa-nies use natural techniqueswhenever possible – in largepart because they’re more effec-tive both immediately and in thelong term – and will choose theleast-toxic treatments availablewhen an application is neces-sary.

If you have a pest infesta-tion, or think you have one, calla natural pest control companyto schedule an inspection andlearn personalized tips for keep-ing your home pest-free.

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CRACKER SEZ Health & Wellness Tipsfrom Frank Nathan, Executive Director

Lake Park of Madison

Natural Pest Control

I was traveling north last weekand missed the news of the death ofFrances Sanders until returning. Shewas a remarkable lady and every en-counter I had with her was both stim-ulating and informative. I’m sorry tohave missed her funeral; I’m sure theexperience would have given me evengreater insight to her remarkable in-fluence on our community.

In 2000, a couple of years aftermoving to Madison County, I joinedthe Chamber of Commerce as execu-tive director. Not long after taking thejob, I ran across something called theKids’ Culture Club. What on earth isthis? Turns out that it was the brain-child of Miss Frances. She was intenton working with a small group of chil-dren each year to teach them properetiquette and manners.

She also taught them a lot abouthistory and this unique place calledMadison. Several years ago, herdaughter Susanne Griffin phoned meand asked if I would make a presenta-tion about Colin Kelly to the Kids Cul-ture Club. I jumped on the invitationas I usually do. I enjoy the opportuni-ty to influence an audience, whether itis through a sermon, this column, orany other venue. Imagine if you willthe challenge of influencing a group ofmiddle school aged children about lo-cal history – what an opportunity!

In the courtroom on the secondfloor of the courthouse were gatheredabout thirty young people and a cou-ple of adult mentors. Miss Franceswas there too. She used a walker asshe was infirmed, but her mind wassharp as a tack. Her questions andcomments to my ten minute presenta-tion were very adroit. Later, we movedto the Four Freedoms Monument inthe park where I had the opportunityto draw the parallel between the free-doms that President Roosevelt spokeabout to Congress in early 1941 and thesacrifice made by Captain Kelly elevenmonths later.

I heard that Miss Frances wouldput on dinners for her children’sgroup with formal place settings.Everyone would dress for dinner. Inour modern world of informality andinstant communication, we seem tohave lost that form of art. I truly miss

it. I think it is important to have thatformal exchange every now and then:a properly set table; a lovely multi-course dinner; proper dress; classicalmusic in the background; and quiet,respectful conversation – somethinglike we see in Downton Abbey.

More than 20 years ago, I inheriteda single place setting of pink Havil-land china which I understand is rarein that color. It belonged to the moth-er of a great aunt. Mrs. Bromley wasborn in Illinois before the AmericanCivil War and moved to Kansas in theearly 20th Century before passingaway. I was told that every night, shesat down at the table to eat dinner anddrink tea from this delicate set of chi-na. On the course American frontier,it was her reminder of civilization.

Let me give you another example.When I was in eighth grade, my Eng-lish teacher had a block of instructionwhere we had to write sample lettersfor things like thank you notes andcondolences. Mrs. Banks had us com-pose maybe a half dozen different let-ters like this. Now, we buy cardsinstead and sign our names, letting astranger compose the sentiment … if acard is even sent. Are young people to-day even taught the importance of ac-knowledging a gift? I wonder.

I bet Miss Frances covered thatwith the Culture Club. She also tookher group to hear opera and other sim-ilar events. No detail, however smallescaped her attention.

I think it is so important to treatpeople with respect, not as an imper-sonal group but on an individual ba-sis. Everyone has something to offer,some gift. Unless you get to knowthem personally, that gift may verywell go undiscovered. At St. Mary’s,everyone possesses a gift from God toshare; my job is to unlock that gift forthe entire congregation to enjoy.

When we ignore or overlook theformal nature of life, it seems to methat we lose respect for our neighbor.Miss Frances Sanders understood thatand used her teaching vocation to in-fluence new generations of young peo-ple in elegance and the finer things oflife. What a great lady. What a won-derful life of consequence. I’m a bet-ter person because I knew her.

Etiquette

THE POEM

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FROM PAGE ONE


In what used to be the school cafeteria, SharonBenoit shows off the working space, baking equip-ment and display of bagged goodies ready for sale.

Missing Cont. From Page 1A

The board dis-cussed conducting com-plete searches andinventories of otherschool district build-ings in case the itemshad been transferred ormoved, rather thanleave Greenville hang-ing, without the equip-ment it was supposed tohave. The board alsoquestioned who hadsigned for the items

when they had been de-livered, and whetherthere had been a properinventory at a specifictime before the itemsturned up missing.

“I am asking for acomplete accounting,”Hagan said. “We arethe doorkeepers of thismoney.”

The board agreed toinvestigate the matterfurther.

New Tenants Cont. From Page 1A

Updated with all the majorappliance/sink/plumbing accoutrements requiredby state regulations, it still exudes vintage charmwith its huge windows, original pantry and paintedbrickwork walls, offering up pecan brittle, chocolatechip/pecan cookies, orange pecan muffins, blueber-ry muffins, granola (made from all fresh ingredi-ents), banana nut bread, peanut butter power bars,brownies, lemon cookies and cinnamon rolls. Allthe recipes are made from fresh, natural ingredientswith no preservatives or other chemicals. One indi-cation of their quality is the recent Saturday at theJefferson County Watermelon Festival, whereEverything Pecan’s vendor booth sold out of nearlyeverything.

