Letter: Hoping for workshop before graduation
Kim Kendall
St Johns, FL
Dear Editor:
At yesterday’s School Board meeting, several speakers spoke in favor of allowing our students to select a representative to give an inspirational message at graduation… and asked the school board to workshop the topic and set a policy for it.
In an ongoing effort to bring greater awareness to sexual assault and child abuse, Betty Griffin House held a fundraiser coordinated by Linda Flahardy and her committee at the World Golf Hall of Fame on April 9th.
Tuesday evening, the Saint Augustine Tea Party reported to Historic City News that, during the course of the regularly scheduled open meeting, an election was held to replace the Chairman position, resigned by David Heimbold.
No longer with Lieutenant Governor Jennifer Carroll at his side, yesterday afternoon, Governor Rick Scott signed into law House Bill 155; the legislative response to a three-year federal and state investigation into illegal gambling at Internet cafes affiliated with St Augustine-based Allied Veterans of the World.
Velo Fest Community Initiative has invited all Historic City News readers to attend the Second Annual Velo Fest Festival this weekend; beginning Friday evening at 5:30 p.m. with a “Community of Bikes” parade that kicks off at the Historic Downtown Parking Facility in St Augustine.
Spokesperson, Gretl Plessinger, informed Historic City News this afternoon that Florida Department of Law Enforcement Jacksonville Regional Operations Center Special Agent in Charge Dominick Pape has resigned his position effective next month.
Historic City News has learned that St Johns County emergency services personnel were on the scene of a chemical spill for approximately 6 hours today; attempting to mitigate the leak from a tractor-trailer that crashed while traveling south along I-95.
