 
 

Arbor Day is perfect time to plant tree
If you made a New Year's resolution to try to be more environmentally friendly, then you need to mark Friday, Jan. 19 on your calendar. This is Arbor Day in Florida, the third Friday in the month of January.

Dogwood Circle honors Gus Bells
Nancy and Gus Bell, Magnolia Dunes Circle residents, are recipients of Garden of the Month honors from the Dogwood Garden Circle.

Tree giveaway set for Jan. 13
Garden Club of St. Augustine will hold its annual tree giveaway Saturday, Jan. 13, at the Garden Center, 184 San Marco Ave. Hours of the giveaway will be from 8:30 to 11 a.m.

Gardening Briefs

Give us a call
If you have a flower or a plant that is particularly attractive, why not share it with others? Give us a call at 829-6562, ext. 237, and we'll take a picture of you with your plant.

Plant Q&A
Things you may want to know about plants

Birth: FILAT
Noura and Jeremy Filat, St. Augustine, announcee the birth of a daughter, Ayah J., 6 pounds, 14 ounces, Dec. 26, at Flagler Hospital.

Torchlight on Matanzas
Fort Matanzas National Monument will offer its torchlight tours on Jan.

May I have a word?
ome sentences just don't know when to quit. Like garrulous seatmates on a transcontinental flight, they chatter on and on until we fall asleep.

Oral history at Lighthouse
Oral history is the method of gathering and preserving history through interviews with people by recording their memories and stories.

Wildlife Discoveries
he year 2001 is a time for new beginnings for the Wildlife Discoveries programs at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre. The amphitheater has a new general manager, Ed Dalrymple, and things are looking up.

Career at a crossroads, Travis looks for inspiration
DALLAS -- Randy Travis looks as serene as he sounds. Sitting in the studio of the local TV show ''Good Morning Texas,'' the country icon is trim and elegant in black jeans, a form-fitting blue shirt and black boots. A black suit jacket sits on the chair next to him.

Pork loin with port and dried plums
It's always something ...

Guarneri keeps getting better with age
While never easy, or wise, to compare classical musicians to rock and roll stars, if you did so with the Guarneri String Quartet, it would have to be to the Rolling Stones.

Sensual chocolate pleasures in a French town
A ''once upon a time'' fairy tale about an uptight, fussy village invaded by a free-spirited chocolatier, ''Chocolat'' is one of those whimsical concoctions that tries too hard, and goes too long, for its own good. Boasting a spiffy cast (principals of ''Fargo,'' ''The Matrix,'' ''The Unbearable Lightness of Being,'' ''Boogie Nights'' and ''Mrs. Brown'' are all represented) and a beautiful medieval French town as its setting, director Lasse Hallstrom's adaptation of Joanne Harris' novel nonetheless groans and creaks where it should whoosh and glide.

The first Friday of the month means walking for art
There are normally four to five Fridays in a month, but in the art community, there is only one that really matters. The first one.

2000's most overrated films
No year would be complete for me without at least a handful of movies that I sit and watch in puzzlement, wondering: What do all of my colleagues see in this thing? Here are the five films from 2000 I consider the most overrated:

Reviews of new music on the racks

Raw and edgy, an indictment of the war on drugs
In his latest film, the gripping drug-war drama ``Traffic,'' Steven Soderbergh accomplishes something few directors can today -- he juggles several complex story lines and a huge, big-name cast and makes it all look effortless.

Out and About
Out and About From the local scene, upcoming concerts, bands and performances

Larkin tour coming through St. Augustine again
Call her, and her new album ''Regrooving the Dream,'' a melting pot of sound. Singer-songwriter Patty Larkin fills her music with a variety of sounds including samba, R&B, blues, Celtic, rock, folk and even jazz.

Tale Tellers plan new 'Theatre of the Mind' show next week
The Tale Tellers of St. Augustine will present another of its Theater of the Mind programs, this one called ''Once Upon a Time ...''

Wandering the heart of the Southwest
Never in his seven-chapter ramble through Northern Mexico, up and over to West Texas and back to Arizona does Tom Miller mention the words Grand Canyon. In fact, the only site in the National Park system he mentions is a far less-frequented national historic landmark, the Titan Missile Museum, a converted long-range missile silo southeast of Tucson.