The Complex looks a lot like one would imaginea 19th century mall would look like, if malls had ex-isted back then, and the small but pleasant “LeeMall” has quite a bit of traffic on Saturdays, Ander-son noted. Perhaps someday soon there might evenbe a Lee-area farmer’s market out front in the shadyspace between the building and the parking area.

Inside, the “mall” has a vacant space that isready for another small business to move into, andtwo more spaces that will become available as soonas the fixing-up is complete. Rent is calculated by acombination of square footage, heat/AC, and wateraccess. Interested entrepreneurs should contact theTown of Lee at City Hall, (850) 971-5867.

“We’re lucky that the city (of Lee) is so enthusi-astic and so supportive,” said Benoit.

“The way that the city looks at it is that we’renot looking to make money, we’re looking to breakeven,” said Anderson. “That way, everybody bene-fits.”

Burglary Cont. From Page 1ABrown Road then onto Country Club Estates Road, however, a train was crossing and the road was blocked.Smith turned the car and drove beside the tracks and ultimately got stuck on the tracks when he attempt-ed to drive across them.

Smith, along with Starling, ran from the car on foot but was soon apprehended with the assistance ofcitizen that was witnessing the suspects fleeing and deputies following a brief foot pursuit. A black femalepassenger of the fleeing car was also arrested at the scene. The original victim’s purse was recovered andreturned to her.

Arrested and charged were:

John Wesley Smith, Jr,29, of TallahasseeFleeing and Eluding Aggravated Assault on Law

Enforcement OfficerBurglary of VehicleTheft from a Vehicle

Branden Zaiva Starling, 21, of CrawfordvilleBurglary of VehicleTheft from a Vehicle

Daphne Suze Vincent, 21, of TallahasseeBurglary of VehicleTheft from a Vehicle

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Did You Know?

Odontophobiais the fear ofteeth.

June 26The final evening of Freedom Fest will be held at Lanier

Field, beginning at 6 p.m. It will begin with the usual huge freecookout, and cash and gift certificates giveaways, along with do-nations from local people. In between the cookout and the prizegiveaways, there will be an anointed time of praise and wor-ship, followed by an evangelistic message from God’s Word.

June 23-28Lee First Baptist Church’s Vacation Bible School (which be-

gan Sunday) is at the halfway point and will continue Wednes-day, June 26 through Friday, June 28. Each evening runs from 6to 9 p.m. For more information, contact Joyce Bethea at (850)673-9927, or Lee First Baptist at (850) 971- 5274.

June 29The First Baptist Church of Madison is hosting an in-

door/outdoor community yard sale Saturday from 8 a.m. untilnoon. For more information, contact Carol at (850) 971-7246.

June 29Watermelon and ticket sale for 14U Madison softball team

headed for state tournament, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. in the parkinglot at Madison County Community Bank.

July 2The Madison County High School cheerleaders are selling

Boston butts and other smoked meats for $25, which will beavailable for pickup at the high school from 2-4 p.m. To reservean order, or if there are any questions, please call Ruth Ann Lat-ner at (850) 464-0236 or contact any MCHS cheerleader.

July 4Lions Club God and Country Independence Day Celebra-

tion, 5-9 p.m. at Lake Francis in Madison.

July 4The Spirit of Greenville will present a fireworks display at

Haffye Hays Park in Greenville at dark.

July 6Lee Volunteer Fire Department Fourth of July Celebration.

Entertainment and barbecue sandwiches, chips, drinks, dessertand boiled peanuts will be sold, beginning at 6 p.m. Fireworks atLake Brittany at 9 p.m.

July 6Lee Worship Center potluck supper and open mic sing and

Brenda McCormick birthday celebration, 387 SE Magnolia Av-enue in Lee. Begins at 5 p.m.

July 21-26Vacation Bible School at First Baptist Church, Madison,

“Colossal Coaster World,” begins at 5:30 p.m. each afternoon.

July 21-26Vacation Bible School at Cherry Lake Baptist Church, “Jun-

gle Jaunt,” from 6-9 p.m.

August 9-10Madison High School Red Devil Reunion. All Red Devils wel-

come. August 9, Red Devil BBQ. Social, 5 p.m., dinner, 7 p.m.Dancing, 8 p.m. Jellystone Park, with Tom and the Cats, $30 perperson. August 10. Golf Tournament, 8 a.m., $37 per person.Lunch included. All Red Devil Reunion Celebration. Social, 5p.m. Dinner, 7 p.m. Dancing, 8 p.m. Jellystone Park, with band,Daddy’s Money. $30 per person. For more information, callMartha at (850) 545-6274 or Liz (404) 926-4273.


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Eugene Bratcher

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Eugene Bratcher, age 77, died Sunday, June 23, 2013in Madison.

The funeral service will be held Wednesday, June 26,2013, at 4 p.m. at Beggs Funeral Home, Madison Chapel,with burial at Corinth Cemetery in Lee.

Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at Beggs Fu-neral Home.

He was born in Glasscock County, Ga., and moved toLee in 1965 from Jacksonville, Fl. He was a US ArmyVeteran and loved to play the guitar and sing bluegrassmusic. He was a member of Midway Baptist Church.

He is survived by a daughter, Linda Bratcher Jones(Eddie) of Salt Springs; three step-sons, Mike Havard,Steve Harvard, and Frank Premorel; one sister, DorothyTurner (Curtis) of Hinesville, Ga., and six grandchil-dren.

Beggs Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements850-973-2258.

