By Joyce Marie Taylorjoycemarie.taylor@gaflnews.com

Eva K. Bolton, food nutrition program assis-tant at the University of Florida Institute ofFood and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) inMayo, enjoys explaining the new U.S. Depart-ment of Agriculture's (USDA) guidelines fornutrition to anyone who will listen. The new“My Plate” graphic replaces the old food pyra-mid diagram. Bolton is employed by the University of Flori-

da and works out of the county extension officein Mayo, heading up the Family Nutrition Pro-gram for LafayetteCounty citizens. Sheregularly visits localschools, the Suwan-nee River EconomicCouncil and localnursing homes pro-moting healthy eat-ing by using visualdisplays and print

By Joyce Marie Taylorjoycemarie.taylor@gaflnews.com

Mayo's American Le-gion Post 105 Comman-der Alton Scott recentlygave a slideshow presen-tation on rules and regu-lations for displaying theAmerican flag. He refer-enced Title 4, Chapter 1of the United States Codethat outlines the role ofthe American flag, whichconsists of 13 alternatered and white horizontalstripes and 48 white starsin a blue field in the up-per left corner.Scott showed individ-

ual slides of differentAmerican flag foiblesand asked the audienceto point out what waswrong with each one.The first was a picture ofa floor with the Ameri-can flag painted on it.“Standing on the

American flag,” Scottstarted. “You shouldnever disrespect theAmerican flag. It is not tobe walked on.”A flag should never be

allowed to touch theground and is a violationof the U.S. Code, Scottsaid.Another violation is to

hang the flag pointeddownward. It shouldnever touch anything un-derneath it like shrub-

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Lafayette and Hamiltoncounties are the latest in Flori-da to join the nationwide

Smart911 Network. Smart911is a national safety databasethat was instituted to improve911 services for citizens. It is afree service available to all cit-izens and is 100 percent pri-

vate and secure, according to aFeb. 2 press release from RaveMobile Safety.Smart911 allows citizens to

create a safety profile of vitalpersonal and household infor-

mation that can include allhousehold members, theirphotos, medications and med-ical conditions, as well as in-formation on their pets, whichwill be displayed immediatelyto 911 operators when emer-gency calls are placed.JaeMi Pennington, public re-

lations contact for Davies

Murphy Group, stated there isa little known fact about 911.“If a person calls 911 and

cannot speak or communicatewith the operator becausethey are having an allergic re-action to something, it is stan-dard practice for 911 to dis-

By Joyce Marie Taylorjoycemarie.taylor@gaflnews.com

Lee Trawick, president of LafayetteBabe Ruth Baseball League, is excited

about Super Satur-day coming up onApril 21 and he re-cently expoundedon the joys ofcoaching youngathletes. “We are about to

kick off this sea-son’s Babe RuthProgram,” saidTrawick. “We’vehad our registra-tions, we’ve hadour trials, and ourkids have been outthere practicingnow for almosttwo weeks. I’mtelling y’all it is apure joy thisyear.”

Lafayette County, he said, has pro-vided a brand new field at the Ed-ward Perry Sports Complex off CR400, which is primed and ready to go. “We’re taking full advantage of

that,” Trawick said.A recent addition to the sports com-

plex is the new bleachers that werebought with funds from a customerrewards program sponsored by FirstFederal Bank of Florida, who present-ed a check for $3,000 to the LafayetteCounty Board of County Commis-sioners on March 12.Steve Land from the clerk’s office

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Smart911 available in Lafayette“It looks like it’s going to be a good thing.” - Lt. Lonny Hempstead from the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office

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k ids have beenout there prac-ticing now for

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telling y’all it isa pure joy this

year.” - Lee Trawick

American flag displayrulesIt was pointedout that someof the mostpatrioticpeople in thecountryunknowinglyviolate the U.S.Flag Code.

Bolton promotes healthy eatingFood item Today 20 years ago

One bagel 350 calories 140 caloriesOne cheeseburger 590 calories 330 caloriesA 6 ½ oz. can of soda 250 calories 85 caloriesSm. portion of french fries 610 calories 210 caloriesSpaghetti and meatballs 1,025 calories 500 caloriesCup of coffee 350 calories 45 caloriesOne muffin 500 calories 210 calories2 slices pepperoni pizza 850 calories 500 caloriesChicken Caesar Salad 790 calories 390 caloriesBox of buttered popcorn 630 calories 270 calories

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AIRLINE BAPTIST CHURCH (SBC)......294-2676 Pastor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chip Parker Sunday Sunday School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:30 a.m. Evening Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Fellowship Supper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:00 p.m. AWANA & Bible Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:30 p.m.

Located Four Miles East of Mayo on Highway 27 “O Come Let us Worship The Lord” Ps. 95:6

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ALTON CHURCH OF GOD.....................294-3133 Pastor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. Tim Hamm Youth Pastor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chad Morrin Music Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Holly Braswell Children’s Pastor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan & Tiffany Perry Sunday School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:30-10:30 a.m. Worship Service/K.I.D.S. Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Evening Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:00 p.m. Family Night Youth Club Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:00 p.m. Wednesday

State Road 27 717863-F

HATCHBEND APOSTOLIC CHURCH..935-2806

Pastor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. Steve Boyd Sunday School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:00 a.m. Wednesday Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 p.m.

Located 4 miles South on Hwy. 349, then left on CR 138, follow signs.

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Sunday School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:00 a.m. Worship Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:45 a.m. Kid’s Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:00 a.m. Evening Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:00 p.m.

Youth Impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:00 p.m. Adult Bible Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:00 p.m.

Pastor: Rev. Kenny Sullivan Youth Pastor: Daryl Fletcher

717866-F Located at 294 SE Mill Street, Mayo “Renewing Hope and Building Lives”

FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294-1811

Sunday

Wednesday

732125-F Methodist Church Phone: 386-294-1661

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Located SE corner of Hwy. 27 & FL 51 Mayo

Pastor: Geary Rowell Sunday School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:00 a.m. Evening Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:00 p.m.