All that Jazz
NEW YORK -- The seed for Ken Burns' 10-episode, 19-hour documentary ''Jazz'' was planted back in 1991 when jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis came up to the filmmaker after a speech at an awards dinner at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Life in a Nutshell: So many resolutions, and so little time
So begins a new year. (Cough, cough.)

Stories behind some famous playthings
Beneath many a Christmas tree this year there was a bicycle, or a pack of Play-doh, a Slinky, Mr. Potato Head, or perhaps, a toy train.

A look at the fact and fiction of Jesus
Jesus Christ is not the superstar he used to be.

Movies capsules
What's playing at area theaters

TOP SELLERS
Best-selling books

Today in history

It's a mutual admiration society
NEW YORK (AP) -- Britney Spears is a big fan of Madonna, and vice versa.

The Soaps

Heartfelt thanks
St. Augustine resident Joan Lohr has a new lease on life.

What's in a name?
NEW YORK -- Michael once again rules hospital nurseries. Hannah reigns over the girls -- at least last year.

Family Best Bets
Great things for families to do together

It's a GREAT LIFE
I'm mentioned this before. There are some jobs in this world which I would really like to check out, and others for which I know the name and that's too much knowledge.

Els makes semis of Match Play
MELBOURNE, Australia -- Steve Stricker continued his amazing run through the Match Play Championship on Saturday, winning on the 20th hole to reach the semifinals and ending an even more improbable journey by Nick O'Hern.

Campaign finance reform McCain goal
WASHINGTON -- Arizona Sen. John McCain said Thursday he will try to make campaign finance reform the Senate's first business, reigniting a dispute with President-elect Bush, his GOP primary election rival.

Retailers report poor holiday season
NEW YORK (AP) -- In what may have been the poorest holiday season in a decade, the nation's retailers reported sales figures that were even worse than expected, the result of a souring economy and bad winter weather.

Bush plans to review Clinton's recent flurry of initiatives
AUSTIN, Texas -- President-elect George W. Bush intends to review ''each and every'' one of President Clinton's eleventh-hour executive orders, with an eye toward perhaps undoing them, a Bush spokesman said Friday.

Police report sighting of ex-convicts at bank
DALLAS -- Two members of a gang of fugitives accused of killing a police officer after they escaped from prison were spotted at a bank in San Marcos, local police said Friday.

Ford recalls 300,000 vehicles at risk for fire
WASHINGTON -- Ford Motor Co. is recalling about 300,000 1995 Contour and Mercury Mystique sedans because the engines can overheat and possibly start a fire.

Minor accident factor in Steve Allen's death
LOS ANGELES -- A minor traffic accident triggered entertainer Steve Allen's death two months ago, the Los Angeles County Coroner's office said Friday.

Cop accused in strip searches suspended
MASTIC BEACH, N.Y. -- A Long Island police officer accused of forcing women to strip after they failed breath tests was suspended without pay Friday as a third woman came forward with a similar story.

Sprinkles help firefighters
ALPINE, Calif. (AP) -- Firefighters working to contain the last pockets of a blaze that destroyed six homes were feeling a little cooler on Friday as sprinkles of rain fell on Southern California.

Dems gain clout as parties agree on running split Senate
WASHINGTON -- Using the new muscle they gained in last November's elections, Democrats won important concessions from Republicans on Friday for running the first 100-seat Senate to be split evenly between the parties.

Les Brown, big band leader, dead at 88
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Les Brown, whose Band of Renown scored a No. 1 hit with ''Sentimental Journey'' during America's big band era of the 1930s and '40s, has died of lung cancer. He was 88.

George magazine, legacy of JFK Jr., to fold
NEW YORK -- George, the politics and lifestyle magazine founded by the late John F. Kennedy Jr., is closing down one year after a remake failed to lift its sagging fortunes. The last issue will appear in March as a special tribute to Kennedy.

Job growth slows sharply during December, manufacturing hit hard
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Job growth nationwide fell to the slowest pace in eight years with auto plants and other factories shedding thousands of workers in December. While the unemployment rate remained frozen at 4 percent, analysts predicted sharply higher numbers in the months ahead as the weak economy forces more layoffs.