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By Lynette NorrisGreene Publishing,Inc.

On South SR 53,between the Days Innand the Denny’s nearI-10, an innocuous,shoulder-high clumpof a broad-leafeddesert plant has satfor years, biding itstime.

Then, a few daysago, it began shoot-ing an enormousstalk out of the cen-ter, at a rate LatrelleRagans described as“about a foot anight,” until the tipwas almost the sameheight as the largeDays Inn sign mount-ed on a pole. At thetop was a group ofsmall green branch-es that looked like abare green tree withpods at the end.

It may call tomind the carnivo-rous triffids fromDay of the Triffids or

one of those weirdpod plants from Inva-sion of the BodySnatchers, but theplant in question is acentury plant, anAgave americana. Itis also known asAmerican aloe, butaside from a superfi-cial resemblance, itis not closely relatedto the aloe plantspecies.

The centuryplant originated inMexico, and spreadafter it was cultivat-ed worldwide as anornamental plant. Itquickly naturalizedto its new surround-ings, and now growswild in Europe,South Africa, Indiaand Australia, aswell as adorning or-namental and botani-cal gardens the worldover.

Originally desertplants, they aredrought tolerant, and

quite at home in theSouthwestern US,but they can adapt tomuch wetter condi-tions like those herein Florida, as the onehere in Madison andthe those in the BokTower Gardens ofLake Wales demon-strate.

“Century plant”refers to the plant’shabit of bloomingonly very rarely, andis actually a mis-nomer. The plants

may live anywherefrom 10 to 30 years ormore, and their lifespan depends onwhen they decide tobloom. They must beat least 10 years oldto bloom though, andonce they do so anddisperse their seeds,they die. Howeverany of several “pupplants” that propa-gate around the cen-tral “mother plant”will continue grow-ing and spreading,until they too, even-tually reach maturi-ty, bloom, disperseseeds and die, leav-ing their pups to car-ry on. In cultivatedgardens, the pups areoften transplanted tonew locations.

A mature centuryplant will hold ontoits seeds until it sens-es that conditionsare right for optimalseed dispersal.When the right envi-ronmental factorscome together in theright combination,they trigger some-thing in the agave’sinternal workingsand cause it to fire offthe large central

stalk that can reachup to 30 feet inheight.

Once the bloom-ing/seed-producingstage has completedits run, theagave/century plantcomes to the end ofits life cycle. Themain clump of leavesin the center, the“mother plant,” willbegin to die off, butthe pups and seeds

will continue thenext cycle.

To see centuryplants in bloom inthe Bok Tower Gar-dens, visit the web-s i t ewww.youtube.com/watch?v=NgUKmSUx37g.To see the one here inMadison, just driveby the Days Inn onSouth SR 53 near I-10during the next fewdays.

AROUND MADISON COUNTYCentury Plant

Blooming in Madison

Greene Publishing, Inc. Photo by Lynette Norris, June 20, 2013.

Seen from the Dayʼs Inn parking lot, lookingeast across SR 53, the century plant gets readyfor its one and only blooming.


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Thank you,Advent Christian Village.This beautiful village jewel on the Suwannee Riveroffers tons of social activities, awesome food andgreat medical services. Advent Christian Villageallows me to spend more quality time with my mom,since I know she is in a secure and safe environment.

– Kim Stewart

Call 1-800-647-3353or visit www.acvillage.net

We feel very blessed to have sucha wonderful retirement communityfor Mom that is so close to home.

Close to home.Just 20 minutes south of Madison.

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Kim Stewart with her mom, Edna Hollie

Florida Licensing On Wheels Visits MadisonBy Lynette NorrisGreene Publishing, Inc.

For Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehiclesemployees Joyce Norton and Pamela Coley, it wastheir first visit to Madison with the FLOW-Mobile(Florida Licensing On Wheels), parked next to theMadison Senior Center and waiting for customers.

Since Madison County no longer has a perma-nent driver’s license bureau, FHSMV now plans tosend one of its 11 mobile offices to visit the county ona recurring basis during the next few months.

The mobile offices, traveling out into rural areasand places that, like Madison County, no longer havepermanent driver’s licensing facilities, bring licens-ing services to the customer. The range of servicesthey offer includes: change from out-of-state to Flori-da license; renewals; duplicates for lost and stolen li-censes; address/name changes; ID cards;reinstatements; Emergency Contact Informationregistration; vehicle registration; Disabled ParkingPlacard.

Norton and Coley said that their goal is to makeit back to Madison more often, if the number of cus-tomers visiting their FLOW-Mobile can justify it.

Currently, they are scheduled to return to Madison on Aug. 5, where theywill be in the parking lot in front of the Winn Dixie Shopping Center from about9 a.m. until 2 p.m.

While they would love to get the word out and help as many customers aspossible, Norton also wanted to remind everyone of documentation require-ments for getting a license for the first time, or renewing a license if one’s nameor address has changed, or if they have never been through the a renewal withnew documentation requirements. “It’s amazing how many people are unpre-pared when they come by,” said Norton.

You will need to bring your birth certificate, social security card, and twoforms of proof-of-address. If you have gotten married since your last renewal,you will need to bring your marriage license as well. All of these documentsmust be originals, not photocopies, and this goes for getting a State of FloridaIdentification card as well as a driver’s license.

If you have already been through this process (for example, with your lastrenewal), and your name and address have not changed since then, you are eli-gible to renew online or by mail.

