St Augustine sailor loves Navy deployment
By Corporal Ed Galo
Special to Historic City News
After nearly 11 years of active duty service in the Navy and five deployments, Petty Officer 1st Class and St Augustine native George Fricke says he still loves every day he puts on a uniform.
First of all, everyone who knows me knows that I am the poster child for Republican values; am a member of the local Republican club, and I am an elected Precinct Committeeman of the Republican Party of St Johns County, so, don’t be shocked that I have a very conservative opinion of party affiliation.
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The original public records are on file with the St. Johns County Tax Collector and should be consulted before taking any action.
Neighbors say 59 year-old Daryl L. Atkins had been drinking last night — to the point that he passed out and fell to the ground in front of his Ponte Vedra Beach condominium; the place, where within hours, he would lose his life.
Sheriff’s representatives, Public Information Officer Sergeant Chuck Mulligan and Community Affairs Corporal Catherine Payne, are on the scene of a despondent individual who they report fired on deputies when they attempted to contact him.
While the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind is in mediation with the City of St Augustine, neither the school’s public spokesperson nor its President, Danny Hutto, will be commenting to the media on a proposed bill introduced by retiring Representative Bill Proctor that may give the school the power of “eminent domain”.
Rabbi Merrill Shapiro, President of the St. Augustine Jewish Historical Society, invited Historic City News readers to attend when the organization celebrates the eighth annual Florida Jewish History Month.