Pot of grease started fire that killed 11
OAK ORCHARD, Del. -- A pot filled with cooking grease for french fries caused the fire that killed 11 people and wiped out four generations of one family, authorities said Thursday.

Explosions, fire at Michigan steel plant
DEARBORN, Mich. -- Four explosions and a fire at the huge Rouge Steel plant on Friday injured at least two workers, authorities said.

November-December were coldest on record
WASHINGTON -- The suspicions of millions of shivering Americans were confirmed Friday by government weather experts -- it was the nation's coldest November-December period.

Greenspan, Bush sizing each other up on economy
AUSTIN, Texas -- The Federal Reserve's slashing of a key interest rate sent a mixed message to the incoming Bush administration.

Strom Thurmond's son seeking post as U.S. attorney
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Just two years out of law school, the 28-year-old son of Sen. Strom Thurmond has a virtual lock on the top federal prosecutor's job in South Carolina, an appointment that essentially rests in his father's hands.

ACLU sues over state's punch-card voting systems
ATLANTA (AP) -- The American Civil Liberties Union sued state officials Friday to protest Georgia's voting system, claiming confusing, outdated equipment is unconstitutional and diluting the voice of black voters.

Alleged ringleader of prison escapees has brutal history
EL PASO, Texas (AP) -- The alleged ringleader of a gang of escaped Texas convicts on the run for the past three weeks is portrayed by authorities as fearless and possessed of remarkable criminal ingenuity.

Anna Nicole Smith ends Texas money fight
HOUSTON -- Saying they've gotten what they wanted in a $475 million California bankruptcy judgment, lawyers for former stripper and Playboy Playmate of the Year Anna Nicole Smith withdrew Friday from the Texas courtroom fight for a piece of her late husband's oil fortune.

Correction

Regional Planning Council OKs Cummer land deal
An important step was taken Thursday in the sale of 21,931 acres of Twelve Mile Swamp from the Cummer Land Trust to the St. Johns River Water Management District.

Tree of Life ready to build
Construction for Tree of Life's new corporate headquarters in St. Johns County will begin in April with site work starting later this month.

Thefts and burglaries
- Someone stole a self-propelled telescopic boom machine from a construction site in the 900 block of Ponte Vedra Boulevard Thursday afternoon. The blue and gray machine is worth $85,000.

Your Weekend
Great things to do in St. Augustine this weekend

Sands of Time

Robinson arraigned on capital first-degree murder charge
A 40-year-old man accused of killing his ex-wife ''stood mute'' -- legally speaking -- at his arraignment Thursday afternoon on a capital first-degree murder charge.

We all miss indispensable Officer Joe
As I look around the newsroom, I miss seeing the smiling face of St. Augustine police Officer Joe Bowen, spokesman for his department and a Record contributing writer with his ''Ask Officer Joe'' column.

Project SWING rebuilding plans closer to finalization
St. Augustine officials and organizers of Project SWING have gotten closer to finalizing plans for rebuilding part of a playground recently destroyed by fire.

Correction

Blood banks need more donations
The need for blood donations is rising across the country, and St. Johns County is no different.

Sands of Time

Man arrested for battery
A 30-year-old St. Johns County man was arrested Thursday morning on charges of aggravated battery and false imprisonment after a woman was grabbed by the throat and choked, according to the Sheriff's Office.

Another street performer arrest
A 69-year-old painter was arrested Friday afternoon on a charge of regulation of street performers, according to jail officials.

Settlement in manatee lawsuit
The federal government will take steps to better protect Florida's endangered manatees under the settlement of a lawsuit announced Thursday in Washington, D.C.

Burglary

Nocatee meetings begin this month
A series of important dates that will decide the future of Nocatee is around the corner.

African American Museum review looms
A meeting of principals on both sides of the table on the state of the unopened National African American Archives and Museum is on tap for Wednesday.

Murder suspect nabbed
When four buddies holed up in an apartment in St. Augustine to get high on morphine in November 1999, they never thought one among them would die of an overdose and the other would be charged with murder.

Former editor Tom King dies
To some he was known as Tom King.