Payment in the form of cash, personal checks, or MasterCard, Discover andAmerican Express are acceptable (credit card transactions will include a $1.50surcharge). The Department’s field offices do not take Visa.

For more detailed information about the documents you need, visit thewww.GatherGoGet.com website to help formulate a checklist of the papers you’llneed.

For more information about the program in general, call (850) 617-2628 or(850) 443-0406.

The Madison visits scheduled for the remainder of 2013 include: Sept. 9, Oct.14, Nov. 18, and Dec. 16. Locations beyond the Aug. 5 visit at Winn Dixie are notcertain yet, but call the above numbers or keep checking the websitehttp://www3.flhsmv.gov/ddl/FlowMobile/index.cfm for updates.


Onboard the FLOW-Mobile, Coley and Norton have everything they need toissue first-time licenses, renewals, and ID cards. Look for them to return Aug. 5,at the Winn Dixie Shopping Center on Base Street.


Joyce Norton and Pamela Coley stand in front to their FLOW-Mobile Office, parked next to the old to-bacco barn beside the Madison Senior Center.


In Madison County, the public li-brary system is a happening place forsummer, with its theme of “Dig IntoReading.”

“It’s all aboutpromoting litera-cy,” explainedNancy Varn,Youth Services Di-rector for MadisonCounty, who coor-dinates the sum-mer readingevents at all thecounty’s public li-braries – gettingkids excited aboutreading and get-

ting parents to continue thatexcitement, carrying it overinto the home, where kids candig into a good book any timethey want.

“Events” is the only way todescribe the library gather-ings, where anything can hap-pen. This particular one gotchildren excited about metaphorically digging intoa good book by having them literally dig for “trea-sures” in chocolate chip/M&M cookies.

Barbara Hines of the Florida Public Archaeolo-gy Network used the chocolate chip/M&M cookiesand long wooden skewers to extract the M&Ms, sim-ilar to some of the techniques archaeologists use toextract pottery shards and other artifacts from theearth.

Hines first became interested in archaeologywhen she was about eight, and despite not being en-couraged to pursue her interest, she stuck with it.

“I want to make it cool to study what you love,”she said, relating how she had learned to pursuewhat she loved, “Despite being scared of beingcalled a nerd...nerds rule!”

Besides the children and their parents, therewere several representatives of New Testamentschool and Madison Academy, as well as mothers

who were trained reading specialists. Altogether, 62 children gathered for a fun morn-

ing of digging for edible M&M treasures. Countingthe adults, the group totaled 89, and with the teenvolunteers who were there to help out, the numberwas probably close to 100.

“The teens all feel in charge,” said Varn. “Mak-ing sure it all happens for the little ones and thatthey have a good time.” She was particularlypleased with the Madison Library’s WorkForce in-tern for the summer, Tamaria Randall, and all thework she had done helping put the summer readingprograms together.

There’s another archaeologically-themed eventWednesday afternoon, June 26 at 2:30 p.m., at theGreenville Public Library, using peanut butter andjelly sandwiches to show children how the layers ofarchaeological sites are created over time.

The Madison Public Library will continue tohost other “Dig Into Reading” events Tuesday morn-ings from 10:30 until 11:30 a.m. all through themonth of July. The Greenville Library will havethem Wednesdays from 10:30 until 11:30 a.m., andthe Lee Library on Mondays 10:30 until 11 a.m.

For more information, pick up a Summer 2013“Dig Into Reading” brochure at any of Madison’spublic libraries, of go online and visit the websitewww.neflin.org/srrl.


Madison Public Libraryʼs summer intern TamariaRandall (left) and Madison Youth Services DirectorNancy Varn (right) are two of the people who makethe “Dig Into Reading” events happen at the library.


AROUND MADISON COUNTYDigging For Treasure At The

Madison Public Library


The archaeology-themed “Dig Into Reading” event at the Madison Public Li-brary drew quite a crowd of children.


Barbara Hines of the Florida Public Archaeology Network (farright, leaning over the table) shows two-year-old Sidney Hunter howto “unearth” M&Mʼs from cookies. Seated to the left, Sidneyʼs oldersister, six-year-old Abby, works on another cookie. In the back-ground, Madison Youth Services Director Nancy Varn looks on.

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----Legals----IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR MADISON COUNTY, FLORIDA,

PROBATE DIVISIONFile No.2013-58-CP

IN RE: PATRICIA GLASS THORPE,

Deceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORSThe administration of the estate of PATRICIA GLASS THORPE, deceased,

whose date of death was March 22, 2012 and whose social security number isXXX-XX-2857, File No. 2013-58-CP, is pending in the Circuit Court for Madi-son County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is P.O. Box 237,Madison, Florida 32341-0237. The name and address of the personal representa-tive and the personal representative's attorney are set forth below.

All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demandsagainst decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be servedmust file their claims with this court WITHIN THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AF-TER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ONTHEM.

All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or de-mands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NO-TICE.

ALL CLAIMS SO NOT FILED WILL BE FOREVER BARRED.NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANYCLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’SDATE OF DEATH IS BARRED.

The date of first publication of this notice is June17, 2013.

Petitioner: Attorney for Petitioner:Jennifer Hart Thorpe Joseph B. Nagel, Esq. 105 Hawkins Island Circle Florida Bar No. 0094286St. Simons Island, Georgia 31522 Hoffman & Associates, Attorneys at

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT, THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT,

IN AND FOR M ADISON COUNTY, FLORIDA.

