Union 4-H celebrates with awards

Union 4-H celebrates with awards

  • May 7, 2024
  • Dan Hildebran

BY TRACY LEE TATE Special to the Times Union County 4-H held its annual Awards Banquet on May 3, 2024 at Sardis Baptist Church in Lake Butler.  The event featured a buffet-style dinner of smoked chick…

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Punkin’ reflects on career and future

Punkin’ reflects on career and future

  • May 7, 2024
  • Cliff Smelley

BY CLIFF SMELLEY cliff@ytfwqrof.elementor.cloud Titles may change, but the person remains the same. That’s the view Jeff Johnson takes when thinking about the fact that he’s no longer police chief. Th…

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Park receives Betty Warren Memorial Scholarship

Park receives Betty Warren Memorial Scholarship

  • May 7, 2024
  • Cliff Smelley

BY CLIFF SMELLEY cliff@ytfwqrof.elementor.cloud Keystone Heights High School senior Jaden Park is the recipient of this year’s Betty Warren Memorial Scholarship, which is presented annually by the Col…

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4 receive Dr. Franklin Scholarships

  • May 6, 2024
  • Cliff Smelley

Maya Farmer, Lyka Fuentes, Caitlynn Hartley and Macy Lauramore were this year’s recipients of Dr. Benjamin Franklin Recognition Day Scholarships, which were presented April 28 at Lawtey’s Philadelphia…

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Union Road Dept. leader retires

Union Road Dept. leader retires

  • May 1, 2024
  • Dan Hildebran

BY TRACY LEE TATE Special to the Times On April 26, about 100 people gathered in the Agricultural Education Center's meeting room to celebrate the retirement of Shelton “Jr.” Arnold, the superintenden…

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Science Bus visits Brooker school

Science Bus visits Brooker school

  • May 1, 2024
  • Mark J. Crawford

Brooker Community School had an “in-house” field trip when the Science Bus from Gainesville made a visit.  The Science Bus is a converted yellow school bus painted with a mural of Florida scenes. Insi…

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Lake Region crowd trained on stopping bleeding

Lake Region crowd trained on stopping bleeding

  • May 1, 2024
  • Dan Hildebran

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com An emergency preparedness manager at UF Health in Jacksonville trained a Lake Region group on how to stop bleeding for severely injured people. Jennifer Silvey-Cas…

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