BY DAN HILDEBRAN Telegraph Staff Writer KEYSTONE HEIGHTS—The March meeting of the Save Our Lakes Organization became heated as members argued over a three-foot wide ditch that is draining water from one of the lake’s lobes into another node. Because of dropping water levels, the lake’s original single water body has devolved into six separate…
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Telegraph Staff Writer KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— Friends of Gold Head State Park and the Palatka to Lake Butler State Trail donated a pair of gently used golf carts to the state park during its February meeting. “These will assist staff and volunteers in many ways, such as carrying supplies around to the cabins…
BY LAURA BERKELMAN Santa Fe Audubon MELROSE— Santa Fe Audubon presented its founder and first president with a Lifetime Conservation Award during the group’s annual meeting on March 14 in Melrose. Prior to serving as Santa Fe Audubon’s president, conservation chair and director, Joyce King served in the Pelican Island Audubon Society in Indian River…
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Telegraph Staff Writer KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— Clay Electric said Cindy Loose was elected as the co-op’s newest trustee for District 1. Voting was conducted from Jan. 17 through March 13. The utility said more than 13,600 members voted by mail or digitally during the two-month voting period. Loose, a Keystone Heights Junior-Senior High…
This year’s Bradford-Union swine and cattle sale at the Bradford Agricultural Fair, which was held March 10, consisted of $410,698.65 in total sales, with 26 steers selling for a total price of $177,458.15 and 96 pigs selling for a total price of $233,240.50. Reese Wainwright’s grand champion steer, which weighed 1,272 pounds, sold for $10,176…
Adaleigh Wainwright, Kate Wainwright and Reese Wainwright all exhibited grand champions at the Bradford Agricultural Fair’s steer and breed shows. At the March 8 breed show, Kate Wainwright exhibited the top animal in the commercial heifer class, while Huck Alvarez exhibited the reserve grand champion. Wainwright had another animal that placed third and received the…
Kate Wainwright and Ella Hewett exhibited the grand champion and reserve grand champion, respectively, in the swine show at the Bradford Agricultural Fair. Codi Huntley placed third with her animal, which was awarded the homegrown grand championship. Grace Turknett exhibited the fourth-place pig, which was the homegrown reserve grand champion. Avery Gardner earned prizes as…
Connie Davis Mrs. Connie (Thornton) Davis, 73, of Lake Butler passed away on Tuesday, March 7, 2023, at Haven Hospice in Lake City after an extended battle with Parkinson’s disease. She was born on Feb. 11, 1950, in Starke to Carl and Beulah Green Thornton. She grew up in Starke and was a 1967…
Audrey Frank exhibited the grand champion, while Dallas Williams had the reserve grand champion in poultry at the Bradford Agricultural Fair. Frank earned the top award for a Columbia rock hen. She received an additional blue ribbon for a Columbia rock rooster. Williams’ Call duck, a drake, received the reserve grand championship. He earned an…
McKynzie Stopka and Gavin Key exhibited the top two rabbits at the Bradford Agricultural Fair, with Stopka’s Florida White doe receiving the grand championship and Key’s Mini Rex buck earning the reserve grand championship. Audrey Frank received two blue ribbons for a Dutch buck and a Florida White buck. Shayna Durrance earned two ribbons as…