CIVIL ACTION NO. 2013-21-CA

M ADISON COUNTY COM M UNITY BANK

Post Office Box 834

M adison, Florida 32341

Plaintiff,

vs. FORECLOSURE AND

OTHER RELIEF

SILROY M CPHERSON

3133 Se Card Terrace

Port St Lucie, Florida 34984;

NATALEE A. EDW ARDS

3133 SE Card Terrace

Port St Lucie, Florida 34984;

unknown tenants; and other unknown parties in possession, including the unknown spouse

of any person in possession of the property, and if a nam ed Defendant is deceased, the

surviving spouse, heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors, and all other parties claim ing by,

through, under or against that Defendant, and all claim ants, persons or parties, natural or

corporate, or whose exact legal status is unknown, claim ing under any of the named or

described Defendants,

Defendants.

_______________________________/

NOTICE OF ACTION

TO: NATALEE A. EDW ARDS

3133 SE Card Terrace

Port St Lucie, Florida 34984

YOU ARE H EREBY NOTIFIED that an action to foreclose a m ortgage on the

following property in M adison County, Florida:

Lot No. 25 N orton C reek, a subdivision as per the plat thereof filed in P lat Book 2, Page 31-

33 of the Public Records of M adison County, Florida. Subject to Restrictions and Protective

Covenants as recorded in official records of M adison County, Book 750, Pages 257-258.

has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if

any, to it on Clay A. Schnitker, Plaintiff's attorney, whose address is Post Office Drawer 652,

M adison, Florida 32340, no later than thirty (30) days after the first publication of this Notice

of Action, and file the original with the Clerk of this Court either before service on Plaintiff's

attorney or im m ediately thereafter; otherwise a default will be entered against you for the

relief dem anded in the Com plaint.

Dated June 12, 2013.

TIM SANDERS,

CLERK OF COURT

BY: /s/ Ram ona Dickinson

Deputy Clerk

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Pinetta Elementary Holds “Water Day” For StudentsBy Lynette NorrisGreene Publishing, Inc.

It was summerbursting at the seamsnear the last day ofschool. You could tellby the blue-white lightall around as the sunmoved higher andhigher in the sky everyday and by the water

park set up behindPinetta ElementarySchool.

A water park?Yes, a water park.

Just for the day, PESrewarded those stu-dents who hadn’t had adisciplinary referralduring the second se-mester with a day of

wading pools and wa-ter slides. Only a fewhad to stay in theirclassroom, but all thestudents got a picniclunch of hot dogs pre-pared by Pinetta Bap-tist Church.

Cherry Lake andPinetta Fire Depart-ments, including Scott

Singletary, DennisOdom, Donna Cruce,Landy Johnson andVickie Spires were onhand to provide thewater and make surethe children stayedsafe and had a goodtime.

“God has blessedus with this equip-

ment,” said Singletary.“And we’re giving backto the community.”

Helping somebodywas what it was allabout, he added,whether it was rescu-ing people or helpingchildren who havedone well in schoolhave fun for a few

hours.Water sprays made

rainbows and childrenin bright colored swim-suits slid on the slip-n-slides and splashed inthe pools, showing nosigns of tiring anytime soon.

“We’ve had ablast,” said Singletary.

Greene Publishing, Inc. Photo by Lynette Norris, May 29, 2013

At the bubble table, Gage Washington makes a bubble the size of a propanetank. Also at the table, clockwise from the left, are Nadine Peavey, Kayla Sealeyand Salina Cimiotta.


Thatʼs one way to make a big splash – landing in the pool at the bottom ofthe water slide.

Photo submitted

Chasing rainbows: Christy Androskiʼs first grade class lines up to runthrough the water spray.


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The Madison County Carrier June 26, 2013Section BSection B

By Glenn MolletteGuest writer

Celebrating family on these summer holidays or any day is always a spe-cial day.

However, all holidays are tough days for many. While millions celebrateothers wonder about what might have been. Some have lost a child while oth-ers made tragic decisions to end a life.

Abortion is sad and heartbreaking. I oppose abortion. I do not believemany people want to go through with an abortion. Over the years I’ve knownmany people who have looked back at an abortion with heartbreak and grief.

My first wife and I had a stillborn baby. He would have been our thirdson. We named him Jesse Caleb. We were told just hours before the delivery

was scheduled that therewas no heartbeat. Thebaby would be deliveredbut he would be dead. Isat for about three hoursin the delivery room andheld beautiful JesseCaleb. He looked perfect.However, the umbilicalcord had gotten a kink init, cutting off the oxygensupply and ending hislife. At that time, I hadnever wept or grieved

Path of Faith2B • Madison County Carrier • Wednesday, June 26, 2013

A Guest Editorial On Abortion Lee Worship CenterHosting Potluck Supper

And Gospel Sing HonoringBrenda McCormick


Lee Worship Center will host an open microphone sing andpotluck supper in honor of Brenda McCormick’s birthday onSaturday, July 6, at 5 p.m.

Guests are asked to bring a dish, if possible, to the supper. Following supper, listen to some of the best gospel music around.

Guests who can sing, play an instrument, keep rhythm with theirhands or just enjoy listening to gospel music are asked to join in.

Lee Worship Center is located at 387 SE Magnolia Drive in Lee(southeast of the old Lee School).

There is no charge for the sing or supper. A love offering will bereceived for the church’s building fund.

For more information, call Allen McCormick at (850) 869-9977....Story continued

on 5B...