“Welcome to exciting 1st Church - Where we give direction@the crossroads”

732129

MAYO BAPTIST CHURCH...........(386)294-1020 916 N. Fletcher Ave.

Mike Harris, Interim Pastor Music Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dale Croft Sunday Schedule Bible Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:45 A.M. Worship Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:00 A.M. Sunday Night Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:00 P.M.

Wednesday Night Schedule Prayer Service & Youth & Children Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:00 P.M. mayobaptistchurch@windstream.net

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MIDWAY BAPTIST CHURCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 935-4993 Pastor: Danny Rogers Sunday School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:45 a.m. Worship Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:00 a.m. Discipleship Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5:00 p.m. Evening Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:00 p.m. Prayer Meeting - Wednesday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:00 p.m. Team Kids............................................................................7:00 p.m.

\Located on County Road 354 “For If Ye Forgive Men Their Tresspasses Your Heavenly Father Will Also Forgive You” Matt. 6:14

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Brewer Lake Baptist Church Off Hwy. 53 in Day, FL 386-294-1578 “We’re Going, Growing and Glowing for God” Sunday Sunday School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 a.m. Morning Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 a.m. Training Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 p.m. Evening Bible Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p.m. Wednesday Children, Youth & Adult . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p.m. Matt Swain, Pastor / Matt Robinson, Youth Pastor “Come To Day...Come Today!”

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NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH Pastor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. Charlie Walker Sunday School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:00 a.m. Discipleship Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:00 p.m. Evening Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:00 p.m. Wed. Awana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:30 p.m. Prayer Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:00 p.m. Located Two Miles North of Mayo Off Highway 51 “Come And Hear, All Ye That Fear God” Ps. 66:16

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Pastor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Todd Babione Sunday School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:45 a.m. Worship Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:00 a.m. Wednesday Discipleship Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:00 p.m. Evening Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:00 p.m. Seven miles West of Mayo, left on CR 534 then right on CR 351 -- Jesus Saves --

PLEASANT GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH (SBC).294-1306

New Beginnings Church a place for you

Pastor...............Wayne Hudson Phone Number........386-294-1244

newbeginningschurch@alltel.net Purpose Statement:

New Beginnings exists to provide an environment where People can discover and develop a passion for God that is Real, relevant, and relational.

New Location: 163 W. Main Street, Suite 500 Service Schedule:

Sun. Morning Worship.....................10:00 a.m. At New Beginnings there’s always “a place for you.”

www.newbeginningschurchmayo.com 717890-F

To Place Your Church In Our Church Directory, Call Virginia at 386-362-1734

ST. MATTHEW’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH Contact Number in Mayo (386) 208-4024 Eva Bolton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sr. Warden

Celebration of Holy Eucharist at 7:00 PM each Wednesday to be followed by light refreshments and Christian Education. Located One Block North of the Courthouse in Mayo.

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Heart Matters

By Angie LandNehemiah #7

If the book of Nehemi-ah were a fairy tale, lastweek would have been agreat time for the “andthey lived happily everafter” ending. Verse 18concluded by saying“So they began thisgood work.” Doesn’tthat sounds similar to“so the prince marriedthe princess, and theylived happily ever af-ter?” All of us living inthe real world know thefairy tale ends here andthe hard work, whetherbuilding a wall or build-ing a marriage, is aboutto begin!

In our context, this ap-proaching difficulty isevident by the word“began”. Unlike ourEnglish word, the origi-nal Hebrew translationdoesn’t simply mean tostart something. Ac-cording the Old Testa-ment Lexical Aids, “be-gan” is defined by twoHebrew words, “Haz-aq” and “Yad.” “Haz-aq” means to “makefirm, strengthen, sup-port, and encourage; topreserve” and “Yad”refers to the physicalhand and is used figura-tively to symbolizepower or strength.Those committing to thework of rebuilding thewall understood thatthis was more than just aneighborhood beautifi-cation project. This wallwas about preserving

their heritage as the peo-ple of God, and whiletheir hands would dothe physical work, it wasclearly God’s power thatwould bring success!

Now that we areready to move ahead,we can be sure that any-time a “good work” be-gins, opposition will notbe far behind. In Ne-hemiah’s case, the oppo-sition already has aname: Sanballat theHoronite and Tobiah theAmmonite official. Wemet them earlier whenthey became aware and“very much disturbed”about Nehemiah comingto help those living inJerusalem. Now we findthey have added to theirnumber: Geshem theArab joins Sanballat andTobiah in their troubledstate and begins to mockand ridicule the Jews byasking, “What is thisyou are doing? Are yourebelling against theking?” While this mayseem an innocuousquestion, it actuallypoints to some very seri-ous history.

The book of Ezrarecords the account ofearlier groups of exilesthat returned to the bro-ken down city ofJerusalem and success-fully rebuilt the templeand restored the sacrifi-cial worship system.However, the work wasbrought to a halt on twodifferent occasionswhen officials from sur-rounding areas persuad-ed the King to stop therebuilding on groundsof rebellion. (See Ezra4:1-5 and 4:6-22) Ne-hemiah’s oppositionwould have been veryfamiliar with theseevents and used them tothreaten the current pro-ject. Nehemiah’s re-sponse is nothing shortof fascinating:

“The God of heaven

w ill give us success.We his servants w illstart rebuild ing, but asfor you, you have noshare in Jerusalem orany claim or historicright to it.” (Nehemiah2:20)

There are a fewthings we need to takenote of here in dealingwith opposition in ourown lives: 1) Noticethat Nehemiah refusedto get tangled into a de-bate. He already hadthe king’s permission,and blessing, to rebuildthe wall. But instead ofarguing the point, hegave credit to God.Don’t waste time argu-ing over or defendingwhat God has calledyou to do with naysay-ers. 2) He refused to beintimidated and clearlystated his mission: therebuilding will start!Translation? Stay fo-cused! 3) He addressedSanballat, Tobiah andGeshem as foreignersby reminding them togo even farther intohistory and rememberthat Jerusalem be-longed to the Jews. Inother words, don’t ex-pect everyone to be asexcited as you areabout the vision or di-rection God is sendingyou…they may simplyhave no claim to it!

