Features

By KEITH BLACKMAR

Special to The News

Crawfordville resident Dick Snyder was dressed in a U.S. Marine Corps hat and camouflage jacket when nearby neighbor and friend Victor Pandolfi asked him to help lay the first cement block for Pandolfi’s new home.

Snyder’s three sons, Rick, Jim and Bill “Spud” Snyder were working on Pandolfi’s home as part of a Gene Cutchin construction project. Pandolfi, a former Florida Highway Patrol Trooper, said Dick Snyder is one of the best and well-known masons in the area.

As the cabbage continued to grow, Carla Dickens and her daughter Morgan questioned if it in fact was a cabbage at all.

Morgan grew the plant for the Bonnie Plant's Third Grade Cabbage Program which gives away cabbage plants to third graders all over the United States.

Then out of the participants, one student in each state is randomly selected to receive a $1,000 savings bond.

Morgan didn't win the prize, but she did grow her plant up to 4.5 feet wide and it's not done yet.

One of the leaves is two feet wide, Carla Dickens said.

Gadsden Arts Center in Quincy will feature "Transparent Spectrum" with Don Taylor watercolors and Cheryl Sattler glass from June 11 to Aug. 14 in the Sara May Love Gallery, and "American Imagery"  with Trudy Wheeler photographs on exhibit from June 11 to Aug. 15 in the Zoe Golloway Exhibit Hall.

The gallery, located on the square in Quincy, is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

Education and information – a powerful combination, effective at tackling almost any issue facing the individual and the community. It is education and information that is the purpose of the 4th Annual Green Living Expo. A joint effort of Sustainable Big Bend, Inc., the Wakulla County School District, and the Wakulla County Extension Office, the Green Living Expo will be held at Riversprings Middle School on Saturday, May 8 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

SOPCHOPPY DEPOT RESTORED

By Mays Leroy Gray

Author-Historian

In 1991 I was the author of five historical articles about the towns, commerce, activities and life which occurred along the old Georgia, Florida and Alabama Railroad, including the town of Sopchoppy, which was published in The Wakulla News from October 24, 1991 to September 17, 1992, all of which are on file at the Wakulla County Public Library.

For those who would like to read the articles, the titles and published dates are as follows:

ARTICLE PUBLISHED

Peter Jenkins visits Sopchoppy

By WILLIAM SNOWDEN

wsnowden@thewakullanews.net

Peter Jenkins sits at a table in Backwoods Bistro in Sopchoppy, occasionally sipping from a glass of wine, entertaining his dinner companions with tales of being on the road. Sometimes he jumps up to greet customers who come in, offering them menus and directing them to order at the restaurant counter.

The recently restored old Wakulla County Courthouse hosted a courtroom drama last weekend. Wakulla High Teacher Susan Solberg directed a cast of her students in Ayn Rand's famous play "Night of January 16th."

The old courthouse was a perfect setting for the 1934 drama which takes place entirely in a courtroom. This is the third time Dramatis Personnae has produced the play and a unique feature which adds to its popularity is the fact that the jury is completey made up of actual members of the audience.

By JO ANN PALMER

Special to The News

The Fourth Annual Green Living Expo will take place on Saturday, May 8 at Riversprings Middle School from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Expo will focus on how to live more sustainably, and offer a variety of educational workshops and exhibits. There will be something for everyone at this free event.

WCSO HOPES TO GO GREEN THROUGH GRANT MONEY

If it seems a little darker than normal in Wakulla County Sheriff David Harvey’s office it’s because some of the fluorescent lights have been removed to reduce energy consumption.

Much of society has adopted a “Go Green” attitude to reduce energy costs and the impact on the planet and the sheriff’s office operation continues to expand energy reduction plans.