“My God, my God,” is the cry ofso many is today’s world. As I see somuch sin, hate and killing that has filledthe screen of the television. School chil-dren being shot at one school after anoth-er. Our little ones die from the evil workof Satan. Now a gunman walks into achurch worship service and beginsshooting, killing seven and then takinghis own life. Over and over these thingsare happening. Why, we ask ourselves.There seems no answer can be found.But we know all of this is the work of thedemons of evil which fill the heart ofthose who do not know Jesus Christ.

The Bible tells us in the last daysit will come to pass. II Timothy 3:1, “Thisknow also that in the last days periloustimes shall come.” Surely, we are living inthe last days.

God’s word tells us a nation thatforgets God shall be turned into Hell.Matthew 24 reminds us what will cometo pass before the end of time. Jesus said,“Take heed that no man deceive you.”Man has taken prayer out of school.They say that God’s Word has no place inour school. The Ten Commandmentscannot be posted on the wall. When youtake good away, what do you have left?Nothing but evil.

The Spirit of God spoke to meback around the year 1959 and said tellthe people and cry aloud when my Word,the Bible, and prayer is taken out ofschools. You will see teachers being shotand raped. Children will be shot andkilled. My God, help this nation to wakeup and let God back in our schools. Letus teach the Ten Commandments as aguide for our daily lives.

Matthew 24:6 says, “And ye shallhear of wars and rumors of wars: seethat ye be not troubled: for all these thingsmust come to pass, but the end is not yet.For nation shall rise against nation, andkingdom against kingdom: and thereshall be famines, and pestilences, andearthquakes in divers places.” Jesus saysthis is just the beginning of sorrows. Yeshall deliver you up to be afflicted andkill you and ye shall be hated of allnations. For my names (Jesus) sake. Yeshall be offended and shall betray oneanother. Verse 12 says, “And because iniq-uity shall abound, the love of many shallwax cold.”

We pray, “My Lord, when willthis time of sorrow end?” We see floods,fires, storms, bombing, earthquakes,and plane crashes. So many die untime-ly deaths. I asked the question, “Lord,how many were ready to meet God injudgment?” We know God’s Word says itis appointed unto man once to die thenafter death, judgment.

Let me ask you a very personalquestion. Are you ready? Oh, yes, I knowyou have said I have time. I will praylater. But can you tell me for sure youwill live another day? You have no prom-ise of tomorrow. Jesus said today is theday of Salvation. So, my friend, thisworld has nothing worth losing yoursoul for. Let Jesus Christ in your hearttoday. You may think no one really lovesyou. You could have done some things inyour life so bad and the devil may havetold you Jesus doesn’t love you. You havetried to pray but it seems you getnowhere. But my lost friend, now is yourtime. I am praying for you now.

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The PulpitBy Thomas Thigpen, Pastor, Bible Deliverance Church

My God, My God, What Is Next?

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Regardless of the particular denomination,most of this country’s churches are fiercelyjoined to American nationalism. On thisIndependence Day weekend you will likely find“God and Country” rallies inside churches of alltheological brands.

Stars and stripes will drape the ceiling.Patriotic songs will boom across the sanctuary.There might even be a military color guard infront of the pulpit. Stories of economic andarmed forces supremacy will mingle with theBible’s stories of faith.

Not that any of this, in and of itself, is neces-sarily a bad thing, but it does remind me of TonyCampolo’s nimble words. He said, “Mixing gov-ernment with the church is a lot like mixing horsemanure with ice cream. It doesn’t affect themanure very much, but it really ruins the ice

cream.”Largely, the church has operated under the

false notion that America actually belongs to usChristians. We have accepted the preaching of thekingdom of God and the rallying around the red,white, and blue as synonymous. We have longbelieved that the church and the state can makebeautiful music together if only the two wouldcooperate (or put more accurately, things wouldgo much smoother if we Christians could controlthe state). I don’t think this is very good for the icecream.

Yes, I love my country. I enthusiastically singthe National Anthem, say the pledge, “do mypart,” and pay my taxes (though the latter is per-formed with less enthusiasm than the former).But I recognize that the sacrificial, life-giving,peace-pursuing, cheek-turning way of Christ, andthe domineering, power-hungry, least-of-these-abusing systems of the world, aren’t compatible.And when these different ways of living aremixed together – Tony is right – it all startssmelling like guano.

But this is nothing new. Not many decadesafter the resurrected Jesus ascended to heavenand the Apostles died, somebody decided it wouldbe a good idea for the church to join forces withthe powers that be. Just imagine how many people

could be converted, helped, enrolled, and evangel-ized if the church were more powerful, moreorganized, and more efficient – if the church werein charge!

So the church went for power and won it inspades. The coffers ran over with gold, people ofinfluence, including kings and queens, began toseek the ministers’ approval on policy, the pewswere full every Sunday, there were no more mar-tyrdoms (unless you were someone who opposedthis new arrangement), and as Vernard Eller said,“the church’s computers jammed trying to moveall the names from the ‘Pagan’ column to the‘Christian’ column until somebody realized it wasjust easier to switch the headings.”

Ever since, and this was centuries ago,Christians have more or less pined for the seats ofgovernmental power, believing that such anapproach would enhance the work of God. Whatactually happens is a stinking mess. With theinfatuation of being “in charge,” we seem to for-get that the way of our Lord was not the way ofdomination, but the way of submission and sacri-fice.