Because Every HeartMatters, Angie

Heart Matters is a week-ly column written byAngie Land, Director ofthe Family Life Min-istries of the LafayetteBaptist Association,where she teaches biblestudies, leads marriageand family conferencesand offers biblical coun-seling to individuals,couples and families.Contact Angie withquestions or commentsat angieland3@wind-stream.net

Freedom is here

By Pastor JohnWhittington

convincing proof for meto believe that Jesus wasraised from the dead!"

I want you to realizethat whatever it wouldtake to convince you,whatever kind of proofit would take to hit youand make you believe Je-sus was raised from thedead - It must have hithis disciples!  Althoughthey probably had dif-ferent reasons, the ideaof a resurrection was justas inconceivable forthem to believe as it isfor modern people to be-lieve.  Greeks believedsalvation was the soulbeing released from thebody at death.  They hadno reason to hope for aresurrection.  Some Jewsbelieved in a resurrec-tion at the end of timewhen all things wouldbe restored.  But some-one rising in the middleof history just didn't fittheir theology.

Jesus kept telling hisfollowers, "I'm going tobe killed and then riseagain on the thirdday."  But on the thirdday no one showed upat the tomb to see. Onlya few women went - andthat was to pay their lastrespects.  Even whenthey found the stonemoved, and the tombempty their first re-sponse was, "Someonetook his body!"  Rising

from the dead conflictedwith their worldview sosharply that they didn'teven show up out of cu-riosity to see whatwould happen.

So something musthave been overwhelm-ingly convincing tothem, because they didchange theirminds.  They did be-lieve! The Gospel writerstell us what affectedthem so strongly:  Jesusappeared to themalive.  There are severaloccurrences recordedwhere Jesus appeared tohis followers after thecrucifixion. 

* Hundreds of peoplebelieved because theyactually saw and heardand touched a living Je-sus!

* Thousands more be-lieved because theyheard and believed theeyewitness testimony ofthose who actually sawthe risen Jesus! 

By the way, you havethe eyewitness testimo-ny too!  The Bible, theGospel writers are thesame eyewitnesses tothese things that the ear-ly church had.  Readthem and decide.

Do you believe?

Pastor John WhittingtonLighthouse Christian

Centerwww.lccmayo.com

Christ is risen!

Many modern mindsbelieve that the Resur-rection of Jesus Christfrom the dead is impos-sible. They say it's just ametaphor. We live in ascientific age and manypeople doubt miracles,or simply don't believein them at all.  So, formany people the Res-urrection is just not al-lowed by their world-view.

If that's you, let's do at h o u g h texperiment.  Whatwould it take to smashyour worldview, youropinions and beliefs,and convince you thatJesus was raised bodilyfrom the dead?  Youmight say, "it wouldhave to be overwhelm-ing evidence.  It wouldhave to be absolutely

Good Friday Worship Service

The First United MethodistChurch of Mayo will host theshowing of the film, Passion ofthe Christ, as part of a worshipservice on Good Friday, April 6,2012. This powerful film direct-ed by Mel Gibson presents agraphic account of the eventssurrounding Jesus Christ duringHis mock trials, torture and cru-cifixion. If you have not seen thismovie, or if you just want to ex-

perience it again, you are invitedto attend.

The service will be in thechurch fellowship hall at 7 p.m.and will conclude with HolyCommunion and a candlelightservice.

First United MethodistChurch is located at the intersec-tion of US 27 and SR 51, at thelight, in Mayo, Fl. Everyone iswelcome.

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In Loving Memory Leo Gideon Jackson

11-27-35 - 4-02-10

Leo Through the Years... Age 2-74 Years

Two years have past since I held you last

as you quietly passed into the presence of your savior. My life incredibly changed when I met you and incredibly changed when I lost you. I

miss you everyday and I’ll love you

forever.

Your “Gentle” Ben

Daddy,

you’ll be in our

hearts forever.

Leo G. Jr. Kimberly Michele

Kathy Anita Ginger Rae

Barry Hoyt

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Day MailboxBy: Mary M. Santerfeit

What God did makessense. It makes sensethat Jesus would be oursacrifice because a sacri-fice was needed to justi-fy man’s presence beforeGod. However, whyGod did it is absolutelyabsurd. When one leavesthe method and exam-ines the motive, the care-fully stacked blocks oflogic begin to tumble.That type of love isn’tlogical; it can’t be neatlyoutlined in a sermon orexplained in a term pa-per. It is inexplicable. Itdoesn’t have a drop oflogic nor a thread of ra-tionality. And yet, it isthat very irrationalitythat gives the gospel itsgreatest defense. Foronly God could love likethat. Max Lucado

**********Bits-N-PiecesDid you ever wonder

where that beautiful oldsong, “In the Garden”came from? Here is howit was inspired and howit was written.“In the Garden”In 1912, as Charles

Austin Miles grabbed hisBible, it opened toJohn:20. Reading the ac-count of Mary Magda-lene outside the gardentomb where Jesus’ bodyhad been laid, Miles feltpowerfully that he wasthere. Inspired, he quick-ly wrote the poem, “Inthe Garden”, and latercomposed the music.This hymn might seem

sentimental and trite if

understood to refer tojust any garden, but thesong takes on profoundmeaning when recog-nized as Mary’s person-al encounter with theliving Lord.And he walks with

me, and he talks withme,And he tells me I am

his own,And the joy we share

as we tarry there,None other has ever

known.

