The Weekend Guide
All that’s hip & happening in the Apalachicola River Valley.
WALK IT OUT
The annual Walk to Liberty is set for Saturday, July 1, beginning at 8 a.m. CT across Trammell Bridge. Gather at Minnie Lee’s on the Blountstown side at 7:40 a.m. or meet in Bristol at Veterans Memorial Civic Center to ride to the west side for the trek across. If walking is not your thing, you can catch a ride across to Bristol, parade style. A patriotic program will follow at the Veterans Memorial Civic Center. The event is sponsored by the local VFW and American Legion chapters.
CHRISTMAS IN JULY
Get in the gift-giving spirit (or just hoard stuff for yourself) at the Christmas in July Craft Fair Saturday, July 1, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Panhandle Pioneer Settlement.
FRESH PRODUCE, ANYONE?
The River Valley Marketplace, typically held just once a month, is now open every Saturday in downtown Blountstown. Check it out in the greenspace next to Centennial Bank. Open 8 a.m. to noon, this event is sponsored by Blountstown Main Street. Booth spaces are free and open to anyone with arts, crafts, produce or business products. No flea market items allowed. And if you can sing a tune or strum a guitar, come pick and grin! Entertainers are needed and invited to join the festivities. Call Kelli at 674-1004 for more.
LIGHT UP THE SKY
A fireworks show is set for Monday, July 4, in Blountstown. The show gets underway around 8:45 p.m., but the fun starts sooner than that.
The Blountstown Historic Preservation Committee will be selling hot dogs and drinks beginning at 6 p.m. in front of the old M & B Train on Hwy. 71 to raise funds for the Depot Museum. This is a great spot to watch the fireworks and grab a snack.
The BHS Tiger Booster Club will be selling barbecue sandwiches at Magnolia Square beginning at 6 p.m. Football players will also be on golf carts selling sandwiches up and down SR 20 and Main Street.
Top Stories - Topics from June, 2011
NEWS ALERT - Man Charged with False Imprisonment, Felony Battery
Authorities tracked down a Blountstown man Thursday who allegedly held a woman against her will and beat her earlier this month.
Timothy "T.C." Copeland, Jr.,
22, has been charged with felony domestic battery, false imprisonment, and petit theft.
According to the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office, Sgt. Jared Nichols responded to the complaint June 14. A woman advised she shares a child with Copeland and he asked to meet with her. He picked her up at her home and, as they drove away, she said he began punching her in the back of her head. She told authorities Copeland was angry about a guy she had accepted as a friend on the social media site known as Facebook.
The woman alleged Copeland hit her throughout the drive, then proceeded into Bristol where the battery continued as she pleaded for him to stop. At one point, she tried to escape the vehicle and he allegedly drug her back inside. She threatened to call 911 and he reportedly took her phone. He eventually drove back to Blountstown and stopped in the parking lot of the Sheriff's Office where she jumped out and fled.
Sgt. Nichols noted in his report that the back and top of the woman's head had numerous swollen areas. She reported being in severe pain and said she almost fainted during the altercation.
A warrant was issued for Copeland's arrest.
Timothy "T.C." Copeland, Jr.,
22, has been charged with felony domestic battery, false imprisonment, and petit theft.According to the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office, Sgt. Jared Nichols responded to the complaint June 14. A woman advised she shares a child with Copeland and he asked to meet with her. He picked her up at her home and, as they drove away, she said he began punching her in the back of her head. She told authorities Copeland was angry about a guy she had accepted as a friend on the social media site known as Facebook.
The woman alleged Copeland hit her throughout the drive, then proceeded into Bristol where the battery continued as she pleaded for him to stop. At one point, she tried to escape the vehicle and he allegedly drug her back inside. She threatened to call 911 and he reportedly took her phone. He eventually drove back to Blountstown and stopped in the parking lot of the Sheriff's Office where she jumped out and fled.
Sgt. Nichols noted in his report that the back and top of the woman's head had numerous swollen areas. She reported being in severe pain and said she almost fainted during the altercation.
A warrant was issued for Copeland's arrest.
NEWS ALERT - Man Jailed For Aggravated Assault, Meth
An alleged incident at a Bristol convenience store Thursday morning has led to the arrest of Kenneth Adrian Best, 35, charged with aggravated assault and possession of meth.According to the Liberty County Sheriff's Office, William Garner, 34, told authorities Best had pointed a deer rifle at him a few weeks ago when he was at the BP station, then he ran into him at the same store on Thursday. Garner said he approached Best to ask why he had pulled the gun on him before. He alleged Best then reached into his truck, grabbed a double barreled shotgun and said, "I'll shoot you now, you don't know me." A witness confirmed Garner's story.
Best was taken into custody and, during a pat down search, a piece of folded up tin foil that tested positive for meth was found in his pocket.
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