Roger Williams, New England Puritan preach-er, founder of Rhode Island, organizer ofAmerica’s first Baptist congregation, and champi-

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on of religious liberty a full century beforeThomas Jefferson, was the one who actuallycoined the phrase “wall of separation” betweenchurch and state.

He understood that the two should be keptseparate, not to protect the government, but so asnot to pollute genuine faith. Power simply has away of corrupting spirituality. I suppose we mustrelearn that lesson: Any state religion – whatevername it might go by – is illegitimate, for faith ismatter of heart and spirit, not coercion or force.

So this weekend, in my own church sanctuary,I will pause and thank the heavens for my coun-try, its freedoms, and acknowledge that God hasindeed “shed his grace” on us. But I want no partin creating a “Christian America,” for such aneffort might taint my ability to actually be aChristian, a Christian who happens to reside inAmerica.

Ronnie McBrayer is a syndicated columnist,pastor, and author of multiple books. You can readmore and receive regular e-columns in your inboxat www.ronniemcbrayer.me.

any harder than I did at the loss of my beauti-ful child. Losing Jesse made me so very gratefulfor my two sons Jared and Zachary. Today they areboth grown men serving in our military.

As I held my child I could never have dreamedof killing him prior to his birth. I do not believeanyone holding a newborn baby would decide tokill that baby. However, many have made the deci-sion to terminate a pregnancy. Most often they arein need of counseling, emotional support, forgive-ness and hope.

Years earlier we lost twins. Karen was aboutthree months pregnant at the time. Things weregoing wrong with the pregnancy and she wasbleeding. The doctor said things were not goodand a D&C was necessary. This was a decision thatwas made between our family and the doctor.What if someone from the county or even theFederal Government had to be consulted beforethe D&C took place? We were obviously miscarry-ing the babies.

A government official could have delayed theprocedure, wanted more information, said no orsaid yes. I do not believe the Federal Government

or any government official should be involved inthis process. I do not believe in abortion as a formof birth control. However, I do believe that deci-sions concerning pregnancies and abortions mustbe made between the mother, the family, and thedoctor.

Women and couples make decisions to abortthat are later regretted with more sorrow andemotional scars. For many years I served as a pas-tor and heard many sorrowful stories fromwomen who had abortions and greatly regrettedthem.

There are cases that involve the mother’shealth. There are the cases that involve rape andincest. In these types of cases, decisions must bemade between the mother, the family, physicianand counselor.

Glenn Mollette is the author of AmericanIssues: Every American Has An Opinion. He is alsothe author of hundreds of articles, opinions andfeature stories. You can hear him each Sundaynight on XM 131 radio at 8 EST. Look for his manybooks on Amazon.com contact him directlyat [email protected]

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School ScheduleJuly 21-26

First Baptist Church, Madison, “Colossal CoasterWorld,” begins at 5 p.m. each afternoon.

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If you would like your church listed in the VBSschedule, please email Jacob at [email protected] or call him at (850) 973-4141.

Taste The CloudsBy Jacob BembryGreene Publishing, Inc.

In my dream, I fly. Surrounded by marshmallow clouds, I stand upon aroof on the highest building in a city. Others are on the roof with me. We allseem to be trying to teach ourselves how to use our arms as wings. We hopinto the air and flap them as fast as we can. One person who wants to fly letsout a “Caw” like a bird as he gets a little higher in the air.

No matter how we try to teach ourselves to fly, it is hopeless until wehear a whisper in the wind, which tells us how to do it. Instead of jumpingup and down, we lean forward, off the ledge and we ride the wind. Instead ofviolently flapping our arms in short strokes, we use the arms to make grace-ful ones and fly like an eagle. We swim through the clouds, tasting of theirmarshmallowy sweetness and feeling their softness. Raindrops tease andtantalize our tongues as we burst out of the clouds.

So many times, we want to do things our way. We try to teach ourselveshow to do something the way we want to do it. We don’t care about followinginstructions because sooner or later, we think that we will get it right. TheBible tells us we are to listen to God’s instructions: “Take hold of myinstructions; don’t let them go. Guard them, for they are the key to life.”(Proverbs 4:13) We have to listen to His voice and follow His instructions. Weare saved by grace but grace shouldn’t be seen as a license to sin or ignorestudying His Word and praying. Only through following His voice — thatwhisper in the wind — can we fly and taste the clouds and drink the rain-drops.


Midway Church Of God Names Father, Grandfather Of The Year

Greene Publishing, Inc. Photo by Jacob Bembry, June 16, 2013

Midway Church of God Pastor Retis Flowers, left,presents James Phillips with the award forGrandfather of the Year. Phillips has a number of hisgrandchildren in church and he is Uncle James andPapa to a number of grandchildren who are his ownnieces and nephews or either adopted or just call himby those names.


Midway Church of God Pastor Retis Flowers,left, presents Julian Penny with the Father of theYear Award for 2013. Penny, a single parent, hasraised his son, Jonathan, alone for years.


Elderly Woman Needs Help With Home

Story Submitted By Concerned CitizensJesus said in Proverbs 21:13“Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor will also cry himself and not

be heard.”In our very own community we have an unfortunate situation. It has

come to our attention that we have a family living in our mist that does nothave indoor plumbing and has had a porta-potty for more than fifty yearsplus, no water. The exterior walls are literally being eaten by termite androtting away as we speak. The roof leaks, all rooms have ceiling panels thathave fallen. The house is without any interior doors, and also is in need offlooring throughout. The kitchen needs sink and cabinets, no heating andair, termite and roach infested. The house is also in need of all new wiring.We are asking that all donation be sent to:

Information contact: Mary Graham, City of Madison, 850-973-5083Donations can be made at Madison County Community Bank for Willie

M. Washington.In the words of Franklin D. Roosevelt - The test of our progress is not

whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it iswhether we provide enough for those who have too little.