One Didn’tThree men were tried

for crimes against hu-manity. Two committedcrimes. One didn’t.Three men were given

government trials. Twowere given fair trials.One wasn’t.Three men were

whipped and beaten.Two had it coming. Onedidn’t.Three men were given

crosses to carry. Twoearned their crosses.One didn’t.Three men were

mocked and spit atalong the way. Twocursed and spit back.One didn’t.Three men were

nailed to crosses. Twodeserved it. One didn’t.Three men agonized

over their abandonment.Two had reason to beabandoned. One didn’t.Three men knew

death was coming. Tworesisted. One didn’t.One, two, three men

died on three crosses.Three days later, two re-mained in their graves.One didn’t.Author unknown

DoorpostsThe image of a door

frame marked withblood comes from theOld Testament Passoveraccount when the Is-raelites prepared to fleeslavery in Egypt. Goddirected them to slaugh-

ter lambs for a final mealand paint their door-posts with the blood.God sent the angel ofdeath to kill the firstbornsons of Egypt, but theblood on the Israelites’doorposts served as asignal that the Destroyershould “pass over” thosehomes. Likewise, theblood of Jesus, the Lambof God, saves us fromEternal Death.

**********It Happened Back

Then...April 6, 1917 - U.S. en-

ters WWI against Ger-manyApril 6, 1982 - U.S.

says it will not bar firstuse of nuclear weaponApril 6, 1937 - Singer

Merle Haggard wasbornApril 7, 1947 - Henry

Ford, I diedApril 7, 1953 - Dag

Hammarskjold electedSecretary General ofUnited NationsApril 8, - Easter

Sunday, He arose

**********Memory LaneEach time I have been

to the Florida CancerSpecialist and ResearchInstitute in Gainesville,one of the first people Isee is Carson McCall.Carson always meets

me with a smile and en-couraging words, know-ing full well he may behaving a bad day. He always says, “It’s

going to be okay.”What a testimony this

young man is. Do youremember the song,“Make Me a Blessing”?That is certainly what heis.We always exchange

words of friendship andcare for each others’ wellbeing. Following that,we offer praise, honorand glory to our HolyFather, the Lord JesusChrist.Carson, keep up the

positive attitude. Youare a blessing. Continueto pray for Carson andall the dear folks who are

patients at this institute.There are just so many.Makes you wonder why.Is the enemy one that isbeing let loose on us andwe have not located ityet? Our scientists needto be diligent.

Photo for MemoryLane: Sheriff Carson Mc-Call (left) and BrianBarrs

**********Good Home Cooking

for Easter

Mama & Granny’sHomemade Dressing

by Lonette RyeStewing hen (choose

one with deep yellow-colored fat)

Salt and pepper4 cans Cam pbe ll’s

chicken soup1/ 2 block butter1 tsp. sage1 lg. sk illet o f favorite

co rnbread (cook edahead o f time)

8 boiled eggs1 lg. chopped onion2 sleeves o f saltines

from a box o f 4 (you

m ight w ant to ad dmore)Add enough water to

cover hen. Salt and pep-per to taste. Cook untilvery tender. Lift out henand debone amount ofmeat you would like inyour dressing, if any.Add butter, chickensoup and sage to henbroth (taste to see if sea-soned enough). Crumblehalf of cornbread andthe 2 sleeves of saltines.Add to broth the corn-bread, saltines, choppedboiled eggs, onion andjust enough debonedmeat to please you. Ifstill too soupy add moreof your cornbread, butdo not get it too dry. Youwant it to sort of jigglelike Jello when you placein the oven. Bake in 350degree oven between 45minutes to an hour. Itshould be brown aroundthe edges.

Meatloaf For a Mob by Betty Wood

8 eggs, beaten1 - 46 oz. can V8 juice2 lg. onions, fine ly

chopped4 ce lery ribs, fine ly

chopped2 green peppers, finely

chopped (optional)4 1/ 4 c. seasoned

bread crumbs2 env. onion soup mix2 tsp. pepper8 lbs. ground beef3/ 4 c. k etchup1/ 3 c. packed brown

sugar1/ 4 c. prepared mus-

tardIn a very large bowl,

combine the eggs, V8juice, onions, celery,peppers, bread crumbs,soup mix and pepper.Crumble beef over mix-ture; mix well. Shapeinto four loaves; placeeach loaf in a greased13X9 inch baking pan.Bake uncovered at 350degrees for 45 minutes.Meanwhile, combine theketchup, brown sugarand mustard. Spreadover loaves. Bake 15minutes longer or until ameat thermometerreaches 160 degrees.Yields four meat loaves,8 servings each.

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patch a police car, lowpriority, to stop by thehouse, if the officer hastime. But what if the per-son is in critical condi-tion and in need of anambulance,” Penningtonasked. “Living in ruralareas necessitates accu-racy, since time is verymuch a factor. Smart911can help with these is-sues.”In today’s digital

world, and because folksare trying to cut costs,many have given uptheir landline telephoneand opted to rely on acell phone for telecom-munications. One bigdrawback, however, isthat cell phones, de-pending on your serviceprovider and your loca-tion, will not show yourhome address and itwon’t be visible to theemergency operator. Atbest, a cell phone maygive your latitude andlongitude, but it doesn’tmake it easy to find anactual physical address,especially in rural areas. If your information is

in the Smart911 data-base, however, first re-sponders will have easy

access to pertinent andcritical life-saving data ifyou ever require emer-gency services.Lt. Lonny Hempstead

from the LafayetteCounty Sheriff’s Officesaid, “It looks like it’sgoing to be a goodthing.”Hempstead said that

often when someonecalls 911 from their cellphone the call may getmis-routed to an adja-cent county dependingon where the closest celltower is. If the caller’s in-formation is entered intothe Smart911 system,however, then their in-formation will come upon the dispatcher’sscreen and will avoid de-lays in responding to anemergency.In Lafayette County

the Public Safety Officeis responsible for emer-gency management, 911addressing and map-ping, management of theindustrial park and theyact as liaison betweenthe county commission-ers and the volunteer firedepartment. They alsowork closely with thesheriff’s office dispatch,which serves as the Pub-lic Safety Answering