Your weekend
Great things to do in St. Augustine this weekend

Anchored boats must mind new buffer
Boaters in the Matanzas River channel off St. Augustine should be aware of a new U.S. Coast Guard restriction on how close they may anchor to the federal channel.

Drug charges
Two St. Johns County men were arrested Wednesday night on charges of possession of cocaine with intent to sell and possession of less than 20 grams of cannabis after a deputy pulled over a car, sheriff's deputies said.

Teacher struck by rare illness illness
The day after gathering with family and friends for Thanksgiving dinner, Brian and Tricia McElhone's life took an unexpected turn.

The final fill-up
A landmark in Hastings for 63 years, DeFord's Gas Station recently closed the doors of its family-owned business.

Drusilla Butler
Drusilla Rebecca Butler, 82, St. Augustine, died Jan. 2, 2001, in St. Augustine.

Lyndon Kirkland
Lyndon Kirkland Sr., 78, St. Augustine, died Jan. 3, 2001, in Orange Park.

Lester Nathan Jr.
Funeral services for Lester Francis Nathan Jr., 52, who died Dec. 31, 2000, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in the chapel of Croyle Funeral Home, 209 S. Ponce de Leon Blvd.

Clarence Towns
Clarence Towns, 64, Middleburg, died Dec. 26, 2001, at the Health Central Care Center, Orlando.

Allie Ethridge
Funeral services for Allie Bertha Ethridge, 92, St. Augustine, who died Jan. 1, 2001, at the Ponce de Leon Care Center, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Craig Funeral Home chapel, with Pastor Allen Davis, Pastor Max Alderman and Pastor Garry Martin officiating.

John Dornan
John B. Dornan, 80, World War II Navy veteran, died Dec. 2l, 2000, at Shands Trauma Center in Jacksonville.

James Stewart
James William ''Will'' Stewart, 84, Homerville, Ga., died Jan. 3, 2001, at his home.

Allie Ethridge
Funeral services for Allie Bertha Ethridge, 92, St. Augustine, who died Jan. 1, 2001, at the Ponce de Leon Care Center, will be held at 11 a.m. today at Craig Funeral Home chapel, with Pastor Allen Davis, Pastor Max Alderman and Pastor Garry Martin officiating.

Retha Merritt
Retha Cox Merritt, 80, died Dec. 29, 2000, at Lakeshore Nursing Home, Crescent Beach.

Retha Merritt
Funeral services for Retha Cox Merritt, 80, who died Dec. 29, 2000, will be held at 1 p.m. today at Mt. Zion AME Church, Hastings.

George Hollingsworth
George R. Hollingsworth, 90, a longtime St. Augustine resident, died Jan. 2, 2001, in Orlando.

Lester Nathan Jr.
Funeral services for Lester Francis Nathan Jr., 52, who died Dec. 31, 2000, will be held at 11 a.m. today in the chapel of Croyle Funeral Home, 209 S.

Jennifer Davis
Jennifer D. Davis, 33, Middleburg, died Jan. 1, 2001, at her home.

James Stewart
James William ''Will'' Stewart, 84, Homerville, Ga., died Jan. 3, 2001, at his home.

Charles Blanchard
Memorial services for Charles David Blanchard, age 86 of St. Augustine, who died Dec. 30 at St. Augustine Health and Rehab Center, will be held at 6 p.m. Friday at Craig Funeral Home Chapel.

Lucile Smith
Funeral services for Lucile Eva Smith, 89, St. Augustine, who died Jan. 1, 2001, at the Ponce de Leon Care Center, will be held at 10 a.m. today at San Sebastian Catholic Church.

Rev. Curley Rawls
The Rev. Curley Curtis Rawls, former pastor of Zion Baptist Church, where he served for 34 years, died Dec. 28, 2000, in Lake City.

Anita Hartley
Anita Croop Hartley, 59, St. Augustine, died Dec. 29, 2000, at Flagler Hospital.

Editorial: A busy election year
It's already time to begin scrutinizing candidates for political office again. The 2002 primary election is slated for Sept. 10 and the general election will be Nov. 5. The voter hungry for information has no time to lose.