With that being said Mary and boys put the first $50.00 into the accountand challenge others to do the rest.

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Freedom Fest To Be Held Through June 26By Jacob BembryGreene Publishing, Inc.

Freedom Fest is being held Madison’s Lanier Field throughWednesday, June 26. Held under a huge tent, Freedom Fest works along-side local ministries and people in the community who desire to seepeople saved.

The event is not sponsored by any church.This year alone, Freedom Fest has seen over 7,000 people make a

decision for Jesus Christ. The group has a team of six people, mostlyBible School students who are on fire for Jesus that arrive in town a fewdays prior to the event. The students will partner with other Christiansin town who will go door-to-door, passing out flyers and inviting them toFreedom Fest. The will also do a daily “power evangelism” class eachday at 10 a.m. and take people out soul winning.

Freedom Fest kicked Sunday, June 23, at 6 p.m. with a free barbecue.They will do the free cookout each night of Freedom Fest. At the end ofeach service, Freedom Fest will give away free prizes, which includes$4,000 in gift certificates and cash. People who come into the tent willregister for the prizes and names will be drawn. Local people areencouraged to donate toys, bikes, tools, electronics, fishing gear or any-thing that might be a blessing to someone else.


County Commissioner Clyde Alexander, left, and Pastor James Hurst,right, of Dixie County, are busy promoting Freedom Fest in Madison for June23-26....Story continued on 10B...

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The ministry is non-denominational and promotes no church ororganization above another. The event is not promoted as a revivalbecause sometimes this word will frighten off those who are tryingto be reached.

This is a fully funded ministry and so Freedom Fest does nothave to solicit funds to support them.


By: Rusty Wright University of Akron sociologist Matthew T. Lee says, "Millions ofAmericans frequently experience divine love and for them this senseof God's love not only enhances existential well-being, but underlies asense of personal meaning and purpose and enlivens compassion forothers."Godly Love National SurveyLee and his colleagues MargaretM. Poloma (a sociologist) andStephen G. Post (a theologian)interpreted the results of theGodly Love National Survey(GLNS), a "representative randomsurvey of 1,200 people – both reli-gious and nonreligious – fromacross the United States." TheirFlame of Love Project studies howspiritual experience relates tobenevolence.The project's ambitious goalsinclude "establishing a new field ofinterdisciplinary scientific study"and seeking "to transform socialscience by taking God seriously asa perceived actor in humanevents…."Sigmund Freud, call your office. When the father of psychoanalysisbranded faith in God as "an illu-sion," did he ever imagine this?Of course, the GLNS studies perceived influence of godly love – indi-viduals reported their own thoughts, feelings and experiences. No oneis claiming to have a machine that sees God or definitively confirmsdivine existence. Numbers and StoriesBut the GLNS results – numbers and stories – are impressive, and cer-tainly merit consideration in a discussion about divine influence.Among the numbers: People who claim to feel God's love more thanonce daily are over twice as likely as other Americans to help others,and to donate over $5,000 annually for the needy. Experiencing divinelove most consistently predicted six kinds of benevolent behavior theresearchers studied.Among the stories: The researchers – funded by the John TempletonFoundation – interviewed at length 120 people and included five sto-ries of "exemplars of godly love" in their book, The Heart of Religion.One of the five is Anne Beiler, whom you may recognize as the pretzellady.

Darkness, Light, and PretzelsIt's hard to walk though a major US airport or shopping mall withoutseeing Auntie Anne's Pretzels. She and her husband parlayed her suc-cessful business into funding for their hometown Family Center topromote mental, physical, and spiritual health. But life was not

always pretty.Jonas and Anne Beiler's livesplunged into darkness when a farmtractor struck and killed theiryoung daughter, Angie. Anne's pas-tor, whom she approached for assis-tance, sexually abused her duringher first counseling session. Theabuse continued; her marriagedeteriorated. Eventually, the pastor was dis-missed from the church and theBeilers began repairing their rela-tionship. As he saw wise counselbenefit his own marriage, Jonaswanted to help others by offeringfree counseling services. Anne's work to support Jonas'dream morphed into what became"the world's largest hand-rolled softpretzel franchise." Accolades forher entrepreneurship recognizedher efforts to inspire, serve andgive. Today, The Family Centerpartners with community organiza-

tions to offer counseling, healthcare options, education, and more.A Hiding PlaceAnne credits God with sustaining her, quoting David, an ancientIsraeli king: "For you [God] are my hiding place; you protect me fromtrouble. You surround me with songs of victory." "We all need that hiding place," she affirms. "The reason I never want-ed to tell anyone about the secrets in my life was that I was ashamed,and afraid, and scared that people would no longer love me. So I triedto hide my 'stuff' from everyone. But this kind of hiding only made itworse. … Confession allows us to hide in God and be surrounded withsongs of victory and not floodwaters of judgment."So … can experiencing godly love prompt benevolence? Certainlyworth considering.

Rusty Wright is an author and lecturer who has spoken on six conti-nents. He holds Bachelor of Science (psychology) and Master ofTheology degrees from Duke and Oxford universities, respectively.

Does experiencing God's love make you want to give? Some current social scientific research suggests it might.

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