Point, whose responsi-bilities include dispatch-ing law enforcement andemergency medical ser-vices.Lafayette 911 covers

about 549 square milesand serves 8,500 citizens.In fiscal year 2010-11they received over 5,000911 calls.Hamilton County

Sheriff J. Harrell Reidstated they received agrant to put the softwareinto place in HamiltonCounty as well and it is aservice to the public“This system is an ad-

vantage to people, espe-cially in small, ruralcounties because it willhelp locate them whenthey need police, fire orrescue services in anemergency,” said Reid.The HCSO dispatch

center covers a wide areathat includes the city ofJasper and the towns ofJennings and WhiteSprings and they receiveover 10,000 calls a year.“It is important for

folks to get their infor-mation into the system,so that we can respondquicker to emergencies,”Reid said.You can create your

own safety profile by

logging on towww.Smart911.com andentering your informa-tion. At this time, infor-mation can only be en-tered via the Internet. Ifyou don’t have Internetaccess at home, you canlog on at your local li-brary and enter your in-formation. An added benefit to

Smart911 is that it is anationwide programand it can travel withyou wherever you go. Ifyou call 911 from yourcell phone from any-where in the countrywhere Smart911 is uti-lized, your profile willbe available to the calltaker. CurrentlySmart911 is being usedin over 20 states and isprotecting over 5 millioncitizens nationwide.Smart911 was devel-

oped by Rave MobileSafety, headquartered inFramingham, Mass.President and CEO of

Rave Mobile Safety TomAxbey stated, “Smart911adoption continues togrow rapidly. Munici-palities are realizinghow citizen informationcan dramatically im-prove emergency out-comes.”

Smart911 available hereContinued From Page 1A

bery, trees or the groundand should never bedipped toward any otherflag. Hanging the flagbackwards is also a vio-lation.“The union jack, or the

blue part of the Ameri-can flag, should alwaysbe to the upper left,”Scott said. “If it's hori-zontal or vertical, it does-n't matter, the union jackis to the top and to theleft.”Other slides showed

the American flag beingused as a slipcover for acouch and as the designof a bathing suit. Scottsaid the flag should nev-er be worn as apparel orused for decoration. Aflag patch, however,may be used on the uni-forms of military person-nel, firemen, policemenand members of patrioticorganizations. Additionally, federal

law states that the Amer-ican flag should never beused for advertising pur-poses, such as on cush-ions, handkerchiefs, nap-kins, boxes, disposablecameras, credit card de-

signs or anything intend-ed to be discarded aftertemporary use. If you fly the flag at

your business it must bethe only flag on the hal-yard; there should be noother flags on the samehalyard, for example, aflag promoting yourbusiness. The U.S. flagmust fly alone and wavefree, unless the other flagis a state flag or a POWflag and it is underneaththe American flag on thehalyard.No other flag should

fly to the right of theflag's right, Scott contin-ued. He showed a slidewhere even members ofthe Marine Corps had itbackward. Then heshowed a fake fire hy-drant in HillsboroughCounty that was paintedwith the colors of theAmerican flag. After thatwas a photo of an Amer-ican flag being used as atablecloth. Another in-stance was the place-ment of an advertisingsticky note placed overtop of a picture of theAmerican flag on thefront page of a newspa-per.

“The flag of the UnitedStates is any flag,” Scottsaid. “As long as it is de-signed to resemble theAmerican flag, it is a liv-ing entity, so you can'tviolate it.”The flag should never

have marks, insignia, let-ters, words, numbers,figures, or drawings ofany kind placed on it, orattached to it, nor usedas any type of receptacle.The only time the Amer-ican flag should be flownupside down is as a dis-tress signal in extremesituations. Sometimes,Scott said, people fly theflag upside down as asign of anarchy.Scott said if you deco-

rate something with thecolors of the Americanflag, you can do so bymaking sure the colorsare in the correct orderwith the blue at the top,white in the middle andred on the bottom.“A lot of people don't

know they're violatingthe rules,” Scott said. It was pointed out that

some of the most patriot-ic people in the countryunknowingly violate theU.S. Flag Code.

The flag should becleaned and mendedwhen necessary. When itbecomes so worn it is nolonger fit to serve as asymbol of our country, itshould be destroyed byburning in a dignifiedmanner. “If you have a bad flag

and it is tattered andtorn, give it to us (Amer-ican Legion), so that itcan be disposed of prop-erly,” said Scott.The colors of the

American flag havemeaning, as well. Redstands for valor and har-diness, white means pu-rity and innocence andblue stands for persever-ance, justice and vigi-lance.It was suggested to

Scott that his flag eti-quette presentationshould be a mandatorypart of all fifth grade stu-dents curriculum be-cause at that age itwould be somethingthey would never forget. If you'd like to learn

more about flag etiquetteand the U.S. Flag Code,log on towww.legion.org/flag/code.

American flag display rules presentedContinued From Page 1A

said, “They are alreadyat the field and ready touse.”A total of 276 kids

have signed up this yearand they are all anxiousfor Super Saturday onApril 21 which will be-gin the playing season.Every child will get toplay and Fort White willbe coming to playagainst them. There willbe lots of baseball, lots offood and lots of oldfriends coming out toenjoy the day.“It’s almost like home-

coming,” said Trawick.“A lot of people come infrom out of town.”In years past Trawick

said they’ve had on av-erage about five T-ballteams and the sameholds true this year.Rookie ball has seventeams, just like last year,and the minors haveheld steady at threeteams for several years.“Our big accomplish-

ment this year is ourMajor boys,” he said.“That’s our 11 and 12-year-old kids.”In the past they only

had two major teams,but this year enoughkids signed up that theywere able to form threeteams. Small accom-plishments like that,Trawick said, is some-thing that he, the coach-es and board memberstake pride in.The juniors team now

has one 13-year-oldteam and one 14-15-year-old team. In thepast the 13-to15-year-old’s all had to play to-gether.Trawick explained