Letter: Who really won in Florida?
Bush supporters have written The Record (from as far as a South Florida Republican enclave), demanding we cease all the talk of the 2000 election. I decline their mewling invitations, a sad case of insecure victors whining (if not actually crying) in their (imported) champagne, their drumbeat expressed in an MTV song: ''Shut Up!''

Time to act on health care
WASHINGTON -- At the start of the new year, an old problem is forcing its way back onto the national agenda: health care. The American system of medicine is threatened with meltdown from a combination of rising costs, declining access and incredible inefficiencies. Throw in a batch of unresolved political differences and you have a mess that demands attention, even during a war on terrorism.

Guest editorial: 'Treasure hunting' ship in local waters raises concern
Anyone crossing the Bridge of Lions or driving down the bayfront has seen the Polly L, the ''state-of-the-art'' salvage ship making headline news in the Jan. 2, issue of the St. Augustine Record.

Clinton unlikely to just fade away
One of the main Republican rallying cries during the campaign was ''No More Clinton-Gore.'' It looks as though the GOP achieved only half of its goal.

Letter: Considering diet and animal treatment
The new year provides us with an opportunity to consider how we can improve our lives and make the world a better place for all. A simple but powerful approach toward this goal is through our food choices. By shifting to a plant-based diet, we benefit our health, preserve the environment and reduce animal suffering.

Loving my computer, warts and all
At least once per day, without fail, my computer, like every computer I have ever owned, has some kind of emotional breakdown. It simply stops working ... often when I'm not touching it ... and it puts a message on the screen informing me that an error has occurred.

Letter: Man felt accosted over coat
I recently upgraded my wardrobe with a jean jacket and a long, thin, black dress coat. It was getting colder and I thought that this year it would be nice to add some fashion, and get some warmth as well.

Letter: Why don't all the churches open doors to homeless?
Editor: I have often wondered during the cold winter months, when I read of no shelter for the homeless, why all the warm, dry churches don't unlock their doors and let the people in. Even a hard pew would be better than the cold ground under a cardboard box.

In honor of public officials now done with their service
WASHINGTON -- As the new Congress convenes, let us pause for a moment to honor people whose careers in public office have ended -- at least for the moment. Four governors, 10 senators and 39 members of the House are in the group -- not counting those who have been elected or appointed to other posts.

Census generally good news for Republicans
WASHINGTON -- The big political story of 2000, of course, took place in Florida. But a bigger story wasn't strictly political, and it took place here in Washington. That is the U.S. Census.

Born under a lucky star
In 1976, after accidentally shooting himself in the head with a cheap pistol and surviving, a 31-year-old Douglasville, Ga., man landed in the hospital and on the same tabloid page as a story called "Hen Lays Eggs That Are Blue."

Spurrier resignation big news all over South
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Three hours from the Florida-Alabama border, the resignation of Florida Gator Coach Steve Spurrier is big news.

Editorial: Diplomas for vets fine tribute
Gov. Jeb Bush recently passed a law that awards high school diplomas to World War II veterans who left school early to serve the nation.

Amen, Amen, Amen
By ANNE C. HEYMEN

take note
''Sexual Healing, How to Minister to someone who is Sexually Broken'' is the title for a seminar planned Jan. 12 from 7-9 p.m. and Jan. 13 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at St. Andrew's Charismatic Episcopal Church, 2615 U.S. 1 South.

Gary Zukav's spiritual guidebook struck chord
DAVIE -- Clad simply in sport jacket and mock turtleneck, the dark-haired, mild-mannered man seldom raises his voice, sometimes pacing the stage, sometimes sitting on a stool. Yet he holds the audience rapt for an hour.

Flagler College will host tournament this weekend
There are some big hopes over at Flagler College.

NHL Roundup

Flagler men advance in tournament
Six players scored in double figures Friday night as the Flagler College men's basketball team defeated NCAA Division III Endicott (Mass.) College 86-66.

Gonzalez, Indians close to one-year contract
NEW YORK -- Juan Gonzalez and the Cleveland Indians moved closer to a contract, while a dozen free agents agreed to deals Friday.

Faulk selected as AP's top offensive player
NEW YORK -- Marshall Faulk is the perfect player for the St. Louis Rams' wide-open offense. So perfect that for the second straight season, Faulk has been voted The Associated Press NFL Offensive Player of the Year.

Raiders' defense feeling slighted
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Cornerback Charles Woodson has read the newspapers and heard the buzz: The Oakland Raiders need better defense to win in the playoffs.

Nease to tangle with No. 22 ACD
Before the boys basketball season began, members of the Jacksonville Arlington Country Day squad had two chores they set out to accomplish -- win a state championship and attain a national ranking.

Saints, Vikes won't surprise each other
MINNEAPOLIS -- There won't be many surprises coming out of the huddles of the New Orleans Saints and Minnesota Vikings in Saturday's NFC playoff game. These are two teams with a history.

ACD keeps down Nease, denies upset repeat
As expected, the Nease boys basketball team used a stalling technique in their showdown with nationally ranked Jacksonville Arlington Country Day on Friday night. Unfortunately for the host Panthers, it wasn't intentional.

Dilfer, McNair judged by wins, not stats
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Statistics are virtually meaningless in judging the proficiency of Steve McNair and Trent Dilfer.

Ravens, Titans each say their defense is the best
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The topic seems easy enough: What makes an NFL defense great?

Giants will treat McNabb like Jordan
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Mention Donovan McNabb, and the New York Giants call him the NFL's Michael Jordan.

St. Joseph falls to ACD
The St. Joseph Academy boys basketball team fell 78-53 to nationally-ranked Arlington Country Day on Thursday night. Freshman J.P. Clark scored a team-best 11 points for the Flashes, who host Providence tonight at 8. The St. Joe girls play at 5 p.m. at Providence.

Els makes semis of Match Play
MELBOURNE, Australia -- Steve Stricker continued his amazing run through the Match Play Championship on Saturday, winning on the 20th hole to reach the semifinals and ending an even more improbable journey by Nick O'Hern.

Kansas City trying to get permission to hire Vermeil
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Kansas City Chiefs want to hire Dick Vermeil as head coach, but the St. Louis Rams have blocked the deal for now.

Chiefs officially fire Cunningham
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Gunther Cunningham was fired Friday after two lackluster seasons as coach of the Kansas City Chiefs, who want Dick Vermeil as his replacement.

Bartram girls soccer team falls to Clay
The Bartram Trail High School girls soccer team fell 5-0 to Clay (9-2) on Friday night. The Bears are now 7-3-2 and visit Pedro Menendez on Tuesday night.

Volleyball league
Registration for the St. Johns County Parks and Recreation adult coed volleyball league is now being held. Teams will play on Thursday nights at Ketterlinus Gymnasium. For more information, call 829-2348.

FSDB boys stop Pierson Taylor
Alex Senesac led four scorers in double figures with 16 points as The Florida School for the Deaf and Blind boys basketball team dumped Pierson Taylor 66-53 on Thursday night. Tyrone Drayton added 16 and Brian Key grabbed 13 rebounds for the Dragons (5-7).

Menendez boys defeat Bartram Trail
Jan Troutmann scored in the second half on an assist from Mike Paczowski to lead the Pedro Menendez soccer team to a 1-0 win Friday against Bartram Trail. The goalkeeper for Menendez (11-2) was Jacob Kellerman.

Clukey leads SAHS
Micah Clukey had two goals and an assist Friday as the St. Augustine boys soccer team defeated Palatka 4-1. Kyle Forson and Chris Webster each added a goal for SAHS (4-4-2), and Webster also had an assist.

Jackets just can't keep up
This was fun. Running, trapping, deflecting and scoring, the St. Augustine High School girls basketball team was on its way to redemption and was playing its game on its floor.

NHL Roundup

No. 2 Nease boys edge No. 7 Fletcher
The Nease High School boys soccer team, ranked second in Class 3A, improved its record 13-0-1 with a 1-0 victory Friday night over seventh-ranked Jacksonville Fletcher. It was the second time this season Nease has beaten Fletcher by a 1-0 margin, and it was the Panthers' 12th shutout in 14 games.

Tar Heels are in for a real test against streaking Wake Forest
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Matt Doherty got the bad news from Kansas coach Roy Williams on Friday morning. It was the scouting report on No. 4 Wake Forest.

NBA Roundup

First Coast defeats Nease girls
Visiting First Coast overcame 24 points from guard Lauren Passa and 16 from Kathleen Smalley to edge Nease 66-61 in girls basketball action on Thursday night. The Buccaneers improved to 9-5, while the Panthers dropped to 6-8.

Top 25 Roundup

SAHS girls shut out Middleburg
Isabelle Braly netted a pair of goals and Courtney Forson added a goal and two assists as the St. Augustine girls soccer team blanked Middleburg 6-0 on Thursday night. Christine Seely, Nicole Hannon and Katie Cowan also found the net for the Yellow Jackets (6-7). Defender Amy Key also had an impressive outing.

Bartram boys team falls to Bolles
The Bartram Trail boys basketball team posted a solid opening quarter, but faltered down the stretch in a 66-39 loss to powerful Bolles on Thursday night. Adam Holmes led the Bears (1-8) with 16 points and Dustin Bell added eight.

Rabenold leads Bartram girls
Sherri Rabenold finished two rebounds shy of a triple-double, but the Bartram Trail girls basketball team still prevailed, 37-30, over St. Johns Country Day on Thursday night.

BCS worked well for all but Miami
MIAMI -- In the end, the Bowl Championship Series worked again.

Luyendyk wants another shot at Indy
Arie Luyendyk will overcome his addiction to the Indianapolis 500 the moment he's convinced a third trip to the winner's circle is out of the question.

SAHS alumni football game set for Jan. 27
The St. Augustine High School alumni football game is scheduled for Jan. 27.

Nash stars in Mavs' win
TORONTO -- Steve Nash put on a show in his home country.

Stoops welcomes high expectations
MIAMI -- Barry Switzer used to call it ''feeding the monster,'' that constant effort to maintain the success that Oklahoma fans had grown accustomed to under Bud Wilkinson.

Theme parks in Tampa, Orlando break the $50-a-ticket barrier
ORLANDO -- Busch Gardens Tampa Bay and SeaWorld Orlando have become the first theme parks to charge more than $50 per ticket, making them the costliest in the world to visit.

Panel eyes new ways to manage growth
TALLAHASSEE (AP) -- A commission created to come up with a new and better way of controlling development is working on a plan to roll back state oversight and rely instead on market forces to curb urban sprawl.

Court rejects appeal from condemned killer
TALLAHASSEE -- The state Supreme Court turned down an appeal from condemned killer Robert Glock, who is scheduled for execution Thursday.

New initiative announced to fight drugs in Northeast Florida
JACKSONVILLE -- Federal officials designated Northeast Florida as a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area on Thursday, making an eight-county region, including St. Johns County, eligible for additional drug-fighting money.

Disney World raising ticket prices
ORLANDO -- First Shamu. Now the Mouse. Walt Disney World on Friday announced it will raise adult ticket prices by $2, joining SeaWorld Orlando and Tampa Bay Busch Gardens in breaking the $50-a-ticket barrier.

Bush subpoenaed to testify in election rights inquiry
TALLAHASSEE (AP) -- Gov. Jeb Bush has been called to appear next week before a U.S. Commission on Civil Rights inquiry into Florida's presidential election.

Four people shot
HAVANA, Fla. -- Four people were shot Thursday in a home neighbors and police said was the center of drug activity. Two of the victims died as they were being flown to a Tallahassee hospital.

JEB plates not popular with everyone
QUINCY (AP) -- Gadsden County is not really Jeb Bush country. But there are a lot of JEB license plates here.

Big brush fire sends smoke over Orlando
GROVELAND -- Five fires in Lake County, including a 240-acre-blaze, sent smoke billowing over central Florida and threatened at least 13 homes Friday.

Jeb not interested in the presidency
TALLAHASSEE (AP) -- Gov. Jeb Bush said Thursday he has the job he wants and is not interested in following his father and brother as president.

Angry mom arrested
MIAMI -- A mother was arrested for punching her 5-year-old son's teacher in the head outside the principal's office, Miami-Dade school officials said.

State leads nation in job-growth
TALLAHASSEE (AP) -- Florida boasts the highest per capita job-growth rate in the nation, according to November employment figures.

Florida warms up, farmers assess crop damage
Temperatures dipped as low as 16 degrees as Florida's worst cold spell in 11 years caused extensive damage to sugarcane, tomatoes and other crops.

