Denis Blom Denis Ingvar Blom, 76, passed away at North Florida Regional on Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. He was born in Marionette, Wisconsin on April 19, 1945 to the late Ingvar (Swede) Olaf Blom and Dorothy Elizabeth Forsberg. He served his country; starting with four years with the Air Force. He continued his service … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Host Oak Hall got a two-out, bases-loaded triple from Ethan Szlachetka in the bottom of the fifth inning as the Eagles defeated the Union County High School baseball team 5-2 on April 18. The Tigers (10-8) had taken the lead in the top of the fifth. With two outs, … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Luke Johns pitched a complete-game shutout in the Union County High School baseball team’s 5-0 win over visiting Keystone Heights on April 12. The Tigers scored all of their runs in the second inning. They loaded the bases on singles by Ayden Elixson, Eli Rimes and Blake Agner. Trevor … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Campbell Webb hit a three-run double as part of an eight-run first inning, while pitcher Lily Neal gave up just two hits in the Union County High School softball team’s 15-0, four-inning win over visiting Hawthorne on April 13. Tamia Young and Angela Tucker also drove in multiple runs … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor LAKE BUTLER— A St. Johns County home schooled eighth-grader who represented Union County in the First Coast Spelling Bee won the event and will now compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington this summer. Soon after Sam Evans and his family moved from the South Florida community of … Read more
BY TRACY LEE TATE Times Editor LAKE BUTLER — For the third time, on April 9, drag racing boats took to the water in Lake Butler, with all drivers expressing their favor of the lake and their disfavor with the wind. Seventy-nine brightly colored boats, competing in nine classes (Formula 1, Formula 2, River Racer, … Read more
BY TRACY LEE TATE Times Editor The year 2022 is an election year and although it is a bit early to print lists of candidates, it is time to let the citizens of Lake Butler and Union County know what races will be on the ballot. Locally, the first election will be three seats on … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor LAKE BUTLER — Beginning next year, Bradford and Union counties will no longer be represented by Bobby Payne in the Florida House of Representatives. Under a redistricting plan passed by the legislature earlier this year, the two counties will move from Payne’s current District 19 to District 10, which also … Read more
Durward Cadle STARKE Durward Delmont “Mont” Cadle of Starke passed away Tuesday, April 5, 2022, at North Florida Regional Medical Center in Gainesville. He was born May 4, 1934, in Rhodell, West Virginia, the only child of the late Robert A. “Gus” and Garnet Wood Cadle. He learned his trade of automobile body work … Read more