that Babe Ruth Baseball,because it is run by vol-unteers, is not a powertrip type sport.“The kids are the en-

tire reason we’re outthere,” he said.Many of the new kids,

he said, have neverplayed baseball beforeand the coaches strugglewith them all year teach-ing them the game.“Usually about week

two, week three, thesekids get beat down men-tally because they’relooking around at alltheir friends and it’s justso easy for them becausethey’ve been playingsince they were little,”he said.Toward the end of the

season is when the re-wards come, as the new

kids catch on and beginplaying well.“This kid gets up there

and swings...and bam! Ithappens every time,” hesaid, smiling.Some of the kids, he

said, after they are final-ly able to hit the ball,they don’t know what todo next, so they have tobe coerced to run to firstbase.Still smiling as he

spoke, Trawick said,“The whole time he’srunning to first youdon’t know if he’s run-ning straight,crooked...and he couldcare less. You could gethim out and he couldcare less. He hit the ball.And the whole seasonright there is made.”Parents, he said, will

come up to the coachesafter the game and say,“You just made my kid’sseason.”Trawick said, “Every

coach up there will replyright back, wholeheart-edly, “No, he just mademy season,” becausethat’s the whole joyright there.”Trawick praised the

local community for alltheir support and fortaking the lead in mak-ing sure the baseballprogram succeededthroughout the years.He recalled his youngeryears being coached byRay Buchanan whohelped build the leagueyears ago. Buchanan, hesaid, helped to shape hislife.“The impact that he

made on my life...still re-flects in my life today,”said Trawick. “This is alla circle and we’re honor-ing those before us. Theonly thing we hope ascoaches and as volun-teers is that we willreach a kid out there andmaybe give him direc-tion.”The children who par-

ticipate in the programcome from all walks oflife, Trawick said, andyou never know whatkind of home life theyhave. Some are happyand well-adjusted, whileothers are afraid that ifthey mess up on thefield they might gohome and catch a lot offlak from their parents.When they get out onthe ball field, however,they simply enjoy beinga kid, Trawick said, stillsmiling from ear to ear.“It’s a beautiful

thing,” he said.

Super Saturday is April 21Continued From Page 1A

materials. Every Thursday from

9 a.m. to 12 p.m. you'llfind Bolton at the healthdepartment speaking to“mommies-to-be” aboutproper nutrition forthemselves and theirunborn children.Bolton also recently

gave a presentation infront of Rotary Clubmembers in Mayo, whowere impressed with thenew USDA guidelinesand the easy way inwhich Bolton explainedeverything.“To me, it just makes

life so easy,” Bolton saidof the new “My Plate”.On one half of the

plate are vegetables andfruits, which need to bemeasured 2 to 1, mean-ing more vegetablesthan fruits because ofthe sugar content offruits. Grains take up alittle more than a quar-ter of the plate and pro-tein fills the remainder. When dealing with

young children, Boltonteaches them how foodgrows and she allowsthem to smell, touch andtaste the foods. The kidsalso use crayons to colorthe fruits and vegeta-bles, using the right col-ors for each one, in or-der for them to remem-ber what each food itemlooks like.Another graphic

Bolton uses in her pre-sentations is called“Portion Distortion”,which has two pictures.One shows how muchfood one is normallyserved on a plate at arestaurant, and beside itis a picture of what oneserving actually lookslike. They are starklydifferent in size. Some interesting facts

Bolton brought out werea comparison of certainfoods and their caloriccontent that we eat to-day versus what it was20 years ago. The differ-ences are due to pro-cessing and additives, aswell as size. Some exam-

ples are:Other tidbits of infor-

mation included the factAmericans are the heav-iest of people in devel-oped countries with 61percent of the popula-tion being overweight.The number of over-weight people in theworld has reached anunthinkable 1.1 billion;the same amount of peo-ple who are under-nour-ished.Consuming an extra

100 calories a day forone year without usingthem up can lead to a 10pound weight gain. Ifyou exceed your recom-mended daily caloric in-take by just 10 calories(equivalent to two hardcandies) you will windup putting on anotherpound of weight a year.Each gram of carbohy-

drate or protein you eatequals 4 calories, andevery grain of fat equalsnine calories.An important fact to

remember is that as eachdecade of your life pass-

es, you require 100 few-er calories per day. On average, older

adults and most womenneed only 1,600 caloriesper day, according toUSDA guidelines. Chil-dren, teen girls, activewomen and most menneed 2,200, and teenboys and active menneed 2,800 calories. “The average person,

you and I, in all honesty,can't be blamed for whathas happened,” Boltonsaid, regarding all thesuper-sized, deluxe andall-you-can-eat promo-tions many restaurantsoffer. “The food indus-try realized they had awonderful thing. Let'sgive 'em bigger por-tions. We're gonna make'em eat more becausewe're all taught what?Don't waste your food.”If you would like

more information onhow to eat healthier,stop by the UF/IFAS of-fice and speak withBolton or call her at 386-294-1279.

Bolton promotes healthy eatingContinued From Page 1A

Edward Perry Sports Complex-Mayo: The Edward Perry SportsComplex on CR 400 will be hopping on April 21.-Photo: Joyce Marie Taylor

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Sparkleberry Chapter of the Florida

Native Plant SocietyMeeting: Tuesd ay,

April 10, 2012 Pro-gram: Native Plants,Native People

The SparkleberryChapter of the Flori-da Native Plant Soci-ety will meet the sec-ond Tuesday of themonth, April 10,2012, starting at 6:30PM, at Hatch Park,Branford (403 SECraven St). Direc-tions: Once you haveturned onto 247 inBranford, SE CravenSt is the 7th blockfrom 129 - you makea right onto SECraven, Hatch Parkis a few blocks downthe road on the left.The Public is invited!

Native Plants, Na-tive People, present-ed by Barbara Hines.Barbara will discusshow the native peo-ple and early settlersin Florida used thenative plants of thisregion. She is a Reg-istered Professional

Archaeologist andthe Outreach Coordi-nator for the NorthCentral Region of theFlorida Public Ar-chaeology Network(FPAN). She special-izes in historic ar-chaeology of the 19thand early 20th centu-ry. Her interests in-clude the turpentineand lumber industry,early Florida archi-tecture, and South-eastern Indian com-munities.

For more informa-tion contact: Presi-dent: Carol Sullivan,386-364-9309, csulli-v a n 1 2 @ w i n d -stream.net, for moreinformation on theFlorida Native PlantS o c i e t y :www.fnps.org.

The purpose of theFlorida Native PlantSociety is to promotethe preservation,conservation andplant restoration ofthe native plant com-munities.

The McAlpin Community Club to host a nigh of free bingo

Monday, April 9 the McAlpin Community Clubwill meet at 7 p.m.

After a potluck supper and a brief business meet-ing we will be having lots of fun playing Bingo. Theprizes are small, but the games are Free! Everyoneis welcome to attend, so bring a dish and come joinus.

Please remember to mark your calendar and comejoin us on Saturday, April 14, 2012, from 8:00 a.m.until 2:00 p.m., for our first annual yard sale andfundraising event. The proceeds will help benefit the

club’s building fund, which is home to a variety oflocal civic groups. If you would like to donate anyitems for this event or wish to reserve an outsidevendor space for $5.00 each, please call DebbiePhillips at 364-7028.

The Club is located at 9981 - 170th Terrace inMcAlpin, directly across from the Post Office. Newmembers are always welcome and membership feesare $10.00 per family per year.

For info call Barbara Parks @ 362-3044 or DebbiePhillips @ 364-7028

OBITUARYDebby Day

March 26, 1957 March 29, 2012

Debby Day, 55, ofDay, Florida,passed away on

Thursday, March 29,2012 at her home. Debbywas a resident of Day forover 20 years where sheand her husband Samowned Armadillo Con-struction. Debby was alsoa Real Estate Broker. Shewas an avid reader, wa-ter skier and she lovedthe beach.  Debby was asecretary for the ElksLodge and was of theChristian faith.

Debby is preceded indeath by herhusband: Sam Day.

She is survived by herfather:  Orville (Cather-ine) Howard, HighSprings, Fla.; hersister:  Pamela H. (Jeff)Goldberg, Evanston, Ill.;and numerous friends.

A memorial servicewill be held at Debby’shome (4221 N CR 53,Day, FL 32013) at 1:30p.m., Thursday, April 5,2012.

In lieu of flowers thefamily asks that dona-tions be made to theAmerican Cancer Soci-ety, P.O. Box 22718, Okla-homa City, OK 73123-1718.

Please sign the guest-book at www.danielsfu-neralhome.com

Daniels Funeral Homes& Crematory, Inc., LiveOak & Branford, FL incharge of arrangements.

Come paddle with us

Suwannee River Pad-dle for Autism

Saturday, April 28,2012

The first SuwanneeRiver Paddle for Autismwill start at 9 a.m. - noonat Highway 51 Bridgenear Mayo for a 3 to 5hour trip to SuwanneeRiver Rendezvous Resortand Campground. A $10donation includes enter-tainment and raffle forprizes - grand prize is aPerception Prodigy 10.0Kayak. There will be liveentertainment by record-ing artist, Mean Mary(meanmary.com) from 4p.m. - 6 p.m. For boatrental or lodging infor-mation call 386-294-1319or online at canoesuwan-nee.com or suwan-neeriverrendezvous.comor 386-294-2510.

For more informationor if you are interested inbecoming a sponsorplease call 386/294-3322.

Proceeds from dona-tions to be provided to:w w w . c a r d . u f l . e d uwww.facebook.com/UF-CARD for autism ser-vices in the LafayetteCounty area.

ACS Relay for Life seeking teamsTeam meetings on the

fourth Thursday eachmonth at 6 p.m. at Cor-nerstone BaptistChurch.

The event is sched-uled for April 27-28 at

Mayo Town Park.If your team is not reg-

istered, please come tothe next meeting to getregistered.

If you are interested informing a team or youare raising money anddo not desire to have asite the night of relay,

please still register sothat we can have arecord of your work anddedication. Also, we willknow what fundraisers

you are doing so we canshare with the othersand community.

Thank you for yoursupport and dedication.

THE MAYO FREE PRESS, Mayo, FL ~ PAGE 7ATHURSDAY, APRIL 5, 2012

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Lady Hornets play back-to-backgames in tournament

Senior Kali Sharpe (11) got the action started on the mound for the Lady Hornets in the Raider Invitational Softball Tournament against the Bobcats from Bluffton High School whotraveled from South Carolina.

Senior Stacy McClelland (9) drives this pitch deep over the centerfield fence for a two run homer that was the difference in victory over the Palatka Panthers on Friday, March 30 dur-ing the Raider Invitational Softball Tournament in Alachua.

By Jack HowdeshellThe Lafayette Hornet softball team traveled to

Alachua on Friday and Saturday, March 30-31, toplay in the Raider Invitational Softball Tournamenthosted by the Lady Raiders of Santa Fe HighSchool.  The eight  team tournament with teamsfrom as far as South Carolina and Ft. Lauderdalegave the Lady Hornets an opportunity to facetough opponents that would sharpen them head-ing in post season play later this month. 

The first game on Friday had the Lady Hornetsfacing the Bobcats from Bluffton High who trav-eled from South Carolina for the weekend ac-tion. The final score in the first game of the tourna-ment wasn't indicative of the play on the field, but

the Hornets dropped the game 5-1 to the Lady Bob-cats.  Without time to catch their breath betweengames, the Hornets squared off in the second gameof the night against the Panthers from Palatka. TheHornet bats found the gaps in this game and withthe two run homer by Senior and Indian RiverState College signee Stacy McClelland and herstrong pitching the final was a 7-6 victory over theClass 5A opponent.

Saturday playAs the Saturday morning action began, it became

clear the tournament was in jeopardy as heavythunderstorms moved into the area. The Lady Hor-nets drew the 9 a.m. match-up with tournament

host Santa Fe, an opponent they have split theirregular season series with. The hitting and defensethat led the Hornets in the victory on Friday nightdidn't carryover to the Saturday morninggame. While they had several opportunities at biginnings, the breaks went to the Lady Raiders and a8-3 win. 

This game was the last to be played and the seed-ing games were washed out before the teams couldget to the afternoon finals. 

If you haven't taken the opportunity to watch theLady Hornets in action this season, come out onTuesday, April 10 for the home game and SeniorNight for the match-up with the Suwannee HighLady Bulldogs at 7 p.m.

Gainesville, FL –Madison County Com-missioner Roy Ellis,Chair of the North Cen-tral Florida RegionalPlanning Council wel-comed Chris Doolin, theprimary legislative af-fairs consultant to theFlorida Small CountyCoalition and also theSmall School DistrictCouncil Consortium.Also in attendance wasCommissioner CurtisHamlin, Council mem-ber from LafayetteCounty.  Mr. Doolin’s re-marks provided Councilmembers a review of anumber of programswhich the Coalition wasinstrumental in helpingsecure for rural countiesduring the past legisla-tive session. 

The Council, in part-nership with economicdevelopment organiza-tions and local govern-ments, promotes region-al strategies, partner-ships and solutions tostrengthen the economiccompetitiveness andquality of life of the 11counties and 33 incorpo-rated municipalities inthe north central portionof Florida.  The Council,whose members are localelected officials and gu-bernatorial appointees,administers a variety ofstate and federal pro-grams for north centralFlorida includingAlachua, Bradford, Co-lumbia, Dixie, Gilchrist,Hamilton, Lafayette,Madison, Suwannee,Taylor and Union coun-

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April Special

Easter SunriseService in White Springs

An inspirational pro-gram of devotional andsong will be the featureof the 45th Annual East-er Sunrise Service onSunday, April 8, 2012 atStephen Foster Folk Cul-ture Center State Park,White Springs, Florida,beginning at 6:45 a.m

The gates of the parkwill open at 6:15 a.m.,carillon concert begins at6:45 a.m and Sunrise Ser-vice commences at 7a.m.  

Limited seating isavailable, however, au-dience is encouraged tobring folding chairs.This spring time event isheld on the East lawn ofthe Foster Center's caril-lon tower.  Admission tothe park is free. Refresh-ments will be served fol-lowing the service.

Easter pageant

The First BaptistChurch of Dowling Parkinvites you to our Easterpageant entitled “Meet-ing the Master”. It is amusical drama of thepublic ministry, deathand resurrection of JesusChrist and includes acast of many dozens.Three presentations havebeen scheduled: 7 p.m.Friday, April 6, 7 p.m.Saturday, and April 7,10:45 a.m. Sunday, April8. The church is locatedat 11274 235th Lane inDowling Park near theintersection of CR 250and CR 136. Come earlyto get a good seat.

Mayo Community Easter Sunrise Service

All are welcome!

The churches ofgreater Mayo, Fl., in-vite you to attend aCommunity SunriseService Easter Sun-day, April 8, 2012 at 7a.m. The Mayo Com-munity Sunrise Ser-vice will be held atthe gazebo in Veter-an’s Memorial Parkin downtown Mayo.Everyone is encour-

aged to attend andbegin your celebra-tion of the Resurrec-tion of Christ thisEaster morning withsinging, praying andpraising AlmightyGod for His wonder-ful grace to us as werecall the emptytomb on that firstEaster morning.Seating is availablebut lawn chairs arewelcome.

Weekly Relay for Life Corner UpdatesLafayette County Relay for LifeApril 27 - 28, 2012 Veterans Memor-

ial Park of Mayo

Community Yard Sale in the Parkthe morning of the Relay

April 28 beginning at 6 a.m.Spaces are $25Contact:April Young 386-688-3614 orKacia Folsom 386-209-3142

Custom built picnic table raffle $2donation per ticket

Mt. Paran Baptist ChurchInfo call 386-209-3313

April 7 - MCI TeamSpring Fling - Veterans Memorial

Park of Mayo10 a.m. Egg Hunt, bring your bas-

ketsPicture with the Easter Bunny $5Face painting, hot dogs, snow cones$5 unlimited stamp for bounce

house, huge slide, train rides, gamesand more.

April 15 - Team CornerHopeBBQ Dinner following Sunday

morning serviceCornerstone Baptist ChurchAlso Rada Cutlery FundraiserInfo; 386-208-2461 or 386-294-2347

Chris Doolin guest speaker at North  Central  Florida 

Regional  Planning  Council  meeting

L to R: Madison County Commissioner Roy Ellis, Chair of the North Central Florida Re-gional Planning Council, Christian Doolin, primary legislative affairs consultant to theSmall County Coalition, Curtis Hamlin, Lafayette County Commissioner and Scott Koons,Executive Director of the North Central Florida Regional Planning Council.

ties.  Programs includedevelopment of theComprehensive Econom-ic Development Strategy,the Strategic RegionalPolicy Plan, technical as-sistance to local govern-ments in development ofcomprehensive plans,land development regu-lations and grant man-agement, and adminis-tration of developmentsof regional impact, localmitigation strategies,hazardous materials,homeland security andeconomic developmentprograms.  In addition,the Council staffs theMetropolitan Trans-portation Planning Orga-nization for theGainesville UrbanizedArea, the North CentralFlorida Local EmergencyPlanning Committee, theNorth Central FloridaRegional Hazardous Ma-terials Response Teamand The Original FloridaTourism Task Force.

The Council’s officesare located inGainesville.  More infor-mation about the Councilcan be found atncfrpc.org.