Lotto jackpot rolls
TALLAHASSEE -- No ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers, resulting in a rollover with a jackpot estimated at $15 million, lottery officials said Thursday.

Bush outlines spending plans for environmental projects
STUART -- Gov. Jeb Bush called Thursday for lawmakers to spend $9 million on manatee protection, $3.5 million for protecting and restoring natural springs and $800,000 to restore the Oklawaha River.

Freeze hits sugarcane
ORLANDO -- Florida's sugarcane crop is reeling from the one-two punch of freezing temperatures and water restrictions brought on by drought, industry officials said Thursday.

Cold sea turtles to be rehabilitated
SARASOTA -- Some 30 to 40 sea turtles stranded by the cold are being moved from Panama City to Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota for rehabilitation.

Adam Herbert resigns as state universities chancellor
TALLAHASSEE (AP) -- The head of Florida's public universities resigned Friday after three years as chancellor, saying he wanted to return to a campus setting in Jacksonville.

Whopper tuna sells for record price at auction
TOKYO (AP) -- The first auction of the year at Tokyo's famous Tsukiji fish market reeled in a whopper on Friday: A bluefin tuna that set a record price of some $25 a mouthful.

Bodyguards thwart assassination attempt
NAZRAN, Russia -- Bodyguards for the head of Chechnya's pro-Moscow administration thwarted an assassination attempt by killing the attackers in a roadside shootout, an official said Friday.

Israeli critics join debate over killings of Palestinians activists
BEIT SAHOUR, West Bank (AP) -- The shattered green pickup truck has been hauled away, and the blood and scorch marks have faded from the dirt track that runs past a little olive grove. On this spot, Israel fired one of the first shots in an 8-week-old shadow war, methodically targeting Palestinians it holds responsible for Israeli deaths.

'Sweet 16' birthday gift causes concern in Britain
LONDON -- Jenna Franklin is only 15 but she thinks she knows the secret to a successful future -- bigger breasts.

Taiwanese ships back
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Two ships carrying hundreds of Taiwanese returned from China on Friday, completing a historic trip that ended a five-decade ban on direct shipping ties between China and two Taiwanese islands.

Returning warship
NASSAU, Bahamas -- Sunburned and windblown but victorious, a band of aging U.S. veterans reached the Bahamas on Thursday after taking their World War II ship on a nostalgic trans-Atlantic voyage to bring the vessel home.

Experts question link to illnesses of NATO troops
LONDON (AP) -- While European governments scramble to screen soldiers who may have been exposed to depleted uranium in the Balkans, many medical experts are skeptical that it caused cancer and other illnesses reported by veterans.

Study links convicted doctor to 297 suspicious deaths
LONDON -- The patterns of Harold Shipman's medical practice were sinister: high death rates among elderly women, more deaths on Tuesday and Wednesday, a marked tendency for people to die at home soon after he visited.

StAugustine AllAccess


Trending this week:


 
 

© 2016. All Rights Reserved.  Terms of Service | Privacy Policy / About Our Ads
http://www.staugustine.com/stories/010601/
www.staugustine.com
crawl=CC-MAIN-2016-22
80378
application/http; msgtype=response
sha1:6UJN6AI6FKNMMRMDK5BLPFGI7RPMABC4
<urn:uuid:d1246937-c6c3-4c03-9b6e-697839d3824b>
2016-05-28T22:11:21Z
216.116.229.138
sha1:K3ILAXGS4KRHLXGJU4TCYWUDH75JOUD2
<urn:uuid:5cc9dfb6-8095-41e0-91e3-ec35915374e0>
http://www.staugustine.com/stories/010601/
length
response
<urn:uuid:5eef04cf-2f35-4957-a595-3f296856a4fe>
robots: classic
hostname: ip-10-185-217-139.ec2.internal
software: Nutch 1.6 (CC)/CC WarcExport 1.0
isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2016-22
operator: CommonCrawl Admin
description: Wide crawl of the web for May 2016
publisher: CommonCrawl
format: WARC File Format 1.0
conformsTo: http://bibnum.bnf.fr/WARC/WARC_ISO_28500_version1_latestdraft.pdf