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Despite a very rainy day, organizers and participants pulled out all the stops to present “The Lights of Liberty” Christmas parade Saturday night in Bristol. [Full Story »] 

CALHOUN COUNTY
Dec 1: Ryan Gray, VOCP; James L. Tolley, Jr., DUI
Dec 2: Russell Blue, resisting arrest without violence
Dec 3: Phillip Colbert, trespass after warning; Stary Lynn Shaw, retail theft; Robert Darin Rainey, state VOP; Rebecca Sims, aggravated stalking; Frank L. Johnson, contempt/child support
Dec 4: Artenio Perez Ramos, disorderly intoxication; James Alford Taylor, VOP; Jesse Peterson, DWLSR; Amy Lynn Pegouskie, failure to appear
Dec 6: Ledon Womack, domestic battery; Keith Edward Summerlin, DWLSR
Dec 8: Justin Brown, DUI with property damage, license expired more than four months; Angela Mickel, disorderly intoxication, criminal mischief
Dec 9: Jessica Barfield, DWLSR with knowledge; Jamaigu Frazier, violation community control; Kelvin McCaskle, VOCP [Full Story »] 

Blountstown Main Street’s 4th Annual Christmas Tour of Homes was held Friday night featuring houses on both sides of the bridge. [Full Story »] 

by: Virginia Baker

I want to introduce to you Mrs. Vicki Bennett from Blountstown High School. Born in Marianna, she has lived in Blountstown her entire life and attended BHS. After graduating in 1977, she attended Chipola Junior College (now changed to Chipola College) for two years and then attended FSU. She has an Associates of Arts degree from Chipola and a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree from FSU. She taught at Blountstown Elementary School for 24 years and is presently a Reading Coach at BHS. She has been at BHS for four years and has been in teaching for a total of 28 years. [Full Story »] 

Seven BHS 9th grade students received certificates of recognition as “Rising Sunshine State Scholars” for their 8th grade FCAT scores in Math and Science! Casey Johnson, Justin Woods, Kristen Jenkins, Staci Mayo, Jake Brown, Karah Beaver, and Brandon Purvis all achieved levels of 5 in the mathematics and a 4 or 5 in the science portions of the 8th grade FCAT. [Full Story »] 

The Carr FFA Forestry Team recently competed in Perry, Florida, at the state forestry competition. Students were tested in the following areas: general knowledge, timber cruising, equipment identification, tree identification, forest disorders, and map interpretation. [Full Story »] 

Country folks from miles around united in Scott’s Ferry Sunday afternoon for the Second Annual Redneck Christmas Parade. [Full Story »] 

Don’t forget that Friday, December 18, is an early release day. Students will be dismissed at 12:45 p.m. [Full Story »] 

The Fifth Grade at B.E.S. put on the play, The Littlest Reindeer, under the direction of music teacher, Cathy Kimbrel, on Thursday, December 10. [Full Story »] 

Thursday, Dec. 17th
Girls Basketball, away at Bozeman @ 6:00;
Boys Basketball, away at Bozeman @ 6:30/7:30 [Full Story »] 

Mrs. Edna Barker, 87, of Blountstown, passed away Monday night, Dec. 7, 2009, in Blountstown. [Full Story »] 

Mrs. Inez Eldridge, 88, of Blountstown, FL, went home to be with the Lord Wednesday night, Dec. 9, 2009, in Blountstown. [Full